Annarosa Mangone

• University of Bari Aldo Moro

This work considers a set of twenty-one glass beads/bead fragments found in two archaeological sites dating from the late 5th to the early 4th century BCE and located in the Khortytsia National Reserve in Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine). The beads have numerous analogues in the region, and some types have parallels in sites of different archaeological cultu...

This study analyzes a series of core-formed colored glass vessels from Olbia Pontica (Ukraine), dating from the 6th century BC to the 1st century AD. These are mainly containers for perfumes and ointments, such as amphoriskoi, oinochoai, and alabastra. The artifacts were preliminarily characterized using SEM-EDS analysis, revealing a soda-lime-sili...

This research focuses on analyzing wool samples dyed with synthetic dyes from the early 20th century. A methodology to identify and distinguish wool fibers dyed with azo, triphenylmethane, and xanthene dyes, which are no longer in use, using the ATR-FTIR spectra, is presented. Firstly, the dataset was subjected to PCA, which revealed the similariti...

A new occurrence of the Mn-Ba ore mineral, romanechite, has been discovered in a small paleo-doline of the Apulian karst on Mesozoic carbonate rock successions, characterized by reddish incrustations and nodules made essentially by Fe-bearing calcite. The conditions under which Mn-Ba ore minerals form represent an intriguing area of research, as th...

An assemblage of black-appearing glass objects (predominantly beads) that is dated to the 9th-7th centuries BCE and found in Iron Age contexts of Southern Etruria and Latium (central Italy) was analysed using portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry and micro-Raman spectroscopy. The analy...

The Iron Age was a period of change, with many innovations in the glass-making technology. The chemical composition of the set of objects considered in the present study demonstrates the diversity of the raw materials used and the depth of knowledge about the manipulation of glass appearance in the eighth-sixth centuries BCE. The study was carried...

The Bilsk archaeological complex comprises the remains of many structures associated with an impressive Iron Age fortified site and extends over a vast area in central-east Ukraine. Its importance is marked by the presence of apparently imported objects, including some vitreous ones (represented mainly by glass and faience beads), which provide res...

Sea-silk is made from the byssus threads of Pinna nobilis, an endemic species found in the Mediterranean. The fibers are carefully harvested by cutting them off the mussel, after which they undergo a series of processes including washing, drying, combing, and spinning. The end result is an exceptionally fine, distinctive, and highly valuable fabric...

Imaging studies by laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry have been successfully developed to obtain qualitative and quantitative information on the presence/distribution of titanium (ionic titanium and/or titanium dioxide nanoparticles) in sea bream tissues (kidney, liver, and muscle) after exposure assays with 45-nm citrate-c...

This study presents the petrographic and chemical characterization of the frescoes in the Church of San Panfilo in Tornimparte (AQ, Italy) by Saturnino Gatti, a prominent painter of the late 15th–early 16th century, known for his exquisite technique, composition, and use of color. The characterization of the frescoes is essential for understanding...

Several types of (mostly) blue-green glass beads from Iron-Age archaeological sites in Central Italy were studied using a range of spectroscopic techniques: portable X-Ray Fluorescence spectrometry, Fibre Optics Reflectance Spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy coupled with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry, micro-Raman spectroscopy and Las...

The blue color of glass and ceramic glazes produced in Apulia and Basilicata (Southern Italy) between the 13th and 14th centuries and connected to the Norman-Swabian Emperor Frederick II, has been, for a long time, under archaeometric investigation. On the one hand, it has usually been associated with lapis lazuli, due to the finding of the polysul...

The wall paintings of five Hellenistic tombs in Apulia were analysed using a multi-technique approach to discern the painting techniques used and contextualise them within the phenomenon of Hellenistic tomb painting in Southern Italy. In particular, the question was asked whether technical knowledge played a role in the reception of Hellenistic art...

Throughout the cold and the warm periods of 2020, chemical and toxicological characterization of the water-soluble fraction of size segregated particulate matter (PM) (<0.49, 0.49–0.95, 0.95–1.5, 1.5–3.0, 3.0–7.2 and >7.2 μm) was conducted in the urban agglomeration of Thessaloniki, northern Greece. Chemical analysis of the water-soluble PM fractio...

