- Item
- AIAC_311
- Name
- Fabriano
- Date Range
- 3000 BC – 2000
- Website
- http://www.bsr.ac.uk
Seasons
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AIAC_311 - Fabriano - 2006Between the 17th and 31st of October 2006, a program of geophysical survey was carried out on four sites around Fabriano, Marche by the Archaeological Prospection Services of Southampton and the British School at Rome. The work was conducted on behalf of the Upper Esino Valley Project. Established in 2002, the project, conducted in collaboration with the Soprintendenza Archeologica delle Marche has the aim of understanding the development of the cultural landscape of this important valley on the transapennine communication route. Over the course of a relatively short campaign, a range of sites were surveyed, with some successful results. Each site yielded information which greatly builds on the current knowledge of the site, and of the valley as a whole. Magnetometry survey allows the investigation of wide areas, in order that the spatial setting of archaeological features can be seen in a way which excavation and surface collection does not allow. It enables sites to be assessed on a variety of scales, and as features within a wider landscape. This has proved very important when looking at the complex sets of features which constitute a site, such as the villa rustica (site 347), roman town (Borgo Tufico) and possible prehistoric settlement (site 312). Although exact dating cannot be directly achieved through magnetometer survey, an idea of the chronology can often be proposed through an assessment of the form of the feature. The dating of sites can be better achieved when the results of the geophysical survey are combined with the overall results of the Upper Esino Valley Project. By using a combined approach, a greater idea of sites in their landscape can be achieved.
Media
- Name
- Fabriano
- Year
- 2006
- Summary
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Between the 17th and 31st of October 2006, a program of geophysical survey was carried out on four sites around Fabriano, Marche by the Archaeological Prospection Services of Southampton and the British School at Rome. The work was conducted on behalf of the Upper Esino Valley Project. Established in 2002, the project, conducted in collaboration with the Soprintendenza Archeologica delle Marche has the aim of understanding the development of the cultural landscape of this important valley on the transapennine communication route.
Over the course of a relatively short campaign, a range of sites were surveyed, with some successful results. Each site yielded information which greatly builds on the current knowledge of the site, and of the valley as a whole. Magnetometry survey allows the investigation of wide areas, in order that the spatial setting of archaeological features can be seen in a way which excavation and surface collection does not allow. It enables sites to be assessed on a variety of scales, and as features within a wider landscape. This has proved very important when looking at the complex sets of features which constitute a site, such as the villa rustica (site 347), roman town (Borgo Tufico) and possible prehistoric settlement (site 312). Although exact dating cannot be directly achieved through magnetometer survey, an idea of the chronology can often be proposed through an assessment of the form of the feature. The dating of sites can be better achieved when the results of the geophysical survey are combined with the overall results of the Upper Esino Valley Project. By using a combined approach, a greater idea of sites in their landscape can be achieved. -
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Tra il 17 e il 31 ottobre 2006 è stato condotto un programma di ricognizione geofisica su Quattro siti intorno a Fabriano nelle Marche dall’Archaeological Prospection Services di Southampton e dalla British School at Rome. Il lavoro è stato condotto per conto dell’Upper Esino Valley Project. Iniziato nel 2002, il progetto condotto in collaborazione con la Soprintendenza Archeologica delle Marche ha lo scopo di comprendere lo sviluppo del paesaggio culturale di questa importante vallata sulla rotta di comunicazioni transappennine.
Nel corso di una campagna relativamente breve è stato ricognito un certo numero di siti con risultati positivi. Ogni sito ha restituito informazioni che ampliano molto le conoscenze del sito e della valle nel suo insieme. La ricognizione magnetometrica permette l’indagine di ampie aree al fine di vedere la collocazione spaziale dei resti archeologici in un modo che né lo scavo né la raccolta di superficie rendono possibile. Essa permette che i siti vengano valutati su scale diverse e i resti all’interno di un paesaggio più ampio. Ciò si è dimostrato molto importante quando si guarda all’insieme completo de resti che costituiscono un sito, come una villa rustica (sito 347), una città romana (Borgo Tufico) e possibili insediamenti preistorici (sito 312). Nonostante datazioni precise non possano essere reperite direttamente dalla magnetometria, un’idea della cronologia può spesso essere proposta attraverso una valutazione delle forme dei resti stessi. La datazione dei siti comunque può essere stabilita solo quando i risultati della ricognizione geofisica vengono combinati con tutti i risultati dell’Upper Esino Valley Project. Usando un approccio integrato è possibile migliorare la conoscenza dei siti nel loro contesto paesaggistico. - Summary Author
- Stephen Kay
Media
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Pearce, Pretzler and Riva 2005J. Pearce, M. Pretzler, C. Riva, 2005, The Upper Esino Valley survey: methods and interpretation in a transitional landscape, in P. Attema, A. Nijboer and A. Zifferero (eds.) Papers in Italian Archaeology VI. Communities and Settlements from the Neolithic to the Early Medieval Period. Proceedings of the 6th Conference of Italian Archaeology, Groningen, BAR International Series 1452 (II): 1016-1023.