Integrated Methodologies for the Survey and the Documentation of Two Byzantine Churches at the UNESCO Archaeological Site of Umm ar-Rasas (Jordan)

Since 2013, a multidisciplinary research project is in progress at the UNESCO archaeological site of Umm ar-Rasas in Jordan. Among a general study of the area, a special focus is dedicated to the survey and documentation of two Byzantine churches and their mosaic floors. Different investigation techniques, such as laser scanning, photogrammetry and GPR surveys, were reciprocally integrated, in an effort to create geometric models enabling the interpretation of data related to the masonry, the mosaic floors and the buried structures as well as to the documentation of the archaeological area. The results will be the starting point to plan and develop restoration projects for the protection and valorisation of the UNESCO site.