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Research paper thumbnail of S3173 Matarese 9781407360959 - marketing

Vaghi, pendenti e sigilli dell'età del Bronzo in Italia meridionale. Pietra, materiali vetrosi, ambra e metallo, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Tunzi Matarese 2020

Research paper thumbnail of I vaghi protostorici di ambra e materie vetrose da Trinitapoli

Research paper thumbnail of Gricignano: contesti funerari post-Avellino, in "Siti chiave tra  antico e inizi medio Bronzo nel Lazio e in Campania. Nuovi dati e nuove date", Incontro di Studio, Napoli 28 giugno 2018, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Research paper thumbnail of Conte et al 2018 Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Knowledge of glass trading in protohistoric Southern Italy has been limited by a lack of archeome... more Knowledge of glass trading in protohistoric Southern Italy has been limited by a lack of archeometrical data available to date, preventing comparison with the well-known Northern Italian context. The aim of the present work is to help fill the data gap for Southern Bronze-Iron Age vitreous items and enable a general overview of protohistoric Italian glass supply routes. The paper presents physical-chemical data for 61 vitreous items from 11 Southern Italian sites, dated from the beginning of the Bronze Age up to the Archaic period (22nd-6th century BC), ensuring a complete diachronic analysis. SEM-EDS, EMPA, LA-ICPMS, and XRD analyses permitted definition of the raw materials and manufacturing techniques employed, as well as determination of item provenance. The sample set exhibits great variability of glass chemical types, including plant ash glass, mixed alkali, and natron samples. A complex picture emerges, mostly as regards the different natron glass typologies (High-Zr, Low-Zr, Black, etc.) and their rapid technological evolution in the early 1st millennium BC. Taking into account the data reported in this study and those available in literature for both Northern and Southern Italian Bronze-Iron Ages items, this work demonstrates the existence of different trade routes for the first time. This is especially true for the Early/Middle Bronze Age periods, with Northern Italy involved in trade with Central Europe, and South already involved in Mediterranean trade circuits.

Research paper thumbnail of Una nobildonna liparota del Bronzo Finale: la tomba 31 di Piazza Monfalcone, poster presentato in Segni di appartenenza e identità di comunità nel mondo indigeno, Seminario di Studi, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II a cura di, Napoli  6-7 luglio 2012.

Papers by Ilaria Matarese

Research paper thumbnail of The material culture of Murgia Timone (Matera): a proposal of analysis in the light of the influences from the Adriatic and Tyrrhenian areas

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), May 1, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Tunzi Matarese 2020

I vaghi protostorici in ambra e materie vetrose da Trinitapoli (BT), 2020

Research paper thumbnail of MATARESE 2021 Sicilia Preistorica

Oggetti d'ornamento nella Sicilia e nelle Eolie durante l'età del Bronzo: gusto locale e influssi mediterranei, 2021

Volume fuori commercio, vietata la vendita e la riproduzione anche parziale a scopo di lucro INDICE

Research paper thumbnail of Ornamenti in materiale vetroso dell'età del bronzo dall'Italia meridionale e dall'area siciliano-eoliana : un inquadramento d'insieme alla luce di nuovi dati

Ornamenti in materiale vetroso dell'età del bronzo dall'Italia meridionale e dall'area siciliano-eoliana : un inquadramento d'insieme alla luce di nuovi dati, 2018

ABSTRACT – Bronze Age ornaments in vitreous material from southern Italy and from the sicilian-ae... more ABSTRACT – Bronze Age ornaments in vitreous material from southern Italy and from the sicilian-aeolian area: a general overview in the light of new data This paper presents the results of an extensive study – carried out within two PhD researches – on the Bronze Age vitreous materials beads found in southern Italy and Sicilian-Aeolian area. The research was based on an overall survey of the beads (several of them unpublished, as in the case of dozens of specimen from the excavation of Punta di Zambrone), on their typological classification and on new archaeometric analyses carried out on 36 samples, coming from: S. Abbondio (Pompei-NA), Grotta Cardini (Praia a Mare-CS), Vivara-Punta D’Alaca (Procida-NA), Murgia Timone (Matera-MT), Punta di Zambrone (Zambrone-VV), Torre Castelluccia (Pulsano-TA), Broglio (Trebisacce-CS), Roca (Melendugno-LE) and Lipari-Piazza Monfalcone (Lipari-ME). The chronological range of the examined contexts – much wider than the one considered so far – includes the whole Bronze Age, from the early (S. Abbondio) to the final phase (Lipari, Torre Castelluccia, Roca). Also the investigated geographic area is more extensive than the one so far analytically studied, mainly related to Apulia. The archaeological study and the typological classification led to a better definition of the types and of their chronological and geographic distribution. The archaeometric analyses gave relevant information about the production methods and the geographic origin of the vitreous materials. From the combination of the two sets of data new perspectives emerge about the circulation of the different productions.

