Lara Maritan
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 631905 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Lara Maritan |
| PRENOMES | Lara |
| SOBRENOME | Maritan |
| ASSINATURA | MARITAN L |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Padua |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3796-1265 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 49 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 244 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 49 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2003 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
Talc‐Tempered Pottery From Bala Hissar, Kabul
Potsherds of cooking ware excavated at Bala Hissar archaeological site in Kabul were studied using X‐ray fluorescence (XRF), scanning electron microscope‐energy dispersive X‐ray spectrometry (SEM‐EDS), Raman spectroscopy, X‐ray powder diffraction (XRPD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and optical microscopy. The sherds revealed to be talc‐tempered associated with clinochlore, calcite, dolomite, palygorskite and chromite. It is argued that talc‐…
Techniques, Tools and Boundaries
Eye makeup in Northwestern Iran at the time of the Assyrian Empire
Kohl was ubiquitous in ancient Egypt and the Middle East, and routinely included among the toiletries deposited in burials. For Egypt, kohl recipes are increasingly well‐studied and known to use a range of inorganic and organic ingredients. Although these are often lead‐based, manganese‐ and silicon‐rich compounds are also attested. For the Middle East, our still limited knowledge is now augmented by analysis of a new kohl sample from a burial in…
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…
Analysing the submerged cargo of Torre Santa Sabina
Scents of Home
Olfactory cultures shape how societies perceive, value, and use scents in daily life, ritual, and social practice, embedding specific smells within collective identity. Mobility exposes these cultures to new environments, where scents may act as markers of heritage and belonging for migrants while also prompting diverse reactions—ranging from appreciation to disruption—within host or newly established communities. The Iron Age Mediterranean, mark…
Clayey materials for traditional bricks production in North-Eastern Italy through a combined compositional study
The compositional study of two main types of clayey materials outcropping nearby Padua (Veneto region, north-eastern Italy) and bricks used in historical constructions of the city is here addressed. Mineralogically, the clayey materials are illitic-chloritc clays, both non-carbonatic and carbonatic/highly-carbonatic clays, that chemically correspond to clays with important contents of silica and/or iron and of calcium and/or magnesium, respective…
Nile River clayey materials in Sudan
Deterioration Effects on Bricks Masonry in the Venice Lagoon Cultural Heritage
Tidal exchange, capillary rise, water condensation-evaporation cycles, and crystallization of salts are the main causes of damage in historic brick buildings in Venice. The present study addressed these issues by proposing a study of twenty-three brick samples collected on the main façade of the Santa Maria dei Servi Church (14th century). The color, mineralogical composition, and texture of these samples were studied using standard methods such …
Production Technologies and Provenance of Ceramic Materials from the Earliest Foundry of Pre-Roman Padua, NE Italy
The earliest foundry site of Pre-Roman Padua, in the Veneto region (north-eastern Italy), provided evidence of craft activities and residential areas dated between the end of the 9th and 1st centuries BCE. Common and fine wares were found, most of them belonging to two main ceramic classes: (i) highly dark-colored bodies with silicate inclusions; (ii) carbonate-tempered pots. Macroscopic and petrographic (POM) descriptions and spectroscopy—minera…
Technological choices and practices in local ceramic production at Iron Age Monte Iato (Sicily, 6th-5th century BCE)
Production recipes of mortar-based materials from ancient Pompeii by quantitative image analysis approach
Microclimate and Weathering in Cultural Heritage
An innovative experimental method for the long-term monitoring of outdoor microclimate and material decay at cultural heritage sites was developed to aid the formulation of new damage functions and models for climate-change risk assessment. To that end, an apparatus for field exposure tests was designed to monitor a variety of historical building materials in different environmental settings. The data series acquired, i.e., surface temperature an…
