G Montana
Biographic Data
| ID | 29655 |
|---|---|
| NAME | G Montana |
| GIVEN NAMES | G |
| FAMILY NAME | Montana |
| SIGNATURE | MONTANA G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Palermo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6459-1925 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 107 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Pottery Production at the Neolithic Site of Mulino Fiaccati/Le Rocche (Roccapalumba, Sicily): Insights from Thin-Section Petrography
The Neolithic site of Mulino Fiaccati/Le Rocche, near Roccapalumba in the Sicilian interior, has yielded an unusually rich ceramic assemblage recovered from a fissure exposed by modern quarrying. Typological analysis and a radiocarbon date of 4783–4553 BC (2σ) confirm its Middle Neolithic attribution. The ceramics include undecorated wares, Stentinello II/Western Stentinello-type pottery, and trichrome painted vessels, with a fragment tentatively…
Mortars From Punic and Hellenistic–Roman Solunto: Materials, Formulations, and Technology
This study presents an archaeometric investigation of 18 hydraulic rendering and bedding mortars from Punic and Hellenistic–Roman Solunto (NW Sicily). The research aimed to characterize raw materials, reconstruct manufacturing sequences, and evaluate technological proficiency through mineralogical and petrochemical analyses. X‐ray powder diffraction (XRPD), polarized light microscopy (PLM), and scanning electron microscopy with energy‐dispersive …
The Neolithic Site of Piano dei Cardoni in the Island of Ustica (Italy): Minero‐Petrographic and Chemical Characterization of the Ceramic Finds and Clayey Raw Materials
This paper presents the results of minero‐petrographic and chemical analyses of pottery and potential local raw materials from Ustica, a small volcanic island off the coast of Palermo (Sicily), inhabited during the Middle Neolithic. Typologically, the pottery shows cultural connections to the Bicromica and Serra d'Alto traditions, linking Ustica to Sicily and Southern Italy, as well as to the Late Neolithic Diana pottery from the Aeolian Archipel…
Late 6th – early 4th century BCE western Greek amphorae produced in Selinunte (western Sicily): Ceramic paste characterisation by an integrated archaeometric approach
Analysis of western Greek amphorae found at Selinunte of presumed local production. • Comparative evaluation between ceramic materials and clayey raw materials from Selinunte and Agrigento. • New insights for Greek Selinunte’s economic development and its role within the network of regional trade. This paper aims at an interdisciplinary, archaeological and archaeometric characterisation of the western Greek amphorae series produced in late Archai…
Technological choices and practices in local ceramic production at Iron Age Monte Iato (Sicily, 6th-5th century BCE)
The production of western Greek amphorae in Agrigento (Southern Sicily): An archaeometric and archaeological characterisation of the late 6th-4th centuries BCE series
This paper aims at an interdisciplinary, archaeological and archaeometric characterisation of the western Greek amphorae series produced in late Archaic and Classical-period Agrigento (southern Sicily). The research is based on a macroscopic examination, according to the standardised methods of Fabrics of the Central Mediterranean (FACEM), combined with petrographic analyses of 21 amphorae samples of presumed local fabric found in Agrigento itsel…
Sources of geomaterials in the Sicani Mountains during the Early Middle Ages: A case study of Contrada Castro, central western Sicily
From 2017, an unknown rural settlement in Contrada Castro at Corleone (Palermo Province, western Sicily) was investigated as part of the ‘Harvesting Memories Project’. The stratigraphic sequence, supported by radiocarbon dating, has demonstrated a reoccupation of a pre‐Roman site during the transition between the Byzantine and Islamic periods. In particular, the main occupation occurred in the late 8th–9th century when pottery kilns and a probabl…
Multi-analytical study of the medieval wall paintings from the rupestrian church Grotta del Crocifisso at Lentini (eastern Sicily): New evidence of the use of woad (Isatis tinctoria)
This study presents the results of the examination and characterisation of the wall paintings that decorate the rupestrian church named Grotta del Crocifisso, which is located in the territory of Lentini (eastern Sicily, few tens of kilometres from Catania and Syracuse). The earliest mural paintings in the church date back to the twelfth century AD. A multi-analytical approach was adopted for the characterisation of stone materials, secondary deg…
Archaeometric analysis of building ceramics and ‘dolia defossa’ from the Roman imperial estate of Vagnari (Gravina in Puglia, Italy)
The indigenous settlement of Monte Iato (western Sicily): An ethnoarchaeometric approach for outlining local Archaic ceramic productions
