The Urban Archaeology Project in Asculum: the case of Piazza Arringo

Abstract

The work presented here is a brief summary of part of my post-graduate dissertation and falls within the Urban Archaeology Project of University of Bologna in Asculum in agreement with Archeological Superintendency of Marche Region and Municipality of Ascoli Piceno. During 2013’s campaign a non-intrusive survey has been carried out in Piazza Arringo: the field data, after their collection and process, have been compared to previous archaeological knowledge coming from bibliographical and archive’s data in order to add them to the archaeological reconstruction of the city.

Keywords

• Urban archaeology
• roman archaeology
• non invasive survey
• Ground Penetrating Radar
• Ascoli Piceno