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Integrated GPR and Laser-Scanning of Piazza Santa Anastasia, Rome

Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2023

Abstract

The church of Sant’Anastasia and the adjoining piazza occupy an area of great importance in the topography of ancient Rome. Seated between the Palatine and the Aventine hills, the area is adjacent to the Circus Maximus and very close to the Forum Boarium.

The aim of the survey was to locate archaeological features underneath the piazza with Ground- Penetrating Radar (GPR) and to record the current layout of the area, dominated by the church façade, with high-resolution 3D laser scanning. The ultimate objective was to combine the data in a shared 3D environment capable of representing the diachronic evolution.