E Cantisani
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 17092 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | E Cantisani |
| NOMBRES | E |
| APELLIDO | Cantisani |
| FIRMA | CANTISANI E |
| AFILIACIONES | National Research Council |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4909-5624 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 46 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2006 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Towards a diagnostic protocol for the study of modelling pastes in monumental terracruda sculpture
This paper presents an emerging diagnostic protocol for the study of modelling pastes in monumental terracruda sculpture, a distinctive technological tradition of monumental sculpture in air-dried clay. The study combines some newly acquired analytical data from Uzbek case studies with previously published results, integrating them with textual and ethnographic evidence to establish a diagnostic framework for material characterization and conserv…
Stone Procurement Strategies in Ugento (Lecce) During the Messapic Age
This paper presents the results of a multidisciplinary research project carried out over the past two years by the Archaeological Mapping Laboratory at the CNR-ISPC, Lecce, and the Heritage Materials Science group at the CNR-ISPC, Florence, in collaboration with the PASAP Med Ph.D. Programme at the University of Bari “Aldo Moro”. The investigation focuses on stone procurement strategies employed by the Messapian settlement at Ugento, near the Ion…
On the preparation of model ultramarine blue oil paint layers
Investigating Technology and Raw Materials Source of the Archaic and Classical Architectural Terracottas From the Athenaion in Castro (Apulia, Italy)
Since 2000, archaeological excavations have brought to light the sanctuary of Athena in Castro (Apulia, Italy), including terracotta roofs dated between the 6th and 4th centuries bce . Based on their morphological and stylistic features, it is suggested that the terracotta items were manufactured in the Greek colony of Taras (modern Taranto); conversely, several fragments cannot yet be confidently attributed to any specific production site. To sh…
The production of terra sigillata in Arezzo, Central Italy
This work deals with the archaeometric investigation on 25 fragments of terra sigillata (red‐coated ceramic ware and moulds) found in the city of Arezzo, Tuscany (central Italy), and attributed to several important workshops from the first century BCE to the second century CE. Optical and spectroscopic techniques were used to analyse both the ceramic bodies and the red slips. All the potsherds showed a very fine‐grained ceramic body, sharing simi…
Bronze Age vitreous materials from Central Italy
Polychrome Bronze Sculpture
The gilded bronze eagles that stand upon the summit of the Tabernacle by Michelozzo in the Abbey of San Miniato al Monte, Florence (Italy) are an exquisite example of Italian Renaissance sculpture. Commissioned by Piero di Cosimo de Medici, the two eagles, representing the ancient Arte di Calimala, were cast and decorated by Maso di Bartolomeo in the 1448–1449 period. A multi-analytical approach was set up to characterize the state of conservatio…
Radiocarbon Dating of Straw Fragments in the Plasters of St. Philip Church in Archaeological Site Hierapolis of Phrygia (Denizli, Turkey)
Absolute dating of plasters and mortars clearly represents a key information to study important structures and buildings that may have undergone a difficult story starting from their construction. This is for instance the case of the architectures in the archaeological site of Hierapolis (Denizli, Turkey). However, when discussing about the possibility to apply radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating, in this site the presence of different sources of contamin…
Ancient restoration practices in the Monumental Nymphaeum at Tripolis ad Maeandrum (Turkey)
The study of ancient architectural restoration has recently gained attention in the field of archaeometry thanks to a new sensitivity for the long biographies of human artifacts. The paper focuses on ancient repairs documented in the column shafts of the Monumental Nymphaeum of Tripolis ad Maeandrum (Denizli, Turkey). Bonding mortars used to hold the ancient patches in place were sampled and analysed according to a multi-analytical protocol, coup…
Mortars in context
