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Massimiliano Ca loni
•Classical Philology in Pisa àDigi al
Humani ies
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Humani ies (ACDH) in Vienna
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in as uc u e p ojec ATRIUM
Ma ina T ogni z
•Compu a ional Linguis ics & Classical
A chaeology in Heidelbe g àDigi al
Humani ies
•2012-2017 a Ge man A chaeological Ins i u e
in Be lin, P ojec IANUS [IT-Emp ehlungen]
•Since 2017 a Aus ian Cen e o Digi al
Humani ies (ACDH) in Vienna [ARCHE]
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colou ed glass
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opaque glass
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olcanic ash
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alloy
billon
b ass
b onze
elec um
po in
s eel
whi e me al !
aluminium
coppe
gold
i on
lead
nickel
pla inum
sil e
in
i anium
zinc
zi conium
mine al
alabas e (gypsum)
aluminosilica e
ame hys
bio i e
calci e
calcium
calcium ca bona e
chlo i e
cinnaba (mine al)
diamond
dolomi e (mine al)
eldspa
g aphi e
gypsum
hema i e
i on oxide
lapis lazuli
magnesium
malachi e
mica
musco i e
onyx
po assium sul a e
qua z
qua z sand
se pen ine
silica
sodium chlo ide
sodium sul a e
u quoise (mine al)
mo a
cemen mo a
lime mo a
o e
o ganic
bone
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bone (human)
co al
dung
eggshell
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hemp
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shell
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skin
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human skin
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pa chmen
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co on
linen
silk
wool
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i o y
oo h (animal)
oo h (human)
wax
wood
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cinnaba (pigmen )
Egyp ian blue
plas e
plas ic (syn he ic)
es o a ion chemicals
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A aldi e 2020
Cosmoloid
Cyclododecane
Cyclododecane sp ay
EDTA
Klucel
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Pa aloid B48N
Pa aloid B72
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aga e
alabas e (calci e)
almandine
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andesi e
ano hosi e
apli e
basal
blues one
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calca eni e
ca nelian
chalcedony
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g eens one
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limes one
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ca a a ma ble
cel icum ma ble
chalcidic ma ble
claudianum ma ble
Dokimeion ma ble !
dolomi ic ma ble !
ephesian ma ble
hyme ian ma ble
lacedaemonian ma ble
lucullan ma ble
naxian ma ble
numidian ma ble
pa ian ma ble
pa onazze o ma ble
pen elic ma ble
p oconnesian ma ble
hasian ma ble
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py oxeni e
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sands one
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chlo i e schis
clay schis
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