The Archaeological Map for the Reconstruction of the Ancient Topography of the Greek and
                        Roman City of Taormina

Campagna, Lorenzo; Scardozzi, Giuseppe

doi:10.5463/lac.2014.28

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“…The revealed changes in the undulation of the area studied are consistent with the results obtained by the authors for the same area in the centre of Krakow which were calculated exclusively on the basis of local relative heights ∆h (m) in a square grid with a side of 150 m [24]. The revealed trends of changes in land undulation of Krakow centre confirm also the results of other research on anthropogenic modification of relief in this area [9,[11][12][13]23] and the results of investigations in other towns [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]10,[19][20][21][22]. The increase in local relative height due to intentional uncovering of old buildings or fragments of antient towns [3][4][5][6] should be also mentioned.…”

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“…Town topography transformed by human impact is the subject of research of various disciplines of Earth sciences, mainly geomorphology, geology, hydrology and geoengineering [1,2,7,[10][11][12][13][14]. The most reliable results are obtained from the research carried out at the interface between Earth sciences and archaeology [3][4][5][6][15][16][17][18][19][20], because it facilitates the study of changes in town topography in time. The research on topography changes of large cities based on i.e., satellite images are limited to current situation [21,22].…”

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Quantitative Assessment of Changes in Topography of Town Caused by Human Impact, Krakow City Centre, Southern Poland

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For the area of historic centre of Krakow (area 9.29 km2), southern Poland, base maps were prepared showing hypsometry and distribution of landforms in historical variant (ca. 1000 AD) and current variant, based on published data mainly from archaeological and geoengineering research carried out for the last 60 years, and including geographic information system (GIS) tools. The aim of the work is to establish changes in undulation of the area studied within the landforms (Vistula riverbed, Holocene alluvial plain, Pleistocene terrace, limestone hills) over the last millennium. Topographic parameters calculated on the basis of the base maps (local relative height, mean slope, limit of areas without aspect and with N, E, S and W aspects) were considered. These changes were linked with dominating trends of the altitude increase due to the development of large area embankments and of convex landforms. The assessment of changes of land undulation includes four authorial methods of quantitative determination of topography changes. Until the beginning of the 19th century land flattening occurred in most of the area of the town centre. Then the increase of local relative heights started to predominate which resulted in changes of other topographic parameters. Differentiated changes, both positive and negative, in the area undulation with altitude increase were determined.

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Quantitative Assessment of Changes in Topography of Town Caused by Human Impact, Krakow City Centre, Southern Poland

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“…Less frequently, spatial differentiation of the thickness of anthropogenic deposits in old towns is the subject of study (Kaniecki, 2013;Luberti, 2018;Luberti et al, 2019;Molewski & Juśkiewicz, 2014;Pröschel & Lehmkuhl, 2019). Important information is obtained from investigations located at the margin of archaeology, geomorphology, and geology, which indicates (based on studies of the stratigraphy of cultural deposits and natural sediments) the rate of change in topography of some towns (Brandolini et al, 2018;Campagna & Scardozzi, 2014;Carver, 1983;Mozzi et al, 2018;Radwański, 1972Radwański, , 1975Vogel et al, 2011).…”

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Changes in the topography of Krakow city centre, Poland, during the last millennium

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The aim of the paper is to reconstruct differences between the paleotopography and contemporary topography of the historic centre of Krakow city, Poland, during the last millennium. The paleotopography was reconstructed using published contour-line maps based on archaeological and geoengineering investigations and showing the roof of in situ fossil soil. The preliminary contour-line map represented a digital elevation model (DEM) base map. A DEM from aerial laser scanning (ALS DEM) shows the contemporary topography of Krakow city centre. The application of selected morphometric indices makes it possible to quantitatively describe changes in the spatial dimension with regard to altitude, relative heights, slope, and aspect classes. The analysis of the changes in the values of the elements of topography studied shows that, at the scale of the whole study area, a trend to flattening occurs, however this trend is locally balanced or overridden by an increase of surface unevenness.

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Kraków—Anthropogenic Changes in the Relief of a Large City

Łajczak,

Zarychta

2024

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The Archaeological Map for the Reconstruction of the Ancient Topography of the Greek and Roman City of Taormina

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Quantitative Assessment of Changes in Topography of Town Caused by Human Impact, Krakow City Centre, Southern Poland

Quantitative Assessment of Changes in Topography of Town Caused by Human Impact, Krakow City Centre, Southern Poland

Changes in the topography of Krakow city centre, Poland, during the last millennium

Kraków—Anthropogenic Changes in the Relief of a Large City

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