The data display and analysis component of the ArcGIS software suite.
atrium
The Latin term used conventionally by classical scholars to describe the courtyard of a Roman house.
auxiliary fort
Fort which housed the auxiliary troops of the Roman military. These were normal non-citizen troops, recruited from the provinces, who were not the main fighting units.
bars
A generic and conventional modern English term for a retail food and drink outlet.
basket
A term used by Paul Clement and his team to label each stratigraphic layer. Otherwise defined more commonly as a stratigraphic unit or context.
buffered
The delineation of areas (or buffers) around point, line or area features using a specific distance. For example, a 100 metre buffer along the course of a road would define a 200 metre wide corridor.
CAA
Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology conferences [http://caa.leidenuniv.nl/]
canabae
Term used for small village which was established outside walls of fort, usually of a legionary fortress.
caupona/ae
A Latin term used conventionally by classical scholars to describe a Roman restaurant and/or hotel.
compluviate roofing
The opening in a roof of a Roman building, usually above a courtyard, to access light, air, and rainwater.
copo (alternately caupo)
A Latin term used conventionally by classical scholars to describe a person who managed a caupona.
corredo (corredi)
A set of grave goods (Italian).
.csv
Comma separated values file format.
cubiculum/a
A Latin term used conventionally by classical scholars to describe a small room in a Roman house. Often interpreted as a 'bedroom'.
curvature
The curvature of a DEM is a mathematically derived value which can be used to describe the shape of a surface on a cell-by-cell basis. Several measures of curvature exist; one particular measure of curvature describes the degree to which topography is convex (e.g. a ridge, spur or peak) or concave (e.g. a valley).
data-flow
The path that information takes from its initial observation on site, through its analysis and interpretation, to publication, and into its use by future scholars.
.dbf
Database file format used in Dbase IV, a popular database in the 1980s that is still widely used for data exchange.
DEM
A Digital Elevation Model is a representation of (part of) the Earth's surface, normally including topographic features such as vegetation, with surface elevation theoretically readable at every point. A raster DEM comprises a regular grid of cells (x,y) with a z-value indicating the elevation of each cell.
ESRI
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. Producers of the ArcGIS software suite. [http://www.esri.com/]
feature
The distinction between a Feature and a Wall Segment is its architectonic value, often expressed by its verticality. For example, a column is considered architecture while a large circular drain is considered a feature. Similarly, the broad curtain of a stylobate is architectural while a street is not.
fermatrecce
Spiral hair fasteners (Italian).
fauces
A Latin term used conventionally by classical scholars to describe the entrance to a Roman house.
fibula (fibulae)
Brooch (Latin).
food and drink outlet
A term that I use to describe a Pompeian building (or part thereof) that used its premises for the preparation, retail sale, and consumption of 'ready to eat' food and drink.
Fuzzy Set Theory
Fuzzy sets, in mathematical terms, are those whose elements have degrees of membership. In contrast to the classical notion of a set, fuzzy set theory permits the gradual assessment of the membership of elements in a set.
A clan or family united by common name and ancestry (Latin).
geo-referenced
Data that establishes the relationship between XY coordinates on a planar map and known as real-world coordinates.
hair rings
Spiral wire ornaments used to fasten and/or decorate hair.
hierarchy of abstractions
The atomizing of evidence into its constituent, abstract parts that are then reordered within a hierarchy according to their value in interpretation.
hospitium/a
A Latin term used conventionally by classical scholars to describe a Roman hospitality establishment.
hypocaust heating
A type of underfloor, central, heating used to heat buildings but raising the floor, usually on stacks of tiles and passing hot air through the cavity.
immunes
Soldiers with special tasks, e.g. craftsmen, who were excused from routine duties (Latin).
insula
A city block (Latin) legionary fortress
housed a legion, or sometimes two, which was a military unit of some 6,000 soldiers under the command of a legate.