Wild Food
Al-Khiday, located on the bank of the White Nile in Sudan, offers an exceptionally preserved stratigraphic sequence, providing a unique opportunity to use organic residue analysis to investigate diet and subsistence during the Khartoum Mesolithic and the Early Neolithic, a period of nearly 3500 years (7000–4500 cal BC). While the vast and diverse Mesolithic fish assemblage indicates a strong reliance on products from aquatic habitats, floodplains…
Make up in the grave
Roman brick production technologies in Padua (Northern Italy) along the Late Antiquity and Medieval Times
Production technologies of Roman to Medieval times bricks on the city of Padua were addressed by means of a multi-analytical approach, consisting in Spectrophotometry, X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF), Powder X-Ray Diffraction (PXRD), Polarized Optical Microscopy (POM) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM-EDS). The Early-Christian (5-6th centuries) and Romanesque (12-13th centuries) areas of the Basilica of Saint Justine of Padua (5/6-16th centuries), a…
Recession rate of carbonate rocks used in cultural heritage
In this study, the recession rate of eleven carbonate stones widely used in the cultural heritage of northeastern Italy and differing in their textural features and mineralogical composition was investigated. Samples of stones known as Vicenza (Nanto and Costozza varieties), Carrara marble, Verona (Red and Brown varieties), Asiago, Istria (Orsera variety), Aurisina, Chiampo (Ondagata and Paglierino varieties), and Botticino were subjected to acce…
What kind of calcite? Disclosing the origin of sparry calcite temper in ancient ceramics
Comparison between different image acquisition methods for grain-size analysis and quantification of ceramic inclusions by digital image processing
Ceramic abandonment. How to recognise post-depositional transformations
Shades of black
Provenance of wine and oil amphorae in northern Adriatic
This research focuses on the archaeometric analysis of a large set of wine (type Dressel 6A) and oil amphorae (type Dressel 6B and probably funnel necked amphorae) from northern and central Italy, with the main aim of characterizing the various regional productions and trades among them and other production region of the Adriatic coast. Archaeobotanic and archaeological evidence, as well as the geographic context, indicated that both northern and…
Retracted Article
Retraction: Sequential Casting Using Multiple Materials: A Bronze Age “Royal Sceptre” from the Halil Rud Valley (Kerman, Iran)We, the Editor[s] and Publisher of Iran, have retracted the following article:Nasir Eskandari, Francois Desset, Lara Maritan, Arnaldo Cherubini, & Massimo Vidale, Sequential Casting Using Multiple Materials: A Bronze Age “Royal Sceptre” from the Halil Rud Valley (Kerman, Iran), Iran (2019), doi: 10.1080/05786967.2019.16054…
Sequential Casting Using Multiple Materials
This paper deals with a unique artefact currently on exhibit at the archaeological Museum of Jiroft (Kerman, Iran), a large-sized copper or bronze staff inlaid with shell mosaics of contrasting colours. Unfortunately, as it was confiscated with many other objects by the Iranian security forces from illegal excavators, nothing is known of the whereabouts or context of its discovery. It might be one of the largest copper artefacts ever found in Bro…
Archaeo-ceramic 2.0
Ceramic abandonment. How to recognise post-depositional transformations
Discriminating pottery production by image analysis
The Provenance and Production Technology of Bronze Age and Iron Age Pottery From Tell Mishrifeh/Qatna (Syria)
This work deals with the archaeometric study of the Bronze Age and Iron Age pottery from Tell Mishrifeh/Qatna (central‐western Syria), where the complete cycle of ceramic production is well documented. Petrographic, chemical and diffractometric analyses were carried out on both potsherds and a clayey material found in a separation basin within the area of the workshops. Petrographic groups were defined and maximum firing temperatures and redox fi…
Phosphates in Archaeological Finds
The occurrence of coarse‐grained vivianite and mitridatite aggregates in a potsherd, a grand ring and a timber imprint from the Second Iron Age site of Adria (Rovigo, northeastern Italy) suggest contrasting environmental conditions of burial. In particular, bone fragments were replaced by vivianite at relatively low pH and Eh, due to the presence of deteriorating organic matter, together with slag and iron flakes. Subsequent interactions with Ca‐…
Modelling Changes in Mollusc Shell Internal Microstructure During Firing