Airborne particulate matter (PM) is studied because of its effects on human health and climate change. PM long-term characterisation allows identifying trends and evaluating the outcomes of environmental protection policies. This work is aimed to study the inter-annual variability of PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations and chemical composition in an urba...

This work aims at studying the manufacturing and technology peculiarities of Apulian red figure (4th − 3rd century BCE) production from Arpi. In particular, the relationship between the red figure production from Arpi with coeval pottery of different classes retrieved in the same contexts in Arpi is investigated, as well as the connection between t...

Voltammetry of immobilized particles (VIMP) and scanning electrochemical miscroscopy (SECM) techniques are combined to study nanosamples from 60 Apulian red‐figured pottery objects from six Apulian archaeological sites (Altamura, Arpi, Conversano, Egnazia, Monte Sannace, Taranto) and three Attic samples from Pella. The VIMP signatures corresponding...

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) was applied to a set of microsamples of Apulian red‐figured pottery coming from the archaeological sites of Altamura, Arpi, Conversano, Monte Sannace, Taranto and Pella. EIS data using Fe (CN)63‐/Fe (CN)64‐ as a redox probe yields information on the roughness, porosity, shape and size distribution of inc...

Weakly magnetic hematite (α‐Fe2O3) nanoparticles were synthesized by heating an amorphous polymer supported iron(III) complex (Fe_POL) at 400 °C for 4 h in air. The growth of nanoparticles (NPs) was studied by PXRD, heating the polymer from 150 °C to 400 °C at 25 °C intervals, revealing that, at all temperatures, the only crystalline phase detected...

Haüyne mineral, belonging to sodalite group, characterizes two lithotypes of Mount Vulture area (Italy): phonolite of Toppo San Paolo and haüynophyre of Melfi. In the latter, haüyne phenocrysts can appear colourless‐white, grey‐to‐black or blue in colour. The blue colour of these crystals—sometimes in literature classified as lazurite—is known to b...

A gold nanostructured electrochemical sensor based on modified GC electrode for thiols' detection is described and characterized. This sensor is a suitable device for the measurement of the oxidative potential (OP) of the atmospheric particulate matter (PM), considered a global indicator of adverse health effects of PM, as an alternative to the cla...

Mussel-forming fibers manifest fascinating properties due to the numerous reactive functional groups present in their primary structure besides their secondary structures. Humans adopted these protein-based fibers to produce an extremely fine and valuable fabric, named byssus. Byssus is the bundle of filaments secreted by Pinna nobilis species empl...

In this paper, 4th century BC Apulian red vases, from sites among the most relevant in Apulia (Italy), are studied by means of Raman spectroscopy. The effectiveness of this technique in the archaeometric research is emphasized, particularly regarding the manufacturing procedures and raw materials of black and red surfaces. Scanning Electron Microsc...

A remarkable number of early 20th century azo synthetic textile dyes was characterized by Fiber Optics Reflectance Spectroscopy (FORS). Items are part of silk-cotton and wool-cotton blends pattern books of Leopold Cassella & Co., a leading firm at that time. Focusing on early dyes from this privileged point of view, meant for us providing our own s...

The Cover Feature shows the Apulian Red‐Figure Krater (laboratory of The Soprintendenza per i Beni Architettonici e per il Paesaggio for the Provinces of Barletta‐Andria‐Trani and Foggia, Italy, inv. number FG48524). Tomb ONC28 from Arpi (FG, Italy). The study of hematite‐catalyzed electrochemical processes permits to characterize the production fr...

The electrocatalytic capacity of hematite, an ubiquitous component of clay bodies, toward the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) can be used to acquire information on archaeological ceramics. The solid state voltammetric response of different hematite and ochre specimens, accompanied by SECM analysis in contact with...

Correlation of the scientific approach to the archaeological investigation and vice versa is considered, for at least the past 30 years, as the best strategy to answer questions in cultural heritage. Many archaeological queries have merged archaeological and scientific studies and have been carried out with a multidisciplinary approach that uses co...