Research paper thumbnail of La cultura materiale di Murgia Timone (Matera): proposta di analisi alla luce delle influenze dalle aree adriatica e tirrenica

IpoTESI di Preistoria, 2020

In the chamber tombs of Murgia Timone (Matera), a considerable amount of Middle Bronze Age 3 pott... more In the chamber tombs of Murgia Timone (Matera), a considerable amount of Middle Bronze Age 3 pottery came to light that largely fall within the typological panorama of the traditional Apennine facies. However, the study of these finds, through a comparative analysis, made it possible to highlight the presence of other specific pottery types, belonging to the so-called “Punta Le Terrare” facies, recently defined by G. Recchia and C. Ruggini. This paper discusses the material culture of the site of Murgia Timone and analyses how it relates to these two already defined facies. One example is a drinking cup from tomb 2 of Murgia Timone with a handle characterized by a depression at the centre and lateral apexes. For this type, we can find very precise comparisons at Monopoli-Piazza Palmieri, Rissieddi, Le Pazze, Roca and Punta Le Terrare. In the same tomb some bowls with a very recessed rim were also found, two of which have some small vertical segments underneath the rim. This type, at...

Research paper thumbnail of Murgia Timone (Matera) : le tombe a camera

Research paper thumbnail of Bronze Age vitreous materials from Punta di Zambrone (southern Italy)

European Journal of Mineralogy, 2015

ABSTRACT This study presents the results of an archaeometrical investigation of Bronze Age vitreo... more ABSTRACT This study presents the results of an archaeometrical investigation of Bronze Age vitreous materials from the archaeological site of Punta di Zambrone (Calabria, southern Italy). The analyses of a set of samples (9 faience beads, 1 glassy bead) from approximately 1200 BCE (Recent Bronze Age) were carried out with an environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM) and LA-ICPMS (for the glassy bead) following a non-destructive protocol. Only very small chips of faience were sampled for X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) and preparation of thin sections for ESEM analysis. The glassy bead is an opaque light-blue silica-soda-lime type with an uncommon chemical composition, comparable to some coeval Italian and Mycenaean glassy faience artefacts. These are called LMLK (low magnesium low potassium) glassy faience, but the flux used for their production has not yet been identified. The trace-element analysis allows exclusion of a Mesopotamian or Egyptian provenance for this sample, suggesting it was produced with rather impure raw materials. The nine faience beads have suffered from extensive weathering. The microstructural examinations carried out with the ESEM enabled definition of three different groups: (1) light beads consisting almost entirely of quartz crystals without any original interparticle glass, which could be due to the heavy weathering; (2) dark beads with a high content of manganese and iron oxide and scarce presence of interparticle glass in the body, suggesting the original presence of Mn/Fe-rich interparticle glass; this presence indicates that a glazing mixture containing alkalis and colorants was mixed with quartz, therefore the efflorescence method could have been used for glazing, in combination with either cementation or application glazing (hybrid glazing methods); and (3) one green sample exhibiting an heterogeneous body rich in Mg, K, Ti, and Fe but not containing Mn. The XRPD analysis of a faience bead of group 1 confirmed the exclusive presence of quartz, whereas for group 2, an additional small peak compatible with Mn oxide (Possibly hausmannite) was observed. Considering the colorant used for the dark beads, the Zambrone faience beads can be compared to Mesopotamian and Minoan faience beads. They belong to a type widespread in north-central Italy between the Middle and Late Bronze Age, and in southern Italy between the Early and Late Bronze Age. The same type of faience is found in the Aegean from the middle of the 3rd millennium BCE to the 12th century BCE.

Research paper thumbnail of How much is known about glassy materials in Bronze and Iron Age Italy? New data and general overview

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2018

Knowledge about glass trading in protohistoric Southern Italy has been limited by the few archeom... more Knowledge about glass trading in protohistoric Southern Italy has been limited by the few archeometrical data available to date, which prevented a comparison between the well-known Northern trend. The aims of this work is, therefore, to fill the gap in data relative to the Bronze-Iron Ages Southern vitreous items, in order to make possible a general overview of the protohistoric Italian glassy supply routes. The paper presents physical-chemical data of sixty-one vitreous items coming from eleven Southern Italian sites, dated from the beginning of the Bronze Age up to the Archaic period (22 th-6 th century BC), ensuring a complete diachronic analysis. SEM-EDS, EMPA, LA-ICPMS and XRD analyses allowed the definition of raw materials and manufacturing techniques employed, and also the determination of the items provenance. The sample set shows a great variability of glass chemical types, being composed by plant ash glass, mixed alkali and natron samples. A complex picture, mostly related to the different natron glass typologies (High-Zr, Low-Zr, Black,…) and their fast technological evolution in the early 1 st millennium BC, emerges. Taking into account the data reported in this study and those available in literature relative both to Northern and Southern Italian Bronze-Iron Ages items, this work demonstrates, for the first time, the existence of different trade routes. This is especially true for the early periods-Early/Middle Bronze Ages, whit Northern Italy involved in the trades with Central Europe, while South already inserted in the Mediterranean interactions.

