The several ceramic finds retrieved at the Vetricella site during the excavation campaign of 2017 are now stored in the pottery lab of DSSBC and are under investigation of the nEU-Med project’s team (University of Siena). The finds were preliminary … Read More
The 3D documentation carried out at the Vetricella site (Scarlino,GR) has reached its final stage. All the models are elaborated and georeferenced, and then imported into a GIS with a 3D visualization platform. This system allows the researchers to join … Read More
In collaboration with Vegetation Hystory and Wood Anatomy Lab (Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Università di Napoli Federico II), the archaeobotanists return to work and resume their activities focusing on charcoals discovered during the archaeological excavation at Vetricella (Scarlino,GR). Microscopic analysis … Read More
Wednesday, 10th January 2018, at the 11.30 am, in the classroom 1 at the Complex of Servi (Via Roma, 56, Siena) will be held the lecture: “Biological proxies and Geoarchaeology: ostracods and palaeoenvironments along the Mediterranean coasts” Ilaria Mazzini … Read More
Archaeometric analysis of selected metal artefacts from the site of Vetricella has been conducted at the Wolfson Archaeological Laboratories of the UCL (University College London) Institute of Archaeology (Fig.1). Objective of the study is to better comprehend the metalworking traditions … Read More
Wednesday October 4th members of the nEU-Med Team went on a geomorphological and archaeobotanic survey on the agricultural terracing of Castiglion Bernardi (Monterotondo Marittimo,GR) (Fig.1). With the aim to individuate the typologies of the different soils and the stratification of … 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 September the 11th 2017, the first multidisciplinary survey in Val di Cornia and Val di Pecora began. For a period of two months, September and October, in collaboration with the Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, students of archaeology … Read More
On September the 4th,2017, the excavation in Vetricella site has officially started. This second excavation campaign, funded by the nEU-Med project fundings, will be run under the supervision of Prof. Giovanna Bianchi, Prof. Richard Hodges and coordinated by Dr. Lorenzo … Read More
On Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 September 2017, the Center of Medieval and Byzantine Studies at the Catholic University of America (Washington, DC, USA) will host the lectures by Prof. Richard Hodges, Principal Investigator of the nEU-Med project: 6 … Read More
