Alessandra Giumlia-Mair
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1704262 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Alessandra Giumlia-Mair |
| NOMBRES | Alessandra |
| APELLIDO | Giumlia-Mair |
| FIRMA | GIUMLIA-MAIR A |
| AFILIACIONES | National Archaeological Museum |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8185-1955 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 38 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1992 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Lombardic ornaments from San Mauro cemetery at Cividale, Italy
A group of very significant Lombardic ornaments from the cemetery of San Mauro at Cividale del Friuli (Udine) in Italy has been examined and analysed with X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. The objects are now part of the collections of the National Museum of Cividale del Friuli. Among the objects there are several so-called stirrup or radiate-head bow fibulae, one of which also shows an interesting cloisonné decoration, an S-shaped fibula with clo…
Ipsa and Odong
Inlay and patination are important elements in the prestige metalwork of East and Southeast Asia. There are several regional varieties, but they have many features in common, particularly in the use of a patinated copper alloy containing small amounts of gold. This in turn may suggest a common or at least linked ancestry, but probably no earlier than the sixteenth century. Most of this metalwork is no longer produced, but in Korea, production is …
Early Bronze Age copper smelting furnaces from Chrysokamino, Crete
During the Early Bronze Age, before the expansion in copper mining and distribution of this metal from Cyprus, Aegean metal production relied especially on local ores. An example of this industry has been excavated from only a few sites in the Aegean. One of these smelting workshops has been excavated at Chrysokamino in eastern Crete. Its smelting furnaces provide a good example of the technology in use at early copper production centers in the A…
Ancestors of the Minoan sword
The long sword, a weapon first known in the Aegean Bronze Age from Middle Minoan Crete (early second millennium BC), represented the culmination of a long period of development. Several problems in both casting and forging had to be solved before the production of large implements like swords could be achieved. Very early experiments with long weapons come from Early Minoan IB Crete, early in the third millennium BC. Examples from the cemetery at…
Enkomi Cup
Macrophotographs of the Enkomi Cup have been examined to assess the cracking damage in the Cup metal, a silver alloy. The resulting interpretations and their implications indicate that the cracks are most probably due to long-term stress corrosion that stopped well before excavation and restoration. It is concluded that no additional restoration and conservation measures are needed
On Blue and Green Pigments from the St. George Cathedral of Veliky Novgorod
This paper presents the first analytical data obtained from the examination of fragments of stunning Russian–Byzantine frescoes recovered from an archaeological excavation at Veliky Novgorod, one of the oldest cities in Russia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The archaeologists of the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences have been working on architectural excavations at Novgorod for more than 20 years. In the last seven ye…
Examination of Metal Finds from the 10th Century Cemetery of Kiskunfélegyháza (Hungary)
This case study presents the results and conclusions of chemical and metallographic analyses carried out on metal finds (gilded silver mounts, jewelry made of silver- and copper-based alloys, and iron horse fittings) found in nine graves excavated at the 10th century site of the Terjék-tanya at Kiskunfélegyháza (Hungary). The examinations were performed with portable handheld X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (ED-XRF), optical microscopy (OM) and s…
Plating and Surface Treatments on Ancient Metalwork
This paper presents an overview of techniques employed in antiquity—in different regions and at different times—for decorating metals by plating or applying surface treatments. Quite often the intention was to disguise metals and alloys to give the impression of better-quality materials. In other cases, the treatments produced special decorative effects and unusual colors. This paper deals with plating with gold and silver, various methods of gil…
Fragments of Large Roman Statuary in the Museum of Catania, Sicily
The Statue of Germanicus from Amelia
DIS MANIBVS GERMANICI IVLII CAESARIS (on the 2,000th anniversary of his death) This archaeological note presents the findings from a scientific analysis of the bronze of an over-life-sized cuirassed statue of Germanicus from Amelia (ancient Ameria). The examination was recently carried out in the Museo Archeologico di Amelia to determine both the nature of the statue's production and its relative dating. The 41 nondestructive X-ray fluorescence s…
Aspects of ancient metallurgy
The manufacturing process of the gold bust of Marcus Aurelius
This paper presents the results of applying neutron imaging methods to the gold bust of Marcus Aurelius, an analytical procedure that was carried out in 2006 at the Paul Scherrer Institut in Villigen (Switzerland). The results have produced a better understanding of the gold repoussé manufacturing techniques for large pieces. Given the number of gold statues that existed at Rome and in its provinces, the preserved pieces represent only a tiny fra…
Mochlos IIC
La metalurgia de la necrópolis siciliana del Bronce Final/Primera Edad del Hierro de Madonna del Piano (Catania, Sicilia)
El artículo presenta el resultado de los análisis realizados a los metales de base cobre de la importante necrópolis siciliana de Madonna del Piano, próxima a Grammichele (Catania), fechada entre el Bronce Final 2 y la Primera Edad del Hierro IA. Se han estudiado un total de 122 objetos de base cobre procedentes de 273 tumbas excavadas entre 1970 y 1971. Los objetos muestreados pertenecen a diferentes tipos, armas ofensivas y defensivas tales com…
Copper and Copper Alloys in the Southeastern Alps
In recent years, several groups of archaeological metal finds from the areas around the southeastern Alps, dated between Bronze Age and Roman times, have been scientifically analysed (by ICP, AAS and/or XRF) within the framework of different projects. The data now available give a fairly good general picture of the evolution and development of metallurgy in this area and seem to indicate that the region played an important role in the exchange of…
Investigation of a Copper-based Hoard from the Megalithic Site of al-Midamman, Yemen
Copper-based implements of a newly identified culture in Yemen
The Appearance of Black Patinated Copper-Gold-Alloys in the Mediterranean Area in the Second Millennium B.C.