Research paper thumbnail of Vaghi di provenienza egea a Punta di Zambrone

Centri fortificati indigeni della Calabria, Atti del Convegno Internazionale, Napoli 16-17 gennaio 2014, a cura di L. Cicala, M. Pacciarelli, 2017

Abstract During the archaeological investigations carried out at the settlement of Punta Zambrone... more Abstract
During the archaeological investigations carried out at the settlement of Punta Zambrone (VV) between 2011 and 2013, 63 beads made of faience, glass, amber and bronze were found. These artifacts come from the fill layers of the defensive ditch, which dates from the decades around 1200 BCE. We conducted a typological and chronological
study to identify and classify some Aegean beads found at the
site. They are mostly of types that are very common in the Aegean, whereas only the discoidal, globular and flat globular beads are widespread also in Italy.

Research paper thumbnail of Il centro fortificato indigeno di Torre Galli: una proposta di inquadramento preliminare dei reperti ceramici dell’abitato

Centri fortificati indigeni della Calabria, Atti del Convegno Internazionale, Napoli 16-17 gennaio 2014, a cura di L. Cicala, M. Pacciarelli, 2017

In the years 2012-2013, two archaeological investigations were carried out in the area of the anc... more In the years 2012-2013, two archaeological investigations were carried out in the area of the ancient settlement of Torre Galli (Drapia, VV). They have brought to light evidence probably relative to a system of fortifications and one of the access roads to the settlement.
The article proposes a preliminary classification of the pottery found, dating the structures in AREA I to Phase Torre Galli 2A (850-790 BC),
whereas South Trench 1 has yielded pottery datable between the end of the Eneolithic and the Early Bronze Age.

Research paper thumbnail of Ornamenti in materiale vetroso dell’età del bronzo dall’Italia meridionale e dall’area siciliano-eoliana: un inquadramento d’insieme alla luce di nuovi dati

Rivista di Scienze Preistoriche LXVIII, 2018

ABSTRACT – Bronze Age ornaments in vitreous material from southern Italy and from the sicilian-ae... more ABSTRACT – Bronze Age ornaments in vitreous material from southern Italy and from the sicilian-aeolian area: a general overview in the light of new data
This paper presents the results of an extensive study – carried out within two PhD researches – on the Bronze Age vitreous materials beads found
in southern Italy and Sicilian-Aeolian area. The research was based on an overall survey of the beads (several of them unpublished, as in the case of dozens of specimen from the excavation of Punta di Zambrone), on their typological classification and on new archaeometric analyses carried out on 36 samples, coming from: S. Abbondio (Pompei-NA), Grotta Cardini (Praia a Mare-CS), Vivara-Punta D’Alaca (Procida-NA), Murgia Timone (Matera-MT), Punta di Zambrone (Zambrone-VV), Torre Castelluccia (Pulsano-TA), Broglio (Trebisacce-CS), Roca (Melendugno-LE) and Lipari-Piazza Monfalcone (Lipari-ME). The chronological range of the examined contexts – much wider than the one considered so far – includes the whole Bronze Age, from the early (S. Abbondio) to the final phase (Lipari, Torre Castelluccia, Roca). Also the investigated geographic area is more extensive than the one so far analytically studied, mainly related to Apulia. The archaeological study and the
typological classification led to a better definition of the types and of their chronological and geographic distribution.
The archaeometric analyses gave relevant information about the production methods and the geographic origin of the vitreous materials. From the combination of the two sets of data new perspectives emerge about the circulation of the different productions.

