High resolution GPR survey to investigate the urban centres: the case of XX Settembre square of Fano (Fano, Italy)

Salvatore Piro, Laura Cerri, Oscar Mei, Maria Raffaella Ciuccarelli
Abstract:
This paper shows the preliminary results of a new archaeogeophysics investigations in Piazza XX Settembre in Fano carried out thanks to a collaboration between the Vitruvian Studies Center, the Superintendence of Archeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the Provinces of Ancona and Pesaro and Urbino, the Institute of Heritage Sciences of the CNR of Rome and the Municipality of Fano. The new research includes a high-resolution georadar survey and a bibliographic and archival research, still in progress, concerning the square and its surrounding. The main purpose of this new study is to understand the evolution of this city s sector from the Roman period to the Medieval age, and intends also to investigate the historical and archaeological knowledge of this area located in the city s center of Fano.
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IMEKO-MetroArchaeo-2023-063.pdf
DOI:
10.21014/tc4-ARC-2023.063
Event details
IMEKO TC:
TC4
Event name:
TC4 MetroArchaeo 2023
Title:

IMEKO TC4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

Place:
Rome, ITALY
Time:
19 October 2023 - 21 October 2023