Contributo in volume, 2019, ENG, 10.19282/ACS.11.2019.06

The Urban Planning of Doclea: Remote Sensing and Topographical Survey

Colosi F.; Merola P.; Moscati P.

CNR-ISPC, Roma, Italy; CNR-ISPC, Roma, Italy; CNR-ISPC, Roma, Italy

The paper presents the study of Doclea by remote sensing (satellite, aerial photos, drone) and the first results of the topographic survey conducted within the urban walls. The analysis of the images has highlighted buried structures that follow the same alignment as the walls visible above ground. The same anomalies are detected on the geophysical maps. The territorial survey, conducted with the aid of a differential GPS to position the emerging structures, has allowed one to identify numerous ancient structures, sometimes preserved to some height, which have the same orientation of the buildings of the forum and a stone paved road corresponding to a cardo of the city. Analysing the archaeological findings, the geophysical results and the measurements of the principal monuments and the roads, a hypothetical reconstruction of the Doclea urban plan is presented, which, naturally, can only be verified with further research and with excavation on the spot.

Keywords

Archeologia, Metodologia della ricerca archeologica, Informatica archeologica

CNR authors

Colosi Francesca, Merola Pasquale, Moscati Paola

CNR institutes

ISPC – Istituto di Scienze del Patrimonio Culturale

ID: 414731

Year: 2019

Type: Contributo in volume

Creation: 2020-01-06 09:46:41.000

Last update: 2022-02-25 11:23:44.000

External IDs

CNR OAI-PMH: oai:it.cnr:prodotti:414731

DOI: 10.19282/ACS.11.2019.06