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Steve Renette, Lagash I – The Ceramic Corpus from Al-Hiba, 1968-1990. A Chrono-Typology of the Pottery Tradition in Southern Mesopotamia During the Third and Early Second Millennium BCE (Luca Volpi)
No full textSteve Renette, Lagash I – The Ceramic Corpus from Al-Hiba, 1968-1990. A Chrono-Typology of the Pottery Tradition
in Southern Mesopotamia During the Third and Early Second Millennium BCE, Aratta i, Brepols, Turnhout,
2021, xxvi, 450 pages, 228 fig. b/n, 1 col., 366 tables. b/n, isbn 978-2-503-59020-2
Chemical-mineralogical features and physical properties of archaeological adobe. The evidence from Tell Zurghul/Nigin (Dhi Qar, Iraq)
No full textAnalysis of the chemical, mineralogical, hydric, and mechanical properties of earthen mudbricks and plasters from Tell Zurghul/Nigin (Southern Iraq), associated with archaeological buildings dated to the 5th and 3rd millennium BCE. Mudbrick structures are susceptible to rapid deterioration when subjected to environmental conditions and other degradation factors. A comprehensive understanding of the materials used in buildings and their inherent properties is essential for identifying optimal conservation methods for archaeological earthen structures. The study explores construction techniques within a diachronic framework, also considering the geological context and availability of local raw materials, and evaluates the characteristics of mudbricks, including their resistance and durability against weathering, through mineralogical and chemical analyses, and hydric and mechanical tests.
Dataset related to the CIVIS3i-European project: EnEAp - Endangered Earthen Architecture. New Challenges in the Conservation and Restoration Practices of Archaeological Earthen Masonries in Western Asia (2022-EnEAp-231; PI: Luca Volpi) funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement N°101034324. The Dataset contains all raw data pertaining to the chemical, mineralogical, petrographic, mechanical and hydric properties of mudbrick samples from the site of Tell Zurghul/Nigin (Dhi Qar province, Iraq), analysed as part of the EnEAp project:
Climate: authors' elaboration of climatic data (T Min/Max; RH 9am/6pm; Rainfall) for three reference Years (2001, 2011, 2021) for the site spot (archaeological site of Tell Zurghul/Nigin, South Iraq); 31°22'36.06"N; 46°29'36.24"E). Climatic data were sourced from the WorldClim database (https://worldclim.org/) and plotted using the software QGIS to collect climatic data on the specific site spot.
Photo: raw images of samples with scale bar and ID number on the top right.
Characterization: colour, mineralogical, chemical and petrographic raw data.
Mechanical properties: Scotch Tape Test and Surface Hardness Test raw data.
Hydric properties: imbibition time and contact angle test, rain resistance test raw data and photos.
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Western and Central Asia. Satellite Imagery for the Study of Conservation and Restoration of Earthen Architecture. Research Carried Out between July and September 2022
No full textConservation and restoration of archaeological earthen architecture in the countries of Western and Central Asia is critical but challenging due to the tendency of earthen architecture to deteriorate once exposed to weathering and other decay agents. The paper presents a comparative analysis of the practices carried out in the area, with the use of satellite environmental and climatic data about rainfall, snow-ice cover, and average land surface temperature data for day and night. The aim is to propose an approach that gives the opportunity to compare the different practices employed and their effectiveness on the basis of various climatic and environmental elements.Conservation and restoration of archaeological earthen architecture in the countries of Western and Central Asia is critical but challenging due to the tendency of earthen architecture to deteriorate once exposed to weathering and other decay agents. The paper presents a comparative analysis of the practices carried out in the area, with the use of satellite environmental and climatic data about rainfall, snow-ice cover, and average land surface temperature data for day and night. The aim is to propose an approach that gives the opportunity to compare the different practices employed and their effectiveness on the basis of various climatic and environmental elements
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No full textAct 3. Soprano (Rethberg), Tenor (Lauri-Volpi), Baritone (De Luca).John Cargher catalogue number : 25Matrix No. : 2-054286Label No. : D.B.145