This paper presents a multipronged scientific study of mortars and plasters of the so‐called Ginnasio in the Hellenistic–Roman city of Solunto (Sicily, Italy). A selection of 16 well‐contextualized samples was collected to represent different functions and building phases of this private house. The results show that a variety of locally available raw materials was used as aggregates and to produce binders. The diversity of raw materials’ sources …
Pietra Alberese
The PietraAlberese is a marly limestone belonging to the Ligurian series (Monte Morello Formation of Eocene age). It is a material rarely mentioned in the historical Florentine architecture because the Pietraforte, the stone of the Medieval Florence and the Pietra Serena, the stone of the Renaissance, were the main lithotypes commonly used in those periods. Nevertheless, the Pietra Alberese has been widely utilized to build the town, because it i…
Archaeometric and archaeological study of painted plaster from the Church of St. Philip in Hierapolis of Phrygia (Turkey)
The dark colour of the Ploutonion at Hierapolis of Phrygiae (Turkey)
The dark colour of some excavated architectural elements of the Ploutonion , in the archaeological site of Hierapolis of Phrygiae (Turkey), was investigated. The Ploutonion , visited by numerous ancient writers, such as Cicero and Strabo, was a sanctuary dedicated to Pluto and Kore, constructed during the early Imperial period above the entrance to a natural cave, from which thermal waters and poisonous gases emerge. It was used for sacred ritual…
The ancient use of colouring on the marble statues of Hierapolis of Phrygia (Turkey)
Ancient restorations at Hierapolis of Phrygia (Denizli, Turkey)
Innovative application of portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) to identify Göktepe white marble artifacts
Archaeometric study of natural hydraulic mortars
The Greek and Asiatic marbles of the Florentine Niobids
Provenance Studies of the Marble of Ancient Sculptures in the T ribune of the U ffizi G allery, Florence
The provenance of the marbles used for the five ancient sculptures on display in the T ribune of the U ffizi—the Venere Medici , the Apollo Medici , the Satiro danzante , the Arrotino and the Lottatori —has been determined using a well‐established multi‐method approach that includes isotopic, petrographic and EPR data. The Arrotino was found to be made of Docimium marble from the Phrygian quarries of Iscehisar, whereas P arian lychnites was used …
A multi analytical approach to discriminate the Italian colored marble “Portasanta” from Portasanta “Marmor Chium” (Greece)
Ceramic findings from the archaeological site at Aiano-Torraccia di Chiusi (Siena, Italy)
Characterization of the Amphorae, Stone Ballast and Stowage Materials of the Ships From the Archaeological Site of Pisa–san Rossore, Italy
In December 1998, during excavation for the construction of a new building near San Rossore railway station in Pisa, the remains of ancient ships were discovered. These findings have been dated (radiocarbon) to between the end of the 10th century bc and the fifth century ad ( Belluomini et al. 2002 ). Several transport amphorae belonging to the Hellenistic ship, samples of rocks (stone ballast) belonging to ships B, D and the Hellenistic ship, an…
Biomediated reinforcement of weathered calcareous stones
The ancient use of colouring on the marble statues of Hierapolis of Phrygia (Turkey)
Innovative application of portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) to identify Göktepe white marble artifacts
Characterization of the Amphorae, Stone Ballast and Stowage Materials of the Ships From the Archaeological Site of Pisa–san Rossore, Italy
In December 1998, during excavation for the construction of a new building near San Rossore railway station in Pisa, the remains of ancient ships were discovered. These findings have been dated (radiocarbon) to between the end of the 10th century bc and the fifth century ad ( Belluomini et al. 2002 ). Several transport amphorae belonging to the Hellenistic ship, samples of rocks (stone ballast) belonging to ships B, D and the Hellenistic ship, an…
Archaeometric study of natural hydraulic mortars
Ceramic findings from the archaeological site at Aiano-Torraccia di Chiusi (Siena, Italy)
The Greek and Asiatic marbles of the Florentine Niobids
A multi analytical approach to discriminate the Italian colored marble “Portasanta” from Portasanta “Marmor Chium” (Greece)
