15 results on '"Grifa, C"'
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2. Multi-analytical characterization and provenance identification of protohistoric metallic artefacts from Picentia-Pontecagnano and the Sarno valley sites, Campania, Italy
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Serenella Scala, Maria Carmela Del Re, Giovanni Di Maio, Chiara Germinario, Celestino Grifa, Alessio Langella, Mariano Mercurio, Roberto de Gennaro, Igor M. Villa, Carmela Petti, Giuseppina Balassone, Balassone, G., Mercurio, M., Germinario, C., Grifa, C., Villa, I. M., Di Maio, G., Scala, S., de Gennaro, R., Petti, C., Del Re, M. C., Langella, A., Balassone, G, Mercurio, M, Germinario, C, Grifa, C, Villa, I, Di Maio, G, Scala, S, de’ Gennaro, R, Petti, C, Del Re, M, and Langella, A
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010506 paleontology ,Provenance ,engineering.material ,01 natural sciences ,Tin bronze ,GEO/08 - GEOCHIMICA E VULCANOLOGIA ,550 Earth sciences & geology ,0601 history and archaeology ,Metal object ,Bronze ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Sarno valley ,Instrumentation ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,060102 archaeology ,Applied Mathematics ,06 humanities and the arts ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Archaeology ,Characterization (materials science) ,Ore provenance ,Pontecagnano ,engineering ,Spectroscopic technique ,Southern Italy ,Geology - Abstract
Protohistoric metal objects coming from the archaeological sites of Pontecagnano (Salerno, Italy) and Striano (Naples, Italy), preserved in the Pontecagnano National Archaeological Museum and the Paleontological Museum of Naples University “Federico II” have been studied by means of an archaeometric approach. A multi-analytical procedure including X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), micro X-ray fluorescence (µ-XRF) and lead isotope ratio mass spectrometry (LIRMS), was used to characterize these objects thus providing hypotheses on the possible provenance of metallic raw materials. The investigated samples are represented by lead, silver, copper and tin bronze-based objects. Corrosion processes affecting the bronze objects were recognized as well as crusts and patinae at different stages of evolution. LIRMS analyses suggested that most of Pontecagnano artifacts were manufactured with metals from southern Tuscany, where important metal reserves were located. On the other hand, due to the limited number of samples, the provenance of the Striano objects cannot be unambiguously identified although data so far available suggest a Sardinian source.
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- 2018
3. Production technology of late Roman decorated tableware from the Vesuvius environs: Evidence from Pollena Trocchia (Campania region, Italy)
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Chiara Germinario, Giuseppe Cultrone, G. De Simone, Vincenzo Brescia Morra, M. Gorrasi, Alessio Langella, C. S. Martucci, Celestino Grifa, Christopher R. Vyhnal, Francesco Izzo, Mariano Mercurio, A De Bonis, Germinario, C., Cultrone, G., De Bonis, A., De Simone, G. F., Gorrasi, M., Izzo, F., Langella, A., Martucci, C. S., Mercurio, M., Morra, V., Vyhnal, C. R., and Grifa, C.
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ceramic technology ,Archeology ,Thesaurus (information retrieval) ,decorated pottery ,Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) ,Pollena Trocchia ,Vesuvius environs ,Ancient history ,late Roman period ,Geology - Abstract
The northern slope of Mt. Vesuvius contains some interesting archaeological sites, including the site discovered in the town of Pollena Trocchia, where the remains, dated to between the 79 and 472 CE eruptions, document the transition from the Roman to late Roman cultural and socioeconomic settings. Profound changes occurred in this time interval, which can be inferred from changes in the ceramic manufacturing processes. Common wares, as the most widespread ceramic class in the archaeological record, are a useful example that illustrates this technological transformation. Seventeen samples of tableware, distinguished into three ceramic classes according to the method of slip application (i.e., Slipped Ware, Painted Ware “a straccio,” and Painted Ware), were analyzed. The results highlight the use of high-CaO clayey raw materials compositionally similar to Apennine clayey deposits. The clay bodies were occasionally tempered with sandy-silt materials composed of volcanic grains with lesser amounts of siliciclastic fragments. Firing temperatures ranged from 800 to 950°C, as suggested by quantitative X-ray powder diffraction and microstructural analyses combined with colorimetric measurements of the ceramic bodies. Micro-Raman analyses performed on slips revealed the use of ochre for decorating the vessels; it was applied in a different way, representing an actual technological change.
