Mobile Spectroscopy in Archaeometry: Some Case Study
We provide an overview of recent results obtained by the innovative application of mobile spectroscopy for in situ investigation in archaeometry. Its growing relevance is linked to the great advantages of avoiding the transport and eventual damage of precious artifacts and of allowing the analysis o...
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| author | Vincenza Crupi Sebastiano D’Amico Lucia Denaro Paola Donato Domenico Majolino Giuseppe Paladini Raffaele Persico Mauro Saccone Carlo Sansotta Grazia Vera Spagnolo Valentina Venuti |
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| description | We provide an overview of recent results obtained by the innovative application of mobile spectroscopy for in situ investigation in archaeometry. Its growing relevance is linked to the great advantages of avoiding the transport and eventual damage of precious artifacts and of allowing the analysis of those specimens that are, for example, built into infrastructures or in some way permanently affixed. In this context, some case studies of combined instrumental approaches, involving X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and Raman spectroscopy, integrated by infrared thermography (IRT), are, in particular, discussed: the archaeological site of Scifì (Forza d’Agrò, province of Messina, Italy) and the Abbey of SS. Pietro e Paolo d’Agrò (Casalvecchio Siculo, province of Messina, Italy). In the first case, the elemental composition, as obtained by XRF, of two types of mortars belonging to two different chronological phases, dated back between the 3rd and the 5th century AD, allowed us to hypothesize a same origin area of their raw materials and a different production technique. Again, the combined use of XRF and Raman spectroscopies, supported by IRT technique, on pottery fragments of Greek-Hellenistic age and late imperial period, furnished important information concerning the receipts for the pigmenting agents of the finishing layer, allowing in some cases their unambiguous identification. In the second case, XRF data collected on bricks and stones from the external facade of the abbey allowed us to make some hypothesis concerning the provenance of their constituents materials, supposed to be in the area of valley of the river Agrò. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-66c7fdee74654f19a4437fc63c1f8f362024-11-02T05:31:33ZengHindawi LimitedJournal of Spectroscopy2314-49202314-49392018-01-01201810.1155/2018/82952918295291Mobile Spectroscopy in Archaeometry: Some Case StudyVincenza Crupi0Sebastiano D’Amico1Lucia Denaro2Paola Donato3Domenico Majolino4Giuseppe Paladini5Raffaele Persico6Mauro Saccone7Carlo Sansotta8Grazia Vera Spagnolo9Valentina Venuti10Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche e Informatiche, Scienze Fisiche e Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Messina, Via Ferdinando Stagno d’Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Geosciences, University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080, MaltaDipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Odontoiatriche e delle Immagini Morfologiche e Funzionali, Università degli Studi di Messina, c/o A.O.U. Policlinico “G. Martino”, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98125 Messina, ItalyDipartimento di Scienze Matematiche e Informatiche, Scienze Fisiche e Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Messina, Via Ferdinando Stagno d’Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, ItalyDipartimento di Scienze Matematiche e Informatiche, Scienze Fisiche e Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Messina, Via Ferdinando Stagno d’Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, ItalyDipartimento di Scienze Matematiche e Informatiche, Scienze Fisiche e Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Messina, Via Ferdinando Stagno d’Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, ItalyCNR-IBAM (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto per i Beni Archeologici e Monumentali), Via Monteroni, Campus Univ, 73100 Lecce, ItalyDipartimento di Architettura, Università degli Studi di Roma Tre, Largo Giovanni Battista Marzi 10, 00153 Rome, ItalyDipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Odontoiatriche e delle Immagini Morfologiche e Funzionali, Università degli Studi di Messina, c/o A.O.U. Policlinico “G. Martino”, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98125 Messina, ItalyDipartimento di Civiltà Antiche e Moderne, Università degli Studi di Messina, Località Santissima Annunziata, 98168 Messina, ItalyDipartimento di Scienze Matematiche e Informatiche, Scienze Fisiche e Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Messina, Via Ferdinando Stagno d’Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, ItalyWe provide an overview of recent results obtained by the innovative application of mobile spectroscopy for in situ investigation in archaeometry. Its growing relevance is linked to the great advantages of avoiding the transport and eventual damage of precious artifacts and of allowing the analysis of those specimens that are, for example, built into infrastructures or in some way permanently affixed. In this context, some case studies of combined instrumental approaches, involving X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and Raman spectroscopy, integrated by infrared thermography (IRT), are, in particular, discussed: the archaeological site of Scifì (Forza d’Agrò, province of Messina, Italy) and the Abbey of SS. Pietro e Paolo d’Agrò (Casalvecchio Siculo, province of Messina, Italy). In the first case, the elemental composition, as obtained by XRF, of two types of mortars belonging to two different chronological phases, dated back between the 3rd and the 5th century AD, allowed us to hypothesize a same origin area of their raw materials and a different production technique. Again, the combined use of XRF and Raman spectroscopies, supported by IRT technique, on pottery fragments of Greek-Hellenistic age and late imperial period, furnished important information concerning the receipts for the pigmenting agents of the finishing layer, allowing in some cases their unambiguous identification. In the second case, XRF data collected on bricks and stones from the external facade of the abbey allowed us to make some hypothesis concerning the provenance of their constituents materials, supposed to be in the area of valley of the river Agrò.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8295291 |
| spellingShingle | Vincenza Crupi Sebastiano D’Amico Lucia Denaro Paola Donato Domenico Majolino Giuseppe Paladini Raffaele Persico Mauro Saccone Carlo Sansotta Grazia Vera Spagnolo Valentina Venuti Mobile Spectroscopy in Archaeometry: Some Case Study Journal of Spectroscopy |
| title | Mobile Spectroscopy in Archaeometry: Some Case Study |
| title_full | Mobile Spectroscopy in Archaeometry: Some Case Study |
| title_fullStr | Mobile Spectroscopy in Archaeometry: Some Case Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mobile Spectroscopy in Archaeometry: Some Case Study |
| title_short | Mobile Spectroscopy in Archaeometry: Some Case Study |
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