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Reconstructing a fossil landscape by Remote Sensing and GIS applications: sites, virtual models and territory during the Middle Bronze Age in the Po Plain (Northern Italy)

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Fig. 1 – Geomorphology and Bronze Age sites in the northern Enza basin, Emilia Romagna, Italy:1)S.Ilario alluvial fan (Late Pleistocene); 2)paleochannel;3) Praticello paleochannel deeply cutdown, active during the Bronze Age; 4) fluvial ridge; 5)small meandering water courses; 6) low lying flood basins; 7) unstructured Bronze Age sites (a:on surface; b:buried); 8) terramare; 9)main axes of the Roman centuriation; 10) contour lines, eq. 1mt. (after CreMasChi 1997).

Fig. 1 – Geomorphology and Bronze Age sites in the northern Enza basin, Emilia R...

Fig. 2 – Map of the S. Rosa terramara. Dotted areas indicate ramparts as they appear in aerial photographs; in grey, area excavated up to now.

Fig. 2 – Map of the S. Rosa terramara. Dotted areas indicate ramparts as they ap...

Fig. 3 – Main soilseries in thearea ofthe terramara. VAC1 indicates the‘serie estense’ ofchromoxerert developed onearly medieval fine textured alluvium; VAC2indicates the ‘serie fiuma’ developed on latemedieval fine textured flood deposits (after CreMasChietal. 1994).

Fig. 3 – Main soilseries in thearea ofthe terramara. VAC1 indicates the‘serie es...

Fig. 4 – 3D multilayer visualisation (TIN and grid interpolation) of the central Po Plain (Reggio Emilia): by thematic layers (bottom) and by geomorphology (upper).

Fig. 4 – 3D multilayer visualisation (TIN and grid interpolation) of the central...

Fig. 5 – Screenshot ofa record of the territorial database.

Fig. 5 – Screenshot ofa record of the territorial database.

Fig. 6 –Screenshot of a record ofthepost holes database.

Fig. 6 –Screenshot of a record ofthepost holes database.

Fig. 7 – 3D DEM visualisation of the site of Monticelli (Reggio Emilia).

Fig. 7 – 3D DEM visualisation of the site of Monticelli (Reggio Emilia).

Fig. 8 – Shaded relief image of the DEM of Monticelli: in evidence shape and morphology of the embankment.

Fig. 8 – Shaded relief image of the DEM of Monticelli: in evidence shape and mor...

Fig. 9 – ArcView 3D Analyst: grid interpolation.

Fig. 9 – ArcView 3D Analyst: grid interpolation.

Fig. 10 – ArcView 3D Analyst: TIN Interpolation.

Fig. 10 – ArcView 3D Analyst: TIN Interpolation.

Tav. III – a: Archaeological site of Case Cocconi: 3D DEM interpolation by grid (ArcView 3D Analyst). b: Archaeological site of Case Cocconi: 3D DEM interpolation by TIN (ArcView 3D Analyst).

Tav. III – a: Archaeological site of Case Cocconi: 3D DEM interpolation by grid ...

Tav. IV – a: The territory of terramare in the central Po Plain (Reggio Emilia): 3D processing including DEM, paleochannels, ridges, small meandering water courses, low lying flood basins, unstructured Bronze Age sites, terramare, main axes of the Roman centuriation, contour lines. b: The territory of terramare in the central Po Plain (Reggio Emilia): texture mapping of aerial photomosaic on the DEM.

Tav. IV – a: The territory of terramare in the central Po Plain (Reggio Emilia):...

Tav. V – a: 2D digital overlay of georeferenced data: vector layers, mosaic of aerial photos, DEM, digital cartography (1:10.000). b: Analysis of visibility from the site of S. Rosa: blue pixels are corresponding to the visible areas on the horizon.

Tav. V – a: 2D digital overlay of georeferenced data: vector layers, mosaic of a...

Tav. VI – a: Virtual reconstruction by 3D Analyst (ArcView 3.0a) of a stratigraphic surface (terramara of S. Rosa): in overlay vector drawing of archaeological pottery, finds, bones, etc. b: VRML interface by the browser Cosmo Player 2.1: 3D virtual model concerning a stratigraphic surface of the site of S. Rosa (Reggio Emilia).

Tav. VI – a: Virtual reconstruction by 3D Analyst (ArcView 3.0a) of a stratigrap...

Tav. VII – a: Multilayer analysis (DEM + aerial photo) of the site of Case del Lago. b: Grid model in 3D of the site of S. Rosa: in evidence shape and morphology of the embankment (DEM created by total laser station, 600 pts).

Tav. VII – a: Multilayer analysis (DEM + aerial photo) of the site of Case del L...

Cremaschi M., Forte M. 1999, Reconstructing a fossil landscape by Remote Sensing and GIS applications: sites, virtual models and territory during the Middle Bronze Age in the Po Plain (Northern Italy), Archeologia e Calcolatori 10