Fioretti Giovanna
Biographic Data
| ID | 907570 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fioretti Giovanna |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fioretti |
| FAMILY NAME | Giovanna |
| SIGNATURE | GIOVANNA F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bari Aldo Moro |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1929-6353 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Archaeological Stratification in the St. Leucio Basilica (2nd Century BCE–6th Century CE, Canosa di Puglia, Southern Italy)
This paper presents the results of an archaeometric investigation of the preparatory mortars of the pebble pavements of the Basilica of St. Leucio in Canosa di Puglia (Bari, Southern Italy). The main aim of the presented study is to contribute to the dating of some portions of the pebble pavements by analyzing the preparatory layers and determining whether they pertain to the basilica (6th century CE) or to the pre-existing temple (2nd century BC…
Petrographic and Size Analysis of Lithic Artifacts of Loreto (Early Middle Pleistocene, Basilicata, Italy) to Support Insight on the Site Lithic Industry and Human Behavior
The Lower Paleolithic site of Loreto (Venosa Basin, Basilicata, Southern Italy), discovered in 1929 and excavated from 1956 to 1961 and from 1974 to 1981, consists of three main archaeological layers showing evidence of human occupation. The bottom layer (Layer A) is the richest and best-preserved layer, and its lithic industry includes flakes, retouched flakes, cores, and pebble tools mainly made of chert and limestone. This study involves the p…
Evidence of raw material selection in Acheulean lithic tools of Notarchirico (MIS 15, Southern Italy)
A nondestructive technological, petrographic and granulometric analysis of 75 lithic artifacts excavated by M. Piperno in the 1980s in the Early Palaeolithic site of Notarchirico (Venosa, Southern Italy) was carried out to check their compatibility with the lag deposit of layer B (MIS 15) and the hypothesis of lithological selection for knapping by hominins. A total of 289 clasts selected via a virtual grid superimposed to orthophotographs of thr…
Polychrome Marbles in Christian Churches
The antependia, realized in polychrome marbles during the Baroque period in two Christian churches of Apulia (Southern Italy), were on-site petrographically investigated by the naked eye to obtain information regarding the types of used rocks; the precision in the making of the marble tesserae was also assessed. Most of the polychrome marbles recognized were taken from buildings and monuments realized during the Roman imperial period; other marbl…
SiLiBA
Lithotheques collect and exhibit raw material used by human communities for the manufacturing of objects during the Prehistory and represents an important tool of their knowledge. These collections are essential in the procuring and provenance study of archaeological lithic industries. This paper aims, firstly, to introduce SiLiBA, the lithotheque of the Earth and Geoenvironmental Sciences Department of the University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy), a…
On Devotional Artworks
Devotional artworks represent a valuable form of art, as they are evidence of religious worship and the demo-ethno-anthropological, as well as historical-artistic, heritage of a community, which is why they definitely belong to the cultural identity of a geographic area. The Madonna della Croce wall painting is an example of devotional art preserved today in the homonymous church in Triggiano (Bari, Italy). The presented study concerns the charac…
A Non-Invasive and Sustainable Characterization of Pigments in Wall Paintings
This paper proposed a multianalytical, non-invasive, accessible and expensive (compared to traditional ones) approach for the characterization of pictorial surfaces. A set of 18 pigments and 37 mixtures widely used in the Middle Ages in the Apulia (Italy) artistic and archaeological contexts was considered, and corresponding replicas were produced. Pigments were first characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), then replicas were studied by…
Roman Marble Collections in the Earth Sciences Museum of the University of Bari (Italy)
The Earth Sciences Museum of the University of Bari (Italy) boasts the presence of a precious and complete nineteenth-century collection of white marbles and colored stones used by the Romans to embellish their buildings and, afterward, reuse in new buildings and artworks for their high symbolic and aesthetic value. This collection, arranged by Francesco and Filippo Belli, consists of 577 samples and a printed inventory and other documents, which…
A taphonomic and spatial distribution study of the new levels of the middle Pleistocene site of Notarchirico (670-695 ka, Venosa, Basilicata, Italy)
Glazed sgraffito ware from Torre Alemanna (Foggia, fifteenth to sixteenth century A.D.)
The archaeometric investigation of 46 potsherds of “Torre Alemanna type” pottery aimed to define a compositional reference group and to understand the technological characteristics of its production. Principal component analysis applied to bulk chemical data (XRF) of the ceramic body showed a strong compositional homogeneity. Their comparison with local clays and 6 fragments of bricks sampled from the ceramic kiln, on the one hand, revealed the u…
Archaeometric study of wall rock paintings from the Sant'Angelo in Criptis cave, Santeramo in Colle, Bari
The archaeological site of St. Maria Veterana (Triggiano, Southern Italy)
Digital photogrammetry as tool for mensiochronological analysis
A taphonomic and spatial distribution study of the new levels of the middle Pleistocene site of Notarchirico (670-695 ka, Venosa, Basilicata, Italy)
Digital photogrammetry as tool for mensiochronological analysis
Archaeometric study of wall rock paintings from the Sant'Angelo in Criptis cave, Santeramo in Colle, Bari
Petrographic and Size Analysis of Lithic Artifacts of Loreto (Early Middle Pleistocene, Basilicata, Italy) to Support Insight on the Site Lithic Industry and Human Behavior
The Lower Paleolithic site of Loreto (Venosa Basin, Basilicata, Southern Italy), discovered in 1929 and excavated from 1956 to 1961 and from 1974 to 1981, consists of three main archaeological layers showing evidence of human occupation. The bottom layer (Layer A) is the richest and best-preserved layer, and its lithic industry includes flakes, retouched flakes, cores, and pebble tools mainly made of chert and limestone. This study involves the p…
A Non-Invasive and Sustainable Characterization of Pigments in Wall Paintings
This paper proposed a multianalytical, non-invasive, accessible and expensive (compared to traditional ones) approach for the characterization of pictorial surfaces. A set of 18 pigments and 37 mixtures widely used in the Middle Ages in the Apulia (Italy) artistic and archaeological contexts was considered, and corresponding replicas were produced. Pigments were first characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), then replicas were studied by…
The archaeological site of St. Maria Veterana (Triggiano, Southern Italy)
Digital photogrammetry as tool for mensiochronological analysis
Archaeometric study of wall rock paintings from the Sant'Angelo in Criptis cave, Santeramo in Colle, Bari
Glazed sgraffito ware from Torre Alemanna (Foggia, fifteenth to sixteenth century A.D.)