Research paper thumbnail of How much is known about glassy materials in Bronze and Iron Age Italy? New data and general overview

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2018

Knowledge of glass trading in protohistoric Southern Italy has been limited by a lack of archeome... more Knowledge of glass trading in protohistoric Southern Italy has been limited by a lack of archeometrical data available to date, preventing comparison with the well-known Northern Italian context. The aim of the present work is to help fill the data gap for Southern Bronze-Iron Age vitreous items and enable a general overview of protohistoric Italian glass supply routes. The paper presents physical-chemical data for 61 vitreous items from 11 Southern Italian sites, dated from the beginning of the Bronze Age up to the Archaic period (22nd–6th century BC), ensuring a complete diachronic analysis. SEM-EDS, EMPA, LA-ICPMS, and XRD analyses permitted definition of the raw materials and manufacturing techniques employed, as well as determination of item provenance. The sample set exhibits great variability of glass chemical types, including plant ash glass, mixed alkali, and natron samples. A complex picture emerges, mostly as regards the different natron glass typologies (High-Zr, Low-Zr, Black, etc.) and their rapid technological evolution in the early 1st millennium BC. Taking into account the data reported in this study and those available in literature for both Northern and Southern Italian Bronze-Iron Ages items, this work demonstrates the existence of different trade routes for the first time. This is especially true for the Early/Middle Bronze Age periods, with Northern Italy involved in trade with Central Europe, and South already involved in Mediterranean trade circuits.

Research paper thumbnail of Vaghi e pendenti in alabastro da contesti dell’età del Bronzo italiana: tipi morfologici e luoghi di approvvigionamento

Atti del XII Incontro di Studi “Preistoria e Protostoria in Etruria”, Ornarsi per comunicare agli uomini e agli dei, Manciano-Pitigliano-Valentano 12-13-14 settembre 2014, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Gli ornamenti della tomba 1 di Murgia Timone (Matera) nel quadro del Bronzo medio in Italia

Atti XII Incontro di Studi “Preistoria e Protostoria in Etruria”, Ornarsi per comunicare agli uomini e agli dei, Manciano-Pitigliano-Valentano 12-13-14 settembre 2014, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of S3173 Matarese 9781407360959 - marketing

Vaghi, pendenti e sigilli dell'età del Bronzo in Italia meridionale. Pietra, materiali vetrosi, ambra e metallo, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Tunzi Matarese 2020

Research paper thumbnail of I vaghi protostorici di ambra e materie vetrose da Trinitapoli

Research paper thumbnail of Gricignano: contesti funerari post-Avellino, in "Siti chiave tra  antico e inizi medio Bronzo nel Lazio e in Campania. Nuovi dati e nuove date", Incontro di Studio, Napoli 28 giugno 2018, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Research paper thumbnail of Conte et al 2018 Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Knowledge of glass trading in protohistoric Southern Italy has been limited by a lack of archeome... more Knowledge of glass trading in protohistoric Southern Italy has been limited by a lack of archeometrical data available to date, preventing comparison with the well-known Northern Italian context. The aim of the present work is to help fill the data gap for Southern Bronze-Iron Age vitreous items and enable a general overview of protohistoric Italian glass supply routes. The paper presents physical-chemical data for 61 vitreous items from 11 Southern Italian sites, dated from the beginning of the Bronze Age up to the Archaic period (22nd-6th century BC), ensuring a complete diachronic analysis. SEM-EDS, EMPA, LA-ICPMS, and XRD analyses permitted definition of the raw materials and manufacturing techniques employed, as well as determination of item provenance. The sample set exhibits great variability of glass chemical types, including plant ash glass, mixed alkali, and natron samples. A complex picture emerges, mostly as regards the different natron glass typologies (High-Zr, Low-Zr, Black, etc.) and their rapid technological evolution in the early 1st millennium BC. Taking into account the data reported in this study and those available in literature for both Northern and Southern Italian Bronze-Iron Ages items, this work demonstrates the existence of different trade routes for the first time. This is especially true for the Early/Middle Bronze Age periods, with Northern Italy involved in trade with Central Europe, and South already involved in Mediterranean trade circuits.

Research paper thumbnail of Una nobildonna liparota del Bronzo Finale: la tomba 31 di Piazza Monfalcone, poster presentato in Segni di appartenenza e identità di comunità nel mondo indigeno, Seminario di Studi, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II a cura di, Napoli  6-7 luglio 2012.

Research paper thumbnail of The material culture of Murgia Timone (Matera): a proposal of analysis in the light of the influences from the Adriatic and Tyrrhenian areas

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), May 1, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Tunzi Matarese 2020

I vaghi protostorici in ambra e materie vetrose da Trinitapoli (BT), 2020

Research paper thumbnail of MATARESE 2021 Sicilia Preistorica

Oggetti d'ornamento nella Sicilia e nelle Eolie durante l'età del Bronzo: gusto locale e influssi mediterranei, 2021

Volume fuori commercio, vietata la vendita e la riproduzione anche parziale a scopo di lucro INDICE

Research paper thumbnail of Ornamenti in materiale vetroso dell'età del bronzo dall'Italia meridionale e dall'area siciliano-eoliana : un inquadramento d'insieme alla luce di nuovi dati