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- 2020
4. The mafic alkaline volcanism of SW Madagascar (Ankililoaka, Tulear region): 40 Ar/ 39 Ar ages, geochemistry and tectonic setting
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Ciro Cucciniello, A. P. Le Roex, Fred Jourdan, Luigi Franciosi, Leone Melluso, Celestino Grifa, Vincenzo Brescia Morra, Cucciniello, C., Le Roex, A. P., Jourdan, F., Morra, V., Grifa, C., Franciosi, L., and Melluso, L.
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Peridotite ,Basalt ,Incompatible element ,geography ,Olivine ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Geochemistry ,Trace element ,Geology ,engineering.material ,010502 geochemistry & geophysics ,01 natural sciences ,Mantle (geology) ,Volcanic rock ,engineering ,Mafic ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
High-precision 40 Ar/ 39 Ar ages, major and trace element, and radiogenic isotope data are presented for the basanites and alkali basalts forming the southwesternmost monogenetic volcanic field in Madagascar. The volcanic rocks were erupted along fissure zones and aligned cones in a nearly flat area covered by the Cenozoic sediments of the Morondava basin. The high-precision 40 Ar/ 39 Ar ages constrain the beginning of the magmatism in the Ankililoaka area to about 12 Ma, significantly earlier than suggested by previously published K/Ar ages. The Ankililoaka basanites include primitive compositions (MgO >10 wt%, Ni >200 ppm and Cr >400 ppm), whereas other basanites and alkali basalts experienced limited removal of olivine, chromiferous spinel and clinopyroxene. Initial Sr and Nd isotope ratios of the basanites are 0.70343–0.70445 and 0.51279–0.51282, respectively. The Pb isotope compositions are in the ranges 206 Pb/ 204 Pb = 19.08–19.38, 207 Pb/ 204 Pb = 15.61–15.64 and 208 Pb/ 204 Pb = 39.1–39.4. The alkali basalts have similar 87 Sr/ 86 Sr, 143 Nd/ 144 Nd and 207 Pb/ 204 Pb, but slightly lower 206 Pb/ 204 Pb and 208 Pb/ 204 Pb than the basanites. The isotopic composition of the Ankililoaka rocks partially overlaps with that of the Cenozoic volcanic mafic rocks of northern Madagascar, and differs significantly from that of the mafic volcanic rocks of central Madagascar, which have lower 206 Pb/ 204 Pb and 207 Pb/ 204 Pb, and higher 87 Sr/ 86 Sr. Major and trace element systematics and geochemical modelling suggest that the Ankililoaka mafic alkaline rocks are low-degree melts of an incompatible element enriched peridotite source starting from depths where garnet is stable. Crustal contamination during ascent was insignificant. We argue that the genesis of the Ankililoaka alkaline magmas was triggered by melting an enriched, volatile-rich lithospheric mantle uplifted in the Cenozoic. Supplementary material: Analytical techniques, X-ray fluorescence whole-rock data, mineral compositions, 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dataset, mantle source modelling and figures showing volcanological features and thin sections are available at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4065743
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- 2018
5. External reflectance FTIR dataset (4000–400 cm−1) for the identification of relevant mineralogical phases forming Cultural Heritage materials
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Alessio Langella, Celestino Grifa, Chiara Germinario, Francesco Izzo, Mariano Mercurio, Izzo, F., Germinario, C., Grifa, C., Langella, A., and Mercurio, M.
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Rocks ,Cultural Heritage material ,Optical anisotropy ,Kramers-Kronig transformation ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,010309 optics ,symbols.namesake ,0103 physical sciences ,Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy ,Mineral ,Remote sensing ,Analytical technique ,Organic compound ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Reflectivity ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Characterization (materials science) ,Cultural heritage ,Identification (information) ,Fourier transform ,symbols ,0210 nano-technology ,Reflectance infrared spectroscopy ,Geology - Abstract
The use of vibrational spectroscopy is gaining more and more relevance in the field of the identification and characterization of Cultural Heritage materials. In this frame we propose and discuss a copious collection of Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectra acquired in external reflectance (ER) mode (4000–400 cm−1), which is a non-destructive and inexpensive analytical technique. Up to 192 spectra were collected, processed and made free-available to the scientists and professionals working in the Cultural Heritage sector. Color and inclusions, optical anisotropy, polymorphism and isomorphism, water content, crystallinity index, polyphasicity are some properties that have driven to rationale of the paper for discriminating groups of geomaterials usually found in studies aimed at the valorization and conservation of Cultural Heritage. Finally, this study offers a robust opportunity to beginners who intend to use ERFTIR as a tool in the field of qualitative and non-destructive mineralogical analysis.
