Indagini geofisiche e di telerilevamento nel territorio di Dragoncello (Acilia, Roma, campagne 2021 e 2022): applicazione e sperimentazione dei metodi e risultati preliminari

This paper presents the preliminary results of the research carried out in the area of Dragoncello (Acilia, Roma), between the Tiber and via Ostiense, during the 2021 and 2022 campaigns. Electromagnetic prospecting and remote sensing investigations (including Lidar) were carried out with the aim defining the location, the extent, and the characteristics of the archaeological structures in the territory, and to identify possible buried evidence. In contrast to the results obtained through geophysical prospecting on the villa's territory, the presence of buried waste created problems for the execution and interpretation of data from some areas adjacent to the excavated area and facing the Tiber. For the time being, the application of lidar has provided a basis on which future detailed research will be set up. These activities are connected to the new excavation campaigns of villa A of Dragoncello and to a larger ongoing project that aims to reconstruct the settlement dynamics and agricultural exploitation of the area between the Roman Republican and Im-perial periods. In particular, the investigations concern the study of the agricultural landscape, the production and storage of foodstuffs – such as wine, perhaps also oil, and fruit and vegetables -, the material culture, as well as the personalities in-volved in the political and economic events in Ostia and in the territory, especially in the 1st century BC.