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The blue enamels in the baroque decorations of the churches of Palermo, Sicily: Fe2+-coloured glasses from lime kilns
2009
Deep blue glasses coloured by octahedral Fe 2+ cations are often reported as textbook examples of blue pigmentation. However, despite the possibility of laboratory synthesis under reducing conditions, to date there are no well-reported occurrences of their production and use in the past. A thorough historical, ethnographic, mineralogical, and chemico-physical investigation of the 'smaltini di calcara' from several baroque churches in Palermo, Sicily, has revealed that the blue enamels widely used for altar decorations in the 17th and 18th centuries are actually a unique case of ancient blue glasses pigmented by divalent iron cations in distorted octahedral coordination. This mixed-alkali gl…
Sobre cerámicas Helenísticas en Iberia / Hispania. Significado y funcionalidad
2012
In this work we are going to take a chronological and typological tour by studying the iconography that appears in the Hellenistic wares imported from the Central and Oriental Mediterranean between 3rd and 2nd centuries BC in Hispania Citerior, in particular from Cartagena. We are going to analyze its functionality in the places of origin, and with the help of the Hispanic contexts we will conclude whether its presence here is a consequence of a certain commercial dynamic, or if it answers to a decorative preference, of taste or trend; even if the images are significant related to ritual or convivial uses, public or private, by the local inhabitant who acquires and uses them.
Joel Pfister. <italic>Individuality Incorporated: Indians and the Multicultural Modern.</italic> (New Americanists.) Durham, N.C.: Duke U…
2005
Estela antropomorfa con inscripción ibérica del Mas de Barberán (Nogueruelas, Teruel)
1998
The subject of this paper is a little known Iberian gravestele from Nogueruelas (Teruel). The find-spot, the Mas de Barberán, is close to the boundary with Cortes de Arenoso (Castellón). The piece is one of a class of stele charactised by figurative decoration and an inscription. The discussion focusses on the anthropomorphic shape of the piece, its iconography —the disk-cuirass—, and the inscription.
Tésera celtibérica en forma de cierva procedente de
2019
Celtiberian tessera hospitalis of bronze from Burgo de Osma, Soria, Spain. It offers a deer shape and an inscription in Celtiberian language and Latin letters, which allow dating it c. 75-25 BC. Their parallels and their meaning and the text, poorly preserved, are analyzed.
An execution in medieval Sicily: Computerised tomography scan analysis and 3D reconstruction of an ancient forensic context
2019
The bioarchaeological and forensic approach is increasingly applied in the study of funerary contexts in archaeology. Here, we present a case of an atypical medieval burial recently discovered in Piazza Armerina (Sicily), in which the integrated use of traditional bioarchaeological and forensic anthropology methods was crucial. The skeleton was lying in a prone position and was characterised by a peculiar injury pattern. We recorded six clear stab wound marks on the posterior surface of the sternum. The use of computerised tomography scan and 3D modelling techniques has made it possible to obtain a reliable reconstruction of the cause and modality of death, pointing to the execution of the …
Materiales del Paleolítico Superior en Cova Negra (Xàtiva) y su interés para establecer los procesos de su secuencia estratigráfica
2017
En este trabajo se analizan los materiales líticos adscritos al Paleolítico Superior obtenidos en Cova Negra a lo largo de las campañas de excavación de los años 30, 50 y 80 del pasado siglo y en las campañas de 2013-2016. La atención se centra en el estudio de los soportes, los núcleos y el material retocado, y se efectúa una primera aproximación con respecto a la cronología y periodos a los que remiten las piezas retocadas. El principal interés de estos materiales reside en confirmar que la ocupación de la cavidad no se limitó al Paleolítico Medio, ni a momentos iniciales de la secuencia del Paleolítico Superior, lo que facilita una evaluación del alcance de los procesos de alteración pos…
Climate controls on the Holocene development of a subarctic lake in northern Fennoscandia
2015
International audience; Climate exerts strong control over the functioning of northern freshwater ecosystems, yet their resilience and responses to climate forcing may vary. We examined postglacial development patterns in subarctic Lake Varddoaijavri to discern the impact of direct climate controls, catchment influence, and ontogenic processes on the ecological functioning of the lake over the Holocene. Subfossil diatom assemblages together with the elemental and stable isotopic (delta C-13, delta N-15) composition of sediment organic matter were used to examine climate-induced changes in the structure of the phototrophic community and transport of terrestrial organic matter from the catchm…
Strength of pre-Roman amphorae: Comparison of the different types
2015
Abstract Given that amphorae were used for storage or for long and/or short distance transport, they must have been able to retain their content and, at the same time, be able to resist important load during transport. This paper concerns aspects of the techno-functionality of pre-Roman Iberian amphorae. The basic performance requirement concerned here is the mechanical strength (transverse rupture strength: TRS). Strength is related to the adequacy for storage or short and/or long distance transport that, up to now, is only assessed by typological identification or archaeological evidence. Experimental implementation on actual archaeological material has confirmed that strength increased w…
Noves inscripcions ibèriques i romanes de Lesera (la Moleta dels Frares, Forcall-Castelló)
2014
Noves inscripcions en diferents suports. En les campanyes d'excavacions realitzades a la ciutat de Lesera entre els anys 2001 i 2009 i en prospeccions superficials es van trobar diverses peces que presenten grafits. En aquesta nota en presentem quatre, un d'ibèric i tres de llatins, els suports dels quals són ceràmica (comuna i TSH), pedra (téssera) i metall (anell de plata)