The archaeo-anthracological analyses carried out in nEU-Med project laboratory in collaboration with Laboratorio di Storia della Vegetazione e Anatomia del Legno (Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Università di Napoli Federico II) have been completed and involved a sample of over 4000 … Read More
The discovery of botanical macro-remains like cereals, legumes and fruits in a number of excavation areas at the site of Vetricella (Scarlino, GR), pointed out the presence of activities related to the storage and use of agricultural resources. The analysis … Read More
In collaboration with Vegetation Hystory and Wood Anatomy Lab (Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Università di Napoli Federico II), the archaeobotanists return to work and resume their activities focusing on charcoals discovered during the archaeological excavation at Vetricella (Scarlino,GR). Microscopic analysis … Read More
Wednesday October 4th members of the nEU-Med Team went on a geomorphological and archaeobotanic survey on the agricultural terracing of Castiglion Bernardi (Monterotondo Marittimo,GR) (Fig.1). With the aim to individuate the typologies of the different soils and the stratification of … Read More
The team of the Laboratory of Vegetation History and Wood Anatomy (Department of Agriculture Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”) is carrying out the first anthracological analyses, focusing on the archaeological and soil samples from the archaeological site of Cugnano and … Read More
In September and November 2015, the fieldwork research of the nEU-Med staff were mainly focused to the study of the paleostratigraphy of the river Pecora, not far from the site of Vetricella. As part of the geomorphological analysis, seven soil profiles were sampled in order to recover charred wood fragments and to start a preliminary anthracological analysis. Macroscopic soil charcoal content, derived from natural or anthropogenic fires, provides information (complementary to traditional pollen-based reconstructions) about the vegetation on the Pecora basin.
In March 2016…… Read More
