I cavalli della necropoli del Piovego (VI-IV sec. a.C.), Padova

ItLa necropoli del Piovego (VI-IV secolo a.C.), situata al margine orientale della città di Padova, venne scavata tra gli anni 1975-1977 e 1986-1989 dall'Istituto di Archeologia del locale ateneo. Essa, tra le necropoli patavine note, è quella situata nel settore più orientale di Padova preromana. La particolarità di questo sepolcreto è che, accanto al rito incineratorio, è presente una quantità relativamente alta di inumati a cui si aggiungono anche le 6 inumazioni di cavallo, e un'eccezionale sepoltura bisoma di uomo e cavallo ("ufc 12"). I cavalli finora studiati sono tutti di sesso maschile e di età genericamente adulta. Invece il cavallo della sepoltura "ufc 12" sembrerebbe essere più giovane. Di fatto per quest'ultimo sono già state avanzate ipotesi riguardo le cause di morte (sfondamento del neurocranio). Per gli altri cavalli lo stato di conservazione dei crani non ha consentito di identificare con certezza traumi legati al loro abbattimento. I cavalli presentano un'altezza media compresa tra 131 e 142 cm, valore affine a quello di altre popolazioni di cavalli veneti noti e utilizzabili per confronto.EnThe necropolis of Piovego (6th -4th century BC) was excavated in 1975-1977 and 1986-1989 by the Institute of Archaeology of the University of Padua. Literature shows that Piovego is the easternmost burial area among the cemeteries of pre-Roman Padua. Peculiarities of the burial ground include in addition to the occurrence of cremation rite, a relatively high number of buried individuals and six horse burials, and an exceptional double burial of a man and a horse ("cfu 12"). The horses so far are all adult males, with the exception of that from the burial "cfu 12", which is younger. For the latter, several hypotheses have been formulated on the causes of death. The preservation state of the skulls of other horses did not allow identifying with certainty, death cause and marks of an anthropogenic nature. The horses have an average withers height between 131- 142 cm that is consistent with those from other populations of Venetian horses

Remote Sensing, Archaeological, and Geophysical Data to Study the Terramare Settlements: The Case Study of Fondo Paviani (Northern Italy)

During the Middle and Recent Bronze Age, the Po Plain and, more broadly Northern Italy were populated by the so-called “Terramare”, embanked settlements, surrounded by a moat. The buried remains of these archaeological settlements are characterized by the presence of a system of palaeo-environments and a consequent natural gradient in soil moisture content. These dierences in the soil are often firstly detectable on the surface during the seasonal variations, with aerial, satellite, and Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) images, without any information on the lateral and in-depth extension of the related buried structures. The variation in the moisture content of soils is directly related to their dierences in electrical conductivity. Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) and frequency domain electromagnetic (FDEM), also known as electromagnetic induction (EMI) measurements, provide non-direct measurements of electrical conductivity in the soils, helping in the reconstruction of the geometry of dierent buried structures. This study presents the results of the multidisciplinary approach adopted to the study of the Terramare settlement of Fondo Paviani in Northern Italy. Remote sensing and archaeological data, collected over about 10 years, combined with more recent ERT and FDEM measurements, contributed to the analysis of this particular, not yet wholly investigated, archaeological site. The results obtained by the integrated multidisciplinary study here adopted, provide new useful, interesting information for the archaeologists also suggesting future strategies for new studies still to be conducted around this important settlement

Nuove ceramiche con decorazione di tipo appenninico da Fondo Paviani (Verona) – Ricerche Università di Padova 2007-2012. Inquadramento tipocronologico e indagini archeometriche

New Appenninico Potsherds from Fondo Paviani (Verona) – Padova University Excavations 2007-2012. Chrono-typological and Archaeometrical Overview. The aim of the paper is a chrono-tpological and archaeometrical analysis of three new Appenninico potsherds coming from the embanked site of Fondo Paviani, already known in literature for the presence of some Appenninico potsherds. Two of the new ones come from the survey, while a third one was found in an archaeological layer that can be dated to RBA2. The petrographic analysis demonstrated a local production, as it is for the other Appenninico potsherds from Valli Grandi Veronesi contexts. The material filling the carved decoration motifs was examined with SEM and XRD. The analysis showed that it is a white pigment made of grounded bones, applied on pots after firing. Since the MBA3 phase is substantially missing in the Fondo Paviani settlement, the three potsherds support the hypothesis of the continuation of techniques and decorative patterns also in RBA