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New Investigations at Aradetis Orgora, a Multiperiod Centre in the Shida Kartli Region in Georgia
No full textAradetis Orgora is one of the most important archaeological sites in the Shida Kartli region of Georgia. Its main mound, Dedoplis Gora, was occupied from the late prehistory to the Early Medieval period, but is especially famous for a palatial building of the Late Hellenistic/Early Roman period, which is in course of excavation since the late 1980ies. In 2013, the investigation of the Hellenistic palace was joined, in the framework of a joint Georgian-Italian project by the Georgian National Museum and Ca' Foscari University of Venice, by two stratigraphical soundings aiming at highlighting the pre-classical sequence of occupation at the site, which amounts to more than 10 meters. The results of the first two seasons confirm the importance of the settlement during the Kura-Araxes period and since the second half of the second throughout the first mill. BC (Late Bronze and the Iron Ages), and suggest more sporadic occupation in the later part of the Early Bronze (Early Kurgan period), followed by a possible hiatus during the first half of the second mill. BC. Very important discoveries were also made in the Late Hellenistic-Early Roman palace. Three more rooms of this monumental building were excavated; one of them revealed a fire altar, on which several bronze and silver figurines of Greco-Roman divinities were found. The finds of the new excavations are summarily presented as far as they contribute to the reconstruction of the history of the site, and the importance of the latter as a regional centre in the different periods is also discussed
Burial Customs between the Late Chalcolithic and the Early Bronze Age in the Shida Kartli Region of Georgia
No full textThe paper analyses the development of burial customs in the Shida Kartli region of Georgia from the Late Chalcolithic until the end of the Early Bronze Age, especially focusing on the Kura-Araxes culture and on the culture (Martqopi, Bedeni) of the following Early Kurgan period. It summarises available evidence in the light of a recent revision carried out in the framework of the “Georgian-Italian Shida Kartli Archaeological Project” and compares it with contemporary evidence from the neighbouring regions of the Southern Caucasus and of the Upper Turkish Euphrates region. Analogies and differences are highlighted and analysed, with a special attention to the diffusion of barrow graves (kurgans), in the general framework of diachronic developments in interregional relations in the 4th and 3rd millennium BC
Musica delle corti da Herat a Istanbul, Music of the Courts from Herat to Istanbul
No full textCuratela complessiva dell'intero doppio CD-book. Traduzione del singolo articolo di Kudsi Erguner "Da Herat a Istanbul: la musica come eredità immateriale". I testi cantati sono stati tradotti per la prima volta dal persiano da Stefano Pellò e dall'ottomano-turco da Giampiero Bellingeri.Editing of the entire double CD-book. Translation of the single article by Kudsi Erguner "From Herat to Istanbul: Music as Intangible Heritage". The texts sung were translated for the first time from Persian by Stefano Pellò and from Ottoman-Turkish by Giampiero Bellingeri
A dynamic perspective on destination governance success: The case of an emerging network in the Dolomites
No full textDevelopment and competitiveness of tourism destinations have been often associated by previous
literature to the effectiveness of destination governance. However, a thorough understanding of relevant
dimensions explaining destination governance success, both from theoretical and analytical
perspectives, is still lacking. With this paper the authors contribute to advancing the theory on
destination governance, particularly focusing on the issue of governance success from a dynamic
perspective. The theoretical and analytical framework proposed is based on the most recent
developments of network governance studies and proposes an investigation of micro-dynamics to
understand governance evolutionary paths towards successful or unsuccessful outcomes. The theoretical
and analytical framework is applied to the case of an emerging network of stakeholders of an Alpine
destination, the Comelico area. The analysis of the case, developed through an action research approach,
allowed to identify both static (commitment and competences) and dynamic (framing and mobilizing)
relevant dimensions in explaining successful or unsuccessful outcomes for emerging tourism
destinations
Iron phosphide nanocatalysts presenting different stoichiometry as catalysts in the HDO of phenol
No full textPredicting shifting sustainability trade-offs in marine finfish aquaculture under climate change
No full textDefining sustainability goals is a crucial but difficult task because it often involves the quantification of multiple interrelated and sometimes conflicting components. This complexity may be exacerbated by climate change, which will increase environmental vulnerability in aquaculture and potentially compromise the ability to meet the needs of a growing human population. Here, we developed an approach to inform sustainable aquaculture by quantifying spatio-temporal shifts in critical trade-offs between environmental costs and benefits using the time to reach the commercial size as a possible proxy of economic implications of aquaculture under climate change. Our results indicate that optimizing aquaculture practices by minimizing impact (this study considers as impact a benthic carbon deposition ≥ 1 g C m-2day-1) will become increasingly difficult under climate change. Moreover, an increasing temperature will produce a poleward shift in sustainability trade-offs. These findings suggest that future sustainable management strategies and plans will need to account for the effects of climate change across scales. Overall, our results highlight the importance of integrating environmental factors in order to sustainably manage critical natural resources under shifting climatic conditions
Habitat conservation in Italy: the state of the art in the light of the first European Red List of Terrestrial and Freshwater Habitats
No full textThe importance of taking into account ecosystems, plant communities and habitats for the development of biodiversity conservation strategies is increasingly acknowledged. Recently, the first ever European Red List of Habitats was produced, which provided an evaluation of the extinction risk of EUNIS-based natural and semi-natural habitats in Europe. As assessment unit, it used the habitat intended as a plant community, thus representing a landmark for the role of vegetation science in nature conservation. In the present paper, the results of the European Red List of Habitats are analyzed at the national scale with specific reference to the terrestrial and freshwater habitat types occurring in Italy. More than three-quarters of the assessed European habitat types were recognized for the Italian territory. The distribution of the threat categories reflects approximately the situation at the EU28 level. About 35% of the assessed habitat types are referred to a threat category; no critically endangered habitat is present in Italy. The most frequently used criteria are those related to a reduction in quantity. Some critical issues arising from the analyses are discussed. In particular, the presence of knowledge gaps is pointed out, with remarkable reference to the poor availability of spatial and quantitative data, severely affecting the application of the criteria adopted for the assessment. Descriptions of habitat types from Italy are reported, some of which are representative, emblematic or even exclusive to the Italian territory. The outcomes of the analysis represent the starting point for the future development of a national-scale Red List of Habitats. Results also emphasized how habitat types with a too broad definition pose a limit to a proper evaluation of the regional biogeographic variability, often very high in Italy, with local floristic and phytocoenotic peculiarities which do not find room in the adopted European typology. This is the reason why the development of national subtypes stands as a necessary step for the development of a realistic and effective assessment at the national scale
