eprintid: 545
rev_number: 4
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creators_name: Fiz, Ignacio
creators_name: Orengo, Hèctor A.
title: The application of 3D reconstruction techniques in the analysis of ancient Tarraco's urban topography
ispublished: pub
subjects: ddc-930
divisions: i-209
cterms_swd: Archäologie
cterms_swd: Informatik
cterms_swd: Computerunterstütztes Verfahren
cterms_swd: Computervisualistik
cterms_swd: Interdisziplinäre Forschung
cterms_swd: Stadtforschung
cterms_swd: Stadtbild
abstract: The widespread implementation of GIS-based 3D topographical models has been a great aid in the development and testing of archaeological hypotheses. In this paper, a topographical reconstruction of the ancient city of Tarraco, the Roman capital of the Tarraconensis province, is presented. This model is based on topographical data obtained through archaeological excavations, old photographic documentation, georeferenced archive maps depicting the pre-modern city topography, modern detailed topographical maps and differential GPS measurements. The addition of the Roman urban architectural features to the model offers the possibility to test hypotheses concerning the ideological background manifested in the city shape. This is accomplished mainly through the use of 3D views from the main city accesses. These techniques ultimately demonstrate the ‘theatre-shaped’ layout of the city (to quote Vitrubius) as well as its southwest oriented architecture, whose monumental character was conceived to present a striking aspect to visitors, particularly those arriving from the sea.
abstract_translated_lang: eng
date: 2008
date_type: published
ubhd_kollation: 343 (Abstract)
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/propylaeumdok.00000545
portal_cluster_id: p-caa2007
portal_order: 0111
ppn_swb: 1392998840
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-propylaeumdok-5455
language: eng
bibsort: FIZIGNACIOTHEAPPLICA2008
full_text_status: public
place_of_pub: Bonn
book_title: Layers of Perception. Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Berlin, 2.-6. April, 2007 (Koll. Vor- u. Frühgesch. 10)
editors_name: Posluschny, A.
editors_name: Lambers, K.
editors_name: Herzog, I.
faecher: FKA
themen: T720
oa_type: green
laender: R936
citation:   Fiz, Ignacio ; Orengo, Hèctor A.  (2008) The application of 3D reconstruction techniques in the analysis of ancient Tarraco's urban topography.   In: Posluschny, A. ; Lambers, K. ; Herzog, I. (Hrsgg.):  Layers of Perception. Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Berlin, 2.-6. April, 2007 (Koll. Vor- u. Frühgesch. 10).   Bonn 2008 343 (Abstract)        
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeumdok/545/1/10_09_orengo_et_al_tarraco.pdf