The systematic study of the early medieval parchments preserved in Lucca Diocesan Historical Archive has allowed the reconstruction of an overall image of land set-ups and power structures in the valleys of the Cornia and Pecora rivers between the 8th … Read More
The several ceramic finds retrieved at the Vetricella site during the excavation campaign of 2017 are now stored in the pottery lab of DSSBC and are under investigation of the nEU-Med project’s team (University of Siena). The finds were preliminary … Read More
The 3D documentation carried out at the Vetricella site (Scarlino,GR) has reached its final stage. All the models are elaborated and georeferenced, and then imported into a GIS with a 3D visualization platform. This system allows the researchers to join … Read More
In collaboration with Vegetation Hystory and Wood Anatomy Lab (Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Università di Napoli Federico II), the archaeobotanists return to work and resume their activities focusing on charcoals discovered during the archaeological excavation at Vetricella (Scarlino,GR). Microscopic analysis … Read More
Archaeometric analysis of selected metal artefacts from the site of Vetricella has been conducted at the Wolfson Archaeological Laboratories of the UCL (University College London) Institute of Archaeology (Fig.1). Objective of the study is to better comprehend the metalworking traditions … Read More
The pottery study group of nEU-Med Team and Fab Lab are planning a new methodology for classifying pottery. Through the use of a 3D laser scanner and some software it will be possible a more accurate pottery analysis: it’s an evolution … Read More
In order to study the early medieval sources about the areas investigated by the nEU-Med project it is necessary to go to one of the richest and most valuable documentary collections in the world: Lucca’s Diocesan Historical Archive (Fig.1), inserted … Read More
The zooarchaeological results discussed in this brief contribute refers to the animal remains found during the archaeological excavation at the site of Vetricella. In total, 1,200 bones and teeth have been identified at anatomical and taxonomic levels. These latter remains … Read More
3D documentation procedure atthe excavations of Vetricella and Carlappiano, in the frame of the nEU-Med project. Highlight the context’s boundary. Placement of four markers around the context for the georeferentiation of the 3D model. Besides the four markers, with the … Read More
Under the nEU-Med project, the indexing of the numismatic finds from the two archaeological excavations of Vetricella and Carlappiano has been completed, while we are still awaiting the results of the latest metallographic analyses; these will allow for the measurement … Read More
