Gilberto Artioli
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 117909 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Gilberto Artioli |
| NOMBRES | Gilberto |
| APELLIDO | Artioli |
| FIRMA | ARTIOLI G |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Padua |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8693-7392 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 54 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 318 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 54 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1993 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
Unveiling Saint Theobald
Saint Theobald of Provins (1033–1066), a French nobleman who embraced voluntary poverty, hermitism, and pilgrimage, represents an early figure in the medieval ascetic movement. He holds historical significance for the diffusion of 11th‐century ascetic ideals, as a hermit saint associated with the Camaldolese order and venerated across northern Italy and France. His remains, preserved in the church of Saint Giovanni Battista in Badia Polesine (Ita…
Romanino’s Colour Palette in the “Musicians” Fresco of the Duomo Vecchio, Brescia
This study examines the pigments and materials used in Girolamo Romanino’s Musicians fresco (1537–1538), located in the Duomo Vecchio in Brescia, with the aim of identifying and analyzing the artist’s colour palette. Ten samples of the pictorial layer and mortar were collected from two frescoes and characterized using microscopic and spectroscopic techniques. Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) was used to define the best positions where si…
Evidence of Pellagra on 19th Century Human Crania From Northern Italy by Combining Stable Isotope and Paleopathological Analyses
Pellagra is a disease caused by a nutritional deficiency, with fatal outcome due to multiple‐organ failure, that affected European rural areas until the early decades of the 20th century, especially Veneto region (Italy). At the skeletal level, previous studies pointed out that pathological signs left by the disease are generic and typical of many forms of avitaminosis, not useful to recognize the deaths by pellagra in archaeological contests. He…
Symbolic and utilitarian aspects of fishing and hunting
First isotopic characterization of the planet neolithic Pb-Cu reduction workshop (Fayet/Cénomes mining district, aveyron, france)
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The Chinese identity of St Mark's bronze 'Lion' and its place in the history of medieval Venice
There are no known written records pertaining to the origins of the enigmatic bronze 'Lion' that stands atop one of the two large columns of the Piazzetta in St Mark's Square, Venice (Italy). Representing the Venetian Winged Lion, a powerful symbol of statehood, the sculpture was installed during a time of political uncertainty in medieval Mediterranean Europe, yet its features do not reflect local artistic conventions. Here, the authors argue th…
Mosaic Technology in the Armenian Chapel Birds Mosaic, Jerusalem
Since the Hellenistic period, preparatory drawings known as sinopiae were employed as guidelines for mosaicists in creating mosaics. The sinopiae served as the basis for style and content, facilitating the placement of colored tesserae in the supporting mortar. The technology of the mosaic and pigments used reflect the capacity of the mosaic workshop and its master. This work explores a polychrome sinopia that was found under a Byzantine mosaic o…
Analytical methodological adaptations for sampling ancient pigments in provenance research
Cinnabar for Roman Ephesus
Implementation of Red Ochre in Sinopia
Marble Architectural Elements and Liturgical Furniture of the Santa Giustina Basilica in Padova
This paper examines eight marble samples from the architectural elements and liturgical furniture of the ecclesiastical complex of Santa Giustina in Padova (Italy), founded by the Rufus Venantius Opilio before AD 524. The provenance determination of the marbles was carried out by means of a multi-analytical approach combining mineralogical–petrographic investigations, performed by microscopic observations of thin sections, and the measurement of …
A multi analytical characterization of a small bronze figurine from Gran Carro site (Bolsena Lake, Italy)
This paper presents the results of an archaeometric analysis carried out on an early Iron Age anthropomorphic figurine discovered in the area of the Gran Carro on Bolsena Lake (Latium, Italy) site, currently interpreted as a place of worship. This statuette is considered a unicum, both because of the context in which it was found and because of its stylistic characteristics similar to those of bronzes from the Nuragic civilization (Sardinia, Ital…
