Abstract
A large area on the northern slope of the Palatino is under excavation since autumn 1985 within the boundaries ofSacra Via to the North,Nova Via to the South,Atrium Vestae to the West and the Arch of Titus to che East; the sequence of human occupation in this residencial area, from medieval times down to the earliest phases of roman history, has been reconstructed. The main results obtained during excavations consist in the discovery of remains of large houses, facing theSacra Via and dating back to the 2nd half of the 6th century B.C. (599-550 B.C.). This paper reports the first collaboration work between the Physics Department of Rome University «La Sapienza» and the Archaeological Studies Department of Pisa University. For setting up the dating thermoluminescent system of the Physics Department, several samples from excavation have been studied by the quartz inclusion technique. The average TL age of the site gives a value of 603 B.C. with an error of ± 250 years. Since the archaeological age is in the range 630-580 B.C., the TL data are in good agreement with the historical values.
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Questo lavoro riferisce sui primi risultati della collaborazione tra il Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università di Roma «La Sapienza» ed il Dipartimento di Studi Archeologici dell’Università di Pisa ed in esso vengono confrontati i risultati ottenuti con metodi archeologici con quelli provenienti dalla datazione con il metodo della termoluminescenza di vari campioni provenienti dagli scavi. Per questa ricerca è stata usata la tecnica della inclusione di quarzo ed il risultato dà una stima dell’età dei campioni del 603 a.C. con un errore di ± 250 anni in buon accordo con la stima ottenuta con metodi archeologici che dà una età compresa tra il 630 ed il 580 a.C.
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Bacci, C., Bernardini, P., Furetta, C. et al. Thermoluminescence Dating of Archaeological Ancient Roman Potteries. Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei 2, 117–129 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03001416
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