Publications
You can find digital copies of my publications on my Academia and ResearchGate pages.
Books
- C. Piccoli 2025, Pieter de Graeff (1638–1707) and his treffelyke bibliotheek: Exploring and reconstructing an early modern private library as a book collection and as a physical space. The Library of the Written Word Series, Leiden: Brill. Open Access.
- C. Piccoli 2018, Visualizing cityscapes of Classical antiquity: From early modern reconstruction drawings to 3D digital models, Oxford: Archaeopress. Open Access.
Edited volumes
- S. Stellacci, D. Giglitto, (eds.) 2024, Unforeseen paths: Transcending boundaries and sharing critical approaches to Architectural Heritage. Oxon: Routledge.
- H. Kamermans, W. De Neef, , A. Posluschny, R. Scopigno (eds.) 2016, The Three Dimensions of Archaeology. Proceedings of the UISPP conference (Burgos, 1–7 September 2014). Open Access.
Peer-reviewed book chapters
- S. Stellacci, , D. Giglitto 2024, “Unforeseen Paths towards impactful heritage-based actions”, in S. Stellacci, D. Giglitto, C. Piccoli (eds.), Advanced Research and Design Tools for Architectural Heritage. Unforeseen Paths. Routledge.
- C. Piccoli 2023, "Home-making in 17th century Amsterdam: Investigating visual cues in domestic interiors by means of a 3D digital environment", in G. Landeschi and E. Betts (eds.), Capturing the senses: Digital methods for sensory archaeologies, Quantitative Methods in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Springer. Open Access.
- C. Piccoli 2014, “Suppellettile da illuminazione”, in A. Akerraz, S. Camporeale, E. Papi (eds.), Sidi Ali ben Ahmed – Thamusida, 3. Le matériel, 214–237.
Peer-reviewed journal articles
- W. Li and 2024, "Placing value in domestic interiors: 3D spatial mapping of Pieter de Graeff and Jacoba Bicker’s home art collection", invited article for the Special Issue on Digital History in the Low Countries Historical Review (BMGN-LCHR), 139 (2), 4-37. Supplementary material: C. Piccoli, Methodological Section. Creating the 3D Reconstruction of the House.
- C. Piccoli 2024, “A peek behind the façade: The Virtual Interiors approach to visualise Herengracht 573 in the XVII century”, Special Issue “Mapping Early Modern European Cities. Digital Projects of Public History”, Storia Urbana 173, 79-98.
- W. Li and [shared first author] 2022, “Boedelinventarissen als hulpmiddel voor de reconstructies van interieurs”, in M. Hell (ed.), Amstelodamum. Alle Amsterdamse Akten. Ruzie, rouw en roddels bij de notaris, 1578–1915, 144–149.
- C. van den Heuvel, G. van Tussenbroek, J. Noordegraaf, , W. Li 2022, “Virtual Interiors en de gelaagde stad. Een inkijk in een digitaal lab voor een ruimtelijke geschiedenis van Amsterdam”, Stadsgeschiedenis 17 (2), 136-149.
- H. Huurdeman and [shared first author] 2021, "3D Reconstructions as Research Hubs: Geospatial Interfaces for Real-Time Data Exploration of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam Domestic Interiors", Open Archaeology 7, 314–336. Supplementary materials: Virtual Interiors Research Environment screencast (April 2021).
- C. Piccoli 2017, "Visualizing antiquity before the digital age: Early and late modern reconstructions of Greek and Roman cityscapes", Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia 47, 225–56.
- C. Piccoli 2014, "3D reconstruction techniques as research tools in archaeology: The case study of Koroneia, Greece", Tijdschrift voor Mediterrane Archeologie 52, 1–6.
- C. Piccoli 2013, "Publishing in the Republic of Letters: Behind the Scenes of Pieter van der Aa’s Thesaurus Antiquitatum et Historiarum Italiae (Leiden, 1704–25)", Quaerendo 43 (2013), 61–82.
- J. Bintliff, B. Noordervliet, J. van Zwienen, K. Wilkinson, B. Slapsak, V. Stissi, and A. Vionis 2011, “The Leiden-Ljubljana Ancient Cities of Boeotia Project, 2010–2012 Season”, Pharos. Journal of the Netherlands Institute in Athens 19 (2), 1–34.
- C. Piccoli 2011, “The recording of Greek vernacular architecture”, Pharos. Journal of the Netherlands Institute in Athens 17 (2), 50–6.