Biological meshes improve the outcome of incisional hernia repairs in infected fields but often lead to recurrence after bridging techniques. Sixty male Wistar rats undergoing the excision of an abdominal wall portion and bridging mesh repair were randomised in two groups: Group A (N = 30) using the uncoated equine pericardium mesh; Group B (N = 30...

An analytical investigation performed on Southern Italy pottery highlighted the usefulness of Raman spectroscopy to give answers to archaeological questions. It can provide important information concerning the production technology and raw materials constituting the glassy coatings. Raman spectroscopy was supported by Scanning Electron Microscopy c...

Ceramics are among the most studied findings, one of the best markers for providing technological and functional information in archaeological contexts. Their chemical-mineralogical characterization allows to answer a large number of historical-archaeological questions about classification, provenance, production technologies, trade routes, economi...

One of the most interesting issues in the archeological fieldinvolves the identification of places where archeological finds wereproduced and the production technologies which were used tomake them. The answer to these questions can undoubtedly beprovided by a systematic archaeometric study, which by providingcompositional and structural informatio...

Super-deep diamonds and their mineral inclusions preserve very precious information about Earth’s deep mantle. In this study, we examined multiphase inclusions entrapped within a diamond from the Rio Vinte e um de Abril, São Luiz area (Juina, Brazil), using a combination of non-destructive methods. Micro-Computed X-ray Tomography (μ-CXRT) was used...

Scientific interest is focusing on different approaches for characterising organic carbon (OC), elemental carbon (EC) and equivalent black carbon (eBC), although EUSAAR2 protocol has been established and frequently used in EU for regulatory purposes. Discrepancies are observed due to thermal protocols used for OC/EC determinations and the effect of...

Ceramics are among the most studied findings, one of the best markers for providing technological and functional information in archaeological contexts. Their chemical-mineralogical characterization allows to answer a large number of historical-archaeological questions about classification, provenance, production technologies, trade routes, economi...

The ATP-Mg/phosphate carriers (APCs) modulate the intramitochondrial adenine nucleotide pool size. In this study the concentration-dependent effects of Mg(2+) and other divalent cations (Me(2+)) on the transport of [(3)H]ATP in liposomes reconstituted with purified human and Arabidopsis APCs (hAPCs and AtAPCs, respectively, including some lacking t...

A large sampling of Apulian red-figured pottery fragments (fifth to fourth century BC) coming from Taranto (Italy) was analyzed by a multi-technique approach. The ceramic bodies’ elemental composition has been obtained by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), the mineralogical composition of pastes by polarized-light optical and el...

Three classes of medieval lead-tin-glazed ceramics (protomajolica, transition enamel pottery and white enamel pottery), from the archaeological site of Castello del Monte in Montella (Avellino, southern Italy), were investigated. Inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), optical and scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X...

The development of antibacterial coatings is of great interest from both industry and the consumer's point of view. In this study, we characterized tanned leather and polyurethane leatherette, typically employed in the automotive and footwear industries, which were modified by photo-deposition of antibacterial silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). Material...

Silver nanophases are routinely used as bioactive additives in commercial products. Besides their antimicrobial activity, nanosafety issues regarding the application of (silver-based) nanoantimicrobials should be considered, as well. In this study, we modified polyurethane foams, typically employed in air filtration and stuffing, by photo-deposited...

In order to improve the dispersion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in aqueous media, their surface functionalization was carried out in O2-fed low-pressure plasmas. Differently from what can be found in the literature of this field, homogeneous functionalization was achieved by generating the plasma inside vials containing the nanotube po...

A collection of 18 intensely coloured and variously decorated Roman glass coming from Pompeii and preserved at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples were investigated. The objects analyzed embrace a wide colour palette and several molding and decoration techniques. The analytical strategy here pursued embedded the use of optical microscopy (...

Statistical techniques, when applied to data obtained by chemical investigations on ancient artworks, are usually expected to recognize groups of objects to classify the archeological finds, to attribute the provenance of items compared with earlier investigated ones, or to determine whether an archaelogical attribution is possible or not. The stat...

