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The voltammetry of immobilized particles (VIMP) is applied to describe the solid state electrochemistry of brass.

Knowledge of glass trading in protohistoric Southern Italy has been limited by a lack of archeometrical data available to date, preventing comparison with the well-known Northern Italian context. The aim of the present work is to help fill the data gap for Southern Bronze-Iron Age vitreous items and enable a general overview of protohistoric Italian glass supply routes.

This paper deals with a geophysical experimental activity carried out in the Maxentius Complex, an archaeological site located in Rome, Italy. The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of GPR for the structural detailing of buried roman baths structures. As a result, GPR allowed to confirm the literature-based information, i.e. to precisely locate the tanks of the thermal area. Their presence was already known through previous excavation then buried and no more visible.

This paper deals with a geophysical experimental activity carried out in the Maxentius Complex, an archaeological site located in Rome, Italy. The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of GPR for the structural detailing of buried roman baths structures. As a result, GPR allowed to confirm the literature-based information, i.e. to precisely locate the tanks of the thermal area. Their presence was already known through previous excavation then buried and no more visible.

There are various indications for textile production in the ancient city of Pompeii and its vicinity, but archaeological

This contribution shows the first results of an experimental reconstruction of the Portonovo's underground ovens in order to explore their function. A comparison between the data collected on site and in laboratory confirm the hypothesis of a multipurpose use of the ovens and puts in evidence the problem of bias between the temperatures measured during the firing experiment and the temperatures estimated after XRPD analysis.

The research project Textile Culture at Pompeii is a multidisciplinary project, whose aim is to provide new input to the ongoing debate on the significance of the textile economy in the Vesuvian area in antiquity by considering textile culture as a whole. Archaeological investigations on contexts as well as archaeometric analyses on textile micro-samples reveal new information about the ‘textile topography’ of Pompeii, the local and imported goods as well as the standardised or high-quality textile products.