Detectors are a key feature of the contemporary scientific approach to cultural heritage (CH),
both for diagnostics and conservation. INFN-CHNet is the network of the Italian National …

The potential applications of microCT scanning in the field of archaeobotany are only just
beginning to be explored. The imaging technique can extract new archaeobotanical …

The identification of ceramic forming techniques poses challenges, particularly when
different primary and secondary forming techniques are combined, or when specific surface …

This article describes the quantitative analysis of the 3D orientation of objects (ie particles
and voids) within pottery fabrics to differentiate two categories of pottery hand-building …

This paper explores the development of pottery technology in the Trieste Karst region (North-
East Italy) from the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age (EBA). It also seeks to identify cultural …

This work will review and discuss the use of computerised X-ray tomography (CXT) for
analysing ancient, manufactured items, like stone building materials, glass and ceramics. It …

Small figurines made from fired clay belonging to the Gravettian (Pavlovian) culture (30–25
ka cal BP) represent one of the main forms of spectacular Palaeolithic art. The most well …

X-ray computed microtomography (μCT or micro-CT) allows a nondestructive analysis of
samples, which helps their reuse. The X-ray μCT equipment offers the user several …

Palù di Livenza is a Neolithic pile-dwelling site located in north-east Italy, inscribed since
2011 on the World Heritage List of UNESCO in the transnational serial property “Prehistoric …

A few scattered vessels, typologically attributed to the Gáta–Wieselburg culture, are known
from the Friuli Venezia Giulia region in northeastern Italy. This culture spread during the …