La Fotointerpretazione nello studio e la salvaguardia dei paesaggi della Daunia

In this paper we present the project to safeguard two settlements in the Ager Lucerinus and Ager Venusinus as representative examples of synergy between Universities, the Superintendency and local authorities. This paper introduces the main research results of the Ager Lucerinus Project regarding Luceria (Apulia), in the so-called Daunian district. In particular we focused on the western area, towards the Daunian subappennine, which includes the municipalities of Lucera, Pietramontecorvino, Motta Montecorvino, Volturino, Casalnuovo Monterotaro, Biccari, Roseto Valfortore (the entire Foltore valley). Aerial photographs were fundamental in identifying archaeological evidence such as crop marks in the territory. The material from the RAF photographic coverage for the area (1943-47) and from IGM were unquestionably useful The aerial coverage currently available (1954; 1988-89; 1994; 1998; 2000; 2004; 2007; 2010) was compared in order to check how legible the traces are through time. The Ager Lucerinus Project is interesting as it concerns a territory whose ancient landscape was varied and articulated, and the archaeological map produced is a valid instrument in protecting an area continuously threatened by the diffusion of aeolian deposits. In fact, the GIS data processed by the Archaeological Cartographic Laboratory in accordance with the Superintendency for Archaeological Heritage in Puglia was used as a support for the Piano Paesaggistico Territoriale della Regione Puglia (PPTR)