Coastal landscape evolution of Naples (Southern Italy) since the Roman period from archaeological and geomorphological data at Palazzo degli Spiriti site

Aucelli, Pietro P. C.; Cinque, Aldo; Mattei, Gaia; Pappone, Gerardo; Stefanile, Michele

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2017.12.040

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“…The coasts of the Gulf of Naples have been inhabited since the ancient times and shaped by the continued interplay between anthropogenic and volcanic forcing [5][6][7][20][21][22]. It is a half-graben characterised by an NE-trending faults system and totally covered by volcanic units related to Campi Flegrei and Vesuvius volcanoes [5,23].…”

Section: Geoarchaeological Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…During the Late Holocene, this area was modified by volcanic activity and volcano-tectonic vertical ground movements related to Campi Flegrei and Vesuvius [4][5][6][7][20][21][22]27]. However, the most recent extreme event that profoundly modified the Gulf of Naples coasts certainly was the 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius [28] and the subsequent adverse marine weather conditions [7].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, despite the subsiding trend that affected the coasts of Naples Gulf after the emplacement of the Campanian Ignimbrite deposits [5,20,21,[29][30][31], the landscape evolution of this coastal sector in the last 2000 years was mainly controlled by the anthropogenic activity and the construction of several maritime infrastructures. During the Greek times, several colonies were founded on its coasts, such as Pithekoussai (on the island of Ischia), Kymae, Dicearchia and Neapolis.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Sensing the Submerged Landscape of Nisida Roman Harbour in the Gulf of Naples from Integrated Measurements on a USV

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This paper shows an interesting case of coastal landscape reconstruction by using innovative marine robotic instrumentation, applied to an archaeological key-site in the Campi Flegrei (Italy), one of the more inhabited areas in the Mediterranean during the Roman period. This active volcanic area is world famous for the ancient coastal cities of Baiae, Puteoli, and Misenum, places of military and commercial excellence. The multidisciplinary study of the submerged Roman harbour at Nisida Island was aimed at reconstructing the natural and anthropogenic underwater landscape by elaborating a multiscale dataset. The integrated marine surveys were carried out by an Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) foreseeing the simultaneous use of geophysical and photogrammetric sensors according to the modern philosophy of multi-modal mapping. All instrumental measurements were validated by on-site measurements performed by specialised scuba divers. The multiscale analysis of the sensing data allowed a precise reconstruction of the coastal morpho-evolutive trend and the relative sea level variation in the last 2000 years by means of a new type of archaeological sea-level marker here proposed for the first time. Furthermore, it provided a detailed multidimensional documentation of the underwater cultural heritage and a useful tool for evaluating the conservation state of archaeological submerged structures.

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Section: Geoarchaeological Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…For the Neapolitan coast, a series of villae maritimae has been documented along the hill of Posillipo (Figure 1, [22]): in the Gaiola sector (late-republican villa of P. Vedius Pollio, later part of Imperial Pausilypon); in the nearby so-called Palazzo degli Spiriti [23][24][25]; in the bay of Marechiano/Marechiaro and along Capo Posillipo, in front of Villa Rosebery, among the so-called ruins of Pietra Salata.…”

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“…The marine drone used during the indirect surveys-designed exclusively for the geoarchaeological task-is the result of many years of experience in marine geophysical surveys applied to underwater archaeology [24,25,[31][32][33]. During operations, the USV is launched from the pier of Borgo Marinaro.…”

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A Detailed Reconstruction of the Roman Landscape and the Submerged Archaeological Structure at “Castel dell’Ovo islet” (Naples, Southern Italy)

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In this paper, we present the results of a multidisciplinary study aimed to reconstruct the Roman coastal landscape between Pizzofalcone hill and Megaris islet—the area of the ancient Parthenope, the first settlement along the Naples coast. This coastal sector was surveyed by a team of specialized divers (archaeologists and geomorphologists) and by using an Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) equipped with acoustic and optical sensors. The indirect surveys provided a high-resolution dataset of morpho-acoustic and optical measurements, useful to obtain the geological, geomorphological and archaeological interpretations necessary to formulate hypotheses on the functionality of the complex submerged archaeological structure detected in the study area. In particular, the integration between the surveyed data, the high-resolution seafloor mapping and the previous knowledge deriving from the 1980s underwater research carried out by Centro Studi Subacquei, led us to interpret the submerged remains as a vivarium related to a 1st century BC Roman villa. Finally, by measuring the submersion of several channels and a well-preserved crepido, a relative sea level during the period of use at –2.2 m ±0.2 m mean sea level (MSL) was deduced, in agreement with the previous geoarchaeological studies realized in the near coastal sectors.

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Innovative Technologies for Coastal Paleo-Landscape Reconstruction and Paleo-Sea Level Measuring

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Coastal landscape evolution of Naples (Southern Italy) since the Roman period from archaeological and geomorphological data at Palazzo degli Spiriti site

Cited by 28 publications

References 35 publications

Sensing the Submerged Landscape of Nisida Roman Harbour in the Gulf of Naples from Integrated Measurements on a USV

Sensing the Submerged Landscape of Nisida Roman Harbour in the Gulf of Naples from Integrated Measurements on a USV

A Detailed Reconstruction of the Roman Landscape and the Submerged Archaeological Structure at “Castel dell’Ovo islet” (Naples, Southern Italy)

Innovative Technologies for Coastal Paleo-Landscape Reconstruction and Paleo-Sea Level Measuring

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