1. X-ray computed tomography to study archaeological clay and wood artefacts at Lilybaeum
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G. Festa, Rosa Brancaccio, M. G. Griffo, A. Mistretta, Maria Pia Morigi, Matteo Bettuzzi, E. Caruso, Franco Casali, L. Strolin, Luisa Cifarelli, F. Albertin, A. M. Parrinello, R. Nania, L. E. Baumer, Albertin, F., Baumer, L. E., Bettuzzi, M., Brancaccio, R., Caruso, E., Casali, F., Cifarelli, L., Festa, G., Griffo, M. G., Mistretta, A., Morigi, M. P., Nania, R., Parrinello, A. M., and Strolin, L.
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wooden artefact ,Lilybaeum archaeological site ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Lilybaeum ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Computed tomography ,X-ray Computed Tomography ,Punic artefacts ,Archaeology ,X ray computed ,clay artefact ,Archéologie classique ,medicine ,Tomography ,ddc:930 ,X-ray tomography ,archaological findings ,Geology - Abstract
Since 2018, a scientific research project, the “Lilybaeum Project”, is being carried out by a collaboration of physicists and archaeologists. The goal is to apply forefront analysis techniques to the investigation of archaeological artefacts, both in situ and in the laboratory. The first case study presented in this paper concerns the original investigation through X-ray computed tomography of a collection of objects from the Regional Archaeological Museum of Lilybaeum, in Marsala, Italy. In addition to a very significant collection of clay jars mostly from children's graves of the ancient Lilybaeum necropolis, an unprecedented analysis of wooden planks belonging to the only existing wreck of a Punic Ship kept in the Museum is presented.
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- 2021
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