Ornamenti in materiale vetroso dell'età del bronzo dall'Italia meridionale e dall'area siciliano-eoliana : un inquadramento d'insieme alla luce di nuovi dati, 2018

ABSTRACT – Bronze Age ornaments in vitreous material from southern Italy and from the sicilian-ae... more ABSTRACT – Bronze Age ornaments in vitreous material from southern Italy and from the sicilian-aeolian area: a general overview in the light of new data This paper presents the results of an extensive study – carried out within two PhD researches – on the Bronze Age vitreous materials beads found in southern Italy and Sicilian-Aeolian area. The research was based on an overall survey of the beads (several of them unpublished, as in the case of dozens of specimen from the excavation of Punta di Zambrone), on their typological classification and on new archaeometric analyses carried out on 36 samples, coming from: S. Abbondio (Pompei-NA), Grotta Cardini (Praia a Mare-CS), Vivara-Punta D’Alaca (Procida-NA), Murgia Timone (Matera-MT), Punta di Zambrone (Zambrone-VV), Torre Castelluccia (Pulsano-TA), Broglio (Trebisacce-CS), Roca (Melendugno-LE) and Lipari-Piazza Monfalcone (Lipari-ME). The chronological range of the examined contexts – much wider than the one considered so far – includes the whole Bronze Age, from the early (S. Abbondio) to the final phase (Lipari, Torre Castelluccia, Roca). Also the investigated geographic area is more extensive than the one so far analytically studied, mainly related to Apulia. The archaeological study and the typological classification led to a better definition of the types and of their chronological and geographic distribution. The archaeometric analyses gave relevant information about the production methods and the geographic origin of the vitreous materials. From the combination of the two sets of data new perspectives emerge about the circulation of the different productions.

Research paper thumbnail of La cultura materiale di Murgia Timone (Matera): proposta di analisi alla luce delle influenze dalle aree adriatica e tirrenica

IpoTESI di Preistoria, 2020

In the chamber tombs of Murgia Timone (Matera), a considerable amount of Middle Bronze Age 3 pott... more In the chamber tombs of Murgia Timone (Matera), a considerable amount of Middle Bronze Age 3 pottery came to light that largely fall within the typological panorama of the traditional Apennine facies. However, the study of these finds, through a comparative analysis, made it possible to highlight the presence of other specific pottery types, belonging to the so-called “Punta Le Terrare” facies, recently defined by G. Recchia and C. Ruggini. This paper discusses the material culture of the site of Murgia Timone and analyses how it relates to these two already defined facies. One example is a drinking cup from tomb 2 of Murgia Timone with a handle characterized by a depression at the centre and lateral apexes. For this type, we can find very precise comparisons at Monopoli-Piazza Palmieri, Rissieddi, Le Pazze, Roca and Punta Le Terrare. In the same tomb some bowls with a very recessed rim were also found, two of which have some small vertical segments underneath the rim. This type, at...

Research paper thumbnail of Murgia Timone (Matera) : le tombe a camera

Research paper thumbnail of Bronze Age vitreous materials from Punta di Zambrone (southern Italy)

European Journal of Mineralogy, 2015

ABSTRACT This study presents the results of an archaeometrical investigation of Bronze Age vitreo... more ABSTRACT This study presents the results of an archaeometrical investigation of Bronze Age vitreous materials from the archaeological site of Punta di Zambrone (Calabria, southern Italy). The analyses of a set of samples (9 faience beads, 1 glassy bead) from approximately 1200 BCE (Recent Bronze Age) were carried out with an environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM) and LA-ICPMS (for the glassy bead) following a non-destructive protocol. Only very small chips of faience were sampled for X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) and preparation of thin sections for ESEM analysis. The glassy bead is an opaque light-blue silica-soda-lime type with an uncommon chemical composition, comparable to some coeval Italian and Mycenaean glassy faience artefacts. These are called LMLK (low magnesium low potassium) glassy faience, but the flux used for their production has not yet been identified. The trace-element analysis allows exclusion of a Mesopotamian or Egyptian provenance for this sample, suggesting it was produced with rather impure raw materials. The nine faience beads have suffered from extensive weathering. The microstructural examinations carried out with the ESEM enabled definition of three different groups: (1) light beads consisting almost entirely of quartz crystals without any original interparticle glass, which could be due to the heavy weathering; (2) dark beads with a high content of manganese and iron oxide and scarce presence of interparticle glass in the body, suggesting the original presence of Mn/Fe-rich interparticle glass; this presence indicates that a glazing mixture containing alkalis and colorants was mixed with quartz, therefore the efflorescence method could have been used for glazing, in combination with either cementation or application glazing (hybrid glazing methods); and (3) one green sample exhibiting an heterogeneous body rich in Mg, K, Ti, and Fe but not containing Mn. The XRPD analysis of a faience bead of group 1 confirmed the exclusive presence of quartz, whereas for group 2, an additional small peak compatible with Mn oxide (Possibly hausmannite) was observed. Considering the colorant used for the dark beads, the Zambrone faience beads can be compared to Mesopotamian and Minoan faience beads. They belong to a type widespread in north-central Italy between the Middle and Late Bronze Age, and in southern Italy between the Early and Late Bronze Age. The same type of faience is found in the Aegean from the middle of the 3rd millennium BCE to the 12th century BCE.

