Northeast Insulae Project at the Hippos Excavations

The purpose of the project was to document architectural remains of the excavation of the Northeast Insulae at Hippos-Sussita after the conclusion of fieldwork begun in 2002 and finished in 2016. 181 targetless 360 degree scans were made over a two-week period in 2019 using a Leica BLK360 scanner. 145 of these scans were merged using 381 links first with Autodesk Recap Pro and then with Leica Cyclone Register 360. The final project has a Bundle Error of 0.014m, Overlap of 48% and Strength of 68%. Antiochia Hippos is one of the Decapolis cities ???????? Graeco-Roman poleis generally located east and south of the Sea of Galilee. Founded in the Seleucid period, Hippos thrived in the Roman Imperial period and became a large Christian center in the Late Antique period before decline and abandonment following the earthquake of 749CE. The Northeast Insulae, located directly east of a large Roman basilica, was a wealthy domestic area in the Roman period and in the sixth century CE was rebuilt as an urban monastery surrounding the Northeast Church, a memorial church housing a cult and healing site/infirmary associated with the tomb of a revered woman. The Northeast Insuale Project is a subset of the larger Hippos-Sussita Excavations sponsored by the Zinman Institute of Archaeology at the University of Haifa. External Project Link: Additional Info Link: https://nip.hippos.markschuler.com/