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
Soil micromorphology is a branch of Earth Science that uses microscopic techiques for the analysis of the microstructure and the micro nature of the components of sediments and soils. In archaeology, micromorphology is a powerful tool, providing important information either … Read More
Tuesday 25th October the UAV flight, by ATS srl, has taken place for the 3D recording of Carlappiano (Piombino) and Vetricella(Scarlino) (Fig.1-2). 3D photogrammetry from UAV flight produces a 3D model of the entire excavation area, a fundamental support for … Read More
The excavation campaigns carried out at Vetricella (Scarlino) and Carlappiano (Piombino) are coupled with geoarchaeological and archaeobotanical investigations (Fig.1). During this phase the main aim of Geoarchaeology is to support archaeologist to define stratigraphy and environment of deposition of sediments … Read More
At the excavations of Vetricella (Scarlino) and Carlappiano (Piombino) an Image-based 3D modelling technique is used for the documentation of the entire stratigraphy. We decided to use the 3D model as the main form of documentation for its high precision … Read More
Sedimentological, Stratigraphical and Geomorphological analysis were performed at the surrounding of the Vetricella site, in particular along the sections opened during geoengineering works on the left banks of the Pecora river, few hundreds of meters to the NW from the site.… Read More
Preliminary on-site chemical survey was performed together with the magnetometric investigation inside and outside an anomaly previously observed from aerial images (fig.1-2).
The main goal of this analysis is to detect the presence of a geochemical anomaly to identify potential archaeometallurgical processing areas. The second purpose is to compare chemical and magnetometric results for evaluating possible correlations..… Read More
Many fragments of iron slag have been found during surface surveys at Vetricella. Most of them, according to their typical plane or plano-convex shape – could be interpreted as smithing slags, and are constituted by variable proportions of fayalite (Fe2SiO4), wüstite (FeO), magnetite (Fe3O4), iron oxyhydroxides and quartz.
A few small iron bars have also been recovered: metallic iron is still present in the bar core, surrounded by a thick patina of alteration products (magnetite, maghemite and iron hydroxides: XRD analysis). They could represent the final products of smithing activity…… Read More
In September and November 2015, the fieldwork research of the nEU-Med staff were mainly focused to the study of the paleostratigraphy of the river Pecora, not far from the site of Vetricella. As part of the geomorphological analysis, seven soil profiles were sampled in order to recover charred wood fragments and to start a preliminary anthracological analysis. Macroscopic soil charcoal content, derived from natural or anthropogenic fires, provides information (complementary to traditional pollen-based reconstructions) about the vegetation on the Pecora basin.
In March 2016…… 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