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- 2020
6. Radiocarbon dating of mortars: Contamination effects and sample characterisation. The case-study of Andalusian medieval castles (Jaén, Spain)
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Celestino Grifa, Irene Montilla Torres, Alessio Langella, Paola Ricci, Chiara Germinario, Mariaelena Fedi, Vicente Salvatierra Cuenca, Francesco Izzo, Mariano Mercurio, Carmine Lubritto, Lubritto, C., Ricci, P., Germinario, C., Izzo, F., Mercurio, M., Langella, A., Cuenca, V. S., Torres, I. M., Fedi, M., Grifa, C., Lubritto, Carmine, Ricci, Paola, Germinario, Chiara, Izzo, Francesco, Mercurio, Mariano, Langella, Alessio, Cuenca, Vicente Salvatierra, Torres, Irene Montilla, Fedi, Mariaelena, and Grifa, Celestino
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Radiocarbon dating ,010506 paleontology ,Gypsum ,Sample (material) ,Geochemistry ,engineering.material ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,law ,0601 history and archaeology ,Andalusian castle ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Instrumentation ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Lime ,060102 archaeology ,Applied Mathematics ,06 humanities and the arts ,Contamination ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Mortar ,Igneous rock ,FTIR spectroscopy ,Age estimation ,engineering ,Geology - Abstract
Since 1960s, mortars have been exploited as a potential material for radiocarbon dating and, despite the fact that this methodology appears very simple in its principles, some measured radiocarbon ages were definitely different from the expected historic ages. The paper concerns to the characterisation of mortars from three Andalusian castles (Spain) by means of different mineralogical techniques in order to control “contamination effect” that could affect age estimation. Several mixtures of binders and aggregates composed the archaeological mortars; lime-based or gypsum-based binders were distinguished whereas the aggregates varied from carbonates to intrusive igneous rocks. The radiocarbon dating provided good results for lime-based mortars with silicate aggregate; conversely, for other specimens the method for sample preparation (Cryo2SoniC) was improved increasing the ultrasonic time and decreasing the mesh size. The research points out the importance of a multi-analytical approach aimed at improving a widely accepted protocol for 14C dating of archaeological mortars.
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- 2018
7. Non-invasive FTIR spectroscopy: New preliminary data for the identification of mineralogical phases forming Cultural Heritage materials
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Francesco Izzo, Mariano Mercurio, Alessio Langella, Chiara Germinario, Celestino Grifa, Mercurio, M., Germinario, C., Grifa, C., Izzo, F., and Langella, A.
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Calcite ,FTIR reflectance ,Mineral ,Hardstone carvings ,Non invasive ,Mineralogy ,Geology ,Cultural Heritage ,Reflectivity ,Cultural heritage ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Geography ,chemistry ,Gemstone ,Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy ,Absorbance spectra ,Quartz - Abstract
This paper focuses on the application of external reflection Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy for the classification of some minerals commonly used as gemstones and mineral collection: quartz (colourless, tourmalinated and smoky varieties), calcite and aragonite. The results highlight the differences between reflectance and absorbance spectra, allowing a faster, cheaper and non-destructive approach for the identification of monocrystalline minerals.
