Documentation of Mediterranean Ancient Theatres: Athena’s activities in Merida

The archaeological architecture, that is that part of archaeology in which the architectural specific aspects seem still to balance the archaeological ones, actually represent an “evergreen” research field. In such situations, though, several expertises must necessarily cooperate in order to create a virtuous circle of mutual productive feedbacks: archaeologists, architects and other experts actually have to concur together in reaching a Level of Knowledge that is deeper and wider than the mere sum of each single ability. Nevertheless, throughout history, the concrete application of this cooperative approach still can be considered as an exception, while it should be the standard. In this volume (the first of a series) are presented the results of the survey and documentation activities carried out in the framework of Athena Project. A wide presentation of the state-of-the-art technologies and methodologies in investigating the so-called Archaeological Architecture is provided.