Back to the field: The Blera Archaeological Project

Published 7 October 2024
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As a part of this year fieldwork, a public presentation of the project was held in the town of Blera on Tuesday October 1st. Interestingly, a significant number of people came to attend the event and get to know what is currently going on in their home town and interact with all the team members.

Exciting week back in the field! Our collaborative project conducted fieldwork with an extensive GPR survey campaign, aimed at detecting traces of the ancient city in what is now called the Petrolo plateu, next to the medieval/modern town of Blera.

Here's a short video summary of the project data acqusiition/processing done so far, plus some pictures from the field last week, including a public presentation of the project, held in town on Tuesday October 1st. For more updates, follow us on our blog!'

The Blera Archaeological Project in a nutshell

Aim of the project is studying the city plateau of the ancient Etrusco-Roman city of Blera (Italy) and its surrounding landscape through a combination of non-invasive digital methods; including geophysical surveys, LiDAR and SLAM technology. The project is a collaborative effort involving researchers from the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome, Lund University (Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, DARKLab and Humanities Lab), the Italian National Research Council (CNR-ISPC) and Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa. The project is financed with support from the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, through the Stiftelsen Enbom’s donation fund.

Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome,

DARKLab,  

Humanities Lab

CNR-ISPR

İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa

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