Alberto Renzulli
Biographic Data
| ID | 94688 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alberto Renzulli |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alberto |
| FAMILY NAME | Renzulli |
| SIGNATURE | RENZULLI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Urbino |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1116-1286 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Pietra Ollare of the medieval archaeological site of Monte Giove (Fano, Marche Region, Central Italy) unveils further constraints for the Alpine Valchiavenna soapstone trade
More than two hundred fragments of pietra ollare were discovered in the Monte Giove Medieval archaeological site as erratic pieces on the surface and within some of the 120 silos of underground pits for food storage, dated between the 9th and 11th centuries AD. Twelve representative samples were selected for thin section petrography, X-ray powder diffraction and whole rock major-trace element composition. The entire data provide a homogeneous pet…
First report on the provenance of some volcanic saddle-querns from the archaeological site of Tarxien (Malta)
Geological Insights on the Calcareous Tufas (Pietra Spugna) Used as Building and Ornamental Stones in the Unesco Historical Centre of Urbino (Marche Region, Italy)
This study is addressed at the cultural heritage of the UNESCO historical centre of Urbino (Italy) through the focus on a very peculiar building and ornamental carbonate porous (spongy) stone also found in the opus quadratum Roman dry walls. For these rocks, the mathematician and historian Bernardino Baldi (16th century AD) and the mineralogist Francesco Rodolico (middle of the 20th century AD) introduced, respectively, the popular terms of Tufo …
A pre-Columbian obsidian trade from secondary fluvial sources supported by new geochemical data from the Alto Coca Reserve and Sumaco sites (Napo Province, Ecuador)
Pantelleria Island as a centre of production for the Archaic Phoenician trade in basaltic millstones: New evidence recovered and sampled from a shipwreck off Gozo (Malta) and a terrestrial site at Cád…
Long-distance provenance for obsidian artifacts of Mesoamerica Preclassic and Early Classic periods found in the Los Naranjos Archaeological Park (Honduras)
The Architectural Reuse of Roman Marble and Stone Spolia in the Early Medieval Monte Sorbo Church (Sarsina, Central Italy): Reuse of Roman marble and stone spolia in Monte Sorbo church
We present the results of a multi-method archaeometric study concerning the architectural elements reused in Monte Sorbo church (Sarsina, central Italy) between the eighth and ninth centuries AD. The provenance study has focused on classical marbles and stones, which clearly do not originate from the local Apennine geological formations and are thought to come from extra-regional sources. A large fraction of the tested marbles is from Asia Minor,…
Archaeometric Study of Volcanic Lithic Objects from The Longola (Poggiomarino) Protohistoric Site, Southern Italy: Regional Versus Extra‐Regional Provenance
The Longola protohistoric village (spanning from the late Middle Bronze Age to the sixth century bc ) is a perifluvial settlement located in the Sarno River floodplain to the north‐east of Pompeii (southern Italy) and east of the Somma‐Vesuvius volcano. A great abundance of artefacts have been found at Longola and in the neighbouring areas, including a variety of volcanic stone objects, mainly related to building and to the manufacture of ordinar…
Representative archaeological finds of pietra ollare from Comacchio (Italy): Identifying provenance and high-T mineral breakdown reactions hindering lithotype classification
The volcanic millstones from the archaeological site of Morgantina (Sicily): Provenance and evolution of the milling techniques in the Mediterranean area
The Morgantina archaeological area, inhabited from the Early Bronze Age, had its widest expansion from the fifth to the first century bc. The volcanic millstones found at Morgantina fall into three different groups on the basis of the milling technique: (i) saddle querns (known from the Middle–Late Bronze Age and Iron Age); (ii) rectangular hopper-rubbers (Olynthian) millstones, the invention of which dates to the fifth century bc; and finally (i…
What kind of volcanite the rock-hewn churches of the Lalibela Unesco's world heritage site are made of
Increasing data (Inaa) on Ecuadorian obsidian artifacts: Preliminary provenance and a clue for pre-Columbian eastward trade
Classification and provenance of soapstones and garnet chlorite schist artifacts from Medieval sites of Tuscany (Central Italy): Insights into the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic trade
Archaeometric and geological constraints for the provenance of carbonatic breccias used in monumental works along the Flaminia Consular Road (Umbria-Marche, Central Italy)
Provenance of Medieval Pietra Ollare Artefacts Found in Archaeological Sites of Central–eastern Italy: Insights Into the Alpine Soapstone Trade
