Local DEM of the hinterland of Ravenna

The localDEM for the hinterland of Ravenna was created interpolating ground control points (GCP) manually recorded by the Emilia-Romagna region[1]. In December 2018, the downloaded dataset among the almost 400.000 points still included modern artefacts such as artificial fluvial banks and the highway, streets, and railroads. Therefore, all elevation points not classified as “isolato al suolo” (= recorded on the bare soil) were removed to filter out these modern disturbances. The resulting 160.000 points dataset was then interpolated using the Inverse Distance Weighting method[2] to create a local elevation model at 10 m resolution devoid of modern interferences (LocalDEM from now on). [1] Data retrieved from https://geoportale.regione.emilia-romagna.it/download/download-data on 21st December 2018 (last accessed on 10 February 2021). [2] Mitas, L., & Mitasova, H. (2005). Spatial Interpolation. In P. Longley, M. F. Goodchild, D. J. Maguire, & D. W. Rhind (Eds.), Geographical Information Systems: Principles, Techniques, Management and Applications (Second Edition., pp. 481–832). Wiley."Geoarchaeology and palaeoDEMs modelling to assess the archaeological potential of Ravenna and its hinterland" is a multidisciplinary and diachronic PhD project whose aim was to reconstruct the physical evolution of the landscape around Ravenna (Italy) from the Bronze Age until today and how this influenced human occupation in the area. The PhD project was carried out by Michele Abballe at Ghent University/University of Verona, under the supervision of Frank Vermeulen (Ghent University), and the co-supervision of Fabio Saggioro (University of Verona), Devi Taelman (Ghent University) and Jeroen Verhegge (Ghent University). The PhD project was founded by the Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds UGent (BOF) under Grant number BOF.FJD.2017.0002.01 and supported by three Grants for long stays abroad by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) under Grant numbers V421419N, V430720N, and V409421N. This is one of the datasets produced within Michele Abballe's PhD project "Geoarchaeology and palaeoDEMs modelling to assess the archaeological potential of Ravenna and its hinterland"