Pigments Checker is a collection of swatches of historical and modern pigments that offers art professionals, conservation scientists, conservators and fine art photographers, a tool to evaluate and test their imaging and spec-troscopic methodologies for pigment identification. " Pigments Checker Free Spectra Database " is an ongoing project to tho...

Apulian red figured pottery is part of the most recognizable and appreciated artworks of Italian cultural heritage. The initial objective of the research was checking the non-authenticity of some parts of two important Apulian red figured vases, stored in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples and subjected, through the ages, to several unrec...

We report the experimental results that refer to a Fourier transform Raman (FT-Raman) survey of thermally altered Baltic and Romanian amber and the related statistical interpretation of data using principal component analysis (PCA). Although FT-Raman spectra show several small changes in the characteristic features of the investigated amber samples...

Coal fly ash from an Italian coal-fired power plant, kaolinite from the Source Clay Repository of The Clay Minerals Society, and four derived mixtures were used to synthesize zeolite using hydrothermal treatment at 45 °C in distilled water after alkaline fusion. The results documented that geopolymers, A-type and X-type zeolites were formed in diff...

A multi-analytical approach was used to investigate Roman lead-glazed ceramic artefacts from archaeological excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum (Italy) aiming at defining the production technology of both glaze and ceramic body, by way of integrated investigations. The chemical, structural, and micro-morphological characterisations were performe...

A group of enamelled and gilded glass objects, coming from Melfi Castle (PZ - Italy) from an area dated to the period between the end of the 12th and the last quarter of the 13th century, offered the opportunity to closely investigate this technology with the aim of understanding the raw materials and the procedures employed to realize the objects...

Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy can provide a useful contribution in mineralogical field in which the quantitative chemical analyses (including the evaluation of light elements) can play a key role in the studies on the origin of the emeralds. In particular, the chemical analyses permit to determine those trace elements, known as fingerprints,...

Glazed pottery with "negative decoration" samples, dating back to the twelfth to thirteenth century uc(ad) and coming from three sites along the Adriatic coast, Siponto, Egnatia and Trani (Southern Italy) were characterized from physical-chemical, mineralogical and morphological points of view. Optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy with...

This study focuses on defining compositional and structural characteristics, identifying raw materials and production technology, and validating the archaeological hypothesis of a local production of thin-walled pottery (2(nd) cent. BC-3(rd) cent. AD) in the Vesuvian area. Samples investigated were analysed using OM, SEM-EDS, XRD and LA-ICPMS suppo...

The founding of lapis lazuli to give blue colour to glass and glazes is more and more coming out from the most recent studies of pottery and glassware of different epochs and provenances. The recent discovery in the south of Italy (Frederick II, Melfi castle) of enamelled glass pieces including blue enamels questioned the real nature of the blue co...

Organic functionalization of carbon nanotube sidewalls is a tool of primary importance in material science and nanotechnology, equally from a fundamental and an applicative point of view. In this paper, a mild and easily tunable approach to the sidewall decoration of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with epoxides and their subsequent derivat...

A modified version of the calibration-free (CF) method was applied to the analysis of a set of archaeological brooches made of various copper-based alloys and coming from the archaeological site of Egnatia (Apulia, Southern Italy). The developed methodology consists in determining the plasma temperature by reversing the set of equations employed in...

Increased need for non-destructive investigation methods in archaeology has become a major issue since sampling is in most cases restricted in view of the importance or uniqueness of the objects. For this reason, preliminary investigation using non-destructive techniques was performed on five samples of amber beads obtained from different excavatio...

Thin-walled pottery, a fine tableware, represents a widespread class in the Roman Mediterranean area between the 2 nd century BC and the 3 th century AD. Production marks are few, so production centres are usually hypothesized on the basis of quantity and homogeneity of the retrieved material from different archaeological sites, or comparing sample...

Richly decorated enamelled glass objects and fragments of different provenance and epoch have been analysed using mobile and fixed Raman instruments: some fragments of the outstanding Begram treasure (Mus´ee des arts asiatiques – Guimet, Paris) dated to the 1st century AD, mosque lamps and bottles of Syrian/Egyptian provenance dated to the 13th/14t...

