- Item
- AIAC_2220
- Name
- Potentia
- Date Range
- 184 BC – 620
- Website
- http://apss.soton.ac.uk
Seasons
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AIAC_2220 - Potentia - 2005In September 2004 and September/October 2005 a geophysical survey was undertaken at the site of the Roman colony of Potentia, Marche by the Archaeological Prospection Services of Southampton and The British School at Rome. The work was carried out on behalf of Prof. Frank Vermeulen of the University of Ghent, Flanders as part of the Potenza Valley Survey. The magnetometer survey revealed a comprehensive plan of the colony which complimented the interpretation of the aerial photographs. The extent of the road network was further unveiled and crucially was shown to extend to the town wall dividing up the territory into previously unknown insulae. Resistivity survey was employed over the area of the west gate with great success. The technique produced clear results undisturbed by the presence of materials that affected the magnetometer survey results. In many cases the magnetometer survey confirmed the findings of the aerial photography but in many other instances the survey revealed new and more detailed information on the layout and nature of the colony. Together with the resistivity survey results our understanding of the colony of Potentia is intensifying and developing.
Media
- Name
- Potentia
- Year
- 2005
- Summary
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In September 2004 and September/October 2005 a geophysical survey was undertaken at the site of the Roman colony of Potentia, Marche by the Archaeological Prospection Services of Southampton and The British School at Rome. The work was carried out on behalf of Prof. Frank Vermeulen of the University of Ghent, Flanders as part of the Potenza Valley Survey.
The magnetometer survey revealed a comprehensive plan of the colony which complimented the interpretation of the aerial photographs. The extent of the road network was further unveiled and crucially was shown to extend to the town wall dividing up the territory into previously unknown insulae.
Resistivity survey was employed over the area of the west gate with great success. The technique produced clear results undisturbed by the presence of materials that affected the magnetometer survey results.
In many cases the magnetometer survey confirmed the findings of the aerial photography but in many other instances the survey revealed new and more detailed information on the layout and nature of the colony. Together with the resistivity survey results our understanding of the colony of Potentia is intensifying and developing. -
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Nel settembre 2004 e settembre/ottobre 2005 una ricognizione geofisica è stata condotta sul sito della colonia romana di _Potentia_, nelle Marche dall’Archaeological Prospection Services di Southampton e dalla British School di Roma. Il lavoro è stato condotto sotto la responsabilità di Frank Vermeulen dell’Università di Ghent, Flanders come parte del “Potenza Valley Survey”.
La ricognizione magnetometrica ha rivelato una pianta completa della colonia che integra l’interpretazione della fotografia aerea. L’estensione della rete stradale è stata ulteriormente disvelata e, cosa di estrema importanza, ha mostrato di estendersi fino alle mura urbane, dividendo lo spazio in _insulae_ finora sconosciute.
La resistività è stata impiegata sull’area della porta occidentale con grande successo. La tecnica ha prodotto risultati chiari non disturbati dalla presenza di materiali che di solito affliggono gli esiti della ricognizione magnetometrica.
In molti casi la ricognizione magnetometrica ha confermato i rinvenimenti noti dalla fotografia aerea ma in molte altre situazioni la ricognizione ha rivelato nuove e più dettagliate informazioni sulla pianta e la struttura della colonia. Insieme con i risultati della resistività la nostra comprensione della colonia di _Potentia_ si sta intensificando e sviluppando.
- Summary Author
- Sophie Hay
- Director
- Frank Vermeulen
Media
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Vermeulen, Hay, Verhoeven 2006F. Vermeulen, S. Hay, G. Verhoeven, 2006, Potentia: an integrated survey of a Roman colony on the Adriatic coast, in Papers of the British School at Rome 74: 203-236.