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VIII Italian National Congress of Archaeometry

The 8th edition of the National Congress of AIAr was held at the Conference Centre of the National Research Council in Bologna, 5-7 February 2014. The purpose of the Congress was to foster dialogue and exchange ideas at the national level about the state of research aimed at the protection and preservation of cultural heritage.

Topics covered during the conference included: Characterization and Diagnostics, Preventive Conservation and Restoration, Technology Innovation, Innovative Materials and Nanotechnology, Origin and Dating and Enhancement and Protection.

All presenters were invited to contribute full papers based on the work being presented for publication in this themed series.

Editors: Dr Alessandra Bonazza, Prof Colombini Maria Perla


  1. In recent decades research in the conservation and restoration field has provided sustainable alternatives to traditional procedures for cleaning or controlling the microbial colonization of works of art. In t...

    Authors: Giovanna Barresi, Enza Di Carlo, Maria Rosa Trapani, Maria Giovanna Parisi, Chiara Chille, Maria Francesca Mule, Matteo Cammarata and Franco Palla
    Citation: Heritage Science 2015 3:17
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  3. This work is part of a wide scientific project finalized to characterize the Sicilian pottery productions from Greek to Roman Age. In this prospective, local reference groups have been analysed in order to cre...

    Authors: Erica Aquilia, Germana Barone, Paolo Mazzoleni, Simona Raneri and Gioconda Lamagna
    Citation: Heritage Science 2015 3:11
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  4. The present study focuses on Late-Roman/Early Medieval glass found in the productive area within the ancient harbour of Classe near Ravenna, one of the most important trade centres between the 5th and 8th centuri...

    Authors: Sarah Maltoni, Tania Chinni, Mariangela Vandini, Enrico Cirelli, Alberta Silvestri and Gianmario Molin
    Citation: Heritage Science 2015 3:13
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  5. The impact of climate on cultural heritage surfaces leads to several damage processes and the protection and the preservation of works of art is a challenge for conservation scientists and restorers. Tradition...

    Authors: Irene Natali, Patrizia Tomasin, Francesca Becherini, Adriana Bernardi, Chiara Ciantelli, Monica Favaro, Orlando Favoni, Vicente J Forrat Pérez, Iulian D Olteanu, Maria Dolores Romero Sanchez, Arianna Vivarelli and Alessandra Bonazza
    Citation: Heritage Science 2015 3:6
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. This work describes a simple use of active Infrared Thermography developed to detect the level of weathering of a statue with respect to cracks observed on the surface. The statue “Ratto delle Sabine” of Giambolo...

    Authors: Maria C Di Tuccio, Nicola Ludwig, Marco Gargano and Adriana Bernardi
    Citation: Heritage Science 2015 3:10
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. Terminology used to define black earths is general, vague and unclear with regard to the correspondence between the name of the pigment used in different epochs and its specific mineralogical and chemical comp...

    Authors: Giovanni Cavallo and Karin Gianoli Barioni
    Citation: Heritage Science 2015 3:5
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. X-ray imaging is a very powerful tool which can be exploited in several fields. In the last few years, its use in archaeology has grown consistently. One of the most recent and interesting applications of comp...

    Authors: Alessandro Re, Jacopo Corsi, Marco Demmelbauer, Margherita Martini, Giorgia Mila and Chiara Ricci
    Citation: Heritage Science 2015 3:4
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. Since ancient times, the unique properties of birch barks (Betula genus) have made them a material of choice for producing both everyday-life and artistic objects. Yet archaeological birch bark artefacts are r...

    Authors: Sibilla Orsini, Erika Ribechini, Francesca Modugno, Johanna Klügl, Giovanna Di Pietro and Maria Perla Colombini
    Citation: Heritage Science 2015 3:2
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. For preservation of stones used in Cultural Heritage, affected by weathering processes that threaten their cohesion and mechanical properties, the application of consolidants is a common practice. However, ava...

    Authors: Gabriela Graziani, Enrico Sassoni and Elisa Franzoni
    Citation: Heritage Science 2015 3:1
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  11. The analysis of dyes in cultural heritage samples is a well-known challenging task, due to their inherent high tinting strength and consequent low concentration in the carrying matrix a fact that severely limi...

    Authors: Silvia Prati, Marta Quaranta, Giorgia Sciutto, Irene Bonacini, Lucio Litti, Moreno Meneghetti and Rocco Mazzeo
    Citation: Heritage Science 2014 2:28
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. This study concerns the application of non-invasive and micro-invasive analyses for the study of a contemporary artwork entitled La Caverna dell’Antimateria (“The Cave of Antimatter”) which was created by Pinot G...

    Authors: Giovanni Bartolozzi, Costanza Cucci, Veronica Marchiafava, Susanna Masi, Marcello Picollo, Emanuela Grifoni, Stefano Legnaioli, Giulia Lorenzetti, Stefano Pagnotta, Vincenzo Palleschi, Francesca Di Girolamo, Jacopo La Nasa, Francesca Modugno and Maria Perla Colombini
    Citation: Heritage Science 2014 2:29
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