Radiography of the Past - Three Dimensional, Virtual Reconstruction of a Roman Town in Lusitania

Abstract

The European project, "RADIO-PAST" was launched in 2009 within the Marie Curie framework "Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways". The project aims to join resources and different skills to tackle each possible aspect connected with "non-destructive" approaches to understand and reconstruct complex archaeological sites. The consortium of 7 partners has chosen an "open laboratory for research and experimentation" in and around the abandoned Roman site of Ammaia in central Portugal, but some research activities are carried out by the partner institutions in different areas of the Mediterranean and continental Europe. This paper describes the various methods and procedures which were used to undertake the three dimensional reconstruction of this Roman urban site in Lusitania.