Investigating, Reconstructing and Preserving the Past

Question 1

Giuseppe Fiorelli

1860-1875

Answer 1

• Numbered and naming excavated
• Divided Pompeii into regions and insulae
• Systematic and careful excavation
• Top down excavation
• Plaster Casts

Question 2

August Mau

1873-1909

Answer 2

• Classifies frescoes into four different styles

- Provided date range for buildings by estimating age of fresco first,

Question 3

Vittorio Spinazzola

1910-1923

Answer 3

• Excavated streetscapes and Via dell’Abondanza
• Restored facades of building
• Reconstructed upper stories and balconies
• Used photography to record stages of his excavations

Question 4

Amedeo Maiuri

1924-1961

Answer 4

• Used stratigraphic method to excavate Pompeii.
• Cleared 10 insulae
• Criticised excavating too fast and damaging archaeological remains.
• Excavated Villa of Mysteries, P amphitheatre/palaestra
• Put Pompeii on the map

Question 5

Sara bisel

Answer 5

• Studied bones found in H boat shed with Luigi Capasso.

- Identified professions and lives for some (ring lady)

Question 6

Estelle lazer

Answer 6

• Challenged old interpretation that those who died were the ones who could not leave
• Lady of Oplontis examined in a cast made in transparent epoxy resin (helped preserve the bones).