Ancient restoration practices in the Monumental Nymphaeum at Tripolis ad Maeandrum (Turkey)
The study of ancient architectural restoration has recently gained attention in the field of archaeometry thanks to a new sensitivity for the long biographies of human artifacts. The paper focuses on ancient repairs documented in the column shafts of the Monumental Nymphaeum of Tripolis ad Maeandrum (Denizli, Turkey). Bonding mortars used to hold the ancient patches in place were sampled and analysed according to a multi-analytical protocol, coup…
Pietra Alberese
The PietraAlberese is a marly limestone belonging to the Ligurian series (Monte Morello Formation of Eocene age). It is a material rarely mentioned in the historical Florentine architecture because the Pietraforte, the stone of the Medieval Florence and the Pietra Serena, the stone of the Renaissance, were the main lithotypes commonly used in those periods. Nevertheless, the Pietra Alberese has been widely utilized to build the town, because it i…
Provenance Studies of the Marble of Ancient Sculptures in the T ribune of the U ffizi G allery, Florence
The provenance of the marbles used for the five ancient sculptures on display in the T ribune of the U ffizi—the Venere Medici , the Apollo Medici , the Satiro danzante , the Arrotino and the Lottatori —has been determined using a well‐established multi‐method approach that includes isotopic, petrographic and EPR data. The Arrotino was found to be made of Docimium marble from the Phrygian quarries of Iscehisar, whereas P arian lychnites was used …
Biomediated reinforcement of weathered calcareous stones
Biomediated reinforcement of weathered calcareous stones
Characterization of the Amphorae, Stone Ballast and Stowage Materials of the Ships From the Archaeological Site of Pisa–san Rossore, Italy
In December 1998, during excavation for the construction of a new building near San Rossore railway station in Pisa, the remains of ancient ships were discovered. These findings have been dated (radiocarbon) to between the end of the 10th century bc and the fifth century ad ( Belluomini et al. 2002 ). Several transport amphorae belonging to the Hellenistic ship, samples of rocks (stone ballast) belonging to ships B, D and the Hellenistic ship, an…
Ceramic findings from the archaeological site at Aiano-Torraccia di Chiusi (Siena, Italy)
A multi analytical approach to discriminate the Italian colored marble “Portasanta” from Portasanta “Marmor Chium” (Greece)
Provenance Studies of the Marble of Ancient Sculptures in the T ribune of the U ffizi G allery, Florence
The provenance of the marbles used for the five ancient sculptures on display in the T ribune of the U ffizi—the Venere Medici , the Apollo Medici , the Satiro danzante , the Arrotino and the Lottatori —has been determined using a well‐established multi‐method approach that includes isotopic, petrographic and EPR data. The Arrotino was found to be made of Docimium marble from the Phrygian quarries of Iscehisar, whereas P arian lychnites was used …
The Greek and Asiatic marbles of the Florentine Niobids
Archaeometric study of natural hydraulic mortars
Ancient restorations at Hierapolis of Phrygia (Denizli, Turkey)
Innovative application of portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) to identify Göktepe white marble artifacts
Archaeometric and archaeological study of painted plaster from the Church of St. Philip in Hierapolis of Phrygia (Turkey)
The dark colour of the Ploutonion at Hierapolis of Phrygiae (Turkey)
The dark colour of some excavated architectural elements of the Ploutonion , in the archaeological site of Hierapolis of Phrygiae (Turkey), was investigated. The Ploutonion , visited by numerous ancient writers, such as Cicero and Strabo, was a sanctuary dedicated to Pluto and Kore, constructed during the early Imperial period above the entrance to a natural cave, from which thermal waters and poisonous gases emerge. It was used for sacred ritual…
The ancient use of colouring on the marble statues of Hierapolis of Phrygia (Turkey)
Pietra Alberese
The PietraAlberese is a marly limestone belonging to the Ligurian series (Monte Morello Formation of Eocene age). It is a material rarely mentioned in the historical Florentine architecture because the Pietraforte, the stone of the Medieval Florence and the Pietra Serena, the stone of the Renaissance, were the main lithotypes commonly used in those periods. Nevertheless, the Pietra Alberese has been widely utilized to build the town, because it i…
Radiocarbon Dating of Straw Fragments in the Plasters of St. Philip Church in Archaeological Site Hierapolis of Phrygia (Denizli, Turkey)
Absolute dating of plasters and mortars clearly represents a key information to study important structures and buildings that may have undergone a difficult story starting from their construction. This is for instance the case of the architectures in the archaeological site of Hierapolis (Denizli, Turkey). However, when discussing about the possibility to apply radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating, in this site the presence of different sources of contamin…
Ancient restoration practices in the Monumental Nymphaeum at Tripolis ad Maeandrum (Turkey)
The study of ancient architectural restoration has recently gained attention in the field of archaeometry thanks to a new sensitivity for the long biographies of human artifacts. The paper focuses on ancient repairs documented in the column shafts of the Monumental Nymphaeum of Tripolis ad Maeandrum (Denizli, Turkey). Bonding mortars used to hold the ancient patches in place were sampled and analysed according to a multi-analytical protocol, coup…
Mortars in context
This paper presents a multipronged scientific study of mortars and plasters of the so‐called Ginnasio in the Hellenistic–Roman city of Solunto (Sicily, Italy). A selection of 16 well‐contextualized samples was collected to represent different functions and building phases of this private house. The results show that a variety of locally available raw materials was used as aggregates and to produce binders. The diversity of raw materials’ sources …
Polychrome Bronze Sculpture
The gilded bronze eagles that stand upon the summit of the Tabernacle by Michelozzo in the Abbey of San Miniato al Monte, Florence (Italy) are an exquisite example of Italian Renaissance sculpture. Commissioned by Piero di Cosimo de Medici, the two eagles, representing the ancient Arte di Calimala, were cast and decorated by Maso di Bartolomeo in the 1448–1449 period. A multi-analytical approach was set up to characterize the state of conservatio…
Stone Procurement Strategies in Ugento (Lecce) During the Messapic Age
This paper presents the results of a multidisciplinary research project carried out over the past two years by the Archaeological Mapping Laboratory at the CNR-ISPC, Lecce, and the Heritage Materials Science group at the CNR-ISPC, Florence, in collaboration with the PASAP Med Ph.D. Programme at the University of Bari “Aldo Moro”. The investigation focuses on stone procurement strategies employed by the Messapian settlement at Ugento, near the Ion…
On the preparation of model ultramarine blue oil paint layers
Investigating Technology and Raw Materials Source of the Archaic and Classical Architectural Terracottas From the Athenaion in Castro (Apulia, Italy)
Since 2000, archaeological excavations have brought to light the sanctuary of Athena in Castro (Apulia, Italy), including terracotta roofs dated between the 6th and 4th centuries bce . Based on their morphological and stylistic features, it is suggested that the terracotta items were manufactured in the Greek colony of Taras (modern Taranto); conversely, several fragments cannot yet be confidently attributed to any specific production site. To sh…
The production of terra sigillata in Arezzo, Central Italy
This work deals with the archaeometric investigation on 25 fragments of terra sigillata (red‐coated ceramic ware and moulds) found in the city of Arezzo, Tuscany (central Italy), and attributed to several important workshops from the first century BCE to the second century CE. Optical and spectroscopic techniques were used to analyse both the ceramic bodies and the red slips. All the potsherds showed a very fine‐grained ceramic body, sharing simi…
Bronze Age vitreous materials from Central Italy
Towards a diagnostic protocol for the study of modelling pastes in monumental terracruda sculpture
This paper presents an emerging diagnostic protocol for the study of modelling pastes in monumental terracruda sculpture, a distinctive technological tradition of monumental sculpture in air-dried clay. The study combines some newly acquired analytical data from Uzbek case studies with previously published results, integrating them with textual and ethnographic evidence to establish a diagnostic framework for material characterization and conserv…
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