Geochemical characterisation of pozzolanic obsidian glasses used in the ancient mortars of Nora Roman theatre (Sardinia, Italy): provenance of raw materials and …

S Columbu, AM Garau, C Lugliè - Archaeological and Anthropological …, 2019 - Springer
The study focused on the volcanic glass used in the production of bedding mortars and
concrete of the Roman theatre (I cent. AD) of the Nora site. The volcanic glasses were …

A new database of the quantitative cathodoluminescence of the main quarry marbles used in antiquity

P Blanc, MP Lapuente Mercadal… - Minerals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Quantitative cathodoluminescence (CL) has rarely been applied for the archaeometric
studies concerning marble provenance, despite its potential. This paper develops the …

NMR as a new tool for cultural heritage application: The provenance of ancient white marbles

A Gutiérrez Garcia‐M, MC Savin, N Cantin… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying the origin of marble used in antiquity brings back to light details of the economic,
social and political organization of classical societies, and characterizing in depth the …

Producción y almacenaje de cereales en el noreste peninsular en época ibérica: algunos aspectos metodológicos y problemas de interpretación

MG Vázquez - Archivo Español de Arqueología, 2022 - aespa.revistas.csic.es
Las formas específicas que asume la producción y almacenaje de cereales son
fundamentales en cualquier intento de definir la naturaleza de los sistemas agrarios y las …

Louvie-Soubiron marble: Heritage stone in the French Pyrenean Ossau Valley—first evidence of the Roman Trans-Pyrenean use

MP Lapuente Mercadal, JA Cuchí Oterino, P Blanc… - Geoheritage, 2021 - Springer
The historical character of the Louvie-Soubiron marble quarry, in the French Pyrenean
Ossau Valley, has been brought to light through a combined analytical study of quarry …

Marble pieces in the Romanesque Portal of Glory of the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral. New data through a multi-analytical approach

PL Mercadal, MC Savin, SG Soutelo… - International Journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Probably the most important Romanesque artwork in Spain, the Portal of Glory of Santiago
de Compostela is essentially made in granite, the most abundant stone in the NW of Iberia …

The last frontier: Late Iron Age society, Roman conquest, and the Romanisation of the territory north of the River Duero

JG Sánchez - The Archaeology of Roman Portugal in its Western …, 2022 - torrossa.com
This paper aims to address how the Late Iron Age settlement pattern in the northern Iberian
plateau was caused by the hierarchisation of society. Using research by other scholars …

Hispania Citerior and Hispania Baetica

I Rodà, OR Gutiérrez - A Companion to the Archaeology of the …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rome used Iberia, the western edge of its known world, as a testing ground for different
administrative structures, finally forming three provinces. This chapter addresses two …

Transports de matières premières par voie maritime

MB Carre - Le marché des matières premières dans l'Antiquité et …, 2021 - torrossa.com
Le transport par voie maritime des matières premières dans l'Antiquité a en général été
étudié par secteur d'activité: marbres et autres pierres, matériaux de construction en terre …

Sourcing and nuclear magnetic resonance: new applications for old materials

I Pianet, A Gutiérrez Garcia-M, MC Savin… - STAR: Science & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance, which enables the characterization of structures of
a variety of materials whatever their crystallinity/amorphous state, is used in the present work …