The aim of the work concerns the building of a three-dimensional model of the old town of Taranto (Italy) from a 1761 painting by English historian and geographer Thomas Salmon and published by Venetian printer Giambattista Albrizzi. To achieve this aim, a suitable and original methodology was developed. In addition, 3D modelling based on the use of Rhinoceros enabled the construction of a 3D city model. This model makes it possible to highlight the transformations and evolutions of the old town over time.

In the cultural heritage knowledge path, the survey process assumes a primary role as a tool to analyze and interpret through bibliographic and iconographic analysis and the study of reality. The case study analyzed in the article is the Castle of Canossa, the epicenter of some critical events in medieval times. The authors describe the first part of the research, mainly focused on the integrated survey process between active and passive techniques at architectural and territorial scales. Several geometrical validation steps have been introduced to verify the reliability of the 3D acquisition and historical reconstruction. The paper highlighted the crucial relationship between territorial heritage and buildings, laying the groundwork for a more articulated analysis of the entire architectural complex. The final aim is to realize a 3D BIM model that represent the current and the original architectures in the same type of environment.

Is it possible to reconstruct the patterns of territorial mobility and the procurement strategies of early humans in island environment based on the supply of abiotic resources? This paper tackles the outcomes of a route simulation with GIS open-source technology for chert and obsidian procurement in prehistoric Corsica-Sardinia based on the principle of minimum energy cost. Particular focus is placed on research problems, as the method is applied for the first time on this geographical and chronological scale. The aim is to highlight both the shortcomings and the potential of Least Cost Path Analyses for small-scale studies of raw material procurement and circulation. It is argued that the model can be strengthened by improving the availability and reliability of the data used as variables for the analysis.

MobilLithics is a multiscalar project aimed at characterizing the lithic resources exploitation and territorial adaptive responses among the last neanderthals and Homo sapiens to different climatic, cultural, and biological dynamics. The project focuses on the Middle-to-Later Stone Age, in North Africa, and the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Transition in the Mediterranean basin of the Iberian Peninsula, as key scenarios for the origin and expansion of our species. Results on geospatial modelling, petrographic and geochemical analysis, and multivariate statistics and predictive models determine the variability on resource procurement and territorial structure. These will contribute to the international debate on the adaptability of our species to different palaeoenvironments, sociocultural realities, and changing climatic conditions.

We present the methodology and results of research carried out in the framework of a PhD thesis [1]. The aim is to reconstruct the itineraries and dynamics of the relationships between Neolithic groups, from the 6th to the 4th millennium BC, in central and southern Apulia (Italy). In this paper, we illustrate the characterization study of the regional flint, carried out with an interdisciplinary, palaeogeographic and territorial approach, through the concept of "flint evolutionary chain" (sensuFernandes e Raynal 2006). The result is an operational and interpretative tool that can also be applied to other prehistoric contexts. It allows us to identify the environments in which prehistoric groups collected the raw material, and to follow the route of the raw material from 'producer' to 'consumer' sites.