Spatial analysis of metal finds from Vetricella
The creation of a GIS analysis environment for the study of the archaeological finds from the site Vetricella is aimed at producing new information by integrating spatial to alphanumeric data. The position of the finds was documented with the aid … Read More
Micromorphological analisys of the intermediate ditch backfill
The micromorphological analysis of undisturbed sediment samples from the intermediate ditch backfill of the archaeological site of Vetricella, collected during the last excavation campaign, has begun. The thin sections will be analyzed through the use of the petrographic microscope with … Read More
Exploratory analysis on the ditches from the site of Vetricella
During the 2018 excavation campaign at Vetricella, seven exploratory trenches were opened to investigate the nature of the ditches surrounding the site. Thanks to the preliminary results obtained from the trenches excavated during the 2016, we tried to deepen the … Read More
Chemical analyses on sediments of coring samplings carried out in Val di Pecora and Val di Cornia
The Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy (University of Siena) are currently performing chemical analyses on the sediments of the coring samplings extracted in July and October 2018 in the flood plains of the Cornia and Pecora river. The multidisciplinary … Read More
Age estimation of adult skeletons from Vetricella by pulp/tooth ratio in canines
The recent acquisition of X-ray images of canines from adult individuals of Vetricella has allowed us to perform the determination of age at death by the canine radiographic method (Cameriere et al., 2007a,b; 2009). Traditional anthropological methods to estimate age … Read More
The study of the metal finds from the site of Vetricella
The first phase of the work, carried out at the Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche e dei Beni Culturali of the University of Siena, consisted in reordering the assemblage of metal finds recovered during the excavation campaigns conducted between 2005 and … Read More
10 May 2019: Lecture
Friday 10 May 2019 from 11.00 a.m to 1 p.m, in aula 5, at Complesso dei Servi in Siena; will be held the lecture of Alessio Fiore (University of Turin): “Modelli di produzione e scambio: la grande proprietà in Italia … Read More
14 February 2019: Lecture
RESEARCHING TINTAGEL: DUMNONIA AND KING ARTHUR IN POST- ROMAN BRITAIN 14 February at 11.00 AM. Aula 6, Complesso dei Servi, Siena DOWNLOAD PDF info: ercneumed.unisi@gmail.com In the later Roman and post-Roman worlds (3rd to 7th centuries CE) a major … Read More
Documentation of Vetricella site with digital photogrammetry
The documentation of the archaeological excavation in the site of Vetricella is made entirely with digital photogrammetry. This video, presented by the nEU-Med project team during the BRIGHT 2018 event, summarizes the various phases of acquisition, processing on the field … Read More
NOTTI DELL’ARCHEOLOGIA 2019
For the Notti dell’Archeologia 2019, events related to the activities carried out within the ERC nEU-Med project will be held at Scarlino (GR) every Friday throughout the month of July: “Leggere il passato attraverso l’archeologia e le scienze applicate” … 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
