22 may 2020: WEBinar – Early Medieval metal finds
The study of metal artefacts from the site of Vetricella in Scarlino can offer significant insight on aspects of day-to-day life as well as past technological practices. The presence of artefacts related to the riding tackle is significant, mostly horse-shoes … Read More
29 May 2020: Presentation of the nEU-Med Volume
Friday 29 May 2020 Andrea Augenti (University of Bologna), will present the volume: “nEU-Med Project: Vetricella, An Early Medieval royal property on Tuscany’s Mediterranean”
18 May 2020: WEBinar – Early Medieval glass artefacts
Glass cups, beakers and lamps, also in precious blue glass, were in use on the tableware and in liturgical activities at the Vetricella site in Scarlino. Fine goblets with a cup made from blown glass, with a cast stem and … Read More
18 May 2020: WEBinar – Single fired glazed and red slip-paint pottery
Jugs and jars on the dining table of the royal court in Vetricella. Arianna Briano, PhD student in the nEU-Med project, shows the research on pottery fragments with glazed or slip covers from the archaeological site. The fragments can be … Read More
18 May 2020: WEBinar – Ceramic finds of common use: some cases of analysis
The study of ceramic finds from the site of Vetricella in Scarlino introduces us to the domestic life and dining table of a royal court between the 9th and 10th century AD. Luisa Russo, PhD student in the nEU-Med project, … Read More
14 May 2020: WEBinar – Archaeological and geochemical surveys in the Pecora river Valley
The X ray fluorescence analysis integrated into the archaeological survey methods is a technique based on the study of the fluorescence radiation issued by the sample under exam after being irradiated with an X-ray beam. XRF technique allows to identify … Read More
11 May 2020: WEBinar – Animal exploitation in the site of Vetricella
Pig plays a central role in the diet and economy of early Medieval Vetricella in Scarlino. Pig meat, today, is an excellence of Tuscan food production. Veronica Aniceti, Post Doc Research Fellow in the nEU-Med project, shows us the origins … Read More
11 May 2020: WEBinar – The woodland. Use, management and landscape
Charcoal, fragile and small, if buried in archaeological sediments is preserved for millennia. Using an incident light microscope, it is possible to study the wood anatomy, “fossilized” in the charcoal, and to identify the plant of origin. With 3112 charcoal … Read More
11 May 2020: WEBinar – Anthropology of a human community in an “inhospitable” environment
Serena Viva, Post Doc Research Fellow in the nEU-Med project, shows the results from the study of over 50 skeletons from burials in the cemetery of Vetricella. The burials have been analyzed following an archaeological and anthropological approach in an … Read More
8 May 2020: WEBinar – Vetricella and the anthropisation of the plain between 8th and 13th century AD
Lorenzo Marasco, assegnista di ricerca del progetto nEU-Med, e Arianna Briano, dottoranda del progetto, presentano i risultati delle indagini di campo condotte nel sito archeologico di Vetricella, la sequenza stratigrafica complessiva e la sua analisi interpretativa. Il webinar presenta una … 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
