Analytical Methods for the Study Cultural Goods

The course aims to the presentation of the most important methods of chemical and chemical-physical analysis useful to characterize archaeological materials, from the point of view of the identification of the material themselves and of their degradation products, of the manufacturing technologies and of the provenance of the raw materials.

Students will acquire the basic principles for the application of the most common analytical methods to problems of specific archaeological interest. They will also be able to develop a strategy for the solution of an analytical problem related to archaeological materials, by addressing the proper laboratories and having the capability to interpret the information deriving from analytical data.