VALORIZZARE,PRESERVAREE CONOSCERE MENTRE SI SCAVA.
TORCELLO 2012. IL PUNTO DI VISTADEGLI ARCHEOLOGI
Diego Calaon , Federica di Graci , Anita Granzo , Chiara Malaguti , Gaia Trombin , Diana Vidal1 2 3 4 5 6
1 IDEAS–DipartimentodiEconomia,CentroInterdipartimentaleperl'AnalisidelleInterazioniDinamichetra
Economia,AmbienteeSocietà-DipartimentodiEconomia,UniversitàCa’Foscari Venezia;RegioneVeneto,Unità
ComplessaProgettiStrategiciePoliticheComunitarie;calaon@unive.it
2 RegioneVeneto,UnitàComplessaProgettiStrategiciePoliticheComunitarie;kikisub@libero.it
3 RegioneVeneto,UnitàComplessaProgettiStrategiciePoliticheComunitarie;anita_granchietto@hotmail.it
4 RegioneVeneto,UnitàComplessaProgettiStrategiciePoliticheComunitarie;chiara.malaguti@tiscali.it
5 IDEAS–DipartimentodiEconomia,CentroInterdipartimentaleperl'AnalisidelleInterazioniDinamichetra
Economia,AmbienteeSocietà-DipartimentodiEconomia,UniversitàCa’Foscari Venezia;gaia.trombin@gmail.com
6 IDEAS–DipartimentodiEconomia,CentroInterdipartimentaleperl'AnalisidelleInterazioniDinamichetra
Economia,AmbienteeSocietà-DipartimentodiEconomia,UniversitàCa’Foscari Venezia;deavida15@live.it
Abstract
This paper discuss the Torcello 2012-2013 project, an archaeological pilot program sponsored by Veneto
Region Council and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. The main project’s goal was to set up a collaboration between
archaeologists and archaeometrists during the excavation’s phases. In a training long project, it has been tested how to
implementa“firstaid”protocolinordertokeepthemaximumoftheinformationanddatacontainedineachexcavated
artefact.
TheexcavationhasconcernedapartofthesettledareaofthelateantiqueandearlymiddleagesoftheTorcello
island.TorcelloisoneofthekeysitesinordertostudytheproblemoftheoriginofVenice,sothequestionslinkedwith
the chemical and physical characterization of the finds is very important to answer sensitive historical issues. The
contents and the origins of the amphorae, the quality of the artisanal productions, the degrees of the reuse of ancient
roman materials: these are some of the fields where the two groups of scholars have tried to work together, sharing
experienceandknow-how.
Themainresultoftheexperimenthasbeenrepresentedbythestatementofthe importancetoworktogetherin
thewholeproject.Thepresenceofthearchaeometristintheexcavation,aswellthepresenceofthearchaeologistduring
the laboratorial activities, represents the only way to achieve the maximisation of the results in the conservations
procedures.
KeyWords
Archaeologicalexcavation,Conservation,MethodsandPractices