Naturally occurring minerals or their synthetic analogues have been important as pigments
used in artistic and cosmetic contexts in global antiquity. The analysis and identification of …

Minerals, as raw structural materials or pigments, play a fundamental role in archaeometry,
for the understanding of nature, structure and status of an artefact or object of interest for …

The preservation of the Athenian Acropolis monuments constitutes an ongoing top-priority
national project of global significance and impact. The project concerning the analytical …

Upper Palaeolithic yellow and red ochre samples recovered in the last 40 years at Tagliente
rock-shelter in the Lessini Mountains (Verona, NE Italy) were analysed by means of …

The microstructure and chemical composition of blue and green pellets, coloured lump
pigments and a metal scrap excavated in Persepolis West (Fars, Iran), by the Iranian-Italian …

The production and use of the pigment extracted from the murex molluscs is discussed here
in association with the purple textile dyeing industry in the Prehistoric Aegean.“True” purple …

The study focuses on the characterization of polychromy on limestone sculptures from
Cyprus, attributed to the Cypro-Archaic—end of the Hellenistic periods. Polychromy …

The wall painting fragments from the Mycenaean “Palace of Nestor” at Pylos, are
characterized by their high artistic quality, their unusual iconographic variety and the use of …

A multi-analytical approach based on the combined use of non-destructive spectroscopic
techniques and micro-destructive techniques is presented, not only to characterize the mural …

Miniature ceramic bottles with perforated handles entered the pottery repertoire of different
Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic communities across the south-eastern Prealps, south …