The Great Theatre of the World. Salvator Rosa and the Academies
No full textLa mostra organizzata con Dulwich Picture Gallery di Londra e Kimbell Art Museum di Fort Worth dall’autrice con Helen Langdon e Xavier Salomon, presenta un ingente numero di capolavori di Salvator Rosa. Nel catalogo la studiosa ha redatto numerose schede e un saggio sul rapporto fondamentale dell’artista con il mondo accademico –letterario, teatrale ed artistico- del suo tempo. Attraverso documenti per lo più inediti (componimenti, lettere, inventari), l’autrice ricostruisce un pezzo di vita culturale e artistica tra Firenze e Roma a cavallo del quinto e settimo decennio del Seicento. Si tratta di uno scenario in cui, insieme al protagonista Rosa, si intrecciano artisti del calibro di Pier Francesco Mola e Carlo Dolci, e committenti quali Flavio Chigi o Giovan Carlo de Medici. The exhibition, organized with the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London and the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth by the author toghether with Helen Langdon and Xavier Salomon, had shown many of the Salvator Rosa’s masterpieces. In the catalogue the scholar did many entries and an essay on the really essential relation among the artist and the Seventeenth Century Academies of Florence and Rome. Academies that were not only artistic but also of music, theatre and poetry. Thanks to unpublished documents (poems, letters and inventories) the author can reconstruct the artistic and cultural life in Florence and Rome between 1640th and 1650th. Together with Salvator Rosa are others leading artists and patrons such as Pier Francesco Mola, Carlo Dolci, Pietro da Cortona, and Flavio Chigi or Giovan Carlo de Medici.
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The Royal Cemetery at Ur during the second half of the Third Millennium B.C.: pottery analysis through the use of archival data, a case study
No full textThe Royal Cemetery at Ur, with its almost two thousand graves, is one of the most impressive archaeological settings in southern Mesopotamia. Although most of the graves have been assigned to the Early Dynastic Period, more than three hundred graves have been dated to a timeframe from the Late Akkadian Period to the end of the third millennium B.C. However, the precise dating of many of these graves is under debate because stratigraphic data are often lacking, and the material culture used for dating has mainly been cylinder seals and other small finds. Due to the poor quality of the data published by Woolley, pottery has rarely been used to establish chronological determinants that could be useful in dating the graves. Thanks to the Ur Digitization Project, the field records from the Ur excavations are now available online. Among them are the Field Notes, which often contain pottery drawings, reproduced to scale. This paper re-analyses some of the graves in the Royal Cemetery at Ur that have been dated to the final part of the third millennium B.C. This analysis is based on a typological approach to the pottery assemblages that allows revised chronological determinants for dating selected grave contexts
Revisiting the South. A typochronological approach to the analysis of the Ubaid pottery based on the new data from Tell Zurghul (Dhi Qar, Iraq)
No full textAbout three decades after the last prehistoric excavations in southern Mesopotamia, the new excavations in Area B of Tell Zurghul/Nigin have revealed a series of overlapped structures dated to the 5th millennium BCE (Ubaid 4 phase). Based on a typochronological approach, the paper provides an updated overview of the ceramic materials collected in the 2015-2019 campaigns at the site, together with a reanalysis of ceramic materials and contexts from coeval sites in southern Mesopotamia (in particular from Tell al-Muqayyar/Ur). The obtained results partially challenge the previously proposed phase classification (Ubaid 0-5) based on a stylistic approach and are intended as a first step towards the realisation of a ceramic periodisation focused on morphological aspects and strictly anchored to stratigraphy.Trois décennies après les dernières fouilles préhistoriques dans le sud de la Mésopotamie, de nouvelles fouilles dans l’Area B de Tell Zurghul/Nigin ont révélé une série de structures superposées datées du cinquième millénaire avant notre ère (phase Obeid 4). Sur la base d’une approche typochronologique, l’article fournit un aperçu actualisé du matériel céramique collecté lors des campagnes 2015-2019 sur le site, ainsi qu’une réanalyse du matériel céramique et des contextes provenant de sites coexistants dans le sud de la Mésopotamie (en particulier Tell al-Muqayyar/Ur). Les résultats obtenus questionnent partiellement la classification des phases (Obeid 0-5) proposée précédemment sur la base d’une approche stylistique, et constituent un premier pas en direction d’une périodisation céramique basée sur des aspects morphologiques et strictement liée à la stratigraphie