The Composition of Copper‐based Small Finds From a West Phoenician Settlement Site and From Nimrud Compared With That of Contemporary Mediterranean Small Finds
About 100 Phoenician copper alloy artefacts from Morro de Mezquitilla (Spain) have been analysed by inductively coupled plasma spectrometry and atomic unpublished analyses of contemporary material from Nimrud and with small finds of the same period from several Mediterranean areas. There are no published large‐scale analyses of Phonenician metalwork and few analyses of the copper‐based, very minor objects of the sort typically recovered from exca…
The Composition of Copper‐based Small Finds From a West Phoenician Settlement Site and From Nimrud Compared With That of Contemporary Mediterranean Small Finds
About 100 Phoenician copper alloy artefacts from Morro de Mezquitilla (Spain) have been analysed by inductively coupled plasma spectrometry and atomic unpublished analyses of contemporary material from Nimrud and with small finds of the same period from several Mediterranean areas. There are no published large‐scale analyses of Phonenician metalwork and few analyses of the copper‐based, very minor objects of the sort typically recovered from exca…
Investigation of a Copper-based Hoard from the Megalithic Site of al-Midamman, Yemen
Copper and Copper Alloys in the Southeastern Alps
In recent years, several groups of archaeological metal finds from the areas around the southeastern Alps, dated between Bronze Age and Roman times, have been scientifically analysed (by ICP, AAS and/or XRF) within the framework of different projects. The data now available give a fairly good general picture of the evolution and development of metallurgy in this area and seem to indicate that the region played an important role in the exchange of…
La metalurgia de la necrópolis siciliana del Bronce Final/Primera Edad del Hierro de Madonna del Piano (Catania, Sicilia)
El artículo presenta el resultado de los análisis realizados a los metales de base cobre de la importante necrópolis siciliana de Madonna del Piano, próxima a Grammichele (Catania), fechada entre el Bronce Final 2 y la Primera Edad del Hierro IA. Se han estudiado un total de 122 objetos de base cobre procedentes de 273 tumbas excavadas entre 1970 y 1971. Los objetos muestreados pertenecen a diferentes tipos, armas ofensivas y defensivas tales com…
Copper-based implements of a newly identified culture in Yemen
The Composition of Copper‐based Small Finds From a West Phoenician Settlement Site and From Nimrud Compared With That of Contemporary Mediterranean Small Finds
About 100 Phoenician copper alloy artefacts from Morro de Mezquitilla (Spain) have been analysed by inductively coupled plasma spectrometry and atomic unpublished analyses of contemporary material from Nimrud and with small finds of the same period from several Mediterranean areas. There are no published large‐scale analyses of Phonenician metalwork and few analyses of the copper‐based, very minor objects of the sort typically recovered from exca…
The Appearance of Black Patinated Copper-Gold-Alloys in the Mediterranean Area in the Second Millennium B.C.
