Vittorio Spinazzola, Superintendent of excavations at Pompeii between 1911-1923, was vital in the excavation of the Via Dell ’Abbondanza, or Abundance Way. Prior to this, Pompeii was being systematically excavated through a Uniform Numbering System, developed by Fiorelli which would focus methodically on one insulae at a time. Spinazzola chose to move investigations from the northern sector to the 600m commercial road of Pompeii, resulting in a more unified approach to the excavating the city’s cultural history as the careful excavation allowed for Spinazzola to reconstruct the building’s facades, primarily the second floors, windows, balconies and roofs. Spinazzola also used photography to document his discoveries and significant artefacts
