The ancient Vesuvian landscape reconstruction and the gardens Pompeii restoration .

Annamaria Ciarallo Abstract Excavation techniques (archeological remains, cavities in the ground, flower beds) ,assisted by new methods of analysis of vegetable remains (pollens, seeds, fruits, woods) and animal remains have restored esuvian landscape of A.!."# and gardens of $ompeii to their original use Comparative analyses of iconographic imagery, written descriptions, and the finds themselves ma%es it possible to reconstruct the salient elements of esuvian landscape. Also the gardens closed within the tall walls of ancient $ompeii constitute an extraordinary patrimony& they uniquely demonstrate the way vegetation was distributed within a city two thousand years ago. Currently, $ompeian gardens in which it has been possible to identify the species actually cultivated in antiquity have been replanted according to their original use. 'thers have been left intact as evidence of outdated restoration efforts. (n both cases, much attention is placed on preserving native species that have found refuge in those spaces.