From Wednesday 8 to Friday 10 March 2017, Florence (Italy) will host the International Conference of the Italian Archaeometric Society: AIAr 2017 – Beni Culturali: grandi facilities, reti e networks di laboratori The nEU-Med project team will present the … Read More
Bianchi, G., Cantini, F., Collavini, S. 2019. Beni pubblici di ambito toscano. In: F. Bougard, V. Loré (eds.). Biens publics, biens du roi: Les bases économiques des pouvoirs royaux dans le haut Moyen Âge (pp. 327-348). Collana Seminari del Centro interuniversitario … Read More
An archaeometric study on pottery from different archaeological sites (Capalbiaccio, Colle Massari, San Martino in Piano, Rocchette Pannocchieschi, Donoratico, Castellina, Rocca degli Alberti and Casa Andreoni) located in south-western Tuscany (in a territory within the Colline Metallifere and the Tyrrhenian … Read More
In the frame of collaboration between the Department of Historical Science and Cultural Heritage and the Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences (R.U. Cultural Heritage Conservation) of the University of Siena , many samples of mortars collected from the … Read More
An analysis was carried out on the cartographic documentation produced between 16th and 19th centuries concurrently with the excavation drive in Carlappiano (Piombino) and Vetricella (Scarlino) concerning the coastal area between Piombino, Follonica and Val di Pecora. The most reliable … Read More
Several samples of metallurgical slags and some metallic fragments have been found during the last excavation campaignat Vetricella (Scarlino). The analysis of these materials (metallography, chemistry and mineralogy) can help to define what type of metal production/working was conducted in … Read More
The team of the Laboratory of Vegetation History and Wood Anatomy (Department of Agriculture Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”) is carrying out the first anthracological analyses, focusing on the archaeological and soil samples from the archaeological site of Cugnano and … Read More
The excavation campaign (September – October 2016) at Vetricella (Scarlino) has resumed the study of the documentation of the archaeological investigation carried out in the past years and is aimed at the expanding the understanding of the site. The removal … Read More
At the excavations of Vetricella (Scarlino) and Carlappiano (Piombino) on-site pXRF analysis is used for the chemical characterization of the soil, structures and archaeological finds. In this case the main goal of this technique is his descriptive and predictive power. … Read More
This week Prof. John Mitchell ,an art historian from the University of East Anglia (UEA) , is studying and analyzing the metals found in Vetricella (Scarlino) site at the lab of Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche e dei Beni Culturali dell’Università … Read More
