The majority of animal bones and teeth from the site of Vetricella have been recovered from archaeological contexts dated to Period 4 (second half of 10th– mid 11th centuries A.D.) and, to a lesser extent, to Period 5+6 (mid 11th … Read More
The study of the written sources concerning the areas investigated by the nEU-Med project is moving forward with a close analysis of the charters preserved in the State Archive of Siena and, more specifically, in the archival collections: Bichi Borghesi, … Read More
The study and analysis of the faunal remains from the archaeological site of Vetricella are ongoing. Most of the anatomical and taxonomic identification of the remains is carried out at the Department of Historical Sciences and Cultural Heritage of the … Read More
The progression of the study on “vetrina sparsa” pottery led to a thorough selection of fragments for the preparation of the samples to submit to lead isotopes analyses. We are currently collaborating with Dr. Igor Maria Villa, member of the … Read More
Coatings from selected samples were investigated in order to characterize their main chemical and textural features and to acquire data to be compared with results from previous studies on samples from the same repertory (Fortina et alii, 2008). The use … Read More
Twenty samples from different clay deposits nearby the main archeological sites in the Colline Metallifere and Val di Cornia areas have been studied in mineralogical, chemical and micro-paleontological investigations. The study has the aim to acquire data useful for an … Read More
The census of coin finds along the Tyrrhenian coast of central Italy stems from the idea that nEU-Med project could be integrated in regards to some aspect of the ancient economy, in particular use of coins, extending the geographic and … Read More
The cemetery area of Vetricella has returned 31 burials in a earth pit, with and without headers. Thanks to the observation of the type of decomposition, we can say that, in most cases observed, there was a willingness to fill … Read More
Micromorphological analysis from undisturbed sediment samples collected during the 2016/17 archaeological campaigns of Vetricella is currently ongoing. Thin sections have been observed under a ZEISS polarizing microscope at magnifications between 1,25X and 40X, using plane-polarized light (PPL) and crossed-polarized light … Read More
Following the first phase of the numismatic and archaeometric analyses conducted on samples of early Medieval numismatic finds, a series of late Medieval coins from settlements located in the Colline Metallifere as well as from the Archaeological Museum of Florence … Read More