Isthmia
A sanctuary located on the Isthmus of Corinth that was in operation from as early as 700 BCE. One of four Panhellenic sanctuaries, dedicated primarily to the worship of Poseidon. As a Panhellenic sanctuary, Isthmia regularly held major festivals and games, the most famous of which were held every two years.
lararium/a
A Latin term that has been applied by archaeologists to 'domestic' shrines found at Roman archaeological sites.
Latial
Pertaining to Latium, a region corresponding approximately to modern Lazio in central Italy. Home of the Latin peoples. Also refers to chronological divisions of the Iron Age in the region of Latium.
law of superposition
The 'law' that stratigraphic units, in our case Wall Segments, are overlain by progressively younger units.
masonry analysis
The observation and interpretation of all structural elements in a built environment.
necropolis (necropoleis)
A cemetery. Greek word meaning 'city of the dead'.
NSc
The Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, a journal that publishes Italian excavations.
off-site data
Information derived from places in a survey area that were not considered 'sites'.
PAH
G. Fiorelli 1860-64 Pompeianarum Antiquitatum Historia. Napoli.
Pan-Hellenic sanctuary
The religious centres of the ancient Greek world, attracting members from all of the Greek city-states. The four such sanctuaries were at Olympia, Delphi, Nemea, and Isthmia.
perinatal
The period occurring around the time of birth (5 months before and 1 month after).
popina/ae
A Latin term used conventionally by classical scholars to describe a Roman restaurant.
programmata
A Latin term used conventionally by classical scholars to describe an electoral campaigning 'poster' found painted onto the front of a Pompeian building.
pseudo-GIS environments
GIS environments that are not tied into the global reference system.
pseudomorph
A new form created when one compound is chemically changed into a different mineral, retaining its original shape.
second-generation analysis
Analysis carried out by individuals who were not involved in the original data collection, normally at a later date.
Shape of space
This phrase is used to describe the intelligible arrangement of structures and spaces within a built environment.
site
The term is normally taken to mean a place where evidence of human activity has been discovered by archaeological means. Its use in the context of survey (or landscape) archaeology is debated. Some surveys have been designed essentially to find and define sites, while others have taken a 'siteless' approach.
siteless survey
An approach to archaeological survey not designed primarily to discover sites, but rather to record and present evidence of artifacts and other information spread across the landscape.
Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei (SAP)
The administering body for the archaeological site of Pompeii.
Septimius Severus
Lucius Septimius Severus, Roman emperor (193-211 AD).
shapefile
GIS term referring to the file format (.shp) used to exchange data for ArcView or ArcGIS.
spatial analysis
The measurement of properties and relations based, in part on the spatial location of the phenomena being studied. Essentially this approach simply takes into consideration the geographical place and setting of various phenomena.
stabulum/a
A Latin term used conventionally by classical scholars to describe overnight accommodation for people and animals.
Stratigraphical Relationships
The physical and chronological relationships between any stratigraphic units of an archaeological site and its architecture.
suspension ring
A ring, usually of bronze, pinned to a garment with a fibula. Some of these rings may have been attached directly to fabric. Many have a flat profile and large dimensions.
taberna/ae
A Latin term used conventionally by classical scholars to describe a Roman shop.
thermopolium/ia
a Latin term used conventionally by classical scholars to describe a Roman restaurant
triclinium/a
a Latin term used conventionally by classical scholars to describe a dining room, or the dining couch, in a Roman house.
Varus
Roman general who lost three legions during disastrous defeat by the Germans in 9 BC.
vector-based
Image or program in which spatial data area are expressed as
mathematically defined lines and shapes.
vernacular architecture
Usually structures that were constructed with local materials and through localised, and usually non-professional, technologies (see also 'architecture').
vexillation
A detachment of a Roman legion, possibly including auxiliaries, that formed as a temporary task force.
workflow
The process by which archaeological remains are observed, analysed and recorded in the field.