Geoarcheology and cultural heritage

The geoarchaeology and the geological conservation of cultural heritage sites utilize multi-discipline methods by integrating traditional expertise and approaches of conservation and restoration of archaeological, architectural and historical sites with Earth Sciences disciplines such as stratigraphycal geology, sedimentology, engineering geology, geomorphology. Th

The geoarchaeology and the geological conservation of cultural heritage sites utilize multi-discipline methods by integrating traditional expertise and approaches of conservation and restoration of archaeological, architectural and historical sites with Earth Sciences disciplines such as stratigraphycal geology, sedimentology, engineering geology, geomorphology. The geoarchaeology and the geological conservation of cultural heritage are based on a geological-environmental approach by analysing cultural heritage sites in the geological setting of the territory where the site is located. This multi-discipline analysis enables to reconstruct the history of the site as well as the original geomorphological and geo-hydraulic scenario of the territory. A specific attention is given to the reconstruction or the natural causes which have determined the abandon of the site e.g. landslides, earthquakes, floods, subsidence, sinkholes, spring waters migration. Therefore, the geological, sedimentological and stratigraphycal observtions of forms and processes, rock chemical-physical characteristics, sediments and their sequence can provide fundamental information on natural events occurred during and after the abandon of the site.

The geological conservation of cultural heritage pays a particular attention on engineering geological investigation methods and sustainable solutions for the stabilization and conservation of cultural heritage exposed to geological risks through techniques and technologies which take into account long-term effectiveness and a low environmental and visual impact.

Finally, such disciplines aim at improving the archaeological and geological knowledge of the territory with the scope of providing a more effective land planning, management and safety of cultural heritage sites with a particular attention to those exposed at natural risks.

The geoarchaeology and the geological conservation of cultural heritage sites utilize multi-discipline methods by integrating traditional expertise and approaches of conservation and restoration of archaeological, architectural and historical sites with Earth Sciences disciplines such as stratigraphycal geology, sedimentology, engineering geology, geomorphology. The geoarchaeology and the geological conservation of cultural heritage are based on a geological-environmental approach by analysing cultural heritage sites in the geological setting of the territory where the site is located. This multi-discipline analysis enables to reconstruct the history of the site as well as the original geomorphological and geo-hydraulic scenario of the territory. A specific attention is given to the reconstruction or the natural causes which have determined the abandon of the site e.g. landslides, earthquakes, floods, subsidence, sinkholes, spring waters migration. Therefore, the geological, sedimentological and stratigraphycal observtions of forms and processes, rock chemical-physical characteristics, sediments and their sequence can provide fundamental information on natural events occurred during and after the abandon of the site.

The geological conservation of cultural heritage pays a particular attention on engineering geological investigation methods and sustainable solutions for the stabilization and conservation of cultural heritage exposed to geological risks through techniques and technologies which take into account long-term effectiveness and a low environmental and visual impact.

Finally, such disciplines aim at improving the archaeological and geological knowledge of the territory with the scope of providing a more effective land planning, management and safety of cultural heritage sites with a particular attention to those exposed at natural risks.

e geoarchaeology and the geological conservation of cultural heritage are based on a geological-environmental approach by analysing cultural heritage sites in the geological setting of the territory where the site is located. This multi-discipline analysis enables to reconstruct the history of the site as well as the original geomorphological and geo-hydraulic scenario of the territory. A specific attention is given to the reconstruction or the natural causes which have determined the abandon of the site e.g. landslides, earthquakes, floods, subsidence, sinkholes, spring waters migration. Therefore, the geological, sedimentological and stratigraphycal observtions of forms and processes, rock chemical-physical characteristics, sediments and their sequence can provide fundamental information on natural events occurred during and after the abandon of the site.

The geological conservation of cultural heritage pays a particular attention on engineering geological investigation methods and sustainable solutions for the stabilization and conservation of cultural heritage exposed to geological risks through techniques and technologies which take into account long-term effectiveness and a low environmental and visual impact.

Finally, such disciplines aim at improving the archaeological and geological knowledge of the territory with the scope of providing a more effective land planning, management and safety of cultural heritage sites with a particular attention to those exposed at natural risks.