This lab has a digital 3D KH 7700 Hirox microscope which allows for detailed micro-morphological three-dimensional colour reliefs of surfaces, with the added bonus of linear and angular x, y, z measurements. The exchangeable lenses offer a magnification range from 20x to 7000x.
In the field of Prehistoric studies this instrument is adopted for analysis of the following: use-wear traces, stone and bone artistic engravings, anthropic and natural alterations on bone surfaces, dental wear traces. It is also used for identification of worked raw material residues on stone and bone artefacts.
For Archaeometry and Preservation, micro-morphometric analysis allows for registration, measurement and definition of micro-traces on tools for the manufacturing of stone surfaces, as well as different alteration typologies. It is also possible to observe and calibrate removal levels obtained in validation of restoration techniques.
This instrument serves for the authentication of objet d’art .
The following is a list of published results obtained thanks to the use of this lab
- Crezzini J. Boschin F., Boscato P.,Wierer U. 2014. Wild cats and cut marks: Exploitation of Felis silvestris in the Mesolithic of Galgenbühel/Dos de la Forca (South Tyrol, Italy) Quaternary International 330 (2014): pp. 52-60. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2013.12.056
- Boschin F., Crezzini J. 2012. Morphometrical Analysis on Cut Marks Using a 3D Digital Microscope International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 22: pp. 549–562. DOI: 10.1002/oa.1272
- Arrighi S., Borgia V., 2009. Surface Modifications of Flint Tools and Their Functional Meaning, in Materials and Manufacturing Processes 24, pp. 922-927
- Arrighi S., Cacciari I., Gabbrielli F., Giamello M., Mencaglia A., Siano S., 2012. I mattoni graffiati della Fonte Nuova, Siena. Analisi delle superfici, in Atti del VII Congresso Nazionale di Archeometria, Modena 22-24 febbraio 2012, Pàtron editore, Bologna, pp. 674-689
- Alberti F., Arrighi S., Borgia V., Capecchi G., Crezzini J., Dindelli S., Gennusa R., Guidi R., Laurenzi G.P., Moroni A., Piccolini G., Occhi S., 2013. Il popolamento durante l'età dei metalli, in Moroni A. (a cura di) Caprese prima di Michelangelo, Quaderni di Caprese Michelangelo, 13, pp. 28-53
- Ranaldo F., Arrighi S., Freguglia M., Boscato P., Ronchitelli A., La variabilità tecnica del Musteriano della Grotta di Sanata Croce (Bisceglie-BT), in Atti della XLVII Riunione Scientifica dell'Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria, Ostuni 9-13 ottobre 2012, in stampa
- De Angelis M.C., Arrighi S., Crezzini J., Moroni A., 2011. Materiali della media età del Bronzo da Santa Marinella (Spello-PG), in Bollettino di Archeologia on Line, Direzione Generale per le Antichità, 2/3, pp. 121-137.
