Archaeobotanical analysis of a Bronze Age well from Sardinia: A wealth of knowledge

Sabato, Diego; Masi, Alessia; Pepe, Caterina; Ucchesu, Mariano; Peña‐Chocarro, Leonor; Usai, Alessandro; Giachi, G.; Capretti, Chiara; Bacchetta, Gianluigi

doi:10.1080/11263504.2014.998313

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“…However, there is no information about the local forest dynamics in between these two phases, especially during the Eneolithic and Bronze Age. In western Sardinia, the available palynological records (Di Rita and Melis, 2013;Buosi et al, 2015) and palaeobotanical data (Bakels, 2002;Sabato et al, 2015;Ucchesu et al, 2015), considered altogether, indicate that during the Eneolithic and Bronze Age the impact of agricultural practices was directed towards an already semi-open landscape, and did not produce any further deforestation process (Di Rita and Melis, 2013). During the Eneolithic and Bronze Age, the pollen record from Mistras Lagoon, ca.…”

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“…In the Bronze Age village of Sa Osa, interesting aspects both of strong exploitation of local resources (river and sea fishing, farming of pigs and cattle, hunting deer) and specialized production (e.g., viticulture, pottery, industry of bone) were recently described (Usai et al, 2012;Sabato et al, 2015;Ucchesu et al, 2015). They indicate the strong man-environment interaction and the possibility of adaptation of the communities of the Bronze Age in critical climatic-environmental conditions, characterized by instability.…”

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Mid to late Holocene environmental changes along the coast of western Sardinia (Mediterranean Sea)

Melis

Depalmas

Rita

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Global and Planetary Change

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Multiproxy analysis composed of biostratigraphy and pollen analysis allowed reconstructing the palaeoecological and palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Tirso river coastal plain in Sardinia (NW Mediterranean) in the last 6 millennia. We demonstrated that interplay between littoral and fluvial processes have significantly controlled the environmental evolution of the area and have played a key role in the pattern of historical and prehistorical settlements of this wide portion of western Sardinian coastline. At the end of Neolithic period (ca. 6.0 to 5.5 cal. ka BP) the area close to the shoreline was most likely characterized by large coastal lagoons intermittently connected to the open sea. Such saltwater influence is corroborated by faunal and pollen assemblages found in the landward portion of the Tirso coastal plain up to 2 km inland from the modern shoreline. Our data robustly document the end of the transgressive trend at ca. 5.5 cal. ka BP, and a dominant fluvial sedimentation since Final Neolithic period. At this time, a progradational trend started, causing the seaward migration of shoreline and, consequently, of the barrier-lagoon system. The major landscape modification tracked along the last 6 millennia may also explain the low density of historical and prehistorical remains in the Tirso coastal plain, especially if compared to the nearby rocky area of Sinis Peninsula densely inhabited since the Neolithic. Our data further provide new insights into the Relative Sea Level (RSL) evolution in this sector of the Mediterranean. In particular, we improved the mid-Holocene RSL record in Sardinia, where only scarce data were previously available

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Section: Environmental Control On the Settlements Of The Tirso Coastamentioning

confidence: 99%

Mid to late Holocene environmental changes along the coast of western Sardinia (Mediterranean Sea)

Melis

Depalmas

Rita

et al. 2017

Global and Planetary Change

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“…Examples include interpretations of Early Neolithic (sixth millennium BC) coastal open-air sites (Lugliè et al 2012, Pittau et al 2012, palaeovegetation reconstructions from some Bronze Age sites (Buosi et al 2015, López et al 2005 and Phoenician sites (Acquaro et al 2001), a multidisciplinary approach (archaeological, palaeobotanical and geomorphological) to obtain information about the traditional use of seeds and fruits during Punic times and the vegetation of southern Sardinia and the ancient coastlines of the Santa Gilla Lagoon during Punic colonization (Buosi et al 2017), and the interpretation of burning rituals, with reconstruction of the vegetation of a cremation area in the Roman Imperial Age (third century AD; Buosi et al 2013). Changes in evergreen vegetation and the impact of human activity have been examined in central western (Di Rita & Melis 2013, Sabato et al 2015 and northern Sardinia (Beffa et al 2016).…”

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Past environments of Sardinian archaeological sites (Italy, West Mediterranean Sea), based on palynofacies characterization

Pittau

Buosi

Scanu

2018

Acta Palaeobotanica

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A study method based on characterization of palynofacies (organic matter, palynomorphs) preserved in sediments was applied to obtain information about past environments of Sardinian sites. Organic matter (OM) was classified in ten categories according to its biological source, ecological characteristics, morphology and preservation state. These categories included woody and non-woody particles (cuticles, amorphous organic matter), phytoclasts, spores and pollen grains, gelified particles, and altered phytoclasts that ranged from transparent to opaque fragments. Cluster analysis classified the samples into associations. Each cluster includes stations with a similar spatial distribution pattern. The characterization of the different types of OM was coupled with palyno-logical analyses to produce suggested hypotheses about past vegetation, human activity and land use in Sardinia.

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“…environmental changes from East to West Mediterranean (Marvelli et al 2013;Peñ a-Chocarro et al 2013;Kouli 2014;Masi et al 2014;Sabato et al 2014;Sadori et al 2013Sadori et al , 2014b. Our newly published data (this issue) and data collected in past years by several colleagues and ourselves indicate that there is a clear need to find the right way to integrate palaeoecological and neoecological data.…”

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Palaeoecology and long-term human impact in plant biology

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Marignani

Sadori

2015

Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all As

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Human impact is a collective concept that requires a holistic approach. Human needs eventually caused the development of cultural landscapes that are at the base of the current landscapes. The papers included in this special issue are evidence that cooperation between different disciplines helps to deepen the trend of environmental transformation from past to future. Palaeoecology studies ecosystems of the past and needs archaeology to deepen sociocultural intervention in environmental patterns. In a similar way, ecologists have to include the complexity of societies and economies into landscape ecology by adding principles of human ecology into sustainability science. A brief history of previous actions encouraging the integration of palynology, archaeobotany, archaeology, botany and ecology is reported. The application of integrated studies comes to a new point, the research on the Long-Term Human Impact

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Archaeobotanical analysis of a Bronze Age well from Sardinia: A wealth of knowledge

Cited by 41 publications

References 33 publications

Mid to late Holocene environmental changes along the coast of western Sardinia (Mediterranean Sea)

Mid to late Holocene environmental changes along the coast of western Sardinia (Mediterranean Sea)

Past environments of Sardinian archaeological sites (Italy, West Mediterranean Sea), based on palynofacies characterization

Palaeoecology and long-term human impact in plant biology

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