This essay is about bog bodies – the preserved remains of prehistoric humans, often interpreted as ritual killings, found in peat bogs across northwest Europe. It considers the production of knowledge about the human past as a complex, relational process implicating multiple actors and traversing the terms of any straightforward nature-culture binary. It argues that theorizations of collective ...

The Great Baths were a large and sumptuous public building of late Roman Aquileia, with refined mosaics and inlay-work floors. Today they are completely concealed below cultivated fields, because vaults, walls and their architectural decorations were despoiled already in the Middle Age. Therefore, the university of Udine Archaeological Mission needs to employ both traditional and new technologi...

U razdoblju od 13. svibnja do 9. srpnja 2005. g. izvršena su zaštitna arheološka istraživanja na lokalitetu Virovitica − Kiškorija jug, na trasi zapadne obilaznice grada Virovitice. Rekognosciranjem su ovdje uoËeni ulomci srednjovjekovne keramike, zbog Ëega se pristupilo zaštitnim istraživanjima. Tom je prilikom uoËeno da se na ovome mjestu nalazilo i rimsko selo. U tom rimskom selu odvijao se ...

Archaeological studies of belief, ideology and commemorative strategies in Ireland, elsewhere Europe, neglect the continuation cremation far beyond supposed fifth-century AD threshold for shift to inhumation under influence Christianity. A database radiocarbon dates from first-millennium Ireland permits identification new patterns early medieval (AD 400–1100) mortuary practices, including a pha...

Ž . Ž A ground-penetrating radar GPR survey, using mostly a 500 MHz antenna, was carried out in an urban area Lecce, . Italy to obtain a detailed characterization of the most superficial layers, where presumably archaeological structures are buried, and to quickly identify anomalous zones for excavation. In the area, the presence of remnants of a historical Ž . Ž . Franciscan friary built in 14...

Although it is well known that any material degrades faster when exposed to an aggressive environment as well as that "aggressive" cannot be univocally defined as depending also on the chemical-physical characteristics of material, few researches on the identification of the most significant parameters influencing the corrosion of metallic object are available.A series of ancient coins, coming ...

Metal artworks are subjected to corrosion and oxidation processes due to reactive agents present in the air, water and in the ground that these objects have been in contact with for hundreds of years. This is the case for archaeological metals that are recovered from excavation sites, as well as artefacts exposed to polluted air. Stabilization of the conservation state of these objects needs pr...

Acrylic polymers have been widely used in the field of conservation since the 1930’s. However, it is becoming increasingly apparent that under certain conditions, these synthetic polymers are subject to degradation through the activities of microbiological organisms. The biodeterioration of synthetic polymers is of particular concern to conservators when used for the long-term protection of arc...

In this article, the results of field season 2020 excavation in La Peña del Castillo (Peñas de San Pedro, Albacete) are presented. It is a site with long and discontinuous time frame from Late Bronze Age to 19th century. The archaeological activities project aims know entity enclave different settlement patterns throughout its occupation.