S36. Understanding provenance and processing of geomaterials in archaeological Heritage through mineralogy and petrography: from microscope and geochemistry to AI

Conveners and Chairpersons: Fabrizio Antonelli (Università Iuav di Venezia), Emma Cantisani (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Firenze), Giacomo Eramo (Università di Bari Aldo Moro), Celestino Grifa (Università degli Studi del Sannio di Benevento)

 

 

ORAL SESSIONS

Wednesday 17 September 2025 [09.00-10.30]

Sala Palladio A

36-1     09.00 - 09.20
[KEYNOTE] Artioli G.* : Provenancing ancient metals by lead isotope analysis – State of the art

36-2     09.20 - 09.30
Capriotti S.*, Devoto A., Genovese D., Mignardi S., Scardapane S. & Medeghini L. : Towards interpretable deep learning in ceramic petrographic fabric classification through a comparative study of convolutional neural networks and vision transformers

36-3     09.30 - 09.40
Balassone G., Cappelletti P., De Bonis A., De Simone A., Di Martire D., Graziano S.F., Grifa C., Giulierini P., Izzo F.*, Langella A., Mercurio M., Morra V., Operetto M.T., Piezzo A., Rispoli C., Valentini M. & Verde M. : Microstratigraphic reconstruction of the preparatory mortars of the Alexander Mosaic (Battle of Issus, National Archaeological Museum of Naples)

36-4     09.40 - 09.50
Troiano M., Conforti J., Fioretti G. & Eramo G.* : Unsupervised classification of chert from NM-PCI database: testing petrographic and AI feature extraction from images

36-5     09.50 - 10.00
Franceschini M.M.N.*, Ismaelli T., Vettori S., Chelazzi L., Ciattini S., Di Benedetto F., Grifa C. & Cantisani E. : Tracing origins: mineralogical and petrographic insights into Archaic and Classical roof tiles from Castro (Lecce)

36-6     10.00 - 10.10
Dilaria S., Germinario L.*, Bonetto J., Girotto C., Maritan L., Olah J., Previato C., Sassi R., Secco M., Zara A. & Mazzoli C. : Provenance of Euganean building materials: 10 years of collaborative archaeometric research at the University of Padova

36-7     10.10 - 10.20
Fioretti G.*, Carpentieri M., Conforti J., Eramo G. & Moncel M.H. : Comparing lithic industry and psephitic sediments of Notarchirico (Basilicata, Italy): new data to understand human-environment interaction and technological behavior during the Lower Paleolithic in Southern Europe (MIS 16-15)

36-8     10.20 - 10.30
Casarin A.*, Cavallo A., Antonelli F., Cicconi M.R., Pierigè M.I., Criber E., Radica F., Capasso I., Masciotta M.G., Potere D., Rapone D., de Ligny D., Tuteri R., Brando G. & Iezzi G. : The marbles of the Roman Thermal Baths of Teate Marrucinorum (Chieti, Italy): autoptic, petrographic, mineralogical and geochemical features

Wednesday 17 September 2025 [11.30-13.00]

Sala Palladio A

36-9     11.30 - 11.40
Miriello D.*, Columbu S., De Luca R., Lezzerini M., Taranto M. & Antonelli F. : Determining the provenance of stones from southern Italy with AI and geochemical data

36-10     11.40 - 11.50
Grifa C., Germinario C.*, Boscia S., De Bonis A., Franceschini M.M.N., Cantisani E., Màsic A., Mercurio M., Pagano S., Zuchtriegel G. & Amoretti V. : Brilliant blue and hidden practices: scientific insights into the polychromy of a sacrarium in the Insula 10, Regio IX, Pompeii

36-11     11.50 - 12.00
Eramo G.*, Bertola S., Carletti E., Conati Barbaro C., Conforti J., Ferrero A., Fioretti G., Moscone D., Pizziolo G., Santo A.P., Spalluto L., De Silva M. & Lo Vetro D. : Toward a standardized GIS-based lithotheque: The OPENLIT Project and the Italian chert resources

36-12     12.00 - 12.10
Maritan L.*, Breda A., Finzi Contini I., Santello L., Nava J., Simi F. & Morandi Bonacossi D. : Traces of colour/paint on the rock-reliefs of the Assyrian irrigation system at Faida and Khinis (Iraqi Kurdistan)

