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UNDERWATER FORENSIC ARCHAEOLOGY Principles, methods, contexts
Vol. 21 (2025)The work provides a comprehensive treatment of a specialized discipline devoted to the investigation of submerged forensic archaeological contexts.
By integrating underwater archaeology, forensic sciences, and technology, the volume places particular emphasis on the evidentiary value of data, the traceability of evidence, and strict adherence to scientific and legal procedures.
Following a theoretical framework of the discipline and its fields of application, the manual examines the nature of underwater forensic sites, highlighting the role of depositional context and environmental factors in the distribution and preservation of material remains. A substantial methodological section is devoted to the principles of traceability and evidentiary proof, site classification, and the analysis of depositional and post-depositional processes. Particular attention is given to the analysis of the physical and structural dynamics involved in the various modes of sinking of vessels and aircraft, which are fundamental to the forensic interpretation of submerged contexts. The handbook further illustrates the planning of forensic archaeological operations and dives, team organization, and the use of remote sensing instruments, alongside direct survey techniques, documentation, and controlled excavation.
The final sections address procedures for screening, conservation, and management of evidence, including guidelines for the recovery of biological materials and the chain of custody. The work is an essential methodological reference for underwater forensic investigations and presents two case studies from the Upper Adriatic Sea. -
MESO2025 11th International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe
No. Speciale (2025)This volume collects the sessions and abstracts presented at the MESO2025 conference together with the information of the event. In 2025, the conference has been held for the first in Italy, at University of Ferrara. The conference takes place every five years and brings together leading scholars involved in Mesolithic research in Europe.
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1st PhD Day Environmental Health Sciences PhD program - Abstract Book
No. Speciale (2024)The PhD program in Environmental and Health Sciences at the University of Ferrara aims to train young researchers in the field of human and environmental health protection within a comprehensive context, considering humans in their living environment according to the principles of the One Health approach.
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Submerged Landscapes around Ferrara (Italy): Underwater Archaeology between Quarries and Palaeochannels
Vol. 19 (2023)MONOGRAFIA
This work describes research into the discovery of ancient landscapes
that are now submerged beneath the artificial basins of some quarry lakes. Over the
last 30000 years, Pianura Padana land with its geomorphology and its rivers has been
subject to huge changes.
Evidence of landscapes that are presently submerged has been discovered thanks to
the activity of monitoring and surveillance archaeology.
Research and studies about underwater archeology of the inland waters in the
hydrographic district of Ferrara investigate a scientific reality, still little known to the
world of archaeology.
The study and monitoring of the artificial basins created during the excavation of
quarries for the extraction of sand in the Palaeochannels of the River Po, an
important economic sector at the regional and national level, involve underwater
archaeology experts in new challenges. Here, five case studies are presented
through satellite photographs, on-site documentation, examination of core samples,
underwater archaeology surveys, and remote sensing investigations.
These mining sites correspond respectively to the following lakes individuated by
new toponyms: Lago Quaternario, Lago di Casaglia, Lago Cantoniera Cavallara, Lago
Campanella, Lago Tramonto (prototype site of research and remote sensing).
Considering the data collected, environmental reconstructions of the flora and fauna
as well as man-made structures relating to the regulation of the ancient river Po are
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Bone, ivory and antler during the Bronze Age in Veneto between the Adige and Po rivers: production, techniques and uses
Vol. 17 No. 1 (2021)MONOGRAPHY
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Allevamento e caccia tra la media pianura veronese e il Polesine durante l'età del Bronzo
Vol. 16 (2020)MONOGRAFIA
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Vol. 12 No. 1 (2016)
ATTI DEL 7° CONVEGNO NAZIONALE DI ARCHEOZOOLOGIA
a cura di U. Thun Hohenstein, M. Cangemi, I. Fiore, J. De Grossi Mazzorin
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Vol. 11 No. 2 (2015)
ATTI DEL 7° CONVEGNO NAZIONALE DI ARCHEOZOOLOGIA
a cura di U. Thun Hohenstein, M. Cangemi, I. Fiore, J. De Grossi Mazzorin
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Naturalistica
Vol. 8 No. 3 (2012)7° CONVEGNO NAZIONALE DI ARCHEOZOOLOGIA
Ferrara, 22-23 Novembre 2012
Rovigo, 24 Novembre 2012
Abstract Book
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Naturalistica
Vol. 8 No. 2 (2012)MONOGRAFIA
L'INSEDIAMENTO MUSTERIANO DI GROTTA REALI
Rocchetta a Volturno, Molise, Italia
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Naturalistica
Vol. 8 No. 1 (2012)TEKNEHUB PER I BENI CULTURALI
Un laboratorio della rete
alta tecnologia Emilia Romagna
a servizio delle Imprese
a cura di
Marcello Balzani -
Volume Speciale
2012Isernia, 14-15 Ottobre 2010
Atti del Workshop
CONSERVATION, TOURISM AND RISK MANAGEMENT
A cura di Carlo Peretto