Research paper thumbnail of How much is known about glassy materials in Bronze and Iron Age Italy? New data and general overview

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2018

Knowledge about glass trading in protohistoric Southern Italy has been limited by the few archeom... more Knowledge about glass trading in protohistoric Southern Italy has been limited by the few archeometrical data available to date, which prevented a comparison between the well-known Northern trend. The aims of this work is, therefore, to fill the gap in data relative to the Bronze-Iron Ages Southern vitreous items, in order to make possible a general overview of the protohistoric Italian glassy supply routes. The paper presents physical-chemical data of sixty-one vitreous items coming from eleven Southern Italian sites, dated from the beginning of the Bronze Age up to the Archaic period (22 th-6 th century BC), ensuring a complete diachronic analysis. SEM-EDS, EMPA, LA-ICPMS and XRD analyses allowed the definition of raw materials and manufacturing techniques employed, and also the determination of the items provenance. The sample set shows a great variability of glass chemical types, being composed by plant ash glass, mixed alkali and natron samples. A complex picture, mostly related to the different natron glass typologies (High-Zr, Low-Zr, Black,…) and their fast technological evolution in the early 1 st millennium BC, emerges. Taking into account the data reported in this study and those available in literature relative both to Northern and Southern Italian Bronze-Iron Ages items, this work demonstrates, for the first time, the existence of different trade routes. This is especially true for the early periods-Early/Middle Bronze Ages, whit Northern Italy involved in the trades with Central Europe, while South already inserted in the Mediterranean interactions.

Research paper thumbnail of Vaghi di provenienza egea a Punta di Zambrone

Centri fortificati indigeni della Calabria, Atti del Convegno Internazionale, Napoli 16-17 gennaio 2014, a cura di L. Cicala, M. Pacciarelli, 2017

Abstract During the archaeological investigations carried out at the settlement of Punta Zambrone... more Abstract
During the archaeological investigations carried out at the settlement of Punta Zambrone (VV) between 2011 and 2013, 63 beads made of faience, glass, amber and bronze were found. These artifacts come from the fill layers of the defensive ditch, which dates from the decades around 1200 BCE. We conducted a typological and chronological
study to identify and classify some Aegean beads found at the
site. They are mostly of types that are very common in the Aegean, whereas only the discoidal, globular and flat globular beads are widespread also in Italy.

Research paper thumbnail of Il centro fortificato indigeno di Torre Galli: una proposta di inquadramento preliminare dei reperti ceramici dell’abitato

Centri fortificati indigeni della Calabria, Atti del Convegno Internazionale, Napoli 16-17 gennaio 2014, a cura di L. Cicala, M. Pacciarelli, 2017

In the years 2012-2013, two archaeological investigations were carried out in the area of the anc... more In the years 2012-2013, two archaeological investigations were carried out in the area of the ancient settlement of Torre Galli (Drapia, VV). They have brought to light evidence probably relative to a system of fortifications and one of the access roads to the settlement.
The article proposes a preliminary classification of the pottery found, dating the structures in AREA I to Phase Torre Galli 2A (850-790 BC),
whereas South Trench 1 has yielded pottery datable between the end of the Eneolithic and the Early Bronze Age.

Research paper thumbnail of Ornamenti in materiale vetroso dell’età del bronzo dall’Italia meridionale e dall’area siciliano-eoliana: un inquadramento d’insieme alla luce di nuovi dati

