Dalla terra al monitor: riflessioni e considerazioni sulla gestione digitale dello scavo archeologico

From Harris revolution to IT revolution the archaeological process has known considerable technical and technological progresses. Despite of it the methodological process is still stopped at the end of the 70ʼs. The result is that the large use of new technologies in archaeological researches pushes up the growth of a new figure of archaeologist, the Digiarchaeologist, considered as a pure technician instead of a researcher himself. The framework in which we are moving today is made of a huge and indiscriminate use of 3D digital technologies, moving the scientific interest from the methodological problem to the technical one. This paper will try to focus on some important points of the research, such as the importance to make strong considerations and evaluations on the effective advantages of using Laser Scanner technology, the importance of the topological aspects for the stratigraphic excavation, the necessity to improve the technological aspects inside the teaching of archaeological methodologies and techniques.