An ethnoarchaeometric approach has been followed to identify the textural and compositional characteristics of the ceramic pastes produced in ancient Iaitas/Ietas, an indigenous site located in western Sicily on Monte Iato, a few tens of kilometres from Palermo. This approach was primarily motivated by the lack of discovered Archaic kilns or production sites/workshops and the inability to identify reference groups. Raw clays were sampled in the t…
Ceramic raw materials: How to Recognize Them and Locate the Supply Basins-Mineralogy, Petrography
Ceramic production at Selinunte (Sicily) during the 4th and 3rd century BCE: New archaeometric data through the analysis of kiln wastes
The production cycle of lime‐based plasters in the Late Roman settlement of Scauri, on the island of Pantelleria, Italy
This paper deals with the archaeometric study of lime‐based plasters found in the archaeological settlement of Scauri, located in the homonymous bay in the south‐western part of Pantelleria Island. Since 1999, archaeological surveys have led to the recovery of the huge remains of a Late Roman settlement dating back to the fourth–fifth century AD. It is well known that the island of Pantelleria is entirely composed of volcanic rocks. Accordingly, …
Selinunte (Sicily) and its productive context: The clayey raw materials applied in a long-lived ceramic production (seventh to third century BCE)
The production of traditional building materials in Oristano (Sardinia, Italy)
Compositional reference for the documented Archaic production of indigenous matt-painted pottery at Entella (Western Sicily)
Strength of pre-Roman amphorae: Comparison of the different types
Ceramic Ethnoarchaeometry in Western S ardinia: Production of Cooking Ware at P abillonis
Ceramic ethnoarchaeology has been used to explore fully the chaîne opératoire and to understand all of the stages and factors involved in pottery production, such as raw material selection or paste recipes used by the potters. This work presents the results of the application of compositional analysis undertaken in the village of P abillonis (western S ardinia, I taly), the main cooking ware production centre of the island. Pottery and local clay…
Flos Tectorii degradation of mortars: An example of synergistic action between soluble salts and biodeteriogens
Different methods for soluble salt removal tested on late-Roman cooking ware from a submarine excavation at the island of Pantelleria (Sicily, Italy)
Sem-Eds Analysis as a Rapid Tool for Distinguishing Campanian a Ware and Sicilian Imitations: SEM-EDS analysis to distinguish Campanian A ware and Sicilian imitations
The aim of this work is to examine whether it is possible to find chemical markers that allow a distinction to be made between the imported black glossed ‘Campanian A’ and the Sicilian imitation (end of fourth to first century bc) of these productions by carrying out quantitative chemical microanalysis of the slip using the SEM–EDS technique. The efficiency of the proposed analytical method has been tested on a set of ceramic samples correspondin…
The Blue Enamels in the Baroque Decorations of the Churches of Palermo, Sicily: Fe 2+ ‐coloured Glasses From Lime Kilns
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…
Petrographic and geochemical characterization of Archaic‐Hellenistic tableware production at Solunto, Sicily
A selected assortment of Archaic‐Hellenistic tableware samples from Solunto, a Phoenician‐Punic site located 20 km east of Palermo (Sicily), has been subjected to thin‐section petrography and chemical analysis (XRF). In this settlement several ceramic kilns remained operative over a long time period (7th to 3rd century B.C.). The main goal of this analytical study is to distinguish the ceramics manufactured locally from regional and off‐island im…
Pantellerian Ware: A Comprehensive Archaeometric Review
Pantellerian ware is a Late Roman cooking ware whose production centre was established on the island of Pantelleria by the pioneering research of Fulford and Peacock almost 20 years ago ( Peacock 1982 ; Fulford and Peacock 1984 ). Archaeological and archaeometric studies carried out by the authors of the present contribution during the past four years have aimed to fully characterize this ceramic class. Recurrent ceramic forms, their distribution…
Ceramica a vernice nera di età ellenistica da siti della Sicilia nord-occidentale: Considerazioni tipologiche ed analisi archeometriche
In questo studio sono state integrate osservazioni tipologiche, condotte su forme a vernice nera rinvenute a Palermo, Termini Imerese, Monte Iato e Marineo, con i dati ricavati dalla caratterizzazione mineralogica, petrografica e chimica degli impasti. I 55 campioni selezionati appartengono a due forme : un piatto («Lamboglia 36 » , serie 1310-1320 di J.-P. Morel), tra i più comuni nella Campana A di I e II secolo a. C. ; ed una coppa di produzio…
Ceramic raw materials: How to Recognize Them and Locate the Supply Basins-Mineralogy, Petrography
