The cross-cutting study of archeological human remains is an important tool for improving
the knowledge of the past civilities. Bones are actually bio-archives, storing information …

Dietary reconstruction in the Epigravettian and Middle Neolithic samples from the Arene
Candide cave was performed by means of a multi-element (Ba, Cu, Mg, Mn, Sr, V and Zn) …

Bone is an important mineral source for the entire organism especially for Ca, P, Na and
trace elements like Sr, Mg, Zn and it is the reservoir for the storage and mobilization of many …

The aim of this study was to define a strategy for a correct selection of bone samples by
employing inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) for …

This work presents the archaeometric characterisation of a group of ancient pottery remains
discovered during the restoring of the Novalesa Abbey (Susa Valley, Turin, Italy) performed …

The development of modern analytical instrumental techniques has allowed to solve a lot of
problems concerning all kinds of disciplines, but often we can obtain for the analysed …

Human bones recovered from the archaeological site of Pontecagnano (Salerno, Italy) have
been studied to reconstruct the diet of an Etrurian population. Two different areas were …

Black crusts are known to be one of the major damageforms affecting the built heritage in
urban areas worldwide. In particular, when the substrate of monuments andbuildings is …

This paper describes the chemical sourcing of 53 obsidian artefacts from Colle Cera, a large
Neolithic village located in Loreto Aprutino (Abruzzo, Central Italy). Trace element analyses …

Protohistoric metal objects coming from the archaeological sites of Pontecagnano (Salerno,
Italy) and Striano (Naples, Italy), preserved in the Pontecagnano National Archaeological …