8-10 March 2017: Conference
From Wednesday 8 to Friday 10 March 2017, Florence (Italy) will host the International Conference of the Italian Archaeometric Society: AIAr 2017 – Beni Culturali: grandi facilities, reti e networks di laboratori The nEU-Med project team will present the … Read More
Book Sections
Bianchi, G., Cantini, F., Collavini, S. 2019. Beni pubblici di ambito toscano. In: F. Bougard, V. Loré (eds.). Biens publics, biens du roi: Les bases économiques des pouvoirs royaux dans le haut Moyen Âge (pp. 327-348). Collana Seminari del Centro interuniversitario … Read More
Archaeometric study on pottery between Colline Metallifere and Tyrrhenian sea
An archaeometric study on pottery from different archaeological sites (Capalbiaccio, Colle Massari, San Martino in Piano, Rocchette Pannocchieschi, Donoratico, Castellina, Rocca degli Alberti and Casa Andreoni) located in south-western Tuscany (in a territory within the Colline Metallifere and the Tyrrhenian … Read More
The mineralogical-petrographic analyses of mortars from Vetricella and Carlappiano sites
In the frame of collaboration between the Department of Historical Science and Cultural Heritage and the Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences (R.U. Cultural Heritage Conservation) of the University of Siena , many samples of mortars collected from the … Read More
Historic Cartography – used to know the territory and its dynamics
An analysis was carried out on the cartographic documentation produced between 16th and 19th centuries concurrently with the excavation drive in Carlappiano (Piombino) and Vetricella (Scarlino) concerning the coastal area between Piombino, Follonica and Val di Pecora. The most reliable … Read More
Archaeometallurgy at Vetricella
Several samples of metallurgical slags and some metallic fragments have been found during the last excavation campaignat Vetricella (Scarlino). The analysis of these materials (metallography, chemistry and mineralogy) can help to define what type of metal production/working was conducted in … Read More
Discovering the use of wood resources and the exploitation of the forest landscape: archaeobotanical analysis between the Colline Metallifere and the plain of the river Pecora
The team of the Laboratory of Vegetation History and Wood Anatomy (Department of Agriculture Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”) is carrying out the first anthracological analyses, focusing on the archaeological and soil samples from the archaeological site of Cugnano and … Read More
Updates from Vetricella site
The excavation campaign (September – October 2016) at Vetricella (Scarlino) has resumed the study of the documentation of the archaeological investigation carried out in the past years and is aimed at the expanding the understanding of the site. The removal … Read More
The on-site pXRF analysis at Vetricella site
At the excavations of Vetricella (Scarlino) and Carlappiano (Piombino) on-site pXRF analysis is used for the chemical characterization of the soil, structures and archaeological finds. In this case the main goal of this technique is his descriptive and predictive power. … Read More
Prof. John Mitchell and the analisys on metals found in Vetricella site
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
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
