6 research outputs found
La Valle dei Templi in epoca medioevale. Caratterizzazione antropologica e paleopatologica delle sepolture antistanti in Tempio della Concordia
Riassunto ― Il lavoro presenta i risultati delle analisi bio-archeologiche effettuate su resti scheletrici umani rinvenuti in quattordici sepolture di epoca medioevale rinvenute nel Parco Archeologico della Valle dei Templi di Agrigento (Sicilia). L’obiettivo è stato l’acquisizione delle informazioni necessarie per la ricostruzione del profilo biologico di ciascun individuo, al fine di determinarne il sesso, la stima dell’età biologica alla morte, la stima della statura e la valutazione delle patologie e degli indicatori di stress occupazionale mediante le correnti metodologie e tecniche diagnostiche di tipo antropologico. Sebbene il cattivo stato di conservazione di alcuni individui non ne abbia consentito la caratterizzazione antropologica, le indagini hanno messo in luce l’eterogeneità relativa alle classi d’età e hanno permesso di constatare la manifestazione di alterazioni di natura patologica nei soggetti di età matura, talvolta di eziologia non ancora accertata, come la DISH (Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis). La dimensione del campione non è rappresentativa dell’intera popolazione, ma approfondimenti successivi forniranno una migliore comprensione delle dinamiche popolazionistiche di Agrigento medievale
"Ci sono più cose in cielo e in terra..." Due metodologie diverse per investigare il passato: il Castello Nuovo di Sciacca tra storia e archeologia
La storia di Sciacca e del Castello Nuovo, ricostruita sulle fonti documentarie, riceve nuova luce dalle indagini condotte dalla Soprintendenza di Agrigento nel butto del castello, che ha restituito importanti testimonianze di cultura materiale. Il contributo, attraverso la lettura sinottica dei dati archeologici ed archivistici, offre un quadro della vita quotidiana al castello tra il XIV ed il XVI secolo, quando Sciacca con il suo caricatore riveste un ruolo di primo piano nel commercio mediterraneo.The history of Sciacca and Castello Nuovo documented by archival sources and further enriched by the researches conducted by Soprintendenza of Agrigento is in the dump of the castle, which has yielded important evidence for its material culture. The paper proceeds through the synoptic reading of the archaeological and archive data, offers a pattern of daily life at the castle from the 14th to the 16th century, when Sciacca with its port plays a leading role in Mediterranean trade
The epigraphy of Agrigento in context
This paper offers a very brief overview of the epigraphy (principally on stone) of ancient Akragas/Agrigentum, within the wider Sicilian epigraphic context
Physicochemical Analysis of Medieval Glass from 14th-16th Centuries AD found in the Sciacca Castle site (Sicily) by LA-ICP-MS and UV-VIS Reflectance Spectroscopy
The results of physico-chemical analysis performed by
ICP-MS with laser ablation solid sampling and UV-VIS
Reflectance Spectroscopy on several glass fragments
from drinking vessels and lamps, found during the 2008
excavation campaign at the archaeological site of
Castello Nuovo of Sciacca (Sicily, Italy) are presented
and discussed. The findings were dated from the end of
14th until the early 16th century. The glass
chromophores were identified by UV-VIS spectra.
Bivariate and multivariate statistical analyses of
elemental data indicated some main compositional
groups of glass samples based on the used sands and
fluxes. These data were compared with the ones found in
the literature for samples from the same age. All the glass
samples are soda-silica-lime and at least two different
types of silica sources and two kinds of sodic vegetal
ashes used as fluxing agents were identified. These
differences could be related to the use of different
glassmaker recipes, to the trading of different raw
materials for glass making and/or to import of glass
artifacts from other countries, like Venice, Tuscany and
North Europe
Physicochemical Analysis of Medieval Glass from 14th-16th Centuries AD found in the Sciacca Castle site (Sicily) by LA-ICP-MS and UV-VIS Reflectance Spectroscopy
The results of physico-chemical analysis performed by
ICP-MS with laser ablation solid sampling and UV-VIS
Reflectance Spectroscopy on several glass fragments
from drinking vessels and lamps, found during the 2008
excavation campaign at the archaeological site of
Castello Nuovo of Sciacca (Sicily, Italy) are presented
and discussed. The findings were dated from the end of
14th until the early 16th century. The glass
chromophores were identified by UV-VIS spectra.
Bivariate and multivariate statistical analyses of
elemental data indicated some main compositional
groups of glass samples based on the used sands and
fluxes. These data were compared with the ones found in
the literature for samples from the same age. All the glass
samples are soda-silica-lime and at least two different
types of silica sources and two kinds of sodic vegetal
ashes used as fluxing agents were identified. These
differences could be related to the use of different
glassmaker recipes, to the trading of different raw
materials for glass making and/or to import of glass
artifacts from other countries, like Venice, Tuscany and
North Europe
Physicochemical Analysis of Medieval Glass from 14th-16th Centuries AD found in the Sciacca Castle site (Sicily) by LA-ICP-MS and UV-VIS Reflectance Spectroscopy
The results of physico-chemical analysis performed by
ICP-MS with laser ablation solid sampling and UV-VIS
Reflectance Spectroscopy on several glass fragments
from drinking vessels and lamps, found during the 2008
excavation campaign at the archaeological site of
Castello Nuovo of Sciacca (Sicily, Italy) are presented
and discussed. The findings were dated from the end of
14th until the early 16th century. The glass
chromophores were identified by UV-VIS spectra.
Bivariate and multivariate statistical analyses of
elemental data indicated some main compositional
groups of glass samples based on the used sands and
fluxes. These data were compared with the ones found in
the literature for samples from the same age. All the glass
samples are soda-silica-lime and at least two different
types of silica sources and two kinds of sodic vegetal
ashes used as fluxing agents were identified. These
differences could be related to the use of different
glassmaker recipes, to the trading of different raw
materials for glass making and/or to import of glass
artifacts from other countries, like Venice, Tuscany and
North Europe