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- 2017
8. A ‘Geo-Pedo-Fingerprint’ (GPF) as a tracer to detect univocal parent material-to-wine production chain in high quality vineyard districts, Campi Flegrei (Southern Italy)
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Thomas Prohaska, Vincenzo Brescia Morra, Eleonora Grilli, Celestino Grifa, Mariano Mercurio, Pierclaudio Odierna, Alessio Langella, Elio Coppola, Andrea Buondonno, Mercurio, M, Grilli, E, Odierna, P, Morra, V, Prohaska, T, Coppola, Elio, Grifa, C, Buondonno, Andrea, Langella, A., Mercurio, Mariano, Eleonora, Grilli, Pierclaudio, Odierna, Morra, Vincenzo, Thomas, Prohaska, Elio, Coppola, Celestino, Grifa, Andrea, Buondonno, and Langella, Alessio
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Wine ,Provenance ,Soil test ,Soil Science ,Mineralogy ,Soil science ,Fractionation ,Strontium isotope ratio ,Vineyard ,Piedirosso vineyard ,Nutrient ,MC-ICPMS ,TRACER ,Soil horizon ,Campi Flegrei ,Geo-Pedo-Fingerprint (GPF) ,Geology - Abstract
An interdisciplinary study, involving geologists, chemists and pedologists, started aiming at identifying a "Geo-Pedo-Fingerprint" (GPF) univocally linking the wine to its origin, namely, the Piedirosso vineyards growing in the Campi Flegrei volcanic area. The focal point of this research was the characterization of the whole parent material-soil-vineyard-wine system, achieved by correlating the elemental pattern - with special reference to micro-nutrients and Rare Earth Elements (REEs) - and Sr isotopic ratios, to identify a reliable and convenient 'GPF', as a guaranteed indicator of wine provenance. A representative soil/Piedirosso vineyard system was identified and characterized. Samples from each soil horizon as well as from vine branches, leaves, grapes and wine were collected and analyzed. All samples were analyzed by multi-collector inductively coupled mass spectrometry (MC-ICPMS) to determine their 87Sr/86Sr isotopic composition, by ICP-Quadrupole MS to measure multi-elemental composition including REE, and by X-Ray Powder Diffraction (XRPD) for the quantitative evaluation of the mineral phases occurring in soil samples.Statistical analysis (Hierarchical Cluster Analysis, Factor Analysis) revealed the existence of separate correlations of element distribution between: i) soil, as nutrient pool source, and vegetative compartments, i.e. branches and leaves, as biochemical yards for nutrient elaboration and marshaling, ii) vegetative compartments and the productive compartment, i.e. grapes as the metabolic outcome of the vine, and, iii) the productive compartment and its artifact produced by man, i.e. wine. However, no sequential correlation of elements from soil to wine did appear, likely because clusters of elements were discriminated due to the varying takeup and fractionation processes in plants, as well as during vinification processes. Therefore, none of the investigated elements was a liable 'GPF' as a candidate tracer from soil to wine.In contrast, the use of a petrogenetic tracer such as 87Sr/86Sr isotopic composition provided satisfactory responses. In fact, the values of such a ratio within the entire studied chain vary in a very small range from 0.7076 to 0.7084, thus falling within the typical range for volcanites of Campi Flegrei (0.7065-0.7086). These results currently represent the only study focusing on a geotracer, such as the 87Sr/86Sr isotopic ratio, linked with a pedological survey to identify the volcanic Campanian wine-producing chains from soil parent material-to-wine. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
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- 2014
9. A Late Roman ceramic production from Pompeii
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Alberto De Bonis, Vincenzo Brescia Morra, Celestino Grifa, Alessio Langella, Mariano Mercurio, Gianluca Soricelli, Grifa, C, DE BONIS, Alberto, Langella, A, Mercurio, M, Soricelli, G, and Morra, Vincenzo
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Archeology ,Pottery ,Volcanic temper ,Pompei, ceramica, depositi argillosi, degrassante vulcanico ,Pompeii, pottery, clayey deposit, volcanic temper ,Pompei ,Archaeology ,visual_art ,depositi argillosi ,Clayey deposit ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,Pompeii ,Table (landform) ,ceramica ,degrassante vulcanico ,Ceramic ,Exchange network ,Geology - Abstract
The Via Lepanto site is one of the best examples showing how the Vesuvian region was partially reconstructed and earlier re-occupied after Vesuvius's eruption in the year 79 AD. The large amount of ceramic finds illustrates the typology in use in this area during the IV and V century AD. Analyses were focused on table and cooking ware productions. Archaeometric data were obtained using chemical and minero-petrographical methods (OM, XRD, XRF and SEM). Grain size measurements using Image Analyses on thin sections and a geochemical comparison with clayey deposits outcropping in the Campania region permitted the identification of the raw materials used for these pottery productions. XRD and SEM completed the data set, establishing the protocols used for pottery production in the Pompeii area during Late Roman period. The Via Lepanto site was part of an exchange network of markets with a periodic frequency, where locally produced and imported pottery was sold, indicating a flourishing network of exchanges spanning short, medium and long distances.
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- 2013
10. Evidence for Holocenic uplift at Somma-Vesuvius
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Vincenzo Brescia Morra, Diana Barra, Antonio Varone, Celestino Grifa, Ria Berg, Aldo Marturano, Giuseppe Aiello, Lorenzo Fedele, Marturano, A., Aiello, G., Barra, Diana, Fedele, Lorenzo, Grifa, C., Morra, Vincenzo, Berg, R., and Varone, A.