The emergence of regionalisms in the Late 6th – Early 5th Millennium BCE Ubaid/Black-On-Buff horizon. Identifying ceramic ‘Interaction spheres’ in Greater Mesopotamia
No full textIn a period comprised between the late 6th and the first half of the 5th millennium BCE (ca. 5300–4500 cal BCE), the so-called ‘Ubaid/Black-on-Buff’ phenomenon occurred, which interested the entire Greater Mesopotamia. Among the various elements of material culture, the Black-on-Buff painted pottery is the most distinctive and widespread element throughout the whole area. Supra-regional similarities have often overshadowed intra-regional differences between the Black-on-Buff repertoires of various geographical regions. Using a stylistic (morpho-decorative)approach to pottery analysis and emphasising aspects of dissimilarity and/or local similarities between the repertoires of adjacent regions, the paper will highlight the possibility of identifying local characteristic traits within the Black-on-Buff repertoires of Greater Mesopotamian regions. What emerges is a strong ceramic regionalism in the Ubaid/Black-on-Buff horizon, with a predominantly east-west (rather than north-south) trajectory of interaction. Furthermore, the paper points out the possibility that the spread of the Black-on-Buff phenomenon did not follow a single path, but diversified and localised contact routes for each area
Identification and characterization of cytogenetic profile in olfactory neuroblastoma by array comparative genomic hybridization
No full textAim: the Olfactory Neuroblastoma (ONB) is an uncommon malignant tumor arising from the olfactory epithelium. Due to its rarity, the molecular and cytogenetic profiles are not well-known. The aim of the study is to better define the cytogenetic profile of ONB analyzed by Comparative Genomic Hybridization on Microarray (a-CGH) and identify possible correlations with clinical and pathological features.Materials and methods: 13 patients affected with ONB were collected and treated at Ospedale di Circolo of Varese, University of Insubria. At the Section of Biology and Medical Genetic, the DNA was extracted and isolated. We asseyed 14 samples using a-CGH technique: ten primary tumors, two relapsed tumors and two samples were from the same patient at onset and at relapse.Results: our results on chromosome imbalances highlight the highly heterogeneous presentation: seven of 13 samples showed multiple numerical changes and very few structural ones, while four samples showed an opposite pattern; one samples showed no imbalances. We did not reach firm evidence of any recurrent specific imbalances either at level of entire chromosomes or chromosome segments.Conclusion: Gain of chromosome 19 is the only corrispondence with literature data concerning an entire chromosome and most segmental gains and losses found in our cohort of patients are different from those indicated in the literature: the only similarities are the gain of 20q13 and the loss of segments of chromosome 15 and 22
Petrography-based discrimination of production areas within southern MesopotamiA. New data on the Ubaid pottery from Tell Zurghul (Dhi Qar, Iraq)
No full textThis article presents new results on the Ubaid pottery production from Tell Zurghul/Nigin (Dhi Qar, Iraq). Through thin-section petrography and comparison with edited data we identi-fied intra- and inter-site differences in the raw material procurement patterns and paste preparation modes employed to produce Ubaid vessels across South Mesopotamia. At Tell Zurghul, these varia-tions do not specifically correlate with distinct vessel shapes, suggesting a household organisation of the pottery production. At an inter-site level, these variations are powerful tools to discriminate possible pottery production zones within the Mesopotamian alluvium. These production zones can be distinguished by the proportion of heavy minerals and especially of epidotes and amphiboles, which appear in increased amounts in the Tigris sedimentological zones of influence
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