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Human response to changing climate in Eastern Anatolia during the 3rd-4th millennium BC: the study of stable carbon isotope on plant remains at Arslantepe
No full textRicostruzione Paleoambientale del Sito Archeologico di Arslantepe (Anatolia Orientale) Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the archaeological site of Arslantepe (Eastern Anatolia)
No full textThe archaeobotanical remains, coming from the tell of Arslantepe (Eastern Anatolia), have been studied to reconstruct the vegetation history and the palaeoclimate features of the site. The anthracological investigation provided important changes along the five investigated periods. Both anthropological choices and environmental causes can be advocated to explain increase/decrease of key taxa. The stable carbon content of charred wood remains (juniper and deciduous oaks) and caryopses (barley and emmer) has been analysed for five different archaeological periods (3350-2000 BC) and for modern plants grown near the site.
The results show important similarities with the palaeoenvironmental records available for the Near East. The climate trend can be divided in three main aspects: an instability phase dated from ca. 3350 to 2900 BC; a phase of relative stability (up to 2350 BC); a driest phase during the last part of the 3rd millennium BC. The comparison of 13C values between fossil and modern plants show that the present climate is more arid than that registered between the end of the 4th and the 3rd millennium BC. Between 3000 and 2750 BC the results for caryopses clearly show a different hydric system, compatible with irrigation practises for emmer, if compared with barley
Nero’s fire (64 A.D.) in the frame of a European transnational exhibition on past plants (PaCE project)
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Archaeobotanical research at Arslantepe: traditional approach and new challenges
No full textThis article deals with past and current archaeobotanical research on plant macroremains recovered at Arslantepe by the archaeologists of the MAIAO (Missione Archeologica Italiana in Anatolia Orientale) from 1978 onwards. Archaeobotany plays a key role in the integration of archaeological disciplines, especially for complex sites such as Arslantepe. Palaeoenvironmental study provides added value to this because it enriches the information contained in the archaeobotanical data in many ways.
This paper aims to describe the state of the art on the knowledge of past agricultural systems and of the environment at Arslantepe for more than one millennium (3350-2000 BC), namely from the Late Chalcolithic 5 to the Early Bronze age III. A short outline of newly developed lines of research are also presented
Ricostruzione paleoambientale del sito archeologico di Arslantepe (Anatolia Orientale)
No full textThe archaeobotanical remains, coming from the tell of Arslantepe (Eastern Anatolia), have been studied to reconstruct the vegetation history and the palaeoclimate features of the site. The anthracological investigation provided important changes along the five investigated periods. Both anthropological choices and environmental causes can be advocated to explain increase/decrease of key taxa. The stable carbon content of charred wood remains (juniper and deciduous oaks) and caryopses (barley and emmer) has been analysed for five different archaeological periods (3350- 2000 BC) and for modern plants grown near the site.
The results show important similarities with the palaeoenvironmental records available for the Near East. The climate trend can be divided in three main aspects: an instability phase dated from ca. 3350 to 2900 BC; a phase of relative stability (up to 2350 BC); a driest phase during the last part of the 3rd millennium BC. The comparison of !13C values between fossil and modern plants show that the present climate is more arid than that registered between the end of the 4th and the 3rd millennium BC. Between 3000 and 2750 BC the results for caryopses clearly show a different hydric system, compatible with irrigation practises for emmer, if compared with barley
Il materiale archeobotanico
No full textIl lavoro presenta uno studio archeobotanico su tre campioni di legno carbonizzato provenienti dai depositi medio-repubblicani dello scavo del Palatino Nord-Orientale che sono stati analizzati presso il Laboratorio di Archeobotanica e Palinologia della Sapienza - Università di Roma con lo scopo di identificarne la specie ed avanzare ipotesi sul loro utilizzo. Due campioni sono composti da frammenti di legno carbonizzato raccolti nei grandi riporti di terreno effettuati all’interno delle Curiae Veteres, tra la fine del V/inizi del IV e la fine del IV/inizio del III secolo a.C., in connessione con importanti interventi edilizi. Le analisi hanno restituito l'identificazione delle specie arboree più diffuse nei depositi romani databili tra prima e media età repubblicana, anche in ragione del loro impiego nell’edilizia. Il terzo campione, composto da cinque frammenti di ramoscelli carbonizzati, è stato rinvenuto all’interno della Teca A del santuario della Velia ed è relativo ad una deposizione rituale effettuata nel III secolo a.C.; tale studio ha dato la possibilità di documentare, per la prima volta in ambito urbano, l’impiego di elementi della vegetazione in relazione a riti specifici, di cui forse rimane qualche traccia nelle fonti scritte
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