From survey to representation of the model. A documentation of typological and chronological sequences of archaeological artefacts. Traditional and innovative approach.

The integration of the traditional approach with the continuous technological advancement and in particular the great digital revolution offer new research tools that can be easily applied to science. Even though the fundamentals of the survey disciplines haven’t changed, they have recently been interacting with new tools and applications for a long time. Not only in the discipline of architectural survey but also in the archaeological survey, technological advancements lead to the development of the integration between traditional methods and new low cost solutions of non contact survey for data collection. This paper discusses different experiences in the digital-catching of information and aims at discussing advantaged and disadvantages of non-contact documentation in respect of the “traditional” approach.