23th-24th of March: Professor Juan Antonio Quiros Castillio (University of the Basque Country, Spain) will give two lectures about “Agrarian archaeology and of the early middle age productions in the north west of Spain”… Read More
Between January and March the findings from the surveys at Carlappiano were studied following some established procedures:
-Cleansing of the finds
-Marking with the excavation data on every single ceramic fragment
-Quantity inventory with subdivision into different ceramics classes
-Cataloging into a database of every single ceramic fragment… Read More
XRF analysis on selected coins were performed during December 2015-January 2016 in laboratory (fig.1) and directly in the Pava museum (fig. 2).
The portable XRF available in the Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy at the Siena University is an Olypus Innov-X Delta Premium. 6 pXRF spots were performed on the coins surface, three on each side. The main objective of this analysis is to obtain the bulk chemical composition of the coins…… Read More
Our research has started in October 2015, with specific metallographic analysis performed on a first selection of numismatic findings. A second step of analysis will detect the specific isotopes of the metals used in coin production.
The selected coins are made of silver or “mistura” (silver and copper) and come from archaeological excavations undertaken in the Colline Metallifere district. They cover a chronological range that goes from the Xth to the XIIIth century…… Read More
On Thursday, 22th of October, 12 a.m. at Museo Nazionale Romano della Crypta Balbi, Via delle Botteghe Oscure, 31, 00186 Roma, will be held the press conference for the presentation of the project: “Origins of a new economic union (7th-12th centuries): resources, landscapes and political strategies in a Mediterranean region” winner of the prestigious ERC Advanced grant 2014.… Read More
