Revisiting the compositional data. Some fundamental questions and new prospects in Archaeometry and Archaeology

In this paper we examine the problem of compositional data from a different starting point. Chemical compositional data, as used in provenance studies on archaeological materials, will be approached from the measurement theory. The results will show, in a very intuitive way that chemical data can only be treated by using the approach developed for compositional data. It will be shown that compositional data analysis is a particular case in projective geometry, when the projective coordinates are in the positive orthant, and they have the properties of logarithmic interval metrics. Moreover, it will be shown that this approach can be extended to a very large number of applications, including shape analysis. This will be exemplified with a case study in architecture of Early Christian churches dated back to the 5th-7th centuries AD

Finca-Museo agroindustrial San Julián : proyecto para la difusión y la conservación del patrimonio industrial de Guatemala

Disseny d'un espai multidisciplinar que permeti l'interpretació del Patrimoni Industrial i Cultural de la Finca agroindustrial de San Julián (Guatemala), amb l'objectiu de fomentar la difusió i la conservació del Patrimonio Industrial del país

Memòria d’una indústria desapareguda: la bòbila d’en Soler

En aquest estudi pretenc revalorar el patrimoni cultural, natural i industrial de Vilafant. Tot i que les directrius del meu treball, es centren de manera especial en el patrimoni industrial, ja que en aquests moments l’Ajuntament de Vilafant, té especial interès en potenciar l’estudi de l’activitat rajolera, que va assolir el seu màxim esplendor amb la construcció de la bòbila d’en Soler l’any 1880

Las Herramientas SIG Libre en la investigación histórica

On last years we have seen an increase on the use of GIS technologies as analysis tools on the field of historical research. The study of landscape, and how it has influenced the development of History is a focal point of research fields like archaeology and battlefield analysis, and we are seeing nowadays how its use is spreading. (...)

Nous processos i formes de creixement urbà: el cas del districte industrial de Montebelluna a Itàlia

This article analyses the spatial organization of Montebelluna's industrial district (Italy) as an exemple of the dinamics of urbanization phenomenon in small urban areas. The study is divided in two parts: in the first one I present the social organisation's model of production named «industrial district» and its relation with the space, which is characterizeded by the rising of diffused urbanization settlements; in the second part I try to verify some explanatory factors pointed out by different autors in this specific area with an historical analysis of processes point of view. The diffused organisation of economic and housing activity show a change in the urban morphology

De l'antiquarisme a l'arqueologia. La protecció del patrimoni històric i arqueològic a la província de Girona (1835-1876)

The first protective activities of historical and archaeological heritage in the province of Girona (Catalonia, Spain), although some earlier precedents, were produced from the third decade of the nineteenth century. These arose as a reaction to this terrible destruction suffered as a result of the introduction of the liberal state and the disappearance of several regular orders. Preservationists actions were carried out by some pseudo-public entities, which acted at the request of local authorities. These entities include the the Diputación Arqueológica, the Sociedad de Amigos del País and the Comisión de Monumentos. These corporations, with significant human and economic constraints, began activities as important as the beginning of the excavations of the site of Ampurias, the formation of a provincial museum in Girona and the restoration of the monastery of Ripoll.

Contribución al estudio de la extracción química del Fe3+ contaminante de la madera arqueológica subacuática impregnada con polietilenglicol

Due to the large quantity of contamination by Fe in the waterlogged wood and the composites previously processed with poliethilenglycol, PEG , we have thought the possible extraction and formation of complexes Fe-L (L= 2-Phosphonobuta-1,2,4- tricarboxylic acid, (PBTC)) and their effect on (i) structure of the wood, (ii) structure and physiques characteristics of PEG and (iii) post-treatment contamination by Fe coming from atmospheric agents. This work is a project for to study the formation of these complexes and possible modifications in structures.