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MATRIX SIGNED

Anthropogenic units detected by rare earth elements (REE) soil analysis in archaeological strata.

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Project "MATRIX" data sheet

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Coordinator		 UNIVERSITY OF YORK 

Organization address
address: HESLINGTON
city: YORK NORTH YORKSHIRE
postcode: YO10 5DD
website: http://www.york.ac.uk

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 Coordinator Country United Kingdom [UK]
 Project website https://sites.google.com/view/archaechemis/homepage-en/projects/matrix
 Total cost 195˙454 €
 EC max contribution 195˙454 € (100%)
 Programme 1. H2020-EU.1.3.2. (Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility)
 Code Call H2020-MSCA-IF-2015
 Funding Scheme MSCA-IF-EF-ST
 Starting year 2016
 Duration (year-month-day) from 2016-06-01   to  2018-05-31

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1    UNIVERSITY OF YORK UK (YORK NORTH YORKSHIRE) coordinator 195˙454.00

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 Project objective

The aim of the innovative MATRIX project is to establish a new interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary methodological approach that combines archaeology, chemistry and geology for the identification of anthropogenic deposits in archaeological excavations through rare earth elements (REE) soil analysis, pushing current limitations of traditional chemical and sedimentology techniques. REE are a set of seventeen elements in the periodic table, specifically fifteen lanthanides as well as scandium and yttrium. Crucially, these elements are relatively abundant in the earth’s crust and thanks to their characteristics can be employed as unambiguous markers of soil provenance on archaeological sites worldwide. Many techniques may be able to reveal ancient human activities, however integrated approaches can be reinforced by the employment of REE patterns as proved by my previous and ongoing research; an approach that does not merely observe coarse differences between anthropogenic and non-anthropogenic sediments, but is also able to see finer nuances like the degree of human contributions to the formation of ancient soils (palaeosols), adding new ways to tackle a classic archaeological problem that has increasing modern relevance: how do we discern the impact of ancient human activities on the soils that are a pivotal component of environmental and economic sustainability. Agricultural human activities or livestock is reflected with higher REE concentrations compared with the natural REE soil level. Probably this is related to the enrichment in soil of the organic matter and this transformation remain fingerprinted in the REE concentrations at stratigraphic levels of any chronological period. In archaeological site or modern site were the presence of human activities has change the natural landscape REE method is an optimum skill to clarify the stratigraphic impact in the soil and as well the soil occupation and abandonment dynamics.

 Publications

year authors and title journal last update
List of publications.
2017 Gianni Gallello, Mirco Ramacciotti, Marco Lezzerini, Emilia Hernandez, Matias Calvo, Angel Morales, Agustin Pastor, Miguel de la Guardia
Indirect chronology method employing rare earth elements to identify Sagunto Castle mortar construction periods
published pages: 251-261, ISSN: 0026-265X, DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2017.02.009 		Microchemical Journal 132 2018-05-28
2017 Gianni Gallello, Joan Bernabeu, Agustin Diez, Pilar Escriba, Agustin Pastor, Marco Lezzerini, Mark E. Hodson, Daryl Stump
Rare Earth Elements analysis to identify anthropogenic signatures at Valle del Serpis (Spain) Neolithic settlements
published pages: , ISSN: , DOI: 		CSI XL PISA 2017, EMSLIBS 2017 2018-05-28
2018 M. Ramacciotti, S. Rubio, G. Gallello, M. Lezzerini, S. Columbu, E. Hernandez, A. Morales-Rubio, A. Pastor, M. de la Guardia
Chronological Classification of Ancient Mortars Employing Spectroscopy and Spectrometry Techniques: Sagunto (Valencia, Spain) Case
published pages: 1-10, ISSN: 2314-4920, DOI: 10.1155/2018/9736547 		Journal of Spectroscopy 2018 2019-04-18
2017 Ignasi Grau Mira, Gianni Gallello
Assessing the territorial influence of an Iberian worship site. The chemical characterisation of the terracotta from the Iron Age sanctuary of La Serreta
published pages: 142-150, ISSN: 2352-409X, DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.03.045 		Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 13 2019-04-18
2017 Gianni Gallello Maria De La Cruz Ferro Vazquez Carol Lang Senna Rose Thornton-Barnett Tabitha Kemunto Kabora Mark Edward Hodson Daryl Stump
Testing the capability of Rare Earth Elements to identify archaeological strata in an African site: The case of the terraced landscape at Konso, Ethiopia
published pages: , ISSN: , DOI: 		UK Archaeological Science Conference 5th - 8th April 2017 2018-05-28
2017 Mari Merce Cascant, Sonia Rubio, Gianni Gallello, Agust?n Pastor, Salvador Garrigues, Miguel de la Guardia
Prediction of alkaline earth elements in bone remains by near infrared spectroscopy
published pages: 428-434, ISSN: 0039-9140, DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2016.10.071 		Talanta 162 2018-05-28
2017 Mari Merce Cascant, Sonia Rubio, Gianni Gallello, Agustín Pastor, Salvador Garrigues, Miguel de la Guardia
Burned bones forensic investigations employing near infrared spectroscopy
published pages: 21-30, ISSN: 0924-2031, DOI: 10.1016/j.vibspec.2017.02.005 		Vibrational Spectroscopy 90 2018-05-28

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