The incorporation of new technologies in archaeological studies allows us to offer a new vision of the past, discovering and generating data that draw a new dimension and compression of objects related to the ancient world, throwing us into a "MATRIX" universe where new codes need to be deciphered.
Objective: Learn what X-ray, RAMAN and Spectroradiometer analyses are used for when studying archaeological materials (ceramics, bone, stone, paint, metals, etc.). In a fun way, different samples will be prepared that will be measured, explaining how the tools used work and how the results obtained are interpreted.
The core idea of this outreach project is to bring equipment for analytics of ancient materials and to bring awareness of the concept of multidisciplinarity into high school and college classrooms. Our workshops can be adapted to students from Primary School 4th grade to Baccalaureate in Secondary school.
| Target audiencet: | ESO and Baccalaureate |
| Number of attendees: | It can be given to groups of between 20 and 40 people |
| Place: | At the educational center |
| Duration: | Between 1 and 2 hours |
Taught by Gianni Gallello, distinguished researcher in the Department of Prehistory, Archaeology and Ancient History of the University of Valencia, together with researchers from his group, laboratory technicians and other collaborators. PhD in 2014 from the University of Valencia, during the last ten years his research activity has focused on the chemical analysis of different archaeological materials. He has innovated new methodological approaches to overcome some of the most significant problems that the archaeological community has faced in the field of sunprints from ancient human activity, contamination of bone remains, origins of lithic materials, origins of raw materials in mortars, provenance of ceramics and identification of organic materials in ancient objects. Gianni has a background in analytical chemistry and a wide range of practical and analytical skills acquired working in the disciplines of Archaeology, Biology, Geology and Analytical Chemistry.
Gallello was a Marie Curie Research Fellow (2016-2018) at the University of York (UK) with the MATRIX project funded by the European Commission (Horizon 2020). In 2014, Gianni founded ArchaeChemis (www.uv.es/archaechemis) at the University of Valencia, designed as a chemical analysis unit for research and technology transfer aimed at both research groups and non-academic organisations dedicated to the study of the past.
Social networks
- @GianniGallello
- @ArchaeChemis
- @ArqueologiaUV
- @FacGeoiH
- @CdCienciaUV
- @MednightGTS
This activity has co-funding of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology and the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.