Exploring automatic grouping procedures in ceramic petrology
The "recipe" of the stucco sculptures of Giacomo Serpotta
Ceramic Ethnoarchaeometry in Western S ardinia: Production of Cooking Ware at P abillonis
Ceramic ethnoarchaeology has been used to explore fully the chaîne opératoire and to understand all of the stages and factors involved in pottery production, such as raw material selection or paste recipes used by the potters. This work presents the results of the application of compositional analysis undertaken in the village of P abillonis (western S ardinia, I taly), the main cooking ware production centre of the island. Pottery and local clay…
Petrographic and geochemical characterization of Archaic‐Hellenistic tableware production at Solunto, Sicily
A selected assortment of Archaic‐Hellenistic tableware samples from Solunto, a Phoenician‐Punic site located 20 km east of Palermo (Sicily), has been subjected to thin‐section petrography and chemical analysis (XRF). In this settlement several ceramic kilns remained operative over a long time period (7th to 3rd century B.C.). The main goal of this analytical study is to distinguish the ceramics manufactured locally from regional and off‐island im…
Selinunte (Sicily) and its productive context: The clayey raw materials applied in a long-lived ceramic production (seventh to third century BCE)
The production of western Greek amphorae in Agrigento (Southern Sicily): An archaeometric and archaeological characterisation of the late 6th-4th centuries BCE series
This paper aims at an interdisciplinary, archaeological and archaeometric characterisation of the western Greek amphorae series produced in late Archaic and Classical-period Agrigento (southern Sicily). The research is based on a macroscopic examination, according to the standardised methods of Fabrics of the Central Mediterranean (FACEM), combined with petrographic analyses of 21 amphorae samples of presumed local fabric found in Agrigento itsel…
The production cycle of lime‐based plasters in the Late Roman settlement of Scauri, on the island of Pantelleria, Italy
This paper deals with the archaeometric study of lime‐based plasters found in the archaeological settlement of Scauri, located in the homonymous bay in the south‐western part of Pantelleria Island. Since 1999, archaeological surveys have led to the recovery of the huge remains of a Late Roman settlement dating back to the fourth–fifth century AD. It is well known that the island of Pantelleria is entirely composed of volcanic rocks. Accordingly, …
Compositional reference for the documented Archaic production of indigenous matt-painted pottery at Entella (Western Sicily)
Flos Tectorii degradation of mortars: An example of synergistic action between soluble salts and biodeteriogens
The Petrography and Chemistry of Thin‐walled Ware From an Hellenistic– Roman Site at Segesta (Sicily)
Samples of Roman thin‐walled ware from Segesta (northwestern Sicily), dating back to the early Imperial period, were studied by optical microscopy (OM) and Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA). Up to now, this class of Roman fine tableware has only occasionally been evaluated archaeometrically. Nevertheless, numerous production centres are believed to have been simultaneously active in the western Mediterranean area. Petrographic and chemical data s…
Multi-analytical study of the medieval wall paintings from the rupestrian church Grotta del Crocifisso at Lentini (eastern Sicily): New evidence of the use of woad (Isatis tinctoria)
This study presents the results of the examination and characterisation of the wall paintings that decorate the rupestrian church named Grotta del Crocifisso, which is located in the territory of Lentini (eastern Sicily, few tens of kilometres from Catania and Syracuse). The earliest mural paintings in the church date back to the twelfth century AD. A multi-analytical approach was adopted for the characterisation of stone materials, secondary deg…
The production of traditional building materials in Oristano (Sardinia, Italy)
Different methods for soluble salt removal tested on late-Roman cooking ware from a submarine excavation at the island of Pantelleria (Sicily, Italy)
Sem-Eds Analysis as a Rapid Tool for Distinguishing Campanian a Ware and Sicilian Imitations: SEM-EDS analysis to distinguish Campanian A ware and Sicilian imitations
The aim of this work is to examine whether it is possible to find chemical markers that allow a distinction to be made between the imported black glossed ‘Campanian A’ and the Sicilian imitation (end of fourth to first century bc) of these productions by carrying out quantitative chemical microanalysis of the slip using the SEM–EDS technique. The efficiency of the proposed analytical method has been tested on a set of ceramic samples correspondin…
Technological choices and practices in local ceramic production at Iron Age Monte Iato (Sicily, 6th-5th century BCE)
