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This
presentation will describe the methodology and the digital
documentation of the archeological discovery of four life-size
statues found in the nympheum of the imperial baths in the
Roman city of Grumentum, dating in augustean age. Made out
of fine marble these are, most likely, Greek originals and
represent a selection of Greek gods. The full stratigrafic
excavation methodology used thereby is integrated with a new
digital documentation system, based on digital photogrammetry
and is supported primarily with different photogrammetric
software packages. By using total stations, GPS and professionally
calibrated digital-cameras the on-site recording could be
stored and processed in a meta-data system based on the "Harris
Matrix". In addition, by using a high resolution laser
scanner, we can have a virtual tour through the baths and
the territory. The excavation was recorded in 3D stratigraphic
sequence and then linked to the database of small finds. This
was followed by the typological and chemical analysis. Using
the methods presented here we tried to reconstruct the biography
of the statues in detail and can so present the excavation
results to the public for the first time.
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