Firing experiments have been carried out on a clay containing naturally occurring fragments of mollusc shell. The transformation and/or decomposition of mineral phases with temperature was monitored by thermal analysis on the starting material and compared with X‐ray diffraction data on the fired specimens. Scanning electron microscopy revealed systematic changes in the internal microstructure of the shell fragments. Micrometer‐sized intra‐ and i…
Fish and salt
Tracking trachyte on the Roman routes
Roman colonization of northern Italy during the late Republican Age brought about significant building activity in the newly acquired territories, involving the construction of new infrastructure that demanded large amounts of stone. Trachyte of the Euganean Hills was among the most commonly used materials for building roads, bridges, forum squares, and aqueducts. This paper addresses the recognition of the provenance quarry of Euganean trachyte …
Alteration Processes of Pottery in Lagoon-Like Environments
Post-depositional processes in pottery can give rise to chemical and mineralogical alterations, the extent of which is closely related not only to the microstructure and composition of the potsherds, but also to the chemical–physical conditions of the burial environment. The present paper describes the characterization of post-depositional alterations and identification of processes involving pottery buried in lagoon-like environments. A set of v…
What kind of calcite? Disclosing the origin of sparry calcite temper in ancient ceramics
Fresco and Lime‐paint
Identification of the painting technique adopted by an artist is often debated in studies on the characterization, restoration and conservation of mural paintings. However, objective criteria to identify the two main lime‐based painting techniques, fresco and lime‐paint, have not yet been systematically verified on replicas. Replicas were painted following both fresco and lime‐painting techniques. A comparison of microstratigraphic sequences and …
The Medieval lead-glazed pottery from Nogara (north-east Italy)
Archaeo-ceramic 2.0
Stones of the façade of the Sarno Baths, Pompeii
New petrographic and geochemical tracers for recognizing the provenance quarry of trachyte of the Euganean Hills, northeastern Italy
Trachyte of the Euganean Hills is a subvolcanic porphyritic rock historically used as carving and building stone in northern and central Italy–primarily from Roman times onward–with the first evidence of its use dating back to prehistory. The numerous quarries and very similar trachyte varieties, as well as the widespread use of this stone, create several problems in defining its provenance for archaeological and historical materials. New petrogr…
Secondary phosphates in the ceramic materials from Frattesina (Rovigo, North-Eastern Italy)
A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Characterization of Roman Gravestones From Aquileia (Udine, Italy)
The results of an archaeometric study on gravestone production in Aquileia (northeastern Italy) during Roman Republican times are reported here. The artefacts are made of limestone, quarried from the sedimentary sequence of the Trieste Karst (Carnican Alps, northeastern Italy), as testified by historical sources which refer to the ‘Roman Quarry’ at Aurisina. The rock types used for the gravestones are petrographically, geochemically and geochrono…
Make up in the grave
Evolution of the ceramic production at the Alpine site of Castel de Pedena
Wild Food
Al-Khiday, located on the bank of the White Nile in Sudan, offers an exceptionally preserved stratigraphic sequence, providing a unique opportunity to use organic residue analysis to investigate diet and subsistence during the Khartoum Mesolithic and the Early Neolithic, a period of nearly 3500 years (7000–4500 cal BC). While the vast and diverse Mesolithic fish assemblage indicates a strong reliance on products from aquatic habitats, floodplains…
Textural Changes in Speleothem Inclusions during Firing
Speleothem inclusions have been identified in a ceramic class, ‘flared rim and flat lip’ pottery, that is widespread in the Friuli – Venetia Giulia and Veneto regions (north‐eastern Italy) between the Final Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. Textural analysis of speleothem inclusions revealed small rounded pores occurring along annual growth laminae, interpreted as the result of partial calcite decomposition during firing. Their size, number and …
Provenance and reference groups of African Red Slip ware based on statistical analysis of chemical data and REE
Shades of black