Archaeometric analysis of building ceramics and ‘dolia defossa’ from the Roman imperial estate of Vagnari (Gravina in Puglia, Italy)
Ceramic production at Selinunte (Sicily) during the 4th and 3rd century BCE: New archaeometric data through the analysis of kiln wastes
Strength of pre-Roman amphorae: Comparison of the different types
The Blue Enamels in the Baroque Decorations of the Churches of Palermo, Sicily: Fe 2+ ‐coloured Glasses From Lime Kilns
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…
Ceramica a vernice nera di età ellenistica da siti della Sicilia nord-occidentale: Considerazioni tipologiche ed analisi archeometriche
In questo studio sono state integrate osservazioni tipologiche, condotte su forme a vernice nera rinvenute a Palermo, Termini Imerese, Monte Iato e Marineo, con i dati ricavati dalla caratterizzazione mineralogica, petrografica e chimica degli impasti. I 55 campioni selezionati appartengono a due forme : un piatto («Lamboglia 36 » , serie 1310-1320 di J.-P. Morel), tra i più comuni nella Campana A di I e II secolo a. C. ; ed una coppa di produzio…
Standardisation of elemental analytical techniques applied to provenance studies of archaeological ceramics: An inter laboratory calibration studyElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: …
Chemical analysis is a well-established procedure for the provenancing of archaeological ceramics. Various analytical techniques are routinely used and large amounts of data have been accumulated so far in data banks. However, in order to exchange results obtained by different laboratories, the respective analytical procedures need to be tested in terms of their inter-comparability. In this study, the schemes of analysis used in four laboratories…
The "recipe" of the stucco sculptures of Giacomo Serpotta
The Petrography and Chemistry of Thin‐walled Ware From an Hellenistic– Roman Site at Segesta (Sicily)
Samples of Roman thin‐walled ware from Segesta (northwestern Sicily), dating back to the early Imperial period, were studied by optical microscopy (OM) and Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA). Up to now, this class of Roman fine tableware has only occasionally been evaluated archaeometrically. Nevertheless, numerous production centres are believed to have been simultaneously active in the western Mediterranean area. Petrographic and chemical data s…
Exploring automatic grouping procedures in ceramic petrology
Ceramica a vernice nera di età ellenistica da siti della Sicilia nord-occidentale: Considerazioni tipologiche ed analisi archeometriche
In questo studio sono state integrate osservazioni tipologiche, condotte su forme a vernice nera rinvenute a Palermo, Termini Imerese, Monte Iato e Marineo, con i dati ricavati dalla caratterizzazione mineralogica, petrografica e chimica degli impasti. I 55 campioni selezionati appartengono a due forme : un piatto («Lamboglia 36 » , serie 1310-1320 di J.-P. Morel), tra i più comuni nella Campana A di I e II secolo a. C. ; ed una coppa di produzio…
Pantellerian Ware: A Comprehensive Archaeometric Review
Pantellerian ware is a Late Roman cooking ware whose production centre was established on the island of Pantelleria by the pioneering research of Fulford and Peacock almost 20 years ago ( Peacock 1982 ; Fulford and Peacock 1984 ). Archaeological and archaeometric studies carried out by the authors of the present contribution during the past four years have aimed to fully characterize this ceramic class. Recurrent ceramic forms, their distribution…
Petrographic and geochemical characterization of Archaic‐Hellenistic tableware production at Solunto, Sicily
A selected assortment of Archaic‐Hellenistic tableware samples from Solunto, a Phoenician‐Punic site located 20 km east of Palermo (Sicily), has been subjected to thin‐section petrography and chemical analysis (XRF). In this settlement several ceramic kilns remained operative over a long time period (7th to 3rd century B.C.). The main goal of this analytical study is to distinguish the ceramics manufactured locally from regional and off‐island im…
The Blue Enamels in the Baroque Decorations of the Churches of Palermo, Sicily: Fe 2+ ‐coloured Glasses From Lime Kilns
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…
Sem-Eds Analysis as a Rapid Tool for Distinguishing Campanian a Ware and Sicilian Imitations: SEM-EDS analysis to distinguish Campanian A ware and Sicilian imitations
The aim of this work is to examine whether it is possible to find chemical markers that allow a distinction to be made between the imported black glossed ‘Campanian A’ and the Sicilian imitation (end of fourth to first century bc) of these productions by carrying out quantitative chemical microanalysis of the slip using the SEM–EDS technique. The efficiency of the proposed analytical method has been tested on a set of ceramic samples correspondin…
