Science and Technologies for Sustainable Diagnostics of Cultural Heritage

Project director: prof. C. Lemorini, Sapienza University of Rome PNRR Project - Cross-disciplinary interpretation of data from novel diagnostics and definition of multi-method protocols for the study of Cultural Heritage LTFAPA is part…

African Middle Stone Age, Area of Gotera, Southern Ethiopia

Sites excavation director: E.E. Spinapolice, Department of Classics, Sapienza University of Rome LTFAPA project: use-wear and residues analyses of chipped stone tools of the Area of Gotera The area of Gotera, southern Ethiopia, is characterized…

Catalhoyuk

Neolithic levels, Turkey Site excavation director 1993-2018: prof. I.Hodder, Stanford University http://www.catalhoyuk.com Chipped stone tools use-wear analysis Çatalhöyük is a well-known site located in Central Anatolia that…

Other Metal Age lithic industries recently studied at LTFAPA

Torre della Chiesaccia, Casetta Mistici (Copper Age, Latium Italy) References Lemorini C. Caricola I., Nunziante Cesaro S. 2020 4.4. – Le punte foliate dai contesti funerari di Torre della Chiesaccia (Roma): analisi delle tracce d’uso…

Arslantepe

Chalcolithic-Bronze Age, Turkey Site excavation director: prof. F.Balossi-Restelli, Sapienza University of Rome Chipped stone tools and macro-lithic tools use-wear and residues analyses Moreover, LTFAPA is dealing also with the…

Other Paleolithic lithic industries recently studied or under study at LTFAPA

La Polledrara di Cecanibbio (Lower Paleolitich site, Italy) Chipped stone tools use-wear analysis References Santucci E., Marano F., Cerilli E., Fiore I., Lemorini C.,  Palombo M.R., Anzidei A.P.,  Bulgarelli G.M., (2016),…