Provenance of wine and oil amphorae in northern Adriatic
This research focuses on the archaeometric analysis of a large set of wine (type Dressel 6A) and oil amphorae (type Dressel 6B and probably funnel necked amphorae) from northern and central Italy, with the main aim of characterizing the various regional productions and trades among them and other production region of the Adriatic coast. Archaeobotanic and archaeological evidence, as well as the geographic context, indicated that both northern and…
Production Technologies and Provenance of Ceramic Materials from the Earliest Foundry of Pre-Roman Padua, NE Italy
The earliest foundry site of Pre-Roman Padua, in the Veneto region (north-eastern Italy), provided evidence of craft activities and residential areas dated between the end of the 9th and 1st centuries BCE. Common and fine wares were found, most of them belonging to two main ceramic classes: (i) highly dark-colored bodies with silicate inclusions; (ii) carbonate-tempered pots. Macroscopic and petrographic (POM) descriptions and spectroscopy—minera…
Recession rate of carbonate rocks used in cultural heritage
In this study, the recession rate of eleven carbonate stones widely used in the cultural heritage of northeastern Italy and differing in their textural features and mineralogical composition was investigated. Samples of stones known as Vicenza (Nanto and Costozza varieties), Carrara marble, Verona (Red and Brown varieties), Asiago, Istria (Orsera variety), Aurisina, Chiampo (Ondagata and Paglierino varieties), and Botticino were subjected to acce…
A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Characterization of Roman Gravestones From Aquileia (Udine, Italy)
The results of an archaeometric study on gravestone production in Aquileia (northeastern Italy) during Roman Republican times are reported here. The artefacts are made of limestone, quarried from the sedimentary sequence of the Trieste Karst (Carnican Alps, northeastern Italy), as testified by historical sources which refer to the ‘Roman Quarry’ at Aurisina. The rock types used for the gravestones are petrographically, geochemically and geochrono…
Phosphates in Archaeological Finds
The occurrence of coarse‐grained vivianite and mitridatite aggregates in a potsherd, a grand ring and a timber imprint from the Second Iron Age site of Adria (Rovigo, northeastern Italy) suggest contrasting environmental conditions of burial. In particular, bone fragments were replaced by vivianite at relatively low pH and Eh, due to the presence of deteriorating organic matter, together with slag and iron flakes. Subsequent interactions with Ca‐…
The Provenance and Production Technology of Bronze Age and Iron Age Pottery From Tell Mishrifeh/Qatna (Syria)
This work deals with the archaeometric study of the Bronze Age and Iron Age pottery from Tell Mishrifeh/Qatna (central‐western Syria), where the complete cycle of ceramic production is well documented. Petrographic, chemical and diffractometric analyses were carried out on both potsherds and a clayey material found in a separation basin within the area of the workshops. Petrographic groups were defined and maximum firing temperatures and redox fi…
Influence of firing conditions on ceramic products
Hematite nucleation and growth in the firing of carbonate-rich clay for pottery production
Modelling Changes in Mollusc Shell Internal Microstructure During Firing
Firing experiments have been carried out on a clay containing naturally occurring fragments of mollusc shell. The transformation and/or decomposition of mineral phases with temperature was monitored by thermal analysis on the starting material and compared with X‐ray diffraction data on the fired specimens. Scanning electron microscopy revealed systematic changes in the internal microstructure of the shell fragments. Micrometer‐sized intra‐ and i…
Secondary phosphates in the ceramic materials from Frattesina (Rovigo, North-Eastern Italy)
Alteration Processes of Pottery in Lagoon-Like Environments
Post-depositional processes in pottery can give rise to chemical and mineralogical alterations, the extent of which is closely related not only to the microstructure and composition of the potsherds, but also to the chemical–physical conditions of the burial environment. The present paper describes the characterization of post-depositional alterations and identification of processes involving pottery buried in lagoon-like environments. A set of v…
The Medieval lead-glazed pottery from Nogara (north-east Italy)
Fresco and Lime‐paint
