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
In July and October 2018, two coring sampling campaigns were conducted in the flood plains of Val di Cornia and Val di Pecora in South Tuscany, with the aim to recreate the natural history of these territories. Through a wide … Read More
Micromorphological analysis from undisturbed sediment samples collected during the 2016/17 archaeological campaigns of Vetricella is currently ongoing. Thin sections have been observed under a ZEISS polarizing microscope at magnifications between 1,25X and 40X, using plane-polarized light (PPL) and crossed-polarized light … Read More
On September the 21st, geologists Prof. Pierluigi Pieruccini and Dr. Davide Susini of the Department of physical science, Earth and environment(University of Siena)collected a micromorphological sample from a section at the site of Vetricella. This will be sent to the … Read More
On August the nEU-Med Team made an archaeological investigation in Loc. Ficarella (Monterotondo Marittimo,Gr), a flat area located near the medieval fortified site of Cugnano, to better understand the stratigraphic sequence discovered for geothermic power plant realization (Centrale Monterotondo 2) … Read More
Geomorphological and geoarchaeological analysis along the Valley of river Pecora and river Ferriere currently ongoing, being part of the PhD project “Geoarchaeology of Medieval Landscape between the Colline Metallifere and the Tyrrhenian Sea (ERC nEU-Med Project)”. Field survey and Remote … Read More
Soil micromorphology is a branch of Earth Science that uses microscopic techiques for the analysis of the microstructure and the micro nature of the components of sediments and soils. In archaeology, micromorphology is a powerful tool, providing important information either … Read More
The excavation campaigns carried out at Vetricella (Scarlino) and Carlappiano (Piombino) are coupled with geoarchaeological and archaeobotanical investigations (Fig.1). During this phase the main aim of Geoarchaeology is to support archaeologist to define stratigraphy and environment of deposition of sediments … Read More
Sedimentological, Stratigraphical and Geomorphological analysis were performed at the surrounding of the Vetricella site, in particular along the sections opened during geoengineering works on the left banks of the Pecora river, few hundreds of meters to the NW from the site.… Read More
