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This is an informal workshop on wood and charcoal research and related matters in Italy. Anyone interested may attend (7th March, 2-7 pm) (no cost), but please RSVP for catering purposes. The workshop will conclude with an Association for Environmental Archaeology sponsored seminar by Dr Elda Russo Ermolli (University of Naples, Federico II): ‘From landscapes to local historical contexts: the potentiality of palynology as a palaeoenvironmental tool. Examples from Rome and elsewhere.’ Anyone interested in attending only the seminar, may do so, (commences 6pm).
Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica
Charcoal Kilns in the Northern Apennines (Italy): Forest Exploitation by Past Societies in Mountain AreasAnthracological analyses were carried out on charcoal platforms located in the Monte Cimone and Corno alle Scale mountain areas in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines (Northern Italy), at high altitude. Analyses of charcoal fragments contained in these man-made structures have allowed the reconstruction of human-forest relationships over the last centuries, in particular the exploitation of forests for charcoal production. Comparison of our anthracological results with ethnobotanical and historical-social information has made possible an improvement in our knowledge of this activity that was fundamental for the past mountain economy.
Quaternary International
The old charcoal kiln sites in Central Italian forest landscapesArchaeological and Anthropological Sciences
Timber economy in the Roman Age: charcoal data from the key site of Herculaneum (Naples, Italy)2016 •
The paper first reviews some theories about the mobility/sedentariness of Early Neolithic groups in relation to the spread of forests across Europe, then takes into account the data referring to human settlement in northern Italy. Using the available record of on-site charcoal analyses, some suggestions are put forward. First, charcoal diagrams, documenting the systematic use of riparian vegetation, show almost invariably that the first farmers used open areas, close to rivers. Second, there is no reason to assume that these open spots formed as a consequence of deliberate man-made clearings over a long timespan; they were pre-existent to settlement. Third, this would imply that early farmers tended to avoid movement through woodland.
Proceedings of the Fourth International Meeting of Anthracology
Decoding wood exploitation in archaeological sites in South-Eastern ItalyThe paper first reviews some theories about the mobility/sedentariness of Early Neolithic groups in relation to the spread of forests across Europe, then takes into account the data referring to human settlement in northern Italy. Using the available record of on-site charcoal analyses, some suggestions are put forward. First, charcoal diagrams, documenting the systematic use of riparian vegetation, show almost invariably that the first farmers used open areas, close to rivers. Second, there is no reason to assume that these open spots formed as a consequence of deliberate man-made clearings over a long timespan; they were pre-existent to settlement. Third, this would imply that early farmers tended to avoid movement through woodland.
Data Revues 00166995 00400002 06001240
Charcoal analysis, a method to study vegetation and climate of the Holocene: The case of Lago di Pergusa (Sicily, Italy)2008 •
International Meeting "Wood and Charcoal. Approaches from Archaeology, Archaeobotany, Ethnography and History" 15-16 april 2016 Braga (Portugal)
Radiocarbon 54/3-4, p. 701-714
Preliminary radiocarbon analyses of contemporaneous and archaeological wood from the Ansanto Valley (Southern Italy)2012 •
2023 •
This chapter concentrates on two urban case studies (Bologna and Milan), with some final remarks on a rural context, i.e., the Lombard Valleys in the province of Brescia. It describes the type of energy sources (signally faggots, wood and charcoal) employed for different aims in houses and in the manufacturing structures in the case studies selected. The authors decided to use the temperature averages because they certainly represent the main cause of wood consumption in urban homes. The main sources for reconstructing wood consumption and prices in eighteenth-century Bologna are represented by the account books of seven charitable institutions which annually recorded the amounts of various types of woods stored in their warehouses as well as their prices and their use. Even if there were some differences in the aims of these institutions and their social and economic relevance, the data recorded in their account books allow us to reconstruct the trend in wood consumption and prices.
Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Science and Biotechnology
Micropropagation of an Elite Line of Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora, Pennell, an Endangered High Valued Medicinal Plant of the Indo-China Himalayan Region2010 •
Carabaya. Legado cultural y natural
Panorama del arte rupestre de Usicayos, provincia de Carabaya, Puno2022 •
Language Awareness
The emergence of critical multilingual language awareness in teacher education: the role of experience and coursework2023 •
WASI. Revista de estudios sobre vivienda
Vivienda de Interés Social en el Centro Histórico de Lima. Análisis económico a partir de un caso de estudio2014 •
2024 •
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
El impacto de la Curación de Contenidos en la reputación corporativa2023 •
Effective communication in cross cultural communication
Beliefs, culture and traditions: Basic considerations for effective communication across cultures2024 •
Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
Use of low level laser in nociception control and improvement of the peripheral nerve repair processChemistry & Biodiversity
New Lipoxygenase-Inhibiting Constituents fromCalligonum polygonoides2007 •
2024 •
Сибирский лесной журнал
Water Migration of Macroelemenents in Coniferous Broad-Leaved Forests of Sikhote-Alin2017 •
Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science
Root respiration characteristics of flood-tolerant and intolerant tree species [Acer rubrum, Taxodium distichum, Acer saccharum]1980 •
Robyn J Veal