Copper-based implements of a newly identified culture in Yemen
Investigation of a Copper-based Hoard from the Megalithic Site of al-Midamman, Yemen
Copper and Copper Alloys in the Southeastern Alps
In recent years, several groups of archaeological metal finds from the areas around the southeastern Alps, dated between Bronze Age and Roman times, have been scientifically analysed (by ICP, AAS and/or XRF) within the framework of different projects. The data now available give a fairly good general picture of the evolution and development of metallurgy in this area and seem to indicate that the region played an important role in the exchange of…
La metalurgia de la necrópolis siciliana del Bronce Final/Primera Edad del Hierro de Madonna del Piano (Catania, Sicilia)
El artículo presenta el resultado de los análisis realizados a los metales de base cobre de la importante necrópolis siciliana de Madonna del Piano, próxima a Grammichele (Catania), fechada entre el Bronce Final 2 y la Primera Edad del Hierro IA. Se han estudiado un total de 122 objetos de base cobre procedentes de 273 tumbas excavadas entre 1970 y 1971. Los objetos muestreados pertenecen a diferentes tipos, armas ofensivas y defensivas tales com…
Mochlos IIC
The manufacturing process of the gold bust of Marcus Aurelius
This paper presents the results of applying neutron imaging methods to the gold bust of Marcus Aurelius, an analytical procedure that was carried out in 2006 at the Paul Scherrer Institut in Villigen (Switzerland). The results have produced a better understanding of the gold repoussé manufacturing techniques for large pieces. Given the number of gold statues that existed at Rome and in its provinces, the preserved pieces represent only a tiny fra…
Aspects of ancient metallurgy
The Statue of Germanicus from Amelia
DIS MANIBVS GERMANICI IVLII CAESARIS (on the 2,000th anniversary of his death) This archaeological note presents the findings from a scientific analysis of the bronze of an over-life-sized cuirassed statue of Germanicus from Amelia (ancient Ameria). The examination was recently carried out in the Museo Archeologico di Amelia to determine both the nature of the statue's production and its relative dating. The 41 nondestructive X-ray fluorescence s…
Plating and Surface Treatments on Ancient Metalwork
This paper presents an overview of techniques employed in antiquity—in different regions and at different times—for decorating metals by plating or applying surface treatments. Quite often the intention was to disguise metals and alloys to give the impression of better-quality materials. In other cases, the treatments produced special decorative effects and unusual colors. This paper deals with plating with gold and silver, various methods of gil…
Fragments of Large Roman Statuary in the Museum of Catania, Sicily
On Blue and Green Pigments from the St. George Cathedral of Veliky Novgorod
This paper presents the first analytical data obtained from the examination of fragments of stunning Russian–Byzantine frescoes recovered from an archaeological excavation at Veliky Novgorod, one of the oldest cities in Russia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The archaeologists of the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences have been working on architectural excavations at Novgorod for more than 20 years. In the last seven ye…
Examination of Metal Finds from the 10th Century Cemetery of Kiskunfélegyháza (Hungary)
This case study presents the results and conclusions of chemical and metallographic analyses carried out on metal finds (gilded silver mounts, jewelry made of silver- and copper-based alloys, and iron horse fittings) found in nine graves excavated at the 10th century site of the Terjék-tanya at Kiskunfélegyháza (Hungary). The examinations were performed with portable handheld X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (ED-XRF), optical microscopy (OM) and s…
Ipsa and Odong
Inlay and patination are important elements in the prestige metalwork of East and Southeast Asia. There are several regional varieties, but they have many features in common, particularly in the use of a patinated copper alloy containing small amounts of gold. This in turn may suggest a common or at least linked ancestry, but probably no earlier than the sixteenth century. Most of this metalwork is no longer produced, but in Korea, production is …
Early Bronze Age copper smelting furnaces from Chrysokamino, Crete
During the Early Bronze Age, before the expansion in copper mining and distribution of this metal from Cyprus, Aegean metal production relied especially on local ores. An example of this industry has been excavated from only a few sites in the Aegean. One of these smelting workshops has been excavated at Chrysokamino in eastern Crete. Its smelting furnaces provide a good example of the technology in use at early copper production centers in the A…
Ancestors of the Minoan sword
The long sword, a weapon first known in the Aegean Bronze Age from Middle Minoan Crete (early second millennium BC), represented the culmination of a long period of development. Several problems in both casting and forging had to be solved before the production of large implements like swords could be achieved. Very early experiments with long weapons come from Early Minoan IB Crete, early in the third millennium BC. Examples from the cemetery at…
Enkomi Cup
Macrophotographs of the Enkomi Cup have been examined to assess the cracking damage in the Cup metal, a silver alloy. The resulting interpretations and their implications indicate that the cracks are most probably due to long-term stress corrosion that stopped well before excavation and restoration. It is concluded that no additional restoration and conservation measures are needed
Lombardic ornaments from San Mauro cemetery at Cividale, Italy
A group of very significant Lombardic ornaments from the cemetery of San Mauro at Cividale del Friuli (Udine) in Italy has been examined and analysed with X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. The objects are now part of the collections of the National Museum of Cividale del Friuli. Among the objects there are several so-called stirrup or radiate-head bow fibulae, one of which also shows an interesting cloisonné decoration, an S-shaped fibula with clo…
History (12 obras) · Ancient history (11 obras) · Archaeology (10 obras) · Art (10 obras) · Materials Science (10 obras) · Metallurgy (10 obras) · Geography (9 obras) · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts (8 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 obras) · Copper (7 obras)