Archaeometric Characterization of Wall Paintings from Isera and Ventotene Roman Villas

Abstract

The authors present the first results of an archaeometric research project set up by the Rovereto Civic Museum Foundation in collaboration with MUSE–Trento Science Museum, aiming at analysing and comparing Roman plasters from different sites in order to highlight similarities and differences related to the preparation and realization of Roman wall renderings. The data concern the characterization of plaster samples from the Roman Villa of Isera and Ventotene (northern and central Italy) by means of a thin-section mineropetrographic examination under an optical microscope and a scanning electron microscope (SEM).

Keywords

• Isera
• Ventotene
• roman villas
• wall plaster
• pigments
• archaeometry