Indagini Georadar ad alta risoluzione nell’area archeologica di Tor Paterno (Castelporziano, Roma)

Salvatore Piro

«Archeologia e Calcolatori» 2026, Supplemento 15, 107-120; doi: 10.19282/acs.15.2026.07

Abstract

As part of the HiLL ‘Hidden Landscapes of Latium’ project, funded by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) Mission 4-Component 2-Investment 1,1 ‘PRIN Projects’, a high-resolution geophysical survey, employing the Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) method, was designed and developed. The purpose of this survey was to characterize the Tor Paterno archaeological site (Castelporziano, Roma) in terms of the location of archaeological structures present at various depths, in some unexcavated sectors. The areas selected for the geophysical surveys include the Tor Paterno (A) and Tor Paterno Laghetti (B) areas, and are based on hypotheses about the presence of structures, deduced from literature. The aims of the geophysical surveys are, on the one hand, to increase knowledge of the archaeological structures still present underground and, on the other, to contribute to protecting and enhancing the physical and cultural integrity of the aforementioned site, within its broader environmental context. The archaeological area was investigated using high-resolution Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) during the prospecting campaigns conducted in September and November 2025. The objective of the investigations was therefore to verify the existence of archaeological structures still buried, at various depths, in the areas being investigated.

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