The archaeometric investigation of 46 potsherds of “Torre Alemanna type” pottery aimed to define a compositional reference group and to understand the technological characteristics of its production. Principal component analysis applied to bulk chemical data (XRF) of the ceramic body showed a strong compositional homogeneity. Their comparison with local clays and 6 fragments of bricks sampled from the ceramic kiln, on the one hand, revealed the u…
SiLiBA
Lithotheques collect and exhibit raw material used by human communities for the manufacturing of objects during the Prehistory and represents an important tool of their knowledge. These collections are essential in the procuring and provenance study of archaeological lithic industries. This paper aims, firstly, to introduce SiLiBA, the lithotheque of the Earth and Geoenvironmental Sciences Department of the University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy), a…
On Devotional Artworks
Devotional artworks represent a valuable form of art, as they are evidence of religious worship and the demo-ethno-anthropological, as well as historical-artistic, heritage of a community, which is why they definitely belong to the cultural identity of a geographic area. The Madonna della Croce wall painting is an example of devotional art preserved today in the homonymous church in Triggiano (Bari, Italy). The presented study concerns the charac…
A Non-Invasive and Sustainable Characterization of Pigments in Wall Paintings
This paper proposed a multianalytical, non-invasive, accessible and expensive (compared to traditional ones) approach for the characterization of pictorial surfaces. A set of 18 pigments and 37 mixtures widely used in the Middle Ages in the Apulia (Italy) artistic and archaeological contexts was considered, and corresponding replicas were produced. Pigments were first characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), then replicas were studied by…
Roman Marble Collections in the Earth Sciences Museum of the University of Bari (Italy)
The Earth Sciences Museum of the University of Bari (Italy) boasts the presence of a precious and complete nineteenth-century collection of white marbles and colored stones used by the Romans to embellish their buildings and, afterward, reuse in new buildings and artworks for their high symbolic and aesthetic value. This collection, arranged by Francesco and Filippo Belli, consists of 577 samples and a printed inventory and other documents, which…
A taphonomic and spatial distribution study of the new levels of the middle Pleistocene site of Notarchirico (670-695 ka, Venosa, Basilicata, Italy)
Polychrome Marbles in Christian Churches
The antependia, realized in polychrome marbles during the Baroque period in two Christian churches of Apulia (Southern Italy), were on-site petrographically investigated by the naked eye to obtain information regarding the types of used rocks; the precision in the making of the marble tesserae was also assessed. Most of the polychrome marbles recognized were taken from buildings and monuments realized during the Roman imperial period; other marbl…
Archaeological Stratification in the St. Leucio Basilica (2nd Century BCE–6th Century CE, Canosa di Puglia, Southern Italy)
This paper presents the results of an archaeometric investigation of the preparatory mortars of the pebble pavements of the Basilica of St. Leucio in Canosa di Puglia (Bari, Southern Italy). The main aim of the presented study is to contribute to the dating of some portions of the pebble pavements by analyzing the preparatory layers and determining whether they pertain to the basilica (6th century CE) or to the pre-existing temple (2nd century BC…
Petrographic and Size Analysis of Lithic Artifacts of Loreto (Early Middle Pleistocene, Basilicata, Italy) to Support Insight on the Site Lithic Industry and Human Behavior
The Lower Paleolithic site of Loreto (Venosa Basin, Basilicata, Southern Italy), discovered in 1929 and excavated from 1956 to 1961 and from 1974 to 1981, consists of three main archaeological layers showing evidence of human occupation. The bottom layer (Layer A) is the richest and best-preserved layer, and its lithic industry includes flakes, retouched flakes, cores, and pebble tools mainly made of chert and limestone. This study involves the p…
Evidence of raw material selection in Acheulean lithic tools of Notarchirico (MIS 15, Southern Italy)
A nondestructive technological, petrographic and granulometric analysis of 75 lithic artifacts excavated by M. Piperno in the 1980s in the Early Palaeolithic site of Notarchirico (Venosa, Southern Italy) was carried out to check their compatibility with the lag deposit of layer B (MIS 15) and the hypothesis of lithological selection for knapping by hominins. A total of 289 clasts selected via a virtual grid superimposed to orthophotographs of thr…
Archaeology (11 works) · Geography (10 works) · Geology (9 works) · Building materials and conservation (8 works) · Conservation Techniques and Studies (8 works) · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (8 works) · Art (6 works) · Visual arts (6 works) · Painting (4 works) · Art history (3 works)