Hydrogeological and hydrogeochemical monitoring in the Cumae archaeological site (Phlegraean Fields, southern Italy)

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 18-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Allocca ◽  
Silvio Coda ◽  
Pantaleone De Vita ◽  
Brunella Di Rienzo ◽  
Luciano Ferrara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern Italy ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Phlegraean Fields

Hydrogeological and hydrogeochemical study of a volcanic-sedimentary coastal aquifer in the archaeological site of Cumae (Phlegraean Fields, southern Italy)

2018 ◽  
Vol 185 ◽  
pp. 105-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Allocca ◽  
Silvio Coda ◽  
Pantaleone De Vita ◽  
Brunella Di Rienzo ◽  
Luciano Ferrara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Aquifer ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Phlegraean Fields

scholarly journals Natural and Anthropogenic Groundwater Contamination in a Coastal Volcanic-Sedimentary Aquifer: The Case of the Archaeological Site of Cumae (Phlegraean Fields, Southern Italy)

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 3463
Author(s):  
Luisa Stellato ◽  
Silvio Coda ◽  
Michele Arienzo ◽  
Pantaleone De Vita ◽  
Brunella Di Rienzo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern Italy ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Nitrate Contamination ◽  
Organic Fertilizers ◽  
Archaeological Heritage ◽  
Aquifer System ◽  
Phlegraean Fields ◽  
Anthropogenic Processes ◽  
Sedimentary Aquifer ◽  
Δd And Δ18o

Archeological sites close to coastal volcanic-sedimentary aquifers are threatened by groundwater contaminated by natural and anthropogenic processes. The paper reports on a hydrogeological, chemical (major, minor and trace elements) and isotopic (δD-H2O, δ18O-H2O, δ15N-NO3, δ18O-NO3, δ11B, 222Rn) survey of groundwater at the Cumae archaeological site, which is located in the coastal north-western sector of the volcanic district of Phlegraean Fields (southern Italy), where groundwater flooding phenomena occur. Results show the presence of a complex coastal volcanic-sedimentary aquifer system where groundwater quality is influenced mainly by: (i) aquifer lithology and localized ascent of magmatic fluids along buried volcano-tectonic discontinuities, (ii) mixing of groundwater, deep mineralized fluids and seawater during groundwater pumping, and (iii) nitrate contamination >50 mg/L from non-point agricultural sources. Moreover, δD and δ18O point toward fast recharge from seasonal precipitations, while the isotopic ratios of N and O in nitrate reveal the contribution of mineral and organic fertilizers as well as leakage from septic tanks. Results can assist the local archaeological authority for the safeguarding and management of the archaeological heritage of the Cumae site.

scholarly journals Monitoring and Modelling Coastal Vulnerability and Mitigation Proposal for an Archaeological Site (Kaulonia, Southern Italy)

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Di Luccio ◽  
Guido Benassai ◽  
Gianluigi Di Paola ◽  
Carmen Rosskopf ◽  
Luigi Mucerino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern Italy ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Coastal Vulnerability

scholarly journals The Eneolithic/Bronze Age Transition at Tegole di Bovino (Apulia): Geoarchaeological Evidence of Climate Change and Land-Use Shift

Quaternary ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Guido S. Mariani ◽  
Italo M. Muntoni ◽  
Andrea Zerboni
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Human Occupation ◽  
Climatic Fluctuations ◽  
Sedimentary Deposits ◽  
The Bronze Age

Human communities at the transition between the Eneolithic period and the Bronze Age had to rapidly adapt to cultural and climatic changes, which influenced the whole Mediterranean. The exact dynamics involved in this crucial passage are still a matter of discussion. As newer studies have highlighted the key role of climatic fluctuations during this period, their relationship with the human occupation of the landscape are yet to be fully explored. We investigated the infilling of negative structures at the archaeological site of Tegole di Bovino (Apulia, Southern Italy) looking at evidence of the interaction between climate changes and human strategies. The archaeological sedimentary deposits, investigated though geoarchaeological and micromorphological techniques, show the presence of natural and anthropogenic infillings inside most structures. Both human intervention and/or natural events occurred in the last phases of occupation of the site and its subsequent abandonment. The transition to unfavorable climatic conditions in the same period was most likely involved in the abandonment of the site. The possible further impact of human communities on the landscape in that period, testified by multiple other archives, might have in turn had a role in the eventual change in land use.

Integrated electromagnetic survey in the archaeological site of Serra di Vaglio (Southern Italy)

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. De Bonis ◽  
D. Chianese ◽  
F. Guglielmelli ◽  
V. Lapenna ◽  
S. Piscitelli
Keyword(s):  
Southern Italy ◽  
Archaeological Site

Garnets in volcanic breccias of the Phlegraean Fields (southern Italy): mineralogical, geochemical and genetic features

2003 ◽  
Vol 77 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 259-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Naimo ◽  
G. Balassone ◽  
A. Beran ◽  
C. Amalfitano ◽  
M. Imperato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern Italy ◽  
Phlegraean Fields ◽  
Genetic Features

GPR Investigation at the Archaeological Site of Le Cesine, Lecce, Italy

Information ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 412
Author(s):  
Emanuele Colica ◽  
Antonella Antonazzo ◽  
Rita Auriemma ◽  
Luigi Coluccia ◽  
Ilaria Catapano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Processing ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Inverse Scattering ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Scattering Model ◽  
Scientific Mission ◽  
A Site

In this contribution, we present some results achieved in the archaeological site of Le Cesine, close to Lecce, in southern Italy. The investigations have been performed in a site close to the Adriatic Sea, only slightly explored up to now, and where the presence of an ancient Roman harbour is alleged on the basis of remains visible above all under the current sea level. This measurement campaign has been performed in the framework of a short-term scientific mission (STSM) performed in the framework of the European Cost Action 17131 (acronym SAGA), and has been aimed to identify possible points where future localized excavation might and hopefully will be performed in the next few years. Both a traditional elaboration and an innovative data processing based on a linear inverse scattering model have been performed on the data.

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