Catalogazione informatizzata e fruizione dei dati. La cultura pavimentale dell'Italia centrale in epoca romana e il Progetto TESS: analisi ponderata e revisione cronologica dei contesti

This dissertation illustrates the results of an articulated project aimed at developing and testing a system of analysis and interpretation of the information contained in the TESS database (designed and directed by the University of Padua). The main objective of the research was the identification of a series of significant reading parameters for the study of ancient pavements. According to this, the project first envisaged the development of a system for classifying chronological markers related to ancient floors, in order to provide users of the database with immediate information on the reliability of dating. The introduction of a new ranking system required a careful verification of the date ranges assigned to the objects in the database: for this reason, the research was focused on central Italy and in particular on Rome and Latium area (in which more than a quarter of the cataloged artifacts are concentrated). The research has thus made it possible to identify a series of chronological cornerstones; in addition, the application of statistical techniques verified the existence of intrinsic markers of absolute chronology. The achieved results led to the proposition of chronological classification applicable to at least the ancient pavements of central Italy, whose preliminary experimentation seems to open new perspectives of research