A Pioneering Experiment: Dialoghi di Archeologia between Marxism and Political Activism

The post-war politics of Italy had an impact on its archaeology and archaeological community. Some attempts at radicalisation were made via the journal 'Dialoghi di Archeologia', founded in 1967, with the aim of discussing problems and achieving changes within both academic and public archaeology. This paper traces the history of the journal and its legacy

The Idea of the Houses:House layout and social change in Middle to Late Helladic Peloponnese

Within mainland Greek societies, the transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age is characterised as having seen considerable social, political, economic and cultural transformations leading to the emergence of palaces. Yet, being the locus of elites, palaces are unlikely to inform us on the way these changes affected the full spectrum of Mainland societies. To achieve this, we turn here to non-palatial dwellings that are increasingly considered a fruitful domain of investigation for exploring broad societal change. In this paper we analyse a sample of 149 domestic buildings, to assess whether social change happening in the Peloponnese at the transition between MH and LH influenced the layout of houses. The investigation reveals macro-trends related to the gradual disappearance of apsidal buildings and the growth of complexity in domestic buildings. This latter aspect seems to be geographically inflected and potentially connected to the unfolding of the trajectory of the Mycenaean palaces

Of Pyramids and Dictators: Memory, Work and the Significance of Communist Heritage in Post-Socialist Albania

The communist regime that governed Albania between 1944 and 1991 has left considerable architectural remains. These however, are rapidly dissapearing, as a result of recent development. This paper explores the perception of the monumental heritage of the socialist regime in current day Albania. In our view, concepts of “unwanted” or “difficult” heritage used in the past to make sense of the heritage of socialist dictatorships, are not able to fully account for the specificities of the Albanian case as aspects other than trauma and pain need to be considered.The perception of the heritage from Albania’s communist past is investigated both through a theoretical discussion, which addresses the relationship between “unwanted heritage” and phenomena of nostalgia for certain aspects of life during communism, as well as through a questionnaire targeted at a sample of the population of the capital city Tirana. As far as this last aspect is concerned, our focus has been on the most iconic communist monument in Tirana, the Pyramid, the former museum dedicated to the dictator Enver Hoxha.In the last part of the paper, we try to make sense of the trends that emerged through the analysis of quantitative data, addressing the role of work and related forms of memory in forging the relationship between Albanians and the material remains of their recent past

Fluorescein Leakage and Optical Coherence Tomography Features of Choroidal Neovascularization Secondary to Pathologic Myopia

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Crafting resilience: persistence and adaptation of the ceramic manufacture at Roca Vecchia from the Middle to the Final Bronze Age phases

Through the second millennium BC, Bronze Age communities of Southern Italy have shown a remarkable degree of resil- ience in coping with changes in both macro-trends of cultural interaction and the landscape. In this paper, we will examine long-term processes of adaptation to shifting historical and environmental conditions from the vantage point of the impasto ware production at the site of Roca Vecchia (Melendugno-Lecce, IT), one of the main hubs of interaction for the Bronze Age of the Central Mediterranean. Sixty-eight ceramic individuals coming from the Middle to the Final Bronze Age levels and seven soil deposits from the site surroundings were analysed by petrography and fifteen were selected for SEM–EDX examination. We explore how changes in the complex history of the settlement and the surrounding landscape are matched in technological choices operated by the community of practice responsible for producing impasto pottery at Roca, in a moment when the long-range connection with the Aegean world was at its historical peak

Mobility and Memory in the Archaeology of the Middle Sea: Diachronic Interdisciplinary Explorations of a Complex Relationship

The contribution describes the scientifica aims and structure of the "Conference Mobility and Memory in the Archaeology of the Middle Sea: Diachronic interdisciplinary Explorations of a Complex Relationship", held in Bologna in 2021. Furthermore, the three contributions of the Conference published in same Ocnus' issue are discussed

Evaluation of the root filling quality with experimental carrier-based obturators: a CLSM and FEG-SEM analysis

This study evaluated tubule penetration of GuttaFlow Bioseal with cold single cone or carrier-based technique, under confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). Twenty straight single-rooted teeth were instrumented with Hyflex CM and divided in two groups (n = 10) according to the obturation method: single cold gutta-percha cones; experimental carrier-based obturators. GuttaFlow Bioseal, labelled with Rhodamine B dye, was used as sealer in both groups. Teeth transversally sectioned were observed under CLSM. Percentage of sealer penetration and integrity of sealer layer perimeter were measured. Surface and microstructural characteristics of obturators and gutta-percha cones were compared by FEG-SEM and EDX analysis. No significant differences were found between groups for each examined parameter. Significant differences (P < 0.05) were reported mainly within groups. Integrity was similar among and within groups. FEG-SEM/EDX analysis of obturators revealed the presence of Ba and Zn. Carrier-based obturation technique associated with GuttaFlow Bioseal does not seem to affect sealer penetration into dentinal tubules

Governance bancaria e sistemi di controllo interno

La governance e il sistema dei controlli interni degli intermediari finanziari sono di recente al centro del dibattito: è ormai pacifica la convinzione che lacune e inefficienze riscontrate in questi ambiti hanno contribuito a determinare la situazione di crisi o a ritardare l’adozione di tempestive misure correttive. Eppure, negli anni precedenti la crisi, vi era un ampio consenso sul fatto che l’assetto del sistema finanziario e quello di gran parte, se non di tutti, gli intermediari fosse tale da assicurare la stabilità. Nella pratica guardando gli intermediari colpiti dalle maggiori perdite, si sono riscontrate inadeguatezze negli organi di governo; anche se queste inefficienze non hanno in sé provocato la crisi, ma la cattiva governance ha influenzato la profondità e il perdurare della stessa. Le banche sono esposte a rischi diversi da quelli tradizionali, quali rischi di reputazione, legali e operativi, che sono rilevanti per l’affidabilità e la credibilità dei singoli intermediari che operano nel settore del credito. Efficaci assetti organizzativi e societari costituiscono per tutte le imprese condizione essenziale per il perseguimento degli obiettivi aziendali: per le banche essi assumono particolare rilievo in ragione delle caratteristiche che ne connotano l’attività. Gli interessi che gravitano intorno ad una banca sono più articolati e ampi rispetto a quelli di un’impresa industriale e coinvolgono finalità di interesse generale. Obiettivo del presente lavoro è quello di esaminare la riorganizzazione e riqualificazione delle funzioni del sistema dei controlli interni delle banche, alla luce dei numerosi cambiamenti portati da Basilea II e soprattutto dal 15° Aggiornamento della Circolare 263 in tema di controlli interni che hanno contribuito allo sviluppo del sistema bancario ponendoli a confronto con i cambiamenti registrati nell’ambito delle giuste politiche di corporate governance da adottare mediante analisi di due gruppi bancari : il Gruppo Credem e il Gruppo Intesa