An FTIR-based model for the diagenetic alteration of archaeological bones
A combined ND diagnostic investigation by DHSPI, Sirt, NMR, THZ, on Giotto fresco
A multitechnique approach for the identification of multiple contamination sources near a polluted industrial site
Degraded land requires rapid and suitable remedial actions, thus appropriate and fast methodological approaches for estimating the spatial distribution of contaminants are needed. In this context, a methodological approach combining isotopic measurements, heavy metals concentrations mapping, X‐ray diffraction, and cluster analysis, was applied to characterize a polluted industrial site where the contamination due to improper waste disposal could …
Archaeometallurgical characterization of Mediterranean discoidal shaped copper alloy ingots retrieved from sea environment
High‐performing mortar‐based materials from the late imperial baths of Aquileia
This study provides the first detailed insight into the composition and properties of structural mortars used in a 4th‐century AD bath complex in Aquileia, the emblematic center of Roman culture in Northern Italy. Eighteen mortars, taken from different structures of the site, and three stone samples from the vaulting opus caementicium have been analyzed adopting a multianalytical approach integrating optical microscopy, X‐ray powder diffraction, …
Phasing the history of ancient buildings through PCA on mortars’ mineralogical profiles
A total of 83 wall joint mortar samples collected from the Sarno Baths complex in Pompeii (Naples, Italy) were analysed by optical microscopy (OM) and X‐ray powder diffraction‐quantitative phase analysis (XRPD‐QPA) in order to scan the ancient construction phases and modern restorations to which the building was subject. The major issue to overcome in the research depended on the fact that the most part of the analysed mortars was taken from unda…
D digital dental models’ accuracy for anthropological study
Mineralogical interpretation of multispectral images
LIA of Prehistoric Metals in the Central Mediterranean Area
Following animated discussions in the 1990–2010 period concerning the validity and potential application of Pb isotope data to yield information on ancient metallurgy, recently lead isotope analysis has been extensively applied with alternate success and difficulty to the early stages of copper/lead/silver/tin metal flow in the Central Mediterranean area, arbitrarily defined as including Italy, the Mediterranean Islands, and the surrounding regio…
An Anatolian-Style Lead Figurine from the Assyrian Colony Period Found in the Middle Bronze Age Palace of Tel Kabri
Excavations during the summer of 2017 in the earlier phases of the courtyard of the palace at Tel Kabri turned up pieces of figurines as well as horn cores within a context of Phase 4 or 5 (late 19th to early 18th centuries b.c.e.). One figurine, portraying two deities, belongs to a type of Anatolian lead figurine known from the Assyrian Colony period. Initial results from Lead Isotope Analysis (LIA) suggest that an Anatolian provenance is indeed…
The State-of-the-Art of Dating Techniques Applied to Ancient Mortars and Binders
The most recent workshop on mortar dating (25–27 Oct. 2018, Bordeaux, Montaigne University, France), which closely followed the publication of an extensive round robin-exercise involving several laboratories, was an opportunity to review the history and challenges of mortar dating methods and procedures currently in use. This review stems from the keynote lectures presented at the meeting, and wishes to summarize recent results, present trends, a…
Prescreening Hydraulic Lime-Binders for Disordered Calcite in Caesarea Maritima
Hydraulic lime binders are considered a technological marvel which revolutionized construction techniques in antiquity. The core material is made of a binder that is a mixture of calcite and hydraulic phases, which are amorphous silicate compounds that nanostructurally polymerize into insoluble phases that harden even underwater, formed during the reaction between lime and reactive silicates such as volcanic ash. This is also what makes hydraulic…
The Cannero Castle (Italy)