Conference proceedings
- H. Huurdeman and 2021, "More than just a Picture – The Importance of Context in Search User Interfaces for Three-Dimensional Content", CHIIR ’20: Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, March 14–18, 2020, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 338–342.
- C. Piccoli 2016, "Enhancing GIS urban data with the 3rd dimension: A procedural modelling approach", Keep the Revolution Going. Proceedings of the 43rd Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Conference (Siena, 30 March – 3 April 2015).
- C. Piccoli, P. Aparajeya, G. Th. Papadopoulos [shared first author], J. Bintliff, F.F. Leymarie, P. Bes, M. van der Enden, J. Poblome, P. Daras 2015, "Towards the Automatic Classification of Pottery Sherds: Two Complementary Approaches", in A. Traviglia (ed.), Across Space and Time. Selected Papers from the 41st Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Conference (Perth, WA, 25–28 March 2013).
- C. Piccoli 2008, "La ricostruzione tridimensionale dell’unità commerciale e abitativa", in E. Greco and E. Papi (eds.), Hephaestia 2000–2006. Ricerche e scavi della Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene in collaborazione con il dipartimento di Archeologia e Storia delle Arti dell’Università di Siena, Atti del Seminario (Siena – Certosa di Pontignano, 28–29 maggio 2007), Pandemos Edizioni, 243–6.
Encyclopaedia entries
- C. Piccoli and A. Vionis [shared first author] 2011, "Housing architecture in late Medieval and Ottoman Boeotia", in Encyclopedia of the Hellenic World (Foundation of the Hellenic World).
Reports
- P. Flohr, R. van Horik, C. Papadopoulos, M. de Kleijn, D. Turner, V. Gilissen, , K. Fernie 2024, "Shaping the World of 3D: Towards a roadmap for increased reusability of 3D cultural heritage datasets". https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10200379
Book reviews
- C. Piccoli 2022, Review of Digital Cities: Between History and Archaeology, Maurizio Forte and Helena Murteira (eds.), Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2020. ISBN 9780190498900. Tijdschrift voor Mediterrane Archeologie 66, 45–7.
Popular science and blogposts
- C. Piccoli and G. Van Tussenbroek 2026, "De 17de-eeuwse Pieter de Graeff had in zijn huis op de Herengracht nooit genoeg plek voor zijn boeken", Het Parool, 7 februari 2026.
- C. Piccoli and G. van Tussenbroek 2026, "De boekenkamer van Pieter de Graeff", Ons Amsterdam 1 (2026).
- C. Piccoli, T. Lanjouw, J. Waagen 2024, "The 4D Research Lab: 3D modelling and virtual reconstruction for research and education". Blogpost for Europeana Pro.
- C. Piccoli 2022, "The house of Gillis van Coninxloo at the Oude Turfmarkt: New insights", Virtual Interiors project website.
- C. Piccoli and W. Li 2021, "Dealing with multidimensional uncertainty: The house of the painter Gillis van Coninxloo", Virtual Interiors project website.
- C. Piccoli 2020, "Private libraries as a microcosmos of knowledge: Travelling through time and space with Pieter de Graeff’s book collection", Virtual Interiors project website.
- C. Piccoli 2019, "Visualizing domestic interiors in 17th century Amsterdam: 3D/4D data integration and hypothesis testing platforms", Virtual Interiors project website.
3D Scholarly editions
- C. Piccoli 2025, The Private Library of Pieter De Graeff (1638-1707) at Herengracht 573, Amsterdam. Pure3D (optimized for pc and tablets).
Datasets
- C. Piccoli 2023, "3D reconstruction hypothesis of the 17th century entrance hall (‘voorhuis’) of Herengracht 573, Amsterdam" [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7501587
- C. Piccoli and B. Reuvekamp 2024, "Annotated transcription of the book auction catalogue of the Amsterdam patrician and VOC director Pieter de Graeff (1638-1707)". https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10833194
- B. Reuvekamp, J. Brouwer and 2023, "Transcription of fols. 425–477 from the probate inventory of the house of Pieter de Graeff (1638–1707) at Herengracht 573" [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7501160
- C. Piccoli 2022, "Schematic 3D reconstruction hypothesis of the house of the painter Gillis van Coninxloo at the Oude Turfmarkt and adjacent houses" [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7274567
- C. Piccoli 2018, "CityEngine rule set for GIS-driven symbology of survey finds and (late) Classical Greek architecture", GitHub.