Exploring new ways to reconstruct the forma urbis romae

The Forma Urbis Romae (F.U.) was a 3rd-century-AD monumental map of ancient Rome consisting of 151 rectangular marble slabs. Several efforts have been made to reconstruct it from its current incomplete and fragmentary condition. In this paper, we explore the potential of an archaeometric approach to...

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Autores: Casas, Lluís|||0000-0003-0948-8658, Di Febo, Roberta|||0000-0002-1102-8231, Brilli, Mauro|||0000-0002-2536-5714, Giustini, Francesca|||0000-0002-7159-469X, Gozzi, Marco|||0000-0002-5146-4492, De Caprariis, Francesca, Martín, Juan Diego (Martín Martín)|||0000-0002-6530-6196, Presicce, Claudio Parissi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Cathodoluminescence
Isotopes
Image processing
Forma Urbis Romae
Archaeometry
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spelling Exploring new ways to reconstruct the forma urbis romaean archaeometric approach (CL color and stable isotope analyses)Casas, Lluís|||0000-0003-0948-8658Di Febo, Roberta|||0000-0002-1102-8231Brilli, Mauro|||0000-0002-2536-5714Giustini, Francesca|||0000-0002-7159-469XGozzi, Marco|||0000-0002-5146-4492De Caprariis, FrancescaMartín, Juan Diego (Martín Martín)|||0000-0002-6530-6196Presicce, Claudio ParissiCathodoluminescenceIsotopesImage processingForma Urbis RomaeArchaeometryThe Forma Urbis Romae (F.U.) was a 3rd-century-AD monumental map of ancient Rome consisting of 151 rectangular marble slabs. Several efforts have been made to reconstruct it from its current incomplete and fragmentary condition. In this paper, we explore the potential of an archaeometric approach to serve this purpose. Almost a hundred F.U. fragments have been characterized, particularly focusing on cathodoluminescence (CL) microscopy and stable isotopes (δO and δC). Different statistical methods have been used to quantify the similarity between samples. The central assumption is that samples from a given slab share similar CL colors and isotopic ratios. The assumption has been verified for samples from single fragments and then it has been used to check ten debated reconstruction hypotheses. The measured isotopic ratios confirm the Proconnesian nature of the F.U. marble, except for a fragment. Beyond provenance, the results cast doubts on four out of the ten checked reconstruction hypotheses and support the other six. The reconstruction of the F.U. remains a fascinating challenge, and both isotopic and CL analyses have demonstrated their potential to tackle it. Further research could extend the presented methodology to a higher number of samples. The innovative use of CL to reconstruct a fragmented artwork could be applied to other projects. 22021-01-0120212021-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/255899https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3390/min11121400reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2558992026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Exploring new ways to reconstruct the forma urbis romae
an archaeometric approach (CL color and stable isotope analyses)
title Exploring new ways to reconstruct the forma urbis romae
spellingShingle Exploring new ways to reconstruct the forma urbis romae
Casas, Lluís|||0000-0003-0948-8658
Cathodoluminescence
Isotopes
Image processing
Forma Urbis Romae
Archaeometry
title_short Exploring new ways to reconstruct the forma urbis romae
title_full Exploring new ways to reconstruct the forma urbis romae
title_fullStr Exploring new ways to reconstruct the forma urbis romae
title_full_unstemmed Exploring new ways to reconstruct the forma urbis romae
title_sort Exploring new ways to reconstruct the forma urbis romae
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Casas, Lluís|||0000-0003-0948-8658
Di Febo, Roberta|||0000-0002-1102-8231
Brilli, Mauro|||0000-0002-2536-5714
Giustini, Francesca|||0000-0002-7159-469X
Gozzi, Marco|||0000-0002-5146-4492
De Caprariis, Francesca
Martín, Juan Diego (Martín Martín)|||0000-0002-6530-6196
Presicce, Claudio Parissi
author Casas, Lluís|||0000-0003-0948-8658
author_facet Casas, Lluís|||0000-0003-0948-8658
Di Febo, Roberta|||0000-0002-1102-8231
Brilli, Mauro|||0000-0002-2536-5714
Giustini, Francesca|||0000-0002-7159-469X
Gozzi, Marco|||0000-0002-5146-4492
De Caprariis, Francesca
Martín, Juan Diego (Martín Martín)|||0000-0002-6530-6196
Presicce, Claudio Parissi
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author2 Di Febo, Roberta|||0000-0002-1102-8231
Brilli, Mauro|||0000-0002-2536-5714
Giustini, Francesca|||0000-0002-7159-469X
Gozzi, Marco|||0000-0002-5146-4492
De Caprariis, Francesca
Martín, Juan Diego (Martín Martín)|||0000-0002-6530-6196
Presicce, Claudio Parissi
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author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Cathodoluminescence
Isotopes
Image processing
Forma Urbis Romae
Archaeometry
topic Cathodoluminescence
Isotopes
Image processing
Forma Urbis Romae
Archaeometry
description The Forma Urbis Romae (F.U.) was a 3rd-century-AD monumental map of ancient Rome consisting of 151 rectangular marble slabs. Several efforts have been made to reconstruct it from its current incomplete and fragmentary condition. In this paper, we explore the potential of an archaeometric approach to serve this purpose. Almost a hundred F.U. fragments have been characterized, particularly focusing on cathodoluminescence (CL) microscopy and stable isotopes (δO and δC). Different statistical methods have been used to quantify the similarity between samples. The central assumption is that samples from a given slab share similar CL colors and isotopic ratios. The assumption has been verified for samples from single fragments and then it has been used to check ten debated reconstruction hypotheses. The measured isotopic ratios confirm the Proconnesian nature of the F.U. marble, except for a fragment. Beyond provenance, the results cast doubts on four out of the ten checked reconstruction hypotheses and support the other six. The reconstruction of the F.U. remains a fascinating challenge, and both isotopic and CL analyses have demonstrated their potential to tackle it. Further research could extend the presented methodology to a higher number of samples. The innovative use of CL to reconstruct a fragmented artwork could be applied to other projects.
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