Medieval archaeological findings made of pietra ollare (basic and ultrabasic metamorphic rocks belonging to the greenschist facies) and coming from central–eastern Italy have been characterized through a petrological study (modal mineralogy, whole‐rock geochemistry, XRD and SEM–EDS analyses). The pietra ollare artefacts considered in this work consist of fine‐grained, grey to pale‐grey, magnesite‐bearing talc‐schists (i.e., soapstones). In order …
Provenance of the ornamental stones used in the baroque church of S. Pietro in Valle (Fano, Central Italy) and commentary on their state of conservation
Provenance Determination of Lava Flagstones From the Roman ‘Via Consolare Flaminia’pavement (Central Italy) Using Petrological Investigations
Trachyte lava flagstones from the northernmost stretch of the Roman ‘Via Consolare Flaminia’pavement and trachyte lavas from the most exploited quarries in Roman times were compared from a petrological point of view. ‘Via Consolare Flaminia’was the most important route used by the Romans to reach northern Italy and all the northern provinces of the Empire. A provenance for the flagstones as coming from the trachyte quarries of the Euganean Hills …
Classification and provenance of soapstones and garnet chlorite schist artifacts from Medieval sites of Tuscany (Central Italy): Insights into the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic trade
Provenance of Medieval Pietra Ollare Artefacts Found in Archaeological Sites of Central–eastern Italy: Insights Into the Alpine Soapstone Trade
Medieval archaeological findings made of pietra ollare (basic and ultrabasic metamorphic rocks belonging to the greenschist facies) and coming from central–eastern Italy have been characterized through a petrological study (modal mineralogy, whole‐rock geochemistry, XRD and SEM–EDS analyses). The pietra ollare artefacts considered in this work consist of fine‐grained, grey to pale‐grey, magnesite‐bearing talc‐schists (i.e., soapstones). In order …
Increasing data (Inaa) on Ecuadorian obsidian artifacts: Preliminary provenance and a clue for pre-Columbian eastward trade
Provenance Determination of Lava Flagstones From the Roman ‘Via Consolare Flaminia’pavement (Central Italy) Using Petrological Investigations
Trachyte lava flagstones from the northernmost stretch of the Roman ‘Via Consolare Flaminia’pavement and trachyte lavas from the most exploited quarries in Roman times were compared from a petrological point of view. ‘Via Consolare Flaminia’was the most important route used by the Romans to reach northern Italy and all the northern provinces of the Empire. A provenance for the flagstones as coming from the trachyte quarries of the Euganean Hills …
The Architectural Reuse of Roman Marble and Stone Spolia in the Early Medieval Monte Sorbo Church (Sarsina, Central Italy): Reuse of Roman marble and stone spolia in Monte Sorbo church
We present the results of a multi-method archaeometric study concerning the architectural elements reused in Monte Sorbo church (Sarsina, central Italy) between the eighth and ninth centuries AD. The provenance study has focused on classical marbles and stones, which clearly do not originate from the local Apennine geological formations and are thought to come from extra-regional sources. A large fraction of the tested marbles is from Asia Minor,…
Representative archaeological finds of pietra ollare from Comacchio (Italy): Identifying provenance and high-T mineral breakdown reactions hindering lithotype classification
Long-distance provenance for obsidian artifacts of Mesoamerica Preclassic and Early Classic periods found in the Los Naranjos Archaeological Park (Honduras)
The volcanic millstones from the archaeological site of Morgantina (Sicily): Provenance and evolution of the milling techniques in the Mediterranean area
The Morgantina archaeological area, inhabited from the Early Bronze Age, had its widest expansion from the fifth to the first century bc. The volcanic millstones found at Morgantina fall into three different groups on the basis of the milling technique: (i) saddle querns (known from the Middle–Late Bronze Age and Iron Age); (ii) rectangular hopper-rubbers (Olynthian) millstones, the invention of which dates to the fifth century bc; and finally (i…
What kind of volcanite the rock-hewn churches of the Lalibela Unesco's world heritage site are made of
Provenance Determination of Lava Flagstones From the Roman ‘Via Consolare Flaminia’pavement (Central Italy) Using Petrological Investigations
Trachyte lava flagstones from the northernmost stretch of the Roman ‘Via Consolare Flaminia’pavement and trachyte lavas from the most exploited quarries in Roman times were compared from a petrological point of view. ‘Via Consolare Flaminia’was the most important route used by the Romans to reach northern Italy and all the northern provinces of the Empire. A provenance for the flagstones as coming from the trachyte quarries of the Euganean Hills …
Provenance of the ornamental stones used in the baroque church of S. Pietro in Valle (Fano, Central Italy) and commentary on their state of conservation
Provenance of Medieval Pietra Ollare Artefacts Found in Archaeological Sites of Central–eastern Italy: Insights Into the Alpine Soapstone Trade
