29 March-2 April 2016: International Conference
From Monday 28 March to Saturday 2 April, the University of Oslo (Norway) will host the International Conference: CAA 2016 Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology The nEU-Med project team will present the poster: Session #26 The … Read More
23 and 24 March 2016: Lecture
23th-24th of March: Professor Juan Antonio Quiros Castillio (University of the Basque Country, Spain) will give two lectures about “Agrarian archaeology and of the early middle age productions in the north west of Spain”… Read More
Analysis of the archaeological findings from old and new surveys in Carlappiano
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
Portable XRF analysis on selected coins from Tuscany
XRF analysis on selected coins were performed during December 2015-January 2016 in laboratory (fig.1) and directly in the Pava museum (fig. 2).
The portable XRF available in the Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy at the Siena University is an Olypus Innov-X Delta Premium. 6 pXRF spots were performed on the coins surface, three on each side. The main objective of this analysis is to obtain the bulk chemical composition of the coins…… Read More
Metallographic analysis on a selection of numismatic findings
Our research has started in October 2015, with specific metallographic analysis performed on a first selection of numismatic findings. A second step of analysis will detect the specific isotopes of the metals used in coin production.
The selected coins are made of silver or “mistura” (silver and copper) and come from archaeological excavations undertaken in the Colline Metallifere district. They cover a chronological range that goes from the Xth to the XIIIth century…… Read More
nEU-Med: press conference for the presentation of the project
On Thursday, 22th of October, 12 a.m. at Museo Nazionale Romano della Crypta Balbi, Via delle Botteghe Oscure, 31, 00186 Roma, will be held the press conference for the presentation of the project: “Origins of a new economic union (7th-12th centuries): resources, landscapes and political strategies in a Mediterranean region” winner of the prestigious ERC Advanced grant 2014.… Read More
Conference Proceedings
Dallai, L. 2022. Archeologia mineraria in alta Val di Pecora. Le attività del progetto ERC nEU-Med: nuovi dati per la ricostruzione del paesaggio della produzione. In: M. Milanese (ed.). IX Congresso Nazionale di Archeologia Medievale (Alghero, 28 settembre-2 ottobre 2022). … 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
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
Journal Articles
Chiarantini, L., Benvenuti, M., Bianchi, G., Dallai, L., Volpi, V., Manca, R. 2021. Medieval Pb (Cu-Ag) Smelting in the Colline Metallifere District (Tuscany, Italy): Slag Heterogeneity as a Tracer of Ore Provenance and Technological Process. Minerals, 11(2), 97. doi:10.3390/min11020097 [URL] [pdf] … Read More
