Background on Cetamura del Chianti
INTRODUCTION: In the province of Sienna, Italy, Cetamura is the site of an archaeological dig that has been in progress since 1973. Currently being overseen by Professor Nancy de Grummond from Florida State University, Cetamura del Chianti employs archaeology students from the college to work at the dig site. Finds have ranged from ceramic vessels, roof tiles, to bronze objects. A particular point of interest at Cetamura is the location of a well, which had been used continuously by the location’s earliest settlers onwards. The earliest finds date from Archaic Etruscan through Early Roman, with a break during the 5th and 4th century B.C.E. There are also documents that indicate that the site was a used during the Medieval era. The responsibility for the conservation of the objects found at Cetamura is accomplished with the help of students from SACI, located in Florence, Italy and overseen by Professor Nora Marosi. In the fall of 2014, archaeology conservation students had the opportunity to work on several of the objects uncovered at Cetamura. The following report is the summary of that work.