36-13     12.10 - 12.20
Pagano S.*, Germinario C., Munzi P., Leone M., Mercurio M., Cantisani E. & Grifa C. : Provenance and production technology of the painted architectural terracottas from the Northern Sanctuary of Cuma (Campania region, Southern Italy)

36-14     12.20 - 12.30
Milana S.*, Conti A., Michetti L.M., Paciucci M., Sharbaf M. & De Vito C. : Reconstructing manufacturing and corrosion processes of a trimetallic Etruscan artefact from Pyrgi (Santa Severa, Italy)

36-15     12.30 - 12.40
Lepore A.*, Arzarello M., Germinario C., Mercurio M. & Grifa C. : Multi-analytical approach for estimating the provenance of lithic material from the prehistoric site of Pirro Nord (Apricena, southern Italy)

36-16     12.40 - 12.50
Storta E.*, Borghi A., d’Atri A., Martire L., Destefanis E., Gorrini M.E. & Antonelli F. : Petrographic characterization of re-used stone materials in medieval contexts in Cisalpine area (Piemonte region, NW Italy) within the PRIN-PNRR project "Pierres errantes"

36-17     12.50 - 13.00
Coccato A.*, Heuser R., Monteiro Vieira J.M., Barone G., Ciula A., Mazzoleni P. & Prag J. : Provenancing rocks used in ancient Sicilian epigraphy through a multi-analytical approach: data collection, processing and analysis


POSTER SESSION

Wednesday 17 September 2025

Poster Area 1

36-18     Booth 148
Buccione R.*, Loriso M., Parisi L., Donnici F., Monaco MC., Rizzo G., Teghil R. & De Bonis A. : Multi-analytical characterization and provenance assessment of Oenotrian pottery raw materials (Basilicata region, Southern Italy)

36-19     Booth 149
Carrara M.*, Roman M., Bortolini M., Magnini L., Maritan L. & Bettineschi C. : Gray fine ware from Bostel di Rotzo (VI): characterization and provenance study

36-20     Booth 150
Conforti J.*, Allegretta I., Muntoni I.M., Fioretti G., Delluniversità E., Terzano R., Angeli L. & Eramo G. : New data for knapped lithic industry of first farmers at Trasano: chert supply strategies in the framework of Early Neolithic communities of Matera area

36-21     Booth 151
D’Amico C.*, Pellegrino C., Germinario C., Pagano S. & Grifa C. : The necropolis of Pontecagnano (Salerno): preliminary diagnostic analyses of impasto ware from the Orientalizing Period (725-575 BC)

36-22     Booth 152
Fratini F., Pandeli E., Bartelletti A., Cantisani E.* & Pecchioni E. : Minero-petrographic and geochemical characterization of Brecce di Seravezza (including Medici’s Breccia), Apuan Alps (Italy)

36-23     Booth 153
Puntin M.* : Towards raw material provenance: protocols and perspectives for studying of Roman painted plasters in Northern Etruria

36-24     Booth 154
Rovella N.*, Berikashvili D., Giordano F., Figoli A., Valdrè G. & La Russa M.F. : Geomaterials as ancient time markers: the evolution of the technological skills in the potteries of the Kazreti Ortvala Cave archaeological site (South Caucasus, Georgia).

36-25     Booth 155
Santi P.*, Renzulli A., Iannini E., Serotta A., Cline L. & Jasper K. : White marbles and coloured ornamental stones from the Roman nymphaeum of the Valle Gianni archaeological site (Gradoli, Viterbo) 

36-26     Booth 156
Vettori S.*, Cantisani E., Ismaelli T., Scardozzi G., Buccianti A. & Di Benedetto F. : Provenance assessment of materials with close geographic relationships: the contribution of an EPR study of the marbles from ancient quarries to archaeological site of Hierapolis in Phrygia (Turkey)

36-27     Booth 157
Porcaro M.*, Michetti L.M., Conti A. & De Vito C. : Inclusions and microstructures revealing technological signatures in copper alloys artefacts from the Etruscan site of Pyrgi (Latium, Italy)