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Environmental evolution ,Paleontology ,Geophysics ,Geochemistry and Petrology ,Subaerial ,Phanerozoic ,Borehole ,Quaternary ,Geomorphology ,Cenozoic ,Geology ,Holocene ,Sea level - Abstract
Detailed stratigraphical, archaeological, micropalaeontological, archaeometrical and petrochemical analyses of samples from trenches and boreholes at insula of Casti Amanti, in Pompeii, allowed a faithful reconstruction of the recent environmental evolution of the site. The present data clearly indicate the alternation of both subaerial and shallow marine conditions during Holocene times. Taking into account the relative local sea level variations, a similar to 30 m ground uplift event in the last 6 kyr (with an average vertical uplift rate of similar to 5 mm/yr) was inferred for the first time.
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- 2009
11. The crystallization of shoshonitic to peralkaline trachyphonolitic magmas in a H2O-Cl-F- rich environment at Ischia (Italy), with implications for the feeder system of the Campania Plain volcanoes
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Vincenza Guarino, Celestino Grifa, Vincenzo Brescia Morra, Luigi Franciosi, Leone Melluso, R. de’ Gennaro, Melluso, Leone, Morra, Vincenzo, Guarino, Vincenza, DE GENNARO, Roberto, Franciosi, Luigi, and Grifa, C.
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Olivine ,Anorthoclase ,Geochemistry ,Lava dome ,Geology ,engineering.material ,Sanidine ,Peralkaline rock ,Geochemistry and Petrology ,Magma ,engineering ,Phenocryst ,Mafic - Abstract
Bulk-rock and mineralogical characterization of massive samples (lava flows, lava domes, scoria, spatter), chosen to be representative of different activity periods and of the whole known compositional range of Ischia island (Roman Magmatic Province, Campanian district) is reported in this paper. The rocks vary in composition from shoshonites to peralkaline trachyphonolites. Crystallization started with Al-rich chromite inclusions and their host magnesian olivine in shoshonites and latites, and ended with lavenite, rinkite, kochite, hiortdahlite, hainite, Mn-aenigmatite, britholite and Ti–Zr-rich aegirine in the groundmass of the peralkaline trachyphonolites. Removal of feldspar-bearing assemblages (with calcic-to-sodic plagioclase in shoshonites and latites, sodic sanidine and anorthoclase in trachytes and trachyphonolites) is established throughout the compositional range, and is accompanied by interaction between variably evolved magmas (with their differing phenocryst assemblage), mostly in mafic and intermediate compositions. This led to enrichment in Mn, alkalis, Zr, Nb, REE, Rb, Th, U, Cl and F, and depletion in Mg, Fe, V, Ca, Ba, Sr and Eu in the most evolved magmas. The Ischian rocks have a tendency to sodic affinity and by peculiar mineral compositions and compositional trends, which do not indicate extremely oxidizing conditions. The Ischian rocks thus differ from the Phlegrean Fields analogues and the ultrapotassic, more silica undersaturated rocks of Somma–Vesuvius. Overall, variations in the chemical compositions of the rocks and their trends imply unrelated feeding systems and thus are inconsistent with the hypothesis of a common magma reservoir beneath the main volcanic areas of the Campanian Plain.
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- 2014
12. Petrology and Geochemistry of Cretaceous Mafic and Silicic Dykes and Spatially Associated Lavas in Central-Eastern Coastal Madagascar
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M. Vincent, Vincenzo Brescia Morra, Ciro Cucciniello, Leone Melluso, Celestino Grifa, Mariano Mercurio, J. Conrad, R.D. Tucker, Srivastava R.K., Cucciniello, Ciro, Conrad, J., Grifa, C., Melluso, Leone, Mercurio, M., Morra, Vincenzo, Tucker, R. D., and Vincent, M.