Identification of the painting technique adopted by an artist is often debated in studies on the characterization, restoration and conservation of mural paintings. However, objective criteria to identify the two main lime‐based painting techniques, fresco and lime‐paint, have not yet been systematically verified on replicas. Replicas were painted following both fresco and lime‐painting techniques. A comparison of microstratigraphic sequences and …
Characterising the unique polychrome sinopia under the Lod Mosaic, Israel
Discriminating pottery production by image analysis
Provenance and reference groups of African Red Slip ware based on statistical analysis of chemical data and REE
Plant exploitation in Neolithic Sudan
Textural Changes in Speleothem Inclusions during Firing
Speleothem inclusions have been identified in a ceramic class, ‘flared rim and flat lip’ pottery, that is widespread in the Friuli – Venetia Giulia and Veneto regions (north‐eastern Italy) between the Final Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. Textural analysis of speleothem inclusions revealed small rounded pores occurring along annual growth laminae, interpreted as the result of partial calcite decomposition during firing. Their size, number and …
Technological transfer? Comparative analysis of 2nd–3rd/4th century CE “Late Roman” pottery from Taymāʾ, Saudi Arabia, and Petra, Jordan
Małgorzata Daszkiewicz, Michael Meyer, Octavian Munteanu, Vasile Iarmulschi, Pottery found at the Horodca Mică and Ulmu Iron Age settlements – results of archaeoceramological analysis
One of the major questions of the Pre-Roman Iron Age settlements in the East part of the Carpathians Region is the relationship between the Getic culture and the Poieneşti-Lukaşevka culture. There are any connections between the settlers of both cultures, or are we dealing with a demolition of the settlements and a complete resettlement by “immigrants” from the north part of Europe? The “getics” pottery in the settlements of the Poieneşti-Lukaşev…
New petrographic and geochemical tracers for recognizing the provenance quarry of trachyte of the Euganean Hills, northeastern Italy
Trachyte of the Euganean Hills is a subvolcanic porphyritic rock historically used as carving and building stone in northern and central Italy–primarily from Roman times onward–with the first evidence of its use dating back to prehistory. The numerous quarries and very similar trachyte varieties, as well as the widespread use of this stone, create several problems in defining its provenance for archaeological and historical materials. New petrogr…
Tracking trachyte on the Roman routes
Roman colonization of northern Italy during the late Republican Age brought about significant building activity in the newly acquired territories, involving the construction of new infrastructure that demanded large amounts of stone. Trachyte of the Euganean Hills was among the most commonly used materials for building roads, bridges, forum squares, and aqueducts. This paper addresses the recognition of the provenance quarry of Euganean trachyte …
Evolution of the ceramic production at the Alpine site of Castel de Pedena
Punic black-gloss ware in Nora (south-western Sardinia, Italy)
Fish and salt
Provenance of wine and oil amphorae in northern Adriatic
This research focuses on the archaeometric analysis of a large set of wine (type Dressel 6A) and oil amphorae (type Dressel 6B and probably funnel necked amphorae) from northern and central Italy, with the main aim of characterizing the various regional productions and trades among them and other production region of the Adriatic coast. Archaeobotanic and archaeological evidence, as well as the geographic context, indicated that both northern and…
Retracted Article
Retraction: Sequential Casting Using Multiple Materials: A Bronze Age “Royal Sceptre” from the Halil Rud Valley (Kerman, Iran)We, the Editor[s] and Publisher of Iran, have retracted the following article:Nasir Eskandari, Francois Desset, Lara Maritan, Arnaldo Cherubini, & Massimo Vidale, Sequential Casting Using Multiple Materials: A Bronze Age “Royal Sceptre” from the Halil Rud Valley (Kerman, Iran), Iran (2019), doi: 10.1080/05786967.2019.16054…
Sequential Casting Using Multiple Materials
This paper deals with a unique artefact currently on exhibit at the archaeological Museum of Jiroft (Kerman, Iran), a large-sized copper or bronze staff inlaid with shell mosaics of contrasting colours. Unfortunately, as it was confiscated with many other objects by the Iranian security forces from illegal excavators, nothing is known of the whereabouts or context of its discovery. It might be one of the largest copper artefacts ever found in Bro…
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