Carbonates, Humans, Archaeology and Environment (18 September) - Programme

IUCr - CrysAC

Commission on Crystallography in Art and Cultural Heritage

Carbonates, Humans, Archaeology and Environment

Wednesday, 18th September, 2024 - Department of Geosciences (University of Padova)

via Gradenigo 6 - 35131, Padova - 1F Room


Chairs: Gilberto Artioli (CrysAC past-Chair), Elisabetta Boaretto (Weizmann Institute of Science)

Organizing Committee: Gregorio Dal Sasso (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche CNR-IGG), Yotam Asscher (University of Haifa), Lior Regev (Weizmann Institute of Science)

9.00 Opening

Steve Weiner (Weizmann Institute of Science)

9.00 - 9.40

Emma Cantisani (CNR - ISPC)

“Multi-analytic approach for evaluating the origin of calcite in ancient mortars”

10.00 - 10.30

Michael Toffolo (Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana CENIEH)

“Insights into the crystallinity of calcite based on Raman line widths”

10.10 - 10.50DISCUSSION + BREAK 
10.50 - 11.20

Mariaelena Fedi (LABEC - INFN Sezione di Firenze)

“Dating calcite from mortars: technical aspects when dealing with very small carbon samples”

11:20 - 11:50

Elisabetta Boaretto (Weizmann Institute of Science)

“Carbon isotopes in archaeological carbonate: do they contribute to understanding formation processes and diagenesis"

11.50 - 12.15DISCUSSION
12.15 - 13.30LUNCH