Recreate the environments of the past: geognostic surveys in val di pecora and val di cornia
In July and October 2018, two coring sampling campaigns were conducted in the flood plains of Val di Cornia and Val di Pecora in South Tuscany, with the aim to recreate the natural history of these territories. Through a wide … Read More
new developments in the inventory of the Tuscan numismatic finds
The inventory of Tuscan numismatic finds in the ERC nEU-Med projects is still ongoing. The work will be integrated with the finds from the central Tyrrenian area, providing a useful tool for the development of comparative frameworks and summeries on … Read More
7 June 2019: Conference
Friday 7 June 2019 will be held in Aula 468, at Complesso di San Niccolò – Siena, the “second interdisciplinary seminar: Economia e Tecniche della Costruzione”. FREE ENTRY
Origins of a new economic union (7th-12th centuries). Preliminary results of the nEU-Med project: October 2015-March 2017
Giovanna Bianchi (edited by), Richard Hodges (edited by) Download eBook This volume brings together the research presented at the first nEU-Med workshop, held in Siena on 11-12 April, 2017. The aim of the … Read More
October 31st 2018: nEU-Med day in Maremma
On October 31st 2018, will take place the public meeting “nEU-Med day in Maremma”. The aim of the day is to bring together the team members with the public to illustrate the results of the research. For information and guided … Read More
15 November 2018: Lecture at the Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales
On Thursday 15 November 2018, the Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales CCHS (Spain) of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas CSIC will host in Madrid the lecture by Prof. Giovanna Bianchi, Coordinator of the University of Siena scientific team … Read More
zoo-archaeological analyses of Vetricella: new insights
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
New datas from the written sources
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
New data of the faunal remains from the site of Vetricella
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
22-24 October 2018: International Conference
From Monday 22 to Wednesday 24 October 2018, the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio (Italy) will host the International Conference: 4th Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage The nEU-Med team will present the talk: Session #6 Archaeopalynology … Read More
Alum landscapes. Archaeology of production and network economy
Luisa Dallai (edited by), Giovanna Bianchi (edited by), Francesca Romana Stasolla (edited by) Download eBook Alum is an extremely versatile and precious raw material, used since classical times in alchemy, pharmacy, leather tanning and in various fields … Read More
The nEU-Med WEBinars: a series of on-line lectures
The nEU-Med WEBinars are a series of on-line lectures held and recorded for the publication of the book The nEU-Med Project: Vetricella, An Early Medieval royal property on Tuscany’s Mediterranean, Giovanna Bianchi and Richard Hodges editors (Firenze, All’Insegna del Giglio, … Read More
The nEU-Med project: Vetricella, an Early Medieval royal property on Tuscany’s Mediterranean
Giovanna Bianchi (edited by), Richard Hodges (edited by) Download eBook This volume presents the multi-disciplinary research focussed upon the key site of the project, Vetricella, and its territory. Vetricella is … Read More
“Amphorae” and Early Medieval ceramic productions from a royal court in the Tyrrhenian Mediterranean. Archaeological investigations in Vetricella (Scarlino, GR)
Luisa Russo Download eBook Amphorae are a category of finds whose name refers to the most widespread transport container of the classical era, the amphora, but they differ from this above all in their small size and short-medium … Read More
Archeology of public goods. At the origins of economic growth in a Mediterranean region (IX-XI centuries)
Giovanna Bianchi Download eBook Over forty years of research in the Tuscan Maremma, one of the best archeologically investigated territories in Europe; an ERC-Advanced project, nEU-Med, which made it possible to re-read old data and produce new ones … Read More
Multidisciplinary Survey in the Pecora river Valley
Registrations are now open for the multidisciplinary survey of the Pecora river Valley ( Massa Marittima, Grosseto, Italy) which will take place on September 2022 (5th-30th). The survey integrates different methodologies to reconstruct the archaeo-mining and archaeo-metallurgical features of the … Read More
