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Le catene metalliche nei portici del santuario di apollo a pompei: il restauro come aggiornamento tecnologico

Author: G. Casa

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This paper is part of a broader investigation into the restoration works carried out on the public buildings in the Forum of Pompeii after the earthquake of 62 AD. The contribution offers a new analysis of the post-seismic restoration works conducted on the trilithic structures of the Sanctuary of Apollo: after a brief review of the history of the monument, the analysis focuses on the restoration traces identified on the architectural elements of the portico and of the temple’s peristasis, whose detailed study revealed the adoption of new techniques of repairs, including the use of metal clamps and, most notably, iron reinforcement ties for the entablature. These sophisticated and innova-tive reinforcing systems are examined in the context of the wider technological transformations which marked Pompeii’s reconstruction phase and are further compared to similar devices employed in Roman architecture.

I tessuti d’area vesuviana del Museo Archeologico Regionale di Palermo. Indagini tecniche e analisi archeometriche

Author: F. Coletti

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The present research is part of an ambitious project conducted by Palermo University in collaboration with the Palermo Museum “Antonio Salinas”, focusing on the study and analysis of the artefacts donated to the Museum in the first half of the 19th century by the Borbone dynasty. This contribution aims to present the results of the analyses carried out on a series of organic artefacts identified as remains of carbonised textiles. Microscopic investigations allow for identifying the textile structures, the type of fibres and the characterisation of various stages of carbonisation of the textile materials. Interesting comparisons concerning the preservation states and the original function of the textile fragments have been established with the Vesuvian textile collections and the imprints of garments impressed on the surface of human plaster casts of Pompeii. The outcomes of this study contribute to an interdisciplinary project that aims, in addition to research, at the enhancement and display of these artefacts undertaken by the Palermo Museum concerning the Borbone donations.

(Italiano) La cloaca della valle stabiana a Pompei: struttura, funzione e cronologia di un apparato del sistema di smaltimento delle acque meteoriche e reflue della città tardo-sannitica e romana

Author: F. Giletti

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The study of the disposal system of Pompeii, and especially of the central-southern sector of the city, has shown the strong complementarity between the urban plan and the wastewater regulation. These aspects are strongly integrative and essential to the functioning mechanisms of the city itself. In the diachrony of the urban development of the city, the attention for the regulation and disposal of waters always remains one of the prerequisites of the urban and architectural evolution of Pompeii. The best solution to this need is reached starting at the end of the II century B.C. During a wide program of building renovation of the entire urban space of Pompeii, complex underground conveyance systems, functional to the extra moenia evacuation of waters, are built. In such a framework, the most eloquent and most illustrative artifact turns out to be the wide collector of the Stabian valley. For the first time we present here both an overall historical-archaeological study and a systematic analysis of the structure and its annexes, starting from its inception, along the via dell’Abbondanza, to the point of evacuation, identified between the Quadriportico dei Teatri and the Foro Triangolare.

Su un rilievo greco da una caupona pompeiana

Author: D. Russo

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Based on its technical characteristics and archival documentation, the article re-examines a relief discovered in Pompeii in the 1950s during the excavations of Regio I but only published in 2018. The hypothesis advanced here is that the piece originates from Greece, where it may have originally served as the crowning block of a structure, such as a small base. The relief, depicting two intellectuals, was likely carved during the Hellenistic period, and later adapted for display in both Greece and Pompeii. In its final phase in the latter city, it likely did not decorate a house, as previously proposed, but instead adorned a caupona. There, it might have contributed, alongside other furnishings, the vegetation and poems painted on the walls, to evoke an image of a bucolic landscape.

Nuovi dati sull’area occidentale del Foro civile di Pompei

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This paper aims to contribute to the compilation of a consistent periodization of the entire monumental complex of the civil forum of Pompeii, through the historical and architectural study of one of the least explored areas of the square located in the western sector, between the sanctuary of Apollo and the granary. The building, whose date is almost unknown, represents an important proof of the architecture built in tuff stone that characterizes one of the most significant phases of the entire forensic area. The architectural and structural analysis of the building in addition to providing important information about the evolution of the entire western sector of the forum, has led to the recognition of a local workshop in Nucera dealing with the manufacturing of the tuff, which was so active in Pompeii as in the neighboring centers. The analysis also offered preliminary but innovative tools allowing a systematic interpretation of the architecture of this period concerning both the city and its territory.

Archeologia e rischio sismico

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Some Italian MIBAC (Italian Minister for cultural heritage) memoranda apply to the archaeological sites the same seismic rules used for buildings. That appears incorrect because the state of ruin is subject to a quite different use, but also has the peculiar needs of conservation. Starting from the idea that the “archaeological built heritage” has an artistic or monumental standing and it may also represent a simple attestation of aspects of human activity in the past, this paper suggests a different cultural attitude aimed to simultaneously respect the safety of visitors and avoid actions disrespectful of the material history of the ancient built.