Ada Saez, Natalia Perez-Ema, Monica Alvarez de Buergo
Numerous cases of built cultural heritage that once were submerged in freshwater reservoirs are emerging in the last years due to increasing droughts. The DAMAGE project assesses the study of the specific degradation processes that occur in the building stones of this type of heritage subjected to constant immersion and emersion cycles. A real case of a Spanish old royal site, flooded in the 1950s, has been studied through portable non-destructive techniques to evaluate the state of conservation. The results have been combined with laboratory tests and a degradation simulation to fully...
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· 2023
· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2023.142
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Marika Luci, Filomena De Leo, Clara Urzì, Christian Galasso, Nadia Ruocco, Donatella De Pascale, Sandra Lo Schiavo, Michela Ricca, Silvestro Antonio Ruffolo, Mauro Francesco La Russa
Any submerged inorganic material is promptly colonized by a variety of microorganisms that offer the basis for the settlement of macroorganisms causing the so-called biofouling. The aim of this work is to evaluate applicability and durability of new designed coatings containing Surface-Active Ionic Liquids for the protection of underwater cultural heritage from the first step of biofouling formation. We report here the results of the characterization test performed on limestone and Carrara marble probes (colorimetric and capillary water absorption measurements) and of the UV weathering to...
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· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2023.141
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Andrea Bergomi, Valeria Comite, Cristina Della Pina, Paula Maria Carmona Quiroga, Laura Maestro-Guijarro, Mohamed Oujja, Ana Crespo Ibanez, Chiara Andrea Lombardi, Mattia Borelli, Marta Castillejo, Paola Fermo
The interaction between atmospheric pollutants and architectural cultural heritage leads to several degradation processes, mainly the formation of black crusts. Numerous studies have highlighted that their elemental composition can be used to determine the main pollutant sources of the surrounding areas. Therefore, black crusts may represent actual registries of pollution sources and may help to understand the evolution of these sources and their impact throughout the years. In this study, a first-ever application of the LIBS technique for the study of black crusts is carried out in order to...
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· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2023.140
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Francesca Alberghina, Valentina Barberis, Patrizia Capizzi, Giulia Comello, Giusseppe Milazzo, Luciana Randazzo, Salvatore Schiavone
The rectory of Santa Maria di Vezzolano in Albugnano (Asti, Italy) has recently been the subject of a restoration project aimed at solving the deterioration involving the external walls and in particular the main façade. In order to support the plan of restoration project, geophysical and chemical investigations were carried out with the aim of investigating and understanding the causes of decay phenomena. The diagnostic campaign was aimed at documenting the water paths and at understanding which saline species were formed as a result of the progress of the degradation, understanding their...
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· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2023.139
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Antonio Paucecch, Luca Lanteri, Francesca Montozzi, Paola Pogliani, Claudia Pelosi
This paper reports the study and restoration of a 17th century wall painting attributed to the artist Lorenzo Berrettini and located in a chapel of Palazzo Orsini at Bomarzo, a little town close to Viterbo, in central Italy. The wall painting was recently restored as activity of a master thesis in conservation and restoration of cultural heritage and on that occasion the artwork was investigated to characterize the materials and techniques with the aim at choosing the best consolidation procedure and product. To reach this goal, multispectral imaging and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy were...
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· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2023.138
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Simone Dilaria, Luigi Germinario, Chiara Girotto, Claudio Mazzoli, Caterina Previato, Giovanna Falezza, Alberta Facchi, Jacopo Bonetto
In this paper, we analysed 22 stone samples from Roman and Pre-Roman funerary artefacts found in the ancient Atria, which are currently preserved at the National Archaeological Museum of Adria. The analysis was conducted by Polarized Light Optical Microscopy (PLM) and X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF). Atria is situated in the deltaic plain of the Po River, far away from the rock formations historically exploited in the Veneto region of northern Italy. The objective of the research was to determinate the provenance of the stones to understand the trade networks that Atria relied on for obtaining...
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Chiara Maria Lebole, Giorgio Di Gangi, Gabriele Sartorio, Marco Ginepro, Giulia Costamagna
Orgères site (La Thuile-AO- 1665m.) is located at the beginning of the Chavannes valley, an alternative road to the Piccolo St. Bernardo pass. The alpine context is difficult to interpret due to continuous reuse of structures from earlier periods to the uninterrupted construction, and the modest amount of archaeological material. This accomplishes several issues not only for re-proposing a precise chronology (derived through very meticulous stratigraphic excavation), but also the intended use of rooms or stratigraphic units. Some excavation areas were initially interpreted through comparison...
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Brunella Cipolletta, Myriam Fiore, Georgia Ntasi, Massimo Botto, Leila Birolo, Livia Tirabassi
Proteomic approaches based on mass spectrometry (MS) have been used successfully in the recent past for the molecular characterisation of several proteins-containing art works and archaeological objects. However, there are still relatively few examples of the successful recovery and identification of proteins from archaeological pottery. This is mostly because ceramics often contain a much lower amount of proteinaceous material, that is also highly contaminated and degraded, thus making proteomic analyses quite challenging. In the attempt to address this issue, we herein report efforts in...
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Alessandra Pecci, Simona Mileto, Silvia Ritondale, Valeria Amoretti, Luana Toniolo, Daniela Cottica
This paper presents the results of an interdisciplinary study of the building V 4, 6-8, at Pompeii. The building was previously interpreted as a wine production installation (Brun and Neyme, 2008). Later, it was further investigated by a team from Ca Foscari University of Venice. Archaeological excavations and further studies revealed that this building underwent a series of changes through time, being gradually converted into a space dedicated to food processing and serving. The organic residue analyses carried out by the University of Barcelona using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry...
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Piergiulio Cappelletti, Francesco Izzo, Concetta Rispoli, Antonino Pollio, Antonino De Natale, Mariagioia Petraretti, Andrea Carpentieri, Leila Birolo, Giarita Ferraro, Anna Manzone, Alessandro Vergara, Chiara Melchiorre
A minero-petrographic, chemical and microbiological analysis was carried out on the sculpture Real Infante Carlo Tito di Borbone, recently attributed to Giuseppe Sanmartino. A combination of microscopic, spectroscopic, chromatographic characterization along with the isolation of the microbial population was adopted to evaluate the conservation state of the sculpture. The stone composition was characterized and both biodeterioration and traces of previous restoration were detected.
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· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2023.133
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