All Stories

  1. Provenance of marbles used for building the internal spiral staircase of the bell tower of St. Nicholas Church (Pisa, Italy)
  2. The decay of the polysiloxane resin Sogesil XR893 applied in the past century for consolidating monumental marble surfaces
  3. Archaeometric study of natural hydraulic mortars: the case of the Late Roman Villa dell’Oratorio (Florence, Italy)
  4. The use of white marbles for sculpture in Roman Gortyn (Crete) as revealed by archaeometric analyses
  5. Craftsmanship and Identity in the Hellenistic Funerary Reliefs of Naples: An Archaeological and Archaeometric Analysis
  6. Multianalytical approach to diagnosis and conservation of building materials: the case of Punta Troia Castle in Marettimo (Aegadian Islands—Sicily, Italy)
  7. Study of the deterioration products, gilding, and polychromy of the stones of theScuola Grande Di San Marco'sfaçade in Venice
  8. An updated petrographic and isotopic reference database for white marbles used in antiquity
  9. The Architectural Reuse of Roman Marble and StoneSpoliain the Early Medieval Monte Sorbo Church (Sarsina, Central Italy)
  10. Portoro, the black and gold Italian “marble”
  11. Representative archaeological finds of pietra ollare from Comacchio (Italy): identifying provenance and high-T mineral breakdown reactions hindering lithotype classification
  12. Study of the stability of siloxane stone strengthening agents
  13. Cultural Heritage Documentation and Conservation: Three-Dimensional (3D) Laser Scanning and Geographical Information System (GIS) Techniques for Thematic Mapping of Facade Stonework of St. Nicholas Church (Pisa, Italy)
  14. Provenance of marbles used in the Heliocaminus Baths of Hadrian's Villa (Tivoli, Italy)
  15. Petrographic Characterization and Provenance Determination of the Crystalline Marbles Used in the Roman City ofBanasa(Morocco): New Data on the Import of Iberian Marble in Roman North Africa
  16. Petrographic characterization and provenance determination of the white marbles used in the Roman sculptures of Forum Sempronii (Fossombrone, Marche, Italy)
  17. White and Coloured Marbles of the Roman Town ofUrbs Salvia(Urbisaglia, Macerata, Marche, Italy)
  18. An archaeometric contribution to the characterization of Renaissance maiolica from Urbino and a comparison with coeval maiolica from Pesaro (the Marches, central Italy)
  19. The Use of White Marble in the Central and Upper Adriatic Between Greece and Rome: Hellenistic Stelae from the Necropolis of Ancona (Italy)
  20. Provenance of marble sculptures and artifacts from the so-called Canopus and other buildings of “Villa Adriana” (Hadrian's villa – Tivoli, Italy)
  21. Assessment of seismic vulnerability of art objects: The “Galleria dei Prigioni” sculptures at the Accademia Gallery in Florence
  22. THE FIRST ARCHAEOMETRIC CHARACTERIZATION OF ROMAN MILLSTONES FOUND IN THE AQUILEIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE (UDINE, ITALY)*
  23. What kind of volcanite the rock-hewn churches of the Lalibela UNESCO's world heritage site are made of?
  24. Mediterranean trade of the most widespread Roman volcanic millstones from Italy and petrochemical markers of their raw materials
  25. Black limestones used in antiquity: the petrographic, isotopic and EPR database for provenance determination
  26. ‘GRANITO DEL FORO’ AND ‘GRANITO DI NICOTERA’: PETROGRAPHIC FEATURES AND ARCHAEOMETRIC PROBLEMS OWING TO SIMILAR APPEARANCE
  27. ON THE WHITE AND COLOURED MARBLES OF THE ROMAN TOWN OFCUICUL(DJEMILA, ALGERIA)*
  28. Classification and provenance of soapstones and garnet chlorite schist artifacts from Medieval sites of Tuscany (Central Italy): insights into the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic trade
  29. MINERO-PETROGRAPHIC AND GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ‘GRECO SCRITTO’ MARBLE FROM CAP DE GARDE, NEAR HIPPO REGIUS (ANNABA, ALGERIA)
  30. Volubilis (Meknes, Morocco): Archaeometric study of the white and coloured marbles imported in the Roman age
  31. Insight into the conservation problems of the stone building “Bab Agnaou”, a XII cent. monumental gate in Marrakech (Morocco)
  32. Petrographic features and thermal behaviour of the historically known ‘pietra ollare’ from the Italian Central Alps (Valchiavenna and Valmalenco)
  33. PROVENANCE OF MEDIEVAL PIETRA OLLARE ARTEFACTS FOUND IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES OF CENTRAL-EASTERN ITALY: INSIGHTS INTO THE ALPINE SOAPSTONE TRADE*
  34. Preliminary study on the import of lavic millstones in Tripolitania and Cyrenaica (Libya)
  35. ARCHAEOMETRIC STUDY OF PROTOHISTORIC GRINDING TOOLS OF VOLCANIC ROCKS FOUND IN THE KARST (ITALY-SLOVENIA) AND ISTRIA (CROATIA)*
  36. PETROGRAPHIC AND ISOTOPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MARBLE OF THE ISLAND OF TINOS (GREECE)*
  37. Provenance of the ornamental stones used in the baroque church of S. Pietro in Valle (Fano, Central Italy) and commentary on their state of conservation
  38. Minero-petrographic characterisation of historic bricks in the Arsenale, Venice
  39. Roman Millstones from Orvieto (Italy): Petrographic and Geochemical Data for A New Archaeometric Contribution
  40. A Mössbauer study of some coloured marbles (cipollino mandolato, rosso antico and fior di pesco): implications on the nature of their colour
  41. Le « Marbre Campan » (Cipollino Mandolato) : histoire, diffusion et archéométrie.
  42. PROVENANCE DETERMINATION OF LAVA FLAGSTONES FROM THE ROMAN ?VIA CONSOLARE FLAMINIA?PAVEMENT (CENTRAL ITALY) USING PETROLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS
  43. Volcanological and petrological evolution of the Eastern Vulsini District, Central Italy