Plant landscape and environmental changes recorded in marginal marine environments: The ancient Roman harbour of Portus (Rome, Italy)

Under the shadow of a big plane tree: WhyPlatanus orientalisshould be considered an archaeophyte in Italy

“…Mercuri et al 2002Mercuri et al , 2013. In particular, the Roman harbours of Rome and Pisa, investigated under the archaeobotanical point of view, did not provide any trace of Platanus (Mariotti Lippi et al 2007;Sadori et al 2010Sadori et al , 2014Pepe et al 2013;Goiran et al 2014).…”

Lateglacial–early Holocene vegetation history of the Tiber delta (Rome, Italy) under the influence of climate change and sea level rise

“…MD04-2797CQ (Desprat et al, 2013). b: Location of the records from Pesce Luna (PLU), Lingua d' Oca-Interporto (LOI;Di Rita et al, 2010); Portus (Pepe et al, 2013), Ostia S5 (Bellotti et al, 2011), Le Cerquete Fianello (Di Rita et al, 2012, PO1-PO2 (Goiran et al, 2014); 1. Fiumicino Airport, 2. coast line of the 1st century AD (from Tuccimei et al, 2007), 3.…”

“…1b), mainly focussing on the Holocene natural and cultural history of the Tiber delta area (Di Rita et al, 2010, 2012, and on the impact of human activities on the landscape in the Roman settlements of the Tiber mouth (Bellotti et al, 2011;Pepe et al, 2013;Goiran et al, 2014).…”

Palaeoenvironmental evolution of the ancient lagoon of Ostia Antica (Tiber delta, Italy)

“…The last lagoon sediments are characterised by a faunal assemblage similar (C. torosa dominant, P. turbida and punctual presence of L. rara, as well as the molluscs C. glaucum and H. ventrosa) to that which has persisted since Antiquity. It indicates the existence of a continuing connection with the sea, which could be linked to the occurrence of the salinity wedge in the groundwater (Pepe et al, 2013), and nothing shows that there was a decrease in the amounts of water. The sandy deposits of pozzolana, which came to fill the lagoon are angular and contain taxa that are typically marine (planktonic foraminifera) associated with a terrestrial gastropod, which appears to indicate that this last deposit is not natural.…”