Strategies for a digital model to facilitate the knowledge and management of the archaeological site of italica: log book

Abstract

This paper adopts the form of a log book of experiences, observations, interpretations, ideas and resources obtained as a result of using digital information models to address the needs of the institutions and managers of the Archaeological Site of Italica (CAI, after the Spanish initials) between 2006 and 2021. The problems related to the knowledge and management of the site vary enormously both in scale and complexity. We discuss them here in chronological order to provide a vision of how digital geometric registration and information models have played an increasingly important role at this type of heritage site. The significance of the case study resides both in the importance of the remains, recognised since the 18th century, and in the difficulty of applying systematic processes to manage the site today.