Recherche par auteur > Schwenn Fabian

The DFG-funded project "Lilybaeum. Principles of Urban Development" is a collaborative project between the Archaeological Park of Marsala, the University of Hamburg and the University of Palermo. Since 2017, the aim of the project has been to create an archaeological map of ancient Lilybaeum in Marsala, Sicily. A topographical map of all the known archaeological areas has remained a desideratum up to the present date.

The focus of the project is a creation of an ancient city plan in different time phases, using new survey data as well as already existing data. The long process of data collection and analysis will serve the future qualitative description of Lilybaeum within the supra-regional network of Sicilian cities.

One of the main problems is the visualisation of relatively chronological data as well as complex multi-dimensional areas. The project has developed several strategies and solutions that will be discussed in the context of digital strategies. In particular, integration and presentation in geographic information systems through the intersection of 2D and 3D methods offers solutions for complex multi-dimensional structures in areas such as necropolises.

Questions of space and time are essential when creating an archaeological map. Another focus will also be on implementation issues related to dating problems and difficulties and discuss how to deal with open concepts and temporally vague information. What strategies can be used, for example, in the area of the correct addressing of finds in data collection and presentation in a WebGIS? How do certain cityscapes behave or develop in different time periods? Where in the different time slices of the different cityscapes can hierarchical spatial structures be found?