Richly decorated enamelled glass objects and fragments of different provenance and epoch have been analysed using mobile and fixed Raman instruments: some fragments of the outstanding Begram treasure (Musée des arts asiatiques – Guimet, Paris) dated to the 1st century AD, mosque lamps and bottles of Syrian/Egyptian provenance dated to the 13th/14th...

Fibulae from the archaeological site of Egnatia were examined with the aim of identifying types of alloys, the processes employed for their manufacturing, and outlining the corrosion products. The results obtained, by identifying the raw materials and the technological solutions used allowed us to provide convincing answers to most of the archaeolo...

Late Apulian red figured pottery [1] from Egnatia (Fasano, Brindisi, Italy) was studied in order to widen the view on this ceramic class in Southern Italy. Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy (ICP-MS) provided the samples elemental composition that allowed to make provenance hypotheses. Optical Microscopy (OM) and Scanning Electron Microsc...

Fifty oil lamps from the catacombs of 'Ponte della Lama' (Canosa di Puglia, second to sixth centuries AD) were analysed to understand the correlations existing between types and fabrics and to determine their provenance. Petrographic and chemical analyses confirmed the archaeological hypothesis of local production of the oil lamps, using fluvial de...

see annexed file. Presented as POSTER into a Poster Session II as P. n. 149 , Mercoledì 19 settembre 14:30-16:00. Convegno: ANALITICA 2012: XXIII Congresso Nazionale della divisione di Chimica Analitica della S.C.I., 16-20 Settembre, 2012

The investigation was aimed at defining the compositional and structural characteristics of a group of monochrome blue faiences recovered in Pompeii to assess provenance on the basis of their technological features. Different complementary analytical techniques were used: Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) to investigate the morphological aspects o...

Samples of Gnathia pottery from Egnazia, one of the most important archaeological sites in Southern Italy (Cassano et al.2007), were examined with different complementary techniques. The conventional name of “Gnathia” pottery refers to the black gloss ware, typical of Hellenistic Age Apulian production, which had a wide circulation throughout the M...

Painted Canosa ceramics were examined to identify the nature of the pigments employed and their manufacturing technology. A multi-technique approach was used, comprising Raman microspectroscopy and laser ablation hyphenated to inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). The analysed samples were mainly produced for burial in tombs and...

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Biological agents play an important role in the deterioration of cultural heritage causing aesthetic, biogeophysical and biogeochemical damages. Conservation is based on the use of preventive and remedial methods. The former aims at inhibiting biological attack, and the latter aims at eradicating the biological agents responsible for biodeteriorati...

Samples of Mytilus galloprovincialis were examined to investigate the levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the Apulia's marine environment, a region in the South of Italy. The levels of nine PBDE congeners were measured in 40 mussel samples taken from the aquaculture farms in the South of Adriatic Sea and North Ionian Sea along the A...

Palladium nanoparticles have been electrochemically supported on zirconium oxide nanostructured powders and all the nanomaterials have been characterized by several analytical techniques. The Pd/ZrO2 nanocatalyst is demonstrated to be a very efficient catalyst in Heck, Ullmann, and Suzuki reactions of aryl halides in water. The catalyst efficiency...

Vitreous tesserae from two mosaics in Herculaneum (Italy) dating from the 1st century AD have been investigated in order to gather information on Imperial Age opaque glass. The combined use of complementary micro-destructive analytical techniques, namely optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersive spectrometry...

‘Gnathia’ pottery samples, dating back to the mid-fourth and third century BC, from the archaeological site of Egnazia (Fasano, Brindisi, Italy) have been characterised from the physical-chemical, mineralogical and morphological points of view. Optical and scanning electron microscopy, X-ray energy-dispersive spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction anal...

Analytical investigations using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), with Energy Dispersive Spectrometry (EDS), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) and High Resolution Magic Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (CP-MAS NMR), were carried out on white, yellow and red overpaintings on Apulian red-figured pottery fragments (4th...

A group of 51 shards of medieval polychrome glazed pottery, coming from Canosa castle archaeological site (Bari, Italy), has been investigated through surface analytical techniques, such as Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS) and elemental ones, such as Inductively Coupled Plasma–Optical Emission Spect...