Friday 5 June 2020 will be held the third interdisciplinary seminar: “Economia e Tecniche della Costruzione”. The seminar will be dedicated to the survey, documentation and enhancement of historical architecture. TO FOLLOW THE SEMINAR CLICK THE LINK BELOW LINK Seminar … Read More
Monday 27 April 2020 will be held on-line, from 11.00 a.m to 1 p.m, a lecture by Prof. Juan Antonio Quirós Castillo (University of the Basque Country) “Archeologia delle società locali nell’altomedioevo alla luce delle evidenze del Nord della … Read More
The archaeometric analysis carried out on the coins of the neumed project are almost completed. The large amount of data is providing useful information to answer at historical-numismatic questions. In particular, the use of different types of analytical techniques hallowed … Read More
X-radiography is a rapid non-destructive technique that enables to read artefact form and structure beneath corrosion layers and burial accretions, providing a long-term visual record of inherently unstable and potentially deteriorating materials. While x-radiography alone cannot identify artefact composition, it … Read More
Duriung the recent Archaeorganics international conference, we emphasized the role of stable isotope analysis in the differential diagnosis of anemia. The sample of individuals from the medieval cemetery of Vetricella presents high percentages of porotic hyperostosis, in the two forms … Read More
At the Department of History and Cultural Heritage (University of Siena), in collaboration with Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, ceramic samples from the site of Vetricella (Scarlino, GR) and the surrounding area, were selected for preliminary screening with XRF … Read More
On Tuesday 3 and Wednesday 4 december 2019 from 9.00 a.m to 11.00 a.m at Complesso dei Servi (DSSBC) Siena, will be held two lectures of Alessandra Pecci (Universitat de Barcelona): Tuesday 3, in Aula 1 – Complesso dei Servi: … Read More
At the Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering of the CNR, the analyses of the ostracod associations occurring in the ad hoc sampled sediments from the Vetricella ditch and from the cores drilled in the alluvial plains of the Pecora … Read More
The first weeks of September marked the end of the archaeological excavation campaign at the site of Vetricella (Scarlino, GR) 2019, which saw the involvement of the ERC nEU-Med project Team along with trainee archaeology students. The excavation operations focused … Read More
During the first weeks of activity on field at the site of Vetricella (Scarlino,GR), two new exploratory trenches were opened to investigate the deposits related to the phases of construction, life and decommissioning of the inner defensive ditch (Fig.1). … Read More
