Search results for "Archaeometry"

Scienza e archeologia. Un efficace connubio per la divulgazione della cultura scientifica

2017

Study of archaeological ceramics from northern Bactria in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages (3rd-7th centuries AD)

2023

Esta tesis se centra en el análisis arqueológico y arqueométrico de cerámicas kusháno-sasánidas (ss. III-IV d.C.) y altomedievales (ss. V-VIII d.C.) procedentes de diferentes yacimientos localizados en el sector septentrional de la antigua Bactriana (Asia Central). Bactriana, o Tokharistán, como fue llamada desde finales del siglo IV d.C. (Litvinsky, 1998), fue una de las satrapías del Imperio Aqueménida que incluía los territorios al norte y al sur del antiguo río Oxus (ahora Amu Darya), actualmente correspondientes al sur de Uzbekistán, sur de Tayikistán y norte de Afganistán. La región se caracterizó por contactos continuos entre pueblos, debidos a migraciones, invasiones y comercio. Des…

Elemental analysis of glass samples from the settlement and the glass workshop of Augst/Kaiseraugst

2015

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Elemental and Lead Isotopic Data of Copper Finds from the Singen Cemetery, Germany – a Methodological Approach of Investigating Early Bronze Age Netw…

2011

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Ces faïences de Nevers qu’on dit « de La Rochelle »

2006

Cet article apporte les preuves tant archéologiques qu'archéométriques que la plupart des faïences actuellement attribuées à La Rochelle proviennent en fait de Nevers.

FIB-FESEM and EMPA results on Antoninianus silver coins for manufacturing and corrosion processes

2018

[EN] A set of ancient Antoninianus silver coins, dating back between 249 and 274¿A.D. and minted in Rome, Galliae, Orient and Ticinum, have been characterized. We use, for the first time, a combination of nano-invasive (focused ion beam-field emission scanning electron microscopy-X-ray microanalysis (FIB-FESEM-EDX), voltammetry of microparticles (VIMP)) and destructive techniques (scanning electron microscopy (SEM-EDX) and electron microprobe analysis (EMPA)) along with non-invasive, i.e., micro-Raman spectroscopy. The results revealed that, contrary to the extended belief, a complex Ag-Cu-Pb-Sn alloy was used. The use of alloys was common in the flourishing years of the Roman Empire. In th…

The Dolia Defossa and viticulture at Vagnari

2022

At Vagnari, the fabric of the dolia defossa was distinctively different from that present in all the other ceramics from the site, as it was a distinctive orangey-red with black, glassy particles and reddish-brown grit fragments. The surviving lid fragment, on the other hand, is made of a fairly fine buff clay, suggesting it was made somewhere else. It is not unusual that dolia and lids might be made of different clays and in different workshops, as they are in Gallia Narbonensis, where some analysed lids were made in Rome, but the vessels were local. The recognition that it is important to conduct fabric analyses on dolia retrieved in archaeological excavations, whether on land or in the s…

Micro-Raman study of red decorations in French faiences of the 18th and 19th centuries

2006

Obtaining the red color was a technical and economic challenge for the French faience manufactories in the 18th and 19th centuries. The tendency of the red hematite to turn into drab brown during the firing process explains the difficulty in obtaining this color. Red decorations in shards coming from the four production centers of faience manufacturing during this period—Rouen (northwest), Nevers (central), Thiviers (southwest) and Argonne (northeast)—have been studied by means of micro-Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). Among them, Thiviers appears to be the leader thanks to a particular reddish sandstone called ‘Gres de T…

Ceramic Production in the Indigenous Settlement of Entella (Western Sicily) During the Archaic Age

2010

Indigenous fine tablewares (both plain and with painted geometric patterns/decorations) were widely diffused in western and central Sicily between the seventh and the fifth centuries BC (Gargini 1995; Spatafora 1996; Trombi 1999; Campisi 2003 However, the considerable recurrence of shapes and decorative subjects inhibits the identification of specific production centres merely on the basis of stylistic and morphological analyses. Therefore, the extent of the distribution of objects manufactured in different workshops cannot be fully appreciated, and the network of ceramic trade in Archaic Sicily is acknowledged only in terms of the relationships between the Phoenician and Greek colonies and…

The production cycle of lime based plasters in the Late Roman settlement of Scauri, Island of Pantelleria (Italy)

2016

This paper deals with the archaeometric study and analysis of lime based plasters recently found in the archaeological settlement of Scauri, located in the homonymous bay at the island of Pantelleria (central Mediterranean, Strait of Sicily). The Bay of Scauri is sited in the south-west part of the island. It can be considered a natural harbour overlooking the coast of Cape Bon in Tunisia. Since the 1999, the archaeological importance of place was reconsidered thanks to the recovering of huge remains of a Late Roman settlement dating back to the 4th-5th century AD. A production quarter, a residential area, a necropolis and a religious area were brought to light. The economy of the settlemen…