26-28 February 2018: International Conference
From Monday 26 to Wednesday 28 February 2018, the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy) will host the International Conference: 14th Conference of Environmental Archaeology 2018 Humans and environmental sustainability: Lessons from the past ecosystems of Europe and … Read More
The study of ceramic finds from vetricella site
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
CONTRIBUTION OF THE 3D DOCUMENTATION TO THE STUDY OF THE VETRICELLA SITE
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
The study of the anthracological finds discovered during the excavation campaign at Vetricella
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
10 January 2018: Lecture
Wednesday, 10th January 2018, at the 11.30 am, in the classroom 1 at the Complex of Servi (Via Roma, 56, Siena) will be held the lecture: “Biological proxies and Geoarchaeology: ostracods and palaeoenvironments along the Mediterranean coasts” Ilaria Mazzini … Read More
Archaeometric analysis of selected metal artefacts from the site of Vetricella
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
Geomorphological and archaeobotanical survey at Castiglion Bernardi and along the Corniaccia torrent
Wednesday October 4th members of the nEU-Med Team went on a geomorphological and archaeobotanic survey on the agricultural terracing of Castiglion Bernardi (Monterotondo Marittimo,GR) (Fig.1). With the aim to individuate the typologies of the different soils and the stratification of … Read More
Collecting a micromorphological sample at Vetricella
On September the 21st, geologists Prof. Pierluigi Pieruccini and Dr. Davide Susini of the Department of physical science, Earth and environment(University of Siena)collected a micromorphological sample from a section at the site of Vetricella. This will be sent to the … Read More
The first survey campaign in Val di Pecora and Val di Cornia
On September the 11th 2017, the first multidisciplinary survey in Val di Cornia and Val di Pecora began. For a period of two months, September and October, in collaboration with the Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, students of archaeology … Read More
The second season of archaeological excavation at Vetricella (Scarlino,GR)
On September the 4th,2017, the excavation in Vetricella site has officially started. This second excavation campaign, funded by the nEU-Med project fundings, will be run under the supervision of Prof. Giovanna Bianchi, Prof. Richard Hodges and coordinated by Dr. Lorenzo … 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
