Papers by Vincenzo Gheroldi
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
Reports is aimed at archaeologists and scientists engaged with the application of scientific tech... more Reports is aimed at archaeologists and scientists engaged with the application of scientific techniques and methodologies to all areas of archaeology. The journal focuses on the results of the application of scientific methods to archaeological problems and debates of wide interest. It provides a forum for reviews and scientific debate of issues in scientific archaeology and their impact in the wider subject. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports publishes papers of excellent archaeological science. Case studies, reviews, and short papers are welcomed where an established or new scientific technique sheds light on archaeological questions and debates. The research must be demonstrably contextualised within national and/or international contexts. The application of analytical techniques must be underpinned by clear archaeological or methodological research questions and set within established and/or developing research frameworks. Submission of papers focused around the analysis of single or small numbers/groups of objects is strongly discouraged, unless of exceptional quality and international significance. Datasets must be statistically robust.
Thanks to new material analysis and archaeological investigation, still in progress, the rural ch... more Thanks to new material analysis and archaeological investigation, still in progress, the rural church of S. Ambrogio alla Rienna in the countryside of Salerno (southern Italy) is revealing crucial information about cultural coexistence between Lombards and Franks. Its mid-ninth century mural paintings, whose quality is outstanding in the early medieval period, can be used as to highlight political and theological disputes, as well as ethnic identities, and economic and social dynamics of their period. In the eighth–ninth centuries the area was part of the Duchy then Principality of Benevento and Salerno. The church was at the centre of a network of landholdings belonging to the powerful monastery of S. Vincenzo al Volturno. What remains of the original painted programme suggests a wealthy patronage in close connection on the one hand with the culture of the Lombard courts and main monasteries, on the other with Carolingian politics in northern Lombardy.
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Papers by Vincenzo Gheroldi