Principal investigator:

Objectives:

Develop a detailed open access database on historic pigments that includes not only their historical information, but also a complete analytical characterisation using techniques of interest in heritage studies due to their innocuousness and portability, such as Raman spectroscopy, Infrared spectroscopy, X-ray fluorescence, Colorimetry, and hyperspectral cameras.

Expected results:

Multi-platform and open database of historical pigments of special relevance in the historical-archaeological heritage of Castilla y León.

Principal investigator:

Objectives:

To obtain the first detailed and statistically significant classification carried out in Spain in terms of the composition and internal structure of pre-Roman glass. The relationships obtained through these techniques and their association with the provenance, in terms of time, their typological systematisation, and their similarities with samples found in other sites in the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean, will improve the understanding of the Vaccean culture and, in particular, of its political and commercial relations with contemporary cultures, as well as enhance, preserve and facilitate accessibility through Information Technologies (ICT) to these archaeological assets.

Expected Results:

The first detailed database on pre-Roman glass in Spain and to develop a leading position in this field at national level.

Principal investigator:

Objectives:

To develop a new generation of functional foams, in which an engineered combination of a tuned porous structure, chemistry and the appropriate addition of active fillers allowed for efficient and selective removal of hazardous pollutants, such as nitrates or pesticides, from water.

Expected results:

Development of materials capable of removing pollutants such as nitrates and pesticides from water.

Principal investigator:

Objectives:

Develop a new generation of materials for the treatment and conservation of cultural heritage assets.

Expected results:

Improving the preservation of historical heritage through the development of a high performance product.

Principal investigators:

Objectives:

Provide an overview of the penetration of pre-Roman glass beads in the Iberian Peninsula and their potential workshops of origin, hoping to provide evidence of the commercial and political relations of the period and to answer questions about the possible Central European or even local origin of some samples. This project will also address for the first time the archaeometric study of a wide selection of glass core pendants recovered in the Peninsula, with the aim of deepening the knowledge of these ancient masterpieces.

Expected results:

The first global database on pre-Roman glass in Spain, its penetration routes, and to develop a leading position in this field at international level.