Analysis

The Troina Project has made use of many different scientific techniques. The links below show some of them in action.

Archaeological Geophysics

Archaeological Geophysics, primarily resistivity, have been used during the regional survey, and around the site of Casa Sollima.

Conservation

Ruth Scott of the British Museum is cleaning, conserving, and reconstructing pottery found during the excavations at Casa Sollima.

Ceramic Analysis

The analysis of the pottery is being undertaken by Caroline Malone.

Lithic Analysis

The lithics found during survey and excavation are being reported on by Paul Pettitt.

Faunal Remains Analysis

Analysis of the faunal remains is being carried out by André Corrado.

Soil Micromorphological Analysis

During excavations at Casa Sollima the Troina Project collected soil blocks for micromorphological analysis. This is being undertaken at the Charles McBurney Laboratory for Geoarchaeology at the University of Cambridge.

Optically-Stimulated Luminesence (OSL) dating of sediments and Thermo-luminesence (TL) dating of ceramics

Both OSL (for dating sediments) and TL were used during the 2000 excavation season. Richard Bailey from the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art visited site to take the necessary measurements and samples. You can read more about these techniques here.

Spatial Analysis

Spatial analysis of the results of the regional survey is being carried out in Cambridge by Gianna Ayala and Matthew Fitzjohn.

Genetics

The Molecular Genetics Laboratory of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research is conducting a project also sponsored by L'Oasi di Troina is looking at the distribution of genes in modern populations to help understand their past development.

Other Specialist Assistance

Back in Cambridge, Prof. David Abulafia of the Department of History, and Dr Paola Filippucci of the Department of Social Anthropology are providing advice on historical documents and social anthropology respectively.