The mortar samples of the Castle of Cannero (Lake Maggiore, Italy) have been characterized and radiocarbon ( 14 C) dated. The presence of LDH phases was identified. The hydraulic reaction was evaluated by a multi-analytical approach. Careful extraction, preparation and purification of the binder fraction have been performed. Contaminations due to LDH phases have been removed allowing reliable absolute dating of the structures. Non-hydraulic lime-…
A lead-isotope database of copper ores from the Southeastern Alps
Preparation and Dating of Mortar Samples—Mortar Dating Inter-Comparison Study (Modis)
Seven radiocarbon laboratories: Åbo/Aarhus, CIRCE, CIRCe, ETHZ, Poznań, RICH, and Milano-Bicocca performed separation of carbonaceous fractions suitable for 14 C dating of four mortar samples selected for the MOrtar Dating Inter-comparison Study (MODIS). In addition, optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) analyses were completed by Milano-Bicocca and IRAMAT-CRP2A Bordeaux. Each laboratory performed separation according to laboratory protocol. Re…
Chemical analyses of Bronze Age glasses from Frattesina di Rovigo, Northern Italy
Mortar Dating Methodology
Absolute dating of mortars is crucial when trying to pin down construction phases of archaeological sites and historic stone buildings to a certain point in time or to confirm, but possibly also challenge, existing chronologies. To evaluate various sample preparation methods for radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating of mortars as well as to compare different dating methods, i.e. 14 C and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL), a mortar dating intercomparis…
Discriminating pottery production by image analysis
Eneolithic copper smelting slags in the Eastern Alps
Selecting the Most Reliable 14 C Dating Material Inside Mortars
In order to radiocarbon ( 14 C) date a building, several components of the mortar could be used, such as the mortar binder, the lime lumps, the charcoal particles and shell fragments eventually present among the aggregates. In particular, the mortar binder requires a purification treatment in order to separate it from other sources of carbon, which could change the 14 C signature of the binder invalidating the dating process. Here, we present the…
The Evolution of the Vitruvian Recipes over 500 Years of Floor‐Making Techniques
The paper reports the results of a research project aimed at the characterization of the floor bedding mortars of two Roman houses in Aquileia (north‐eastern Italy), the Domus delle Bestie Ferite and the Domus di Tito Macro. Seventy floor bedding mortars of the two domus were selected and almost half were fully minero‐petrographically characterized by means of optical microscopy operated in transmitted light (OM‐TL), X‐ray powder diffraction anal…
Moving metals IV
European Bronze Age swords had high functional and symbolic value, and therefore they are an interesting case for approaching questions of provenance and trade in Bronze Age Europe. It is often assumed that there is a strong affinity between metal supplies and artefact type. However, this study demonstrates that metal supply and sword types are mostly unrelated. In this paper we present a comparative provenance study of 118 Bronze Age swords, whi…
High‐performing mortar‐based materials from the late imperial baths of Aquileia
This study provides the first detailed insight into the composition and properties of structural mortars used in a 4th‐century AD bath complex in Aquileia, the emblematic center of Roman culture in Northern Italy. Eighteen mortars, taken from different structures of the site, and three stone samples from the vaulting opus caementicium have been analyzed adopting a multianalytical approach integrating optical microscopy, X‐ray powder diffraction, …
Chemical and mineralogical studies on hominid remains from Sangiran, Central Java (Indonesia)
Metal flow in the late Bronze Age across the Friuli-Venezia Giulia plain (Italy)
In the footsteps of Pliny
The Cannero Castle (Italy)
The mortar samples of the Castle of Cannero (Lake Maggiore, Italy) have been characterized and radiocarbon ( 14 C) dated. The presence of LDH phases was identified. The hydraulic reaction was evaluated by a multi-analytical approach. Careful extraction, preparation and purification of the binder fraction have been performed. Contaminations due to LDH phases have been removed allowing reliable absolute dating of the structures. Non-hydraulic lime-…
Late Bronze Age Copper Smelting Slags from Luserna (Trentino, Italy)
