Staff Profiles

I am a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellow (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/895153) and I specialised in chemical (EMPA and LA-ICP-MS) and isotopic analysis (Sr, Nd, Pb) of ancient and historical glass. My research is mostly dedicated to the identification of glass compositions and their raw materials during the 1st millennium AD focusing in particular on Western European artefacts. I am also interested in identifying and isolating secondary glass-working processes, such as recycling and mixing of glass compositions.

My current project (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/895153) is focusing on developing a clear methodology to integrate the traditional approach to the study of glass artefacts (e.g. typological studies) with scientific analysis, historical sources, and data analysis (e.g. GIS and statistical analysis).

You can follow my progress (or my demise!) at my blog: https://camillabertini.wordpress.com/

• Bertini C, Henderson J, Chenery S. Seventh to eleventh century CE glass from Northern Italy: between continuity and innovation. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 2020, 12(6), 120.
• Bertini C, Henderson J, Gelichi S, Basso E, Riccardi MP, Ferri M. Technological transition in Early Medieval Northern Italy: preliminary data for Comacchio glass. In: Proceedings of the Annales du 20e Congrès AIHV. 2021, Fribourg, 7-11 September 2015: Verlag Marie Leidorf. In Preparation.