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Frank Vermeulen, Geert J. Verhoeven
Journal of Field Archaeology, vol. 31(4), 2006, pp. 395-410
Journal of Field Archaeology, vol. 31(4), 2006, pp. 395-410
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Vermeulen, F., & Verhoeven, G. J. (2006). An Integrated Survey of Roman Urbanization at Potentia, Central Italy. Journal of Field Archaeology, 31(4), 395–410. https://doi.org/10.1179/009346906791071800
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Vermeulen, Frank, and Geert J. Verhoeven. “An Integrated Survey of Roman Urbanization at Potentia, Central Italy.” Journal of Field Archaeology 31, no. 4 (2006): 395–410.
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Vermeulen, Frank, and Geert J. Verhoeven. “An Integrated Survey of Roman Urbanization at Potentia, Central Italy.” Journal of Field Archaeology, vol. 31, no. 4, 2006, pp. 395–410, doi:10.1179/009346906791071800.
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@article{vermeulen2006a,
title = {An Integrated Survey of Roman Urbanization at Potentia, Central Italy},
year = {2006},
issue = {4},
journal = {Journal of Field Archaeology},
pages = {395-410},
volume = {31},
doi = {10.1179/009346906791071800},
author = {Vermeulen, Frank and Verhoeven, Geert J.}
}
Abstract
Our research contributes to the study of Roman urbanization in the Italian peninsula, both in the central Adriatic area and beyond. It focuses on the integrated use of archaeological field methods and non-destructive techniques. The study of the urban layout of the city of Potentia is an example of the use of low altitude aerial detection combined with regular grid-walking and geophysical survey to intensively investigate abandoned classical town sites. Information can be combined in a new approach to the study of urbanization processes in the heartland of the Roman world, and this integrated methodology can be applied to any large archaeological site with regular patterning such as orthogonal street layouts and planned civic centers.
Our research contributes to the study of Roman urbanization in the Italian peninsula, both in the central Adriatic area and beyond. It focuses on the integrated use of archaeological field methods and non-destructive techniques. The study of the urban layout of the city of Potentia is an example of the use of low altitude aerial detection combined with regular grid-walking and geophysical survey to intensively investigate abandoned classical town sites. Information can be combined in a new approach to the study of urbanization processes in the heartland of the Roman world, and this integrated methodology can be applied to any large archaeological site with regular patterning such as orthogonal street layouts and planned civic centers.