Papers by Gabriele Scorrano
Lazio e Sabina 8 (2011), 2012
Il sito eneolitico di Pantano Borghese è caratterizzato da una complessa seriazione stratigrafica... more Il sito eneolitico di Pantano Borghese è caratterizzato da una complessa seriazione stratigrafica. Sono state individuate più fasi di frequentazione, impostate su distinti livelli di colluvio e contraddistinte da strutture abitative, aree di attività e di lavorazione, sepolture e fosse con deposizioni di animali.
Allo stato attuale dello studio, la maggior parte
dei materiali ceramici rinvenuti è inquadrabile nella facies di Laterza, anche se sono attestate limitate produzioni
attribuibili alla facies del Gaudo; una serie di
datazioni assolute, parte delle quali ancora in elaborazione,
confermano la frequentazione nell’Eneolitico
finale, in un periodo compreso tra il 2880-2570 e
il 2500-2270 BC. (cal. 2 sigma).
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Annals of Human Biology, 2010
The genetic variation in Italy is the result of ancient population movement, demographic change, ... more The genetic variation in Italy is the result of ancient population movement, demographic change, and geography. The increasing possibility of studying the maternal genetic structure of selected Italian population samples at a high level of phylogenetic resolution provides a particularly useful model to assess the presence of genetic traces of the ancient people who lived in Italy in pre-Roman times in present populations In this study we reconstructed the genetic maternal history of Jenne and Vallepietra, two mountain communities in the Aniene Valley in the Simbruini Mountains near Rome. Both communities have been spared external invasion due to their geographic location, which very likely preserved the genetic pool of these autochthonous populations. The study population (124 individuals from Jenne and Vallepietra) were investigated for D-loop mtDNA hypervariable segments I (HVS-I) and II (HVS-II) and for informative single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the coding region. The detected haplotypes were then compared with those of other Italian, European and Mediterranean populations. The distribution of mtDNA diversity in Jenne and Vallepietra, although similar to that found in other European populations, shows a basic variability and the typical signs of a certain degree of isolation between them and other populations analysed; in particular, the Vallepietra sample showed an unusually high frequency (71.3%) of mtDNA haplogroups which are typical of Near Eastern and South-Western Asian populations. The high degree of differentiation between the two villages is intriguing, since it suggests a low level of gene flow between them, despite their close geographic proximity and shared linguistic features. The degree of their genetic isolation, also in comparison to other Italian, European and Mediterranean populations, is consistent with isolation among geographically separated populations.
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Annals of Human Biology, 2010
The genetic variation in Italy is the result of ancient population movement, demographic change, ... more The genetic variation in Italy is the result of ancient population movement, demographic change, and geography. The increasing possibility of studying the maternal genetic structure of selected Italian population samples at a high level of phylogenetic resolution provides a particularly useful model to assess the presence of genetic traces of the ancient people who lived in Italy in pre-Roman times in present populations In this study we reconstructed the genetic maternal history of Jenne and Vallepietra, two mountain communities in the Aniene Valley in the Simbruini Mountains near Rome. Both communities have been spared external invasion due to their geographic location, which very likely preserved the genetic pool of these autochthonous populations. The study population (124 individuals from Jenne and Vallepietra) were investigated for D-loop mtDNA hypervariable segments I (HVS-I) and II (HVS-II) and for informative single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the coding region. The detected haplotypes were then compared with those of other Italian, European and Mediterranean populations. The distribution of mtDNA diversity in Jenne and Vallepietra, although similar to that found in other European populations, shows a basic variability and the typical signs of a certain degree of isolation between them and other populations analysed; in particular, the Vallepietra sample showed an unusually high frequency (71.3%) of mtDNA haplogroups which are typical of Near Eastern and South-Western Asian populations. The high degree of differentiation between the two villages is intriguing, since it suggests a low level of gene flow between them, despite their close geographic proximity and shared linguistic features. The degree of their genetic isolation, also in comparison to other Italian, European and Mediterranean populations, is consistent with isolation among geographically separated populations.
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Allo stato attuale dello studio, la maggior parte
dei materiali ceramici rinvenuti è inquadrabile nella facies di Laterza, anche se sono attestate limitate produzioni
attribuibili alla facies del Gaudo; una serie di
datazioni assolute, parte delle quali ancora in elaborazione,
confermano la frequentazione nell’Eneolitico
finale, in un periodo compreso tra il 2880-2570 e
il 2500-2270 BC. (cal. 2 sigma).
Allo stato attuale dello studio, la maggior parte
dei materiali ceramici rinvenuti è inquadrabile nella facies di Laterza, anche se sono attestate limitate produzioni
attribuibili alla facies del Gaudo; una serie di
datazioni assolute, parte delle quali ancora in elaborazione,
confermano la frequentazione nell’Eneolitico
finale, in un periodo compreso tra il 2880-2570 e
il 2500-2270 BC. (cal. 2 sigma).