scholarly journals Methodological Approach to Reconstructing Lost Monuments from Archaeological Findings: The San Francesco di Castelletto Church in Genoa

Minerals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scrivano ◽  
Gaggero ◽  
Volpe
Keyword(s):  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Surface Analysis ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Petrographic Analysis ◽  
Stylistic Evolution ◽  
Size Function ◽  
Sample Set ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

Throughout history, natural hazards, wars, political changes and urban evolution have contributed to the obliteration of outstanding monuments. The study of their remains, frequently recovered as archaeological findings, can be the basis for a reconstruction of the lost structures, by way of their size, function, decoration and stylistic evolution. The present study developed a multidisciplinary approach to gather and interpret archaeological fragments and archive sources, in order to gain as much information as possible on “lost monuments”. The approach was tested with remnants (i.e., several hundreds of marble fragments found during archaeological excavations) of the monastic complex of San Francesco di Castelletto (Genoa), which was demolished after the Napoleonic suppressions. A preliminary organisation of the sample set was attained through cataloguing shape, size, and decoration. After this, a comparison with similar complexes still existing in Genoa allowed the inference of the age and specific ornamental functions for the majority of the pieces. Surface analysis, carried out in situ (portable microscope) and on micro‐samples (petrographic analysis and SEM‐EDS), allowed the characterisation of the materials (e.g., assessing marble provenance and identifying pigments). As a whole, the method evolved into an operational protocol, which helped both the organisation of the archaeological findings and the reconstruction of unknown phases of the lost monument.

scholarly journals Late neolithic pottery standardization: Application of statistical analyses

Starinar ◽  
2011 ◽  
pp. 81-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasna Vukovic
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Statistical Analyses ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Coefficients Of Variation ◽  
Archaeological Excavations ◽  
Neolithic Pottery

This paper defines the notion of standardization, presents the methodological approach to analysis, points to the problems and limitation arising in examination of materials from archaeological excavations, and presents the results of the analysis of coefficients of variation of metric parameters of the Late Neolithic vessels recovered at the sites of Vinca and Motel Slatina.

scholarly journals Genomic in situ Hybridization in Triticeae: A Methodological Approach

10.5772/52928 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Patussi ◽  
Santelmo Vasconcelos ◽  
Liane Balvedi Poersch ◽  
Ana Rafaela ◽  
Ana Christina
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Genomic In Situ Hybridization

scholarly journals In situ thermal characterization of existing buildings aiming at NZEB standard: A methodological approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 100008
Author(s):  
Luca Evangelisti ◽  
Claudia Guattari ◽  
Francesco Asdrubali ◽  
Roberto de Lieto Vollaro
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Thermal Characterization ◽  
Existing Buildings

scholarly journals “I Will Show You My Faith by My Works”: Addressing the Nexus between Philosophical Theodicy and Human Suffering and Loss in Contexts of ‘Natural’ Disaster

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 213
Author(s):  
Roger Philip Abbott
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Human Suffering ◽  
Middle Ground ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Catastrophic Earthquake ◽  
The Caribbean

As a practical theologian and researcher in the field of ‘natural’ disasters, as well as being a disaster responder chaplain, I am often confronted by, and have to confront, the nexus between theology/philosophy and “real life” in extremely traumatic contexts. The extreme suffering that is often the consequence of catastrophic natural disasters warrants solutions that can help vulnerable populations recover and adapt to live safely with natural hazards. For many practice-based responders, speculative theological/philosophical reflections around situations that are often human-caused seem predominantly vacuous exercises, potentially diverting attention away from the empiricism of causal human agency. In this article, I explore a middle ground involving a nuanced methodological approach to theodicy that is practical but no less intellectually demanding, that is theological more than philosophical, practical more than theoretical; a middle ground that also takes seriously the human culpability as causal for the human, and some would say the divine, suffering from disasters. I will include in this exploration my ethnographic fieldwork following the catastrophic earthquake to hit the Caribbean nation of Haiti in 2010.

scholarly journals The Importance of Complementary Information Provided by Surface Analysis, Electron Microscopy and in situ Characterization of Nanoparticles

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (S2) ◽  
pp. 408-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
DR Baer ◽  
JE Amonette ◽  
A Dohnalkova ◽  
MH Engelhard ◽  
S Kuchibhatla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Surface Analysis ◽  
In Situ Characterization ◽  
Complementary Information

Extended abstract of a paper presented at Microscopy and Microanalysis 2010 in Portland, Oregon, USA, August 1 – August 5, 2010.

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