In the Late Bronze Age, the extractive metallurgy of copper in north-eastern Italy achieved a peak of technological efficiency and mass production, as evidenced by the substantial number of metallurgical sites and the large volume of slags resulting from smelting activities. In order to define the technological features of the Late Bronze Age metallurgical process, more than 20 slags from the smelting site of Luserna (Trentino, Italy) were fully …
Technological transfers in the Mediterranean on the verge of Romanization
Mineralogical clustering of the structural mortars from the Sarno Baths, Pompeii
The pigments of the frigidarium in the Sarno Baths, Pompeii
NEARCHOS. Networked Archaeological Open Science
The full release and circulation of excavation results often takes decades, thus slowing down progress in archaeology to a degree not in keeping with other scientific fields. The nonconformity of released data for digital processing also requires vast and costly data input and adaptation. Archaeology should face the cognitive challenges posed by digital environments, changing in scope and rhythm. We advocate the adoption of a synergy between reco…
Late Bronze Age copper smelting in the southeastern Alps
Gambling With Etruscan Dice
The graphical and linguistic interpretation of the first six Etruscan numerals has long been confronted with the ambiguous assignment of the words huth and sa to either 4 or 6. Here, we show how the systematic combinatorial analysis of the numerals appearing on ancient southern Etrurian dice dated from the eighth to the third centuries bc , together with the careful comparison of the results with the only two existing dice carrying the alphabetic…
Secondary phosphates in the ceramic materials from Frattesina (Rovigo, North-Eastern Italy)
Vingt ans de recherches à Saint-Véran, Hautes Alpes
Durante la Edad del Bronce en Europa occidental, el aumento drástico de la producción de cobre apenas está documentado en las actividades mineras y metalúrgicas de transformación. En este contexto, el yacimiento minero y metalúrgico de Saint-Véran, Hautes-Alpes constituye un testimonio privilegiado de la producción en masa a fines del III milenio, ya que las obras mineras dan cuenta de una explotación a gran escala, con una producción de casi 7 t…
An FTIR-based model for the diagenetic alteration of archaeological bones
The silver treasure of Marengo
Chemical and mineralogical studies on hominid remains from Sangiran, Central Java (Indonesia)
Chemical analyses of Bronze Age glasses from Frattesina di Rovigo, Northern Italy
The Linking Role of the Alps in Past Cultures
The Alps cover a large area characterized by a pronounced relief that has been shaped by glaciers and which, historically, has been arbitrarily separated by political frontiers. Arguably, no other natural landscape in Europe has influenced our imagination as powerfully as the Alps. The Prealps and the Alpine foreland are also considered as part of the Alpine region because of geographical, cultural and historical links. Alpine climate, landforms,…
The Blue Enamels in the Baroque Decorations of the Churches of Palermo, Sicily
Deep blue glasses coloured by octahedral Fe 2+ cations are often reported as textbook examples of blue pigmentation. However, despite the possibility of laboratory synthesis under reducing conditions, to date there are no well‐reported occurrences of their production and use in the past. A thorough historical, ethnographic, mineralogical, and chemico‐physical investigation of the ‘ smaltini di calcara ’ from several baroque churches in Palermo, S…
Secondary phosphates in the ceramic materials from Frattesina (Rovigo, North-Eastern Italy)
Vingt ans de recherches à Saint-Véran, Hautes Alpes
Durante la Edad del Bronce en Europa occidental, el aumento drástico de la producción de cobre apenas está documentado en las actividades mineras y metalúrgicas de transformación. En este contexto, el yacimiento minero y metalúrgico de Saint-Véran, Hautes-Alpes constituye un testimonio privilegiado de la producción en masa a fines del III milenio, ya que las obras mineras dan cuenta de una explotación a gran escala, con una producción de casi 7 t…
Gambling With Etruscan Dice
The graphical and linguistic interpretation of the first six Etruscan numerals has long been confronted with the ambiguous assignment of the words huth and sa to either 4 or 6. Here, we show how the systematic combinatorial analysis of the numerals appearing on ancient southern Etrurian dice dated from the eighth to the third centuries bc , together with the careful comparison of the results with the only two existing dice carrying the alphabetic…
Discriminating pottery production by image analysis
In the footsteps of Pliny
Eneolithic copper smelting slags in the Eastern Alps
