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The Persistence of Memory. Exploring the Significance of Glass from Materiality to Intangible Values

open access: yesHeritage, 2023
As a material, glass has been linked with knowledge and skill mastery for at least three millennia, reflecting the use of traditional tools and technologies inherited from the past.
Sara Fiorentino, Tania Chinni
doaj   +1 more source

‘You Load Sixteen Tons, What Do You Get?’. The Jodłowno Hoard (Pomerania, Poland) as Evidence of Long‐Distance Contacts in the Early Iron Age

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 2, Page 193-211, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This study presents multifaceted analyses of metal artefacts from the Jodłowno Hoard (Northern Poland), revealing that the metal originated from Iberian polymetallic ore deposits. Transported as raw ingots via Atlantic maritime routes, this copper was reworked locally into regionally distinctive forms.
K. Nowak   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Primeros avances en la caracterización de vulcanitas de afloramientos de Antofagasta de la Sierra (prov. de Catamarca, Argentina)

open access: yesRevista del Museo de Antropologia, 2013
En distintos sectores de la microrregión de Antofagasta de la Sierra (Provincia de Catamarca, Puna Meridional Argentina) se registran afloramientos de vulcanitas (rocas volcánicas con proporciones de vidrio menores a 80%, sensu Aschero et al.
Alejandra M. Elías, Michael D. Glascock
doaj   +1 more source

The analysis of European lacquer : optimization of thermochemolysis temperature of natural resins [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In order to optimize chromatographic analysis of European lacquer, thermochemolysis temperature was evaluated for the analysis of natural resins. Five main ingredients of lacquer were studied: sandarac, mastic, colophony, Manila copal and Congo copal ...
A Heginbotham   +53 more
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ARCHAEOMETRY: AN OVERVIEW

open access: yes, 2020
For over 70 years the introduction of natural sciences to archaeology and cultural heritage has been ever growing with multiple contributions to deciphering the past. Novel techniques, applied to almost all materi-al culture, and interdisciplinarity, converged to solving many questions regarding the living and evolution of humans, the environment they ...
Liritzis, I.   +6 more
openaire   +1 more source

Arianna's Palette: A Diagnostic Study of the Painting Walls of the Domus of Arianna in Pompeii

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 2, Page 261-273, April 2026.
ABSTRACT The House of Arianna, also known as the House of Colored Capitals, represents, with its 1700 m2 of floor space, one of the most majestic examples of a residence within the Pompeii archaeological site. The research developed within the project “Cultural Heritage Active Innovation for Sustainable Society—CHANGES” reports the outcomes of the ...
Maria Verde   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nuclear techniques in a non-invasive approach to the archeometric study of Cuban cultural heritage

open access: yesNucleus, 2019
On the occasion of the 500th Anniversary of Havana, we present a singular experience in the Havana City Historian's Office, where nuclear physicists and radiochemists in a multidisciplinary environment in the historic center of Havana, systematically ...
Ariadna Mendoza Cuevas
doaj  

The orientation of the Mithraea in Ostia Antica [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
We conducted an investigation on the orientations and geometrical content of the Mithraea of Ostia Antica. A geometrical CAD study based on the most reliable plans from the Archives of the Sovrintendenza Speciale per il Colosseo, il MNR e l’Area ...
Carnevale, Flavio   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Analytical Archaeometry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Analytical Archaeometry describes this interesting and challenging field of research - on the border between natural sciences (chemistry, spectroscopy, biology, geology) and humanities (archaeology, (art-)history, conservation sciences). It fills the gap between these two areas whilst focussing on the analytical aspects of this research field.
openaire   +1 more source

The Neolithic Site of Piano dei Cardoni in the Island of Ustica (Italy): Minero‐Petrographic and Chemical Characterization of the Ceramic Finds and Clayey Raw Materials

open access: yesGeoarchaeology, Volume 41, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper presents the results of minero‐petrographic and chemical analyses of pottery and potential local raw materials from Ustica, a small volcanic island off the coast of Palermo (Sicily), inhabited during the Middle Neolithic. Typologically, the pottery shows cultural connections to the Bicromica and Serra d'Alto traditions, linking ...
G. Montana   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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