Different methods for soluble salt removal tested on late-Roman cooking ware from a submarine excavation at the island of Pantelleria (Sicily, Italy)
Strength of pre-Roman amphorae: Comparison of the different types
Ceramic Ethnoarchaeometry in Western S ardinia: Production of Cooking Ware at P abillonis
Ceramic ethnoarchaeology has been used to explore fully the chaîne opératoire and to understand all of the stages and factors involved in pottery production, such as raw material selection or paste recipes used by the potters. This work presents the results of the application of compositional analysis undertaken in the village of P abillonis (western S ardinia, I taly), the main cooking ware production centre of the island. Pottery and local clay…
Flos Tectorii degradation of mortars: An example of synergistic action between soluble salts and biodeteriogens
The production of traditional building materials in Oristano (Sardinia, Italy)
Compositional reference for the documented Archaic production of indigenous matt-painted pottery at Entella (Western Sicily)
Ceramic production at Selinunte (Sicily) during the 4th and 3rd century BCE: New archaeometric data through the analysis of kiln wastes
The production cycle of lime‐based plasters in the Late Roman settlement of Scauri, on the island of Pantelleria, Italy
This paper deals with the archaeometric study of lime‐based plasters found in the archaeological settlement of Scauri, located in the homonymous bay in the south‐western part of Pantelleria Island. Since 1999, archaeological surveys have led to the recovery of the huge remains of a Late Roman settlement dating back to the fourth–fifth century AD. It is well known that the island of Pantelleria is entirely composed of volcanic rocks. Accordingly, …
Selinunte (Sicily) and its productive context: The clayey raw materials applied in a long-lived ceramic production (seventh to third century BCE)
Ceramic raw materials: How to Recognize Them and Locate the Supply Basins-Mineralogy, Petrography
Archaeometric analysis of building ceramics and ‘dolia defossa’ from the Roman imperial estate of Vagnari (Gravina in Puglia, Italy)
The indigenous settlement of Monte Iato (western Sicily): An ethnoarchaeometric approach for outlining local Archaic ceramic productions
An ethnoarchaeometric approach has been followed to identify the textural and compositional characteristics of the ceramic pastes produced in ancient Iaitas/Ietas, an indigenous site located in western Sicily on Monte Iato, a few tens of kilometres from Palermo. This approach was primarily motivated by the lack of discovered Archaic kilns or production sites/workshops and the inability to identify reference groups. Raw clays were sampled in the t…
The production of western Greek amphorae in Agrigento (Southern Sicily): An archaeometric and archaeological characterisation of the late 6th-4th centuries BCE series
This paper aims at an interdisciplinary, archaeological and archaeometric characterisation of the western Greek amphorae series produced in late Archaic and Classical-period Agrigento (southern Sicily). The research is based on a macroscopic examination, according to the standardised methods of Fabrics of the Central Mediterranean (FACEM), combined with petrographic analyses of 21 amphorae samples of presumed local fabric found in Agrigento itsel…
Sources of geomaterials in the Sicani Mountains during the Early Middle Ages: A case study of Contrada Castro, central western Sicily
From 2017, an unknown rural settlement in Contrada Castro at Corleone (Palermo Province, western Sicily) was investigated as part of the ‘Harvesting Memories Project’. The stratigraphic sequence, supported by radiocarbon dating, has demonstrated a reoccupation of a pre‐Roman site during the transition between the Byzantine and Islamic periods. In particular, the main occupation occurred in the late 8th–9th century when pottery kilns and a probabl…
Multi-analytical study of the medieval wall paintings from the rupestrian church Grotta del Crocifisso at Lentini (eastern Sicily): New evidence of the use of woad (Isatis tinctoria)
This study presents the results of the examination and characterisation of the wall paintings that decorate the rupestrian church named Grotta del Crocifisso, which is located in the territory of Lentini (eastern Sicily, few tens of kilometres from Catania and Syracuse). The earliest mural paintings in the church date back to the twelfth century AD. A multi-analytical approach was adopted for the characterisation of stone materials, secondary deg…
Technological choices and practices in local ceramic production at Iron Age Monte Iato (Sicily, 6th-5th century BCE)
Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (25 works) · Archaeology (23 works) · Geology (21 works) · Building materials and conservation (20 works) · Geography (20 works) · Mineralogy (19 works) · Petrography (17 works) · Pottery (15 works) · Materials Science (12 works) · Archaeological science (11 works)