Preliminary data processing on the Roman shipwreck of Grado. Archive and legacy data to create its 3D virtual model

Ca’ Foscari University is working on different archaeological topics to enhance knowledge about shipwrecks through digitaltechnologiesapplied on data archive and legacy data, from awreck of aNapoleonic brick to cargos of amphorasof Byzantine and Roman period. The potential of digital technologies hasallowed usto analyse and elaborate different kindsof documentation, alsoof archive,toobtain 3d models that could be studied and visualized with innovative solution and technologies. The paper presentsanoriginal proposaltocreate a3Dvirtual modelofan ancient shipwreck from archival and heterogeneousdata.OntheGrado Romanshipwreck, we haveprocessed the data ofperspective drawings of the shipwreck and of the amphoras, ofmeasurements during the excavations, ofdigitalization of analogical images and ofthe survey of the wooden model to obtain a complete virtual 3D modelof the shipwreck.