Medieval archaeological findings made of pietra ollare (basic and ultrabasic metamorphic rocks belonging to the greenschist facies) and coming from central–eastern Italy have been characterized through a petrological study (modal mineralogy, whole‐rock geochemistry, XRD and SEM–EDS analyses). The pietra ollare artefacts considered in this work consist of fine‐grained, grey to pale‐grey, magnesite‐bearing talc‐schists (i.e., soapstones). In order …
Archaeometric and geological constraints for the provenance of carbonatic breccias used in monumental works along the Flaminia Consular Road (Umbria-Marche, Central Italy)
Classification and provenance of soapstones and garnet chlorite schist artifacts from Medieval sites of Tuscany (Central Italy): Insights into the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic trade
Increasing data (Inaa) on Ecuadorian obsidian artifacts: Preliminary provenance and a clue for pre-Columbian eastward trade
What kind of volcanite the rock-hewn churches of the Lalibela Unesco's world heritage site are made of
The volcanic millstones from the archaeological site of Morgantina (Sicily): Provenance and evolution of the milling techniques in the Mediterranean area
The Morgantina archaeological area, inhabited from the Early Bronze Age, had its widest expansion from the fifth to the first century bc. The volcanic millstones found at Morgantina fall into three different groups on the basis of the milling technique: (i) saddle querns (known from the Middle–Late Bronze Age and Iron Age); (ii) rectangular hopper-rubbers (Olynthian) millstones, the invention of which dates to the fifth century bc; and finally (i…
The Architectural Reuse of Roman Marble and Stone Spolia in the Early Medieval Monte Sorbo Church (Sarsina, Central Italy): Reuse of Roman marble and stone spolia in Monte Sorbo church
We present the results of a multi-method archaeometric study concerning the architectural elements reused in Monte Sorbo church (Sarsina, central Italy) between the eighth and ninth centuries AD. The provenance study has focused on classical marbles and stones, which clearly do not originate from the local Apennine geological formations and are thought to come from extra-regional sources. A large fraction of the tested marbles is from Asia Minor,…
Archaeometric Study of Volcanic Lithic Objects from The Longola (Poggiomarino) Protohistoric Site, Southern Italy: Regional Versus Extra‐Regional Provenance
The Longola protohistoric village (spanning from the late Middle Bronze Age to the sixth century bc ) is a perifluvial settlement located in the Sarno River floodplain to the north‐east of Pompeii (southern Italy) and east of the Somma‐Vesuvius volcano. A great abundance of artefacts have been found at Longola and in the neighbouring areas, including a variety of volcanic stone objects, mainly related to building and to the manufacture of ordinar…
Representative archaeological finds of pietra ollare from Comacchio (Italy): Identifying provenance and high-T mineral breakdown reactions hindering lithotype classification
Long-distance provenance for obsidian artifacts of Mesoamerica Preclassic and Early Classic periods found in the Los Naranjos Archaeological Park (Honduras)
Pantelleria Island as a centre of production for the Archaic Phoenician trade in basaltic millstones: New evidence recovered and sampled from a shipwreck off Gozo (Malta) and a terrestrial site at Cád…
A pre-Columbian obsidian trade from secondary fluvial sources supported by new geochemical data from the Alto Coca Reserve and Sumaco sites (Napo Province, Ecuador)
Geological Insights on the Calcareous Tufas (Pietra Spugna) Used as Building and Ornamental Stones in the Unesco Historical Centre of Urbino (Marche Region, Italy)
This study is addressed at the cultural heritage of the UNESCO historical centre of Urbino (Italy) through the focus on a very peculiar building and ornamental carbonate porous (spongy) stone also found in the opus quadratum Roman dry walls. For these rocks, the mathematician and historian Bernardino Baldi (16th century AD) and the mineralogist Francesco Rodolico (middle of the 20th century AD) introduced, respectively, the popular terms of Tufo …
First report on the provenance of some volcanic saddle-querns from the archaeological site of Tarxien (Malta)
The Pietra Ollare of the medieval archaeological site of Monte Giove (Fano, Marche Region, Central Italy) unveils further constraints for the Alpine Valchiavenna soapstone trade
More than two hundred fragments of pietra ollare were discovered in the Monte Giove Medieval archaeological site as erratic pieces on the surface and within some of the 120 silos of underground pits for food storage, dated between the 9th and 11th centuries AD. Twelve representative samples were selected for thin section petrography, X-ray powder diffraction and whole rock major-trace element composition. The entire data provide a homogeneous pet…
Archaeology (15 works) · Geology (15 works) · Geography (14 works) · Geochemistry (12 works) · Provenance (12 works) · Building materials and conservation (9 works) · Geological and Geochemical Analysis (9 works) · Paleontology (8 works) · Volcano (6 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 works)