Digital documentation for archaeology. Case studies on etruscan and roman heritage

Abstract

Innovative tools which are constantly being developed make it possible for the researcher to adopt an integrative approach favorable to everyone involved in the whole process of documentation. Close collaboration of architects and archaeologists made it possible to understand the key elements of archaeological heritage based on considerations extracted from historical analysis and to have at disposal a large quantity of information gathered by taking advantage of the potentialities of technologically advances tools. The significance of constructing digital models in the domain of archaeology is already a well-established idea and only reinforces the theoretical bases of survey and representation. The objective is to present the way in which digital technologies allow us to document, preserve, evaluate and popularize cultural heritage by structuring out an “open” system of cognition and therefore always lending itself to implementation.