Sabrina Pagano, Chiara Germinario, Immacolatachiara Di Santi, Mariano Mercurio, Celestino Grifa
The technological skills in the selection, combination and use of pigments from the ancient painters were investigated through the study of mural paintings of five archaeological contexts of Campania region, dated back from the 5th century BCE to the 1st century CE. The pigments were analysed by means of in-situ spectroscopic techniques and micro-destructive laboratory analyses. The multi-analytical approach revealed the use of pure (natural and synthetic) pigments and admixtures, created by the ancient painters to obtain different colour shades.
TC4 MetroArchaeo 2022
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· 2022
· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2022.017
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Laura Pagnin, Francesca Caterina Izzo, Sara Goidanich, Lucia Toniolo
In recent years, the interest in developing and assessing protective coatings for the safeguard of Street Art has increased. Considering the complex formulations of spray paints used for these artworks, the study of their degradation phenomena when exposed to atmospheric agents (relative humidity, temperature, UV-light, corrosive gases) is still not fully understood. Within the framework of the SuperStar project, we present a state-of-the-art research and a preliminary investigation to select specific protective coatings, to be tested in the laboratory and on real case studies, and assess...
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· 2022
· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2022.016
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Andrea Bergomi, Valeria Comite, Vittoria Guglielmi, Mattia Borelli, Roberto Bonomi, Carola Ciprandi, Carlo Mariani, Antonio Faggiano, Maria Ricciardi, Antonio Proto, Paola Fermo
Many studies concerned with the analysis of microclimatic conditions and air quality inside museums have been conducted through the years with the aim to protect and prevent degradation of cultural heritage. However, museums are not the only places in which artifacts of historic and artistic interest can be found. For instance, churches and sanctuaries often are the home to numerous works of art which require as much care and attention in order to be properly preserved. In this study, the microclimatic conditions and air quality were monitored inside the Sanctuary of the Beata Vergine dei...
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· 2022
· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2022.015
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Nicoletta Lotrecchiano, Maria Ricciardi, Concetta Pironti, Andrea Bergomi, Valeria Comite, Vittoria Guglielmi, Paola Fermo, Daniele Sofia, Oriana Motta, Antonio Proto
Air pollution is a problem that affects both human health and the state of historical artifacts. The interaction between pollutants and historical artifacts leads to a material degradation and therefore to the ruin of the artistic heritage. To define the impact of air quality on historic artifacts, it is necessary to measure these levels through an air quality measurement system. In this study the levels of particulate matter, PM10, PM2.5 and PM1, measured in the historic sanctuary of the Beata Vergine dei Miracoli in Saronno (Varese) were analysed using two measuring devices. Two air...
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· 2022
· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2022.014
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Cristina Carpino, Evangelia Loukou, Birgitte Andersen, Jessica Settino, Natale Arcuri
Conservation of historic and cultural heritage poses great challenges, as the causes threatening the integrity of structures are becoming more frequent, including inadequate maintenance, the occurrence of exceptional events (such as floods and fires), as well as the exposure to increasing levels of air pollution. Furthermore, even during normal operation and in controlled indoor environments, the conditions can become favourable for the colonisation and development of harmful agents. The fungal contamination and growth on indoor building materials can alter the surfaces and deteriorate the...
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· 2022
· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2022.013
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Jacopo Crezzini, Massimo Tarantini, Maria Chiara Bettini
The study of ivory remains in Prehistory and Protohistory represents a challenge for the archeologists due to the scarcity of these remains and to the fundamental need of non-destructive investigation techniques to preserve the integrity of the archaeological finds. In this work we preliminarly analyse a small sample from a wide archaeological assemblage composed of more than 10.000 ivory fragments from an Etruscan tumulus (Carmignano, Central Italy). The presence of Schreger lines on the surfaces of many specimens testifies that the main raw material exploited was the proboscidean dentine....
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· 2022
· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2022.012
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Matteo Rossini, Armando Falcucci, Clarissa Dominici, Annamaria Ronchitelli, Antonin Tomasso, Francesco Boschin
In this paper we apply for the first time a 2D shape analysis to a sample of Epigravettian lithic artefacts with the aim of evaluating the potential of such approach. The lithic sample comes from layer 9c2 (Evolved Epigravettian, Upper Palaeolithic) of Grotta Paglicci (Apulia, southern Italy). After extracting the outline coordinates from highresolution images using the software DiaOutline, we conduct Elliptic Fourier Analysis, Principal Component Analysis, and Linear Discriminant Analysis in the R package Momocs to investigate the internal variability of the sample. The results of the...
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· 2022
· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2022.011
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Enrico Conti, Simona Arrighi, Niccolò Bigliazzi, Francesco Boschin, Albachiara Brindisi, Kevin Brogi, Allegra Burgassi, Jacopo Crezzini, Clarissa Dominici, Lara Latragna, Tommaso Luzzetti, Giulia Marciani, Ivan Martini, Adriana Moroni, Sara Pitzianti, Stefano Ricci, Matteo Rossini, Alessandro Salvi, Sem Scaramucci, Vincenzo Spagnolo
The mobility of hunter-gatherer groups is crucial in understanding Palaeolithic settlement dynamics. The concept of mobility cannot be separated from the space in which it occurs, including landscape components, localization of critical resources and of other sites, and routes between them. Nevertheless, the landscape is not constant in time due to the geomorphological changes that occurred in the long timescale of Prehistory. Here we present a paleogeographic reconstruction of the coastal area around Grotta dei Santi during the Neandertal occupation. A GIS-based approach, combining...
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· 2022
· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2022.010
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Francesco Boschin, Federico Bernardini
X-ray microCT imaging offers the possibility to study interior structure of animal remains detecting agerelated changes of bone microstructure. In the present paper we analyse patterns in the development of diaphyseal structure in canids. In particular, the first metacarpal of present-day and archaeological red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and wolf (Canis lupus) individuals have been analysed. Variables describing bone structure were measured by inferring bone development through observation of cross-sections. Results show how bone structure changes through life and how this approach allows to...
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· 2022
· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2022.009
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Ester Maria Annunziata, Paola Di Leo, Francesca Sogliani, Graziella Bernardo, Claudia Belviso, Luigi Ciani, Marco Coletti
In the present study a methodology to assess provenance of raw materials used in medieval ceramic has been implemented. It is based on the assessment of the mineralogical composition trend at increasing temperature of clay deposits, as deduced from the firing tests and TG-DSC curves, outcropping in the surrounding of archaeological sites from which ceramic fragments come from. Data are contextualized in the landscape scenario within which the ceramic production centers operated by geo-localizing the sampled clay outcrops and identifying the geographical relationships with the archaeological...
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· 2022
· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2022.008
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