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Basalt ,Fractional crystallization (geology) ,Olivine ,Geochemistry ,Silicic ,engineering.material ,Precambrian ,age ,eastern Madagascar ,Rhyolite ,engineering ,Plagioclase ,dyke ,Mafic ,Petrology ,petrogenesi ,Geology - Abstract
Late Cretaceous dykes and lavas from central-eastern coastal Madagascar (Vatomandry and Mahatsara districts) span a compositional range from basalt to rhyolite. The dykes strike N–S, parallel to the coast, and intrude the Precambrian schists and gneisses of the area. 40Ar/39Ar age determinations on rhyolite from Sakanila massif (western Vatomandry) gave an age of 86.4 ± 0.3 Ma, which is statistically equivalent to the mean age of eastern rifted-margin rocks of Madagascar. Basaltic dykes are generally tholeiitic varying from olivine-normative to quartz-normative, and characterized by relatively low MgO (4.8–8.0 wt%), Cr (61–341 ppm) and Ni (36–128 ppm) contents. The mantle-normalized diagrams have bell-shaped patterns, with the most Mg-rich dykes having
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- 2011
13. Byzantine ceramic production from Cuma (Campi Flegrei, Napoli)
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Celestino Grifa, Priscilla Munzi, Vincenzo Brescia Morra, Alessio Langella, Centre Jean Berard (CJB), Ecole française de Rome (EFR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie, Università degli Studi del Sannio, Benevento, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e delle Risorse, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Grifa, C, Morra, Vincenzo, and A. LANGELLA AND P., Munzi
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010506 paleontology ,Archeology ,History ,060102 archaeology ,[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory ,Mineralogy ,06 humanities and the arts ,01 natural sciences ,visual_art ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,0601 history and archaeology ,Ceramic ,Byzantine architecture ,Geology ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
International audience; Samples of table and cooking ware, dating back to the Byzantine period of the ancient Greek colony of Cuma, were analysed by optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence and scanning electron microscopy, in order to reconstruct the main technological properties of these manufactures. The comparison of minero-petrographical data from these samples with those of some kiln wastes allowed us to hypothesize a local manufacture for most of the investigated specimens and to confirm the relative reference groups. A restricted number of samples did not link with the main groups, indicating a regional (or maybe extra-regional) production, in agreement with the widespread circulation of this high-medieval ceramic production in southern Italy.
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- 2009
14. Le ceramiche comuni di Cuma
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Laetitia Cavassa, Alessio Langella, A De Bonis, Morra, Celestino Grifa, De Bonis, A., Cavassa, L., Grifa, C., Langella, A., and Morra, Vincenzo
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Archaeology ,archéologie ,céramique gallo-romaine ,céramique romaine ,production artisanale ,commerce ,Geology - Abstract
Gli scavi effettuati a Cuma dai ricercatori del Centre Jean Bérard hanno riportato alla luce una grande quantità di reperti ceramici. Il presente studio è stato concentrato su ceramiche comuni da cucina e su di un particolare tipo di ceramica da cucina a vernice rossa interna, denominato Rosso Pompeiano. Tutti i frammenti sono costituiti da degrassante vulcanico: feldspato, clinopirosseno, scorie, pomici, litici e, in minor quantità biotite, anfibolo, granato e scorie a leucite. Dal punto di vista chimico i campioni analizzati si suddividono in due gruppi principali costituiti indifferentemente da campioni di entrambe le tipologie. La distinzione fra i due raggruppamenti è dovuta alla differente quantità di inclusi presente nei frammenti, come messo in evidenza dall’analisi modale. I dati XRD e SEM indicano che la maggioranza dei campioni fu sottoposta a temperature di cottura in un intervallo compreso fra 900 e 1000°C. Fanno eccezione alcuni campioni di un gruppo di ceramica a vernice rossa interna per i quali sono ipotizzate temperature inferiori, comprese fra 800 e 850°C.
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- 2009
15. Ceramic replicas of archaeological artefacts in Benevento area (Italy): Petrophysical changes induced by different proportions of clays and temper
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A De Bonis, Alessio Langella, Giuseppe Cultrone, Eduardo Sebastian, Celestino Grifa, Mariano Mercurio, Vincenzo Brescia Morra, Grifa, C., Cultrone, G., Langella, A., Mercurio, M., DE BONIS, A., Sebastián, E., and Morra, Vincenzo
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Prima materia ,Clayey raw material ,Volcanic temper ,Petrophysics ,Pyroclastic rock ,Mineralogy ,Geology ,Pore system ,Raw material ,Archaeology ,Benevento ,Geochemistry and Petrology ,visual_art ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,Archaeological artefact ,Ceramic ,Ceramic replica - Abstract
The Gran Potenza clay and the Pomici di Avellino pyroclastics, respectively the clay sediments and temper of the typical ceramic manufacture in Benevento area (Italy). were mixed in different proportion and fired at 850 degrees, 900 degrees and 950 degrees C. These experimental replicas were compared with historical ceramic products of Benevento. The similarities and/or differences between archaeological materials and replicas (in terms of amount of temper, firing temperature, pore system, etc.) have been discussed. The whole data confirm the wide utilization of the local available clayey raw material and the Pomici di Avellino, and give a new contribution on the petrophysical modifications of volcanic-rich ceramic pastes that occur in the firing temperature range comprised between 850 degrees and 950 degrees C. Some peculiar features in the historical manufacturing are also reported.
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- 2009
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