A lead-isotope database of copper ores from the Southeastern Alps
Late Bronze Age Copper Smelting Slags from Luserna (Trentino, Italy)
In the Late Bronze Age, the extractive metallurgy of copper in north-eastern Italy achieved a peak of technological efficiency and mass production, as evidenced by the substantial number of metallurgical sites and the large volume of slags resulting from smelting activities. In order to define the technological features of the Late Bronze Age metallurgical process, more than 20 slags from the smelting site of Luserna (Trentino, Italy) were fully …
Provenancing ancient pigments
NEARCHOS. Networked Archaeological Open Science
The full release and circulation of excavation results often takes decades, thus slowing down progress in archaeology to a degree not in keeping with other scientific fields. The nonconformity of released data for digital processing also requires vast and costly data input and adaptation. Archaeology should face the cognitive challenges posed by digital environments, changing in scope and rhythm. We advocate the adoption of a synergy between reco…
Preparation and Dating of Mortar Samples—Mortar Dating Inter-Comparison Study (Modis)
Seven radiocarbon laboratories: Åbo/Aarhus, CIRCE, CIRCe, ETHZ, Poznań, RICH, and Milano-Bicocca performed separation of carbonaceous fractions suitable for 14 C dating of four mortar samples selected for the MOrtar Dating Inter-comparison Study (MODIS). In addition, optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) analyses were completed by Milano-Bicocca and IRAMAT-CRP2A Bordeaux. Each laboratory performed separation according to laboratory protocol. Re…
Mortar Dating Methodology
Absolute dating of mortars is crucial when trying to pin down construction phases of archaeological sites and historic stone buildings to a certain point in time or to confirm, but possibly also challenge, existing chronologies. To evaluate various sample preparation methods for radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating of mortars as well as to compare different dating methods, i.e. 14 C and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL), a mortar dating intercomparis…
Late Bronze Age copper smelting in the southeastern Alps
The Evolution of the Vitruvian Recipes over 500 Years of Floor‐Making Techniques
The paper reports the results of a research project aimed at the characterization of the floor bedding mortars of two Roman houses in Aquileia (north‐eastern Italy), the Domus delle Bestie Ferite and the Domus di Tito Macro. Seventy floor bedding mortars of the two domus were selected and almost half were fully minero‐petrographically characterized by means of optical microscopy operated in transmitted light (OM‐TL), X‐ray powder diffraction anal…
Morphological reconstruction of Roman styli from Iulia Concordia-Italy
Lime-based injection grouts with reduced water content
Moving metals IV
European Bronze Age swords had high functional and symbolic value, and therefore they are an interesting case for approaching questions of provenance and trade in Bronze Age Europe. It is often assumed that there is a strong affinity between metal supplies and artefact type. However, this study demonstrates that metal supply and sword types are mostly unrelated. In this paper we present a comparative provenance study of 118 Bronze Age swords, whi…
Selecting the Most Reliable 14 C Dating Material Inside Mortars
In order to radiocarbon ( 14 C) date a building, several components of the mortar could be used, such as the mortar binder, the lime lumps, the charcoal particles and shell fragments eventually present among the aggregates. In particular, the mortar binder requires a purification treatment in order to separate it from other sources of carbon, which could change the 14 C signature of the binder invalidating the dating process. Here, we present the…
Probing the provenance of archaeological glaze colorants
The polychrome glazes from the Processional Way and the Ishtar Gate of Babylon are among the best preserved from antiquity. Yet, little is known about the logistical choices involved in their production. Variations in isotope ratios can be useful for complementing an archaeological investigation of potential geological sources of raw materials. Consistent with archaeological evidence and ancient texts on trade in metals, Turkish ore deposits are …
The silver treasure of Marengo
Metal flow in the late Bronze Age across the Friuli-Venezia Giulia plain (Italy)
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