La necropoli romana di Via Cesana a Mutina (Modena): analisi multidisciplinare dello spazio e dei riti funerari.

The research carried out on the necropolis of Via Cesana in Modena (1st century BC - 2nd century AC) is a key example of integrated analyses, linking the different results in the same interpretative system and supporting traditional strategies with advanced technology and chemical analysis (CT-SCAN, GIS, archaeobotany, virtual 3D analysis, raman analysis). The topographical analysis, through the creation of a computerized geographic system (GIS), focused both on the necropolis topography and the relationship with the city and the streets. The archaeobotanical remains and the objects involved in the ceremonies have been an important investigatory lens to reconstruct the performance carried out around the death and the attendance of the funerary space. In addition, the urns still intact of their contents have been examined by scanner computed tomography, thanks to the collaboration of TEC-EUROLAB (MO