RT journal article
T1 Studying the Water Supply System of the Roman Villa of Pisões (Beja, Portugal) Using Ground-Penetrating Radar and Geospatial Methods
A1 Oliveira, Rui Jorge
A1 Trapero Fernández, Pedro
A1 Caldeira, Bento
A1 Borges, José Fernando
A1 Carneiro, André
A2 HistoriaGeografía y Filosofía
K1 GPR survey
K1 Roman villa of Pisões
K1 water supply location
K1 combined archaeological data
K1 Roman Lusitania
AB The Roman villa of Pisões (Beja, Portugal) was part of the Lusitanian colony of Pax Iulia.This place stands out for the predominance of the water element in several structures of the villa,highlighting the balneum and the large natatio, one of the largest known in Roman Hispania. Therecords of the initial excavations that took place beginning in 1967 do not allow the establishmentof clear functionalities of the villa. The University of Évora, the owner of the site, conceived anaction plan for the requalification and enhancement of the archaeological site. One of the tasksaims to investigate the site using applied geophysics. This work analyses the landscape directlyrelated to the villa, given that it is in the flooded area of a river with a Roman containment dam. It isuncertain whether the water supply comes from this structure or other nearby springs. The use ofground-penetrating radar, combined with unmanned aerial vehicles, all integrated in a geographicinformation system, allows us to determine the location of underground water connections and createa topographic model with high resolution. Considering all the information, we propose a model forwater transport inside the villa and estimate the location of the water supply.
PB MDPI
SN 2072-4292
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/32473
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/32473
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 12-nov-2026