Rivista di Scienze Preistoriche LXVIII, 2018

ABSTRACT – Bronze Age ornaments in vitreous material from southern Italy and from the sicilian-ae... more ABSTRACT – Bronze Age ornaments in vitreous material from southern Italy and from the sicilian-aeolian area: a general overview in the light of new data
This paper presents the results of an extensive study – carried out within two PhD researches – on the Bronze Age vitreous materials beads found
in southern Italy and Sicilian-Aeolian area. The research was based on an overall survey of the beads (several of them unpublished, as in the case of dozens of specimen from the excavation of Punta di Zambrone), on their typological classification and on new archaeometric analyses carried out on 36 samples, coming from: S. Abbondio (Pompei-NA), Grotta Cardini (Praia a Mare-CS), Vivara-Punta D’Alaca (Procida-NA), Murgia Timone (Matera-MT), Punta di Zambrone (Zambrone-VV), Torre Castelluccia (Pulsano-TA), Broglio (Trebisacce-CS), Roca (Melendugno-LE) and Lipari-Piazza Monfalcone (Lipari-ME). The chronological range of the examined contexts – much wider than the one considered so far – includes the whole Bronze Age, from the early (S. Abbondio) to the final phase (Lipari, Torre Castelluccia, Roca). Also the investigated geographic area is more extensive than the one so far analytically studied, mainly related to Apulia. The archaeological study and the
typological classification led to a better definition of the types and of their chronological and geographic distribution.
The archaeometric analyses gave relevant information about the production methods and the geographic origin of the vitreous materials. From the combination of the two sets of data new perspectives emerge about the circulation of the different productions.

Research paper thumbnail of How much is known about glassy materials in Bronze and Iron Age Italy? New data and general overview

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2018

Knowledge of glass trading in protohistoric Southern Italy has been limited by a lack of archeome... more Knowledge of glass trading in protohistoric Southern Italy has been limited by a lack of archeometrical data available to date, preventing comparison with the well-known Northern Italian context. The aim of the present work is to help fill the data gap for Southern Bronze-Iron Age vitreous items and enable a general overview of protohistoric Italian glass supply routes. The paper presents physical-chemical data for 61 vitreous items from 11 Southern Italian sites, dated from the beginning of the Bronze Age up to the Archaic period (22nd–6th century BC), ensuring a complete diachronic analysis. SEM-EDS, EMPA, LA-ICPMS, and XRD analyses permitted definition of the raw materials and manufacturing techniques employed, as well as determination of item provenance. The sample set exhibits great variability of glass chemical types, including plant ash glass, mixed alkali, and natron samples. A complex picture emerges, mostly as regards the different natron glass typologies (High-Zr, Low-Zr, Black, etc.) and their rapid technological evolution in the early 1st millennium BC. Taking into account the data reported in this study and those available in literature for both Northern and Southern Italian Bronze-Iron Ages items, this work demonstrates the existence of different trade routes for the first time. This is especially true for the Early/Middle Bronze Age periods, with Northern Italy involved in trade with Central Europe, and South already involved in Mediterranean trade circuits.

Research paper thumbnail of Vaghi e pendenti in alabastro da contesti dell’età del Bronzo italiana: tipi morfologici e luoghi di approvvigionamento

Atti del XII Incontro di Studi “Preistoria e Protostoria in Etruria”, Ornarsi per comunicare agli uomini e agli dei, Manciano-Pitigliano-Valentano 12-13-14 settembre 2014, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Gli ornamenti della tomba 1 di Murgia Timone (Matera) nel quadro del Bronzo medio in Italia

Atti XII Incontro di Studi “Preistoria e Protostoria in Etruria”, Ornarsi per comunicare agli uomini e agli dei, Manciano-Pitigliano-Valentano 12-13-14 settembre 2014, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Vaghi e pendenti litici dell’età del bronzo dalla Sicilia e dalle Eolie

Archaeologia Austriaca, 2015

The present work is the result of a geo-archaeological collaboration for the study and classifica... more The present work is the result of a geo-archaeological collaboration for the study and classification of beads and pendants in lithic materials from Bronze Age sites of Sicily and Aeolian Islands. An authoptic examination allowed to identify the rock types and in some cases their probable supply area. The study of stone materials is supported by a chrono-typological examination of the objects, and a graphic and photographic documentation has also been created. The comparisons research was carried out throughout the Mediterranean area and made it possible to distinguish between groups of local beads and pendants (of local production and distribution) and groups of aegean objects. This work has made possible a chronological classification of these objects, some of which arrived in Sicily through oversease trade routes. This study has allowed to solve some issues related to the Aegean imports in Italy and the socio-economic role played by ornamental in the indigenous communities of the Bronze Age.

Research paper thumbnail of Ilaria Matarese, Anita Crispino, Reinhard Jung, Maria Clara Martinelli, Paolo Pallante, Marco Pacciarelli, Vaghi e pendenti litici dell’età del bronzo dalla Sicilia e dalle Eolie. Archaeologia Austriaca 99, 2015, 111-153.

