Stone artefacts and ceramics are being studied in order to trace their possible provenance and consequently, movements and trades of prehistoric groups.

List of selected papers about this theme

Bernardini F., Eichert D., Lenaz D., De Min A., Tuniz C., Velušček A., Montagnari Kokelj E. 2011 - Synchrotron FTIR Micro-Spectroscopy applied to the study of polished serpentinite artefacts: a non- destructive analytical approach. Archaeometry, 53, 753-764, DOI 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2010.00580.x. 

Bernardini F., Vinci G., Horvat J., De Min A., Forte E., Furlani S., Lenaz D., Pipan M., Zhao W.K., Sgambati A., Potleca M., Micheli R., Fragiacomo A., Tuniz C. 2015 – Early Roman military fortifications and the origin of Trieste (Italy). PNAS, 112, E1520-E1529, DOI 10.1073/pnas.1419175112.

Bernardini F., Sibilia E., Kasztovsky Zs., Boscutti F., De Min A., Lenaz D., Turco G., Micheli R., Tuniz C., Montagnari Kokelj M. 2018 – Evidence of open-air late prehistoric occupation in the Trieste area (north-eastern Italy): dating, 3D clay plaster characterization and obsidian provenancing. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 10, 1933-1943, DOI 10.1007/s12520-017-0504-7.

Bernardini F., De Min A., Lenaz D., Kasztovszky Z., Lughi V., Modesti V., Tuniz C., Tecchiati U. 2019 – Polished stone axes from Varna/Nössingbühel and Castelrotto/Grondlboden, South Tyrol (Italy). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 11, 1519-1531, DOI 10.1007/s12520-018-0612-z.

Bernardini F., Vinci G., Prokop D., Barro L., De Min A., Lenaz D., Princivalle F., Cocca E., Kasztovszky Zs., Szilágyi V., Harsányi I., Tuniz C., Cattani M. In press – A multi-analytical study of Bronze Age pottery from the UNESCO site of Al-Khutm (Bat, Oman). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences.