The current volume includes a selection of the papers presented at this session, as well as some new invited papers by leading international researchers. These supplementary papers were added to achieve a more global representation and to complement some of the topics addressed in this volume.
Near infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetry have been coupled with chemometric exploratory methods in order to investigate ancient (pre-Roman/Roman) human bones from two different necropolises in Central-South Italy (Cavo degli Zucchi and Elea Velia). These findings have been investigated by principal component analysis and they have also been compared with ancient human bones from two Sudanese necropolises (Saggai and Geili). Samples coming from African and European necropolises, mainly differ in two aspects: the burial procedures and their historical period.
The possibility of using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) coupled to chemometric exploratory data processing in order to obtain a fast, cheap and nondestructive dating of human fossil bones is presented and discussed. The proposed approach has been applied to the differentiation of human fossil bones from two necropolises in the Middle Nile (Saggai and Geili).
The application of solid state electrochemistry techniques for dating archaeological strata using lead-containing bronze coins is described. The proposed methodology was applied to samples coming from the Roman archaeological site of Magna Mater Temple (Rome, Italy) occurring in different strata dating back between the second half and the end of the 4th century A.D. and the 20th century.
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