Il presente contributo è finalizzato allo studio dei vaghi e dei pendenti in materiali litici pro... more Il presente contributo è finalizzato allo studio dei vaghi e dei pendenti in materiali litici provenienti da siti dell'età del bronzo della Sicilia e delle Isole Eolie. Attraverso una determinazione geologica autoptica è stato possibile identificare i litotipi e in alcuni casi la probabile area di provenienza. Lo studio dei materiali litici è supportato da un'analisi crono-tipologica dei reperti e da una documentazione grafica e fotografica. Nell'ambito della ricerca di confronti è stata esaminata tutta l'area del Mediterraneo ed è stato possibile individuare gruppi di ornamenti di produzione locale e reperti di produzione orientale (soprattutto in corniola) pervenuti attraverso i traffici egei. Il presente lavoro ha reso possibile realizzare un inquadramento cronologico dei reperti in esame, alcuni dei quali hanno raggiunto la Sicilia attraverso le rotte transmarine del Mediterraneo. Attraverso questo contributo è stato possibile approfondire alcuni temi relativi alle importazioni egee in Italia e al mutevole ruolo socio-economico svolto dagli oggetti d'ornamento nelle comunità indigene dell'età del bronzo.

Research paper thumbnail of Bronze Age vitreous materials from Punta di Zambrone (Southern Italy)

This study presents the results of an archaeometrical investigation of Bronze Age vitreous materi... more This study presents the results of an archaeometrical investigation of Bronze Age vitreous materials from the archaeological
site of Punta di Zambrone (Calabria, southern Italy). The analyses of a set of samples (9 faience beads, 1 glassy bead) from
approximately 1200 BCE (Recent Bronze Age) were carried out with an environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM) and
LA-ICPMS (for the glassy bead) following a non-destructive protocol. Only very small chips of faience were sampled for X-ray
powder diffraction (XRPD) and preparation of thin sections for ESEM analysis.
The glassy bead is an opaque light-blue silica-soda-lime type with an uncommon chemical composition, comparable to some
coeval Italian and Mycenaean glassy faience artefacts. These are called LMLK (low magnesium low potassium) glassy faience, but
the flux used for their production has not yet been identified. The trace-element analysis allows exclusion of a Mesopotamian or
Egyptian provenance for this sample, suggesting it was produced with rather impure raw materials.
The nine faience beads have suffered from extensive weathering. The microstructural examinations carried out with the ESEM
enabled definition of three different groups: (1) light beads consisting almost entirely of quartz crystals without any original
interparticle glass, which could be due to the heavy weathering; (2) dark beads with a high content of manganese and iron oxide
and scarce presence of interparticle glass in the body, suggesting the original presence of Mn/Fe-rich interparticle glass; this presence
indicates that a glazing mixture containing alkalis and colorants was mixed with quartz, therefore the efflorescence method could
have been used for glazing, in combination with either cementation or application glazing (hybrid glazing methods); and (3) one green
sample exhibiting an heterogeneous body rich in Mg, K, Ti, and Fe but not containing Mn. The XRPD analysis of a faience bead of
group 1 confirmed the exclusive presence of quartz, whereas for group 2, an additional small peak compatible with Mn oxide
(poosibly hausmannite) was observed. Considering the colorant used for the dark beads, the Zambrone faience beads can be compared
to Mesopotamian and Minoan faience beads. They belong to a type widespread in north-central Italy between the Middle and Late
Bronze Age, and in southern Italy between the Early and Late Bronze Age. The same type of faience is found in the Aegean from the
middle of the 3rd millennium BCE to the 12th century BCE.

Research paper thumbnail of La monumentalizzazione del paesaggio funerario mediante circoli nella media età del Bronzo: casi di studio a confronto tra Italia meridionale e area transadriatica

Atti dell’XI Incontro di Studi “Preistoria e Protostoria in Etruria”, 2012, 2014

Nel presente lavoro ci si propone di discutere una particolare evidenza legata alla monumentalizz... more Nel presente lavoro ci si propone di discutere una particolare evidenza legata alla monumentalizzazione del paesaggio funerario: i circoli di pietre.

Research paper thumbnail of Ricerca e territorio: il villaggio eneolitico di Valle di Maddaloni (CE), in "Landscapes-Paesaggi culturali", Roma 30 maggio 2019, Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, Romarchè. Parla l’archeologia 10.

Research paper thumbnail of “Vaghi in vetro da Murgia Timone (MT): risultati di un recente studio archeometrico”XII Incontro di Studi “Preistoria e Protostoria in Etruria”, Ornarsi per comunicare agli uomini e agli dei, Manciano-Pitigliano-Valentano 12-13-14 settembre 2014.

Research paper thumbnail of Vaghi e pendenti dell’età del Bronzo in Italia meridionale e in Sicilia: pietra, materiali vetrosi, ambra e metallo

Università degli Studi di Napoli L'Orientale, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Murgia Timone (Matera): le tombe a camera

Origines. Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria, 2018

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