A survey of the Late Roman period (3rd-6th century AD): Pollen, NPPs and seeds/fruits for reconstructing environmental and cultural changes after the floods in Northern Italy
A survey of the Late Roman period (3rd-6th century AD): Pollen, NPPs and seeds/fruits for reconstructing environmental and cultural changes after the floods in Northern Italy
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DOI：
10.1016/j.quaint.2018.02.002
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发表时间：
2019-01-02
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2.2
通讯作者：
Mercuri, A. M.
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作者：
Bosi, G.;Labate, D.;Mercuri, A. M.
在本文中，我们集中在最关键的，但研究较少的罗马晚期（公元3 - 6世纪）的穆蒂纳，一个重要的罗马殖民地位于北方意大利。在此期间，部分包括晚古董，季节变化与不稳定的降水可能是造成毁灭性的洪水事件。波河平原位于北方意大利的四个地区（皮埃蒙特、伦巴第、埃米利亚-罗马涅和韦内托），发生了一系列令人印象深刻的洪水事件，在罗马考古层之间以及完全沉积之后，形成了明显的、有时很厚的沉积层。该研究是综合考古植物学分析的一个重要例子，基于现代城市摩德纳内挖掘的五个考古遗址（现场记录），并为古环境重建进行了研究。在跨学科考古研究的框架内，对植物的微观和宏观遗骸进行了分析，旨在重建穆蒂纳及其周边地区的主要植物群、植被和古生态特征。自罗马时代早期以来，这里就有湿地和稀疏分散的混合橡树林，与人类环境，即谷物田和花园一起，成为该地区植物景观的特征。有趣的是，在罗马晚期，林地覆盖率增加了。总体而言，考古植物学研究强调了洪水对摩德纳市及其周边地区的影响，表明在公元世纪洪水之后，随后的洪水有利于湿地的扩张或扩展，并在后期发展了喜湿森林。(C)2018 Elsevier Ltd和INQUA。All rights reserved.
In this paper, we focus on the most critical but low-studied Late Roman phase (3rd-6th century AD) of Mutina, an important Roman colony situated in Northern Italy. During this period, partly including the Late Antique, the seasonal variability with inconstant precipitation might have been responsible for devastating flood events. In the Po Plain, lying on four regions of Northern Italy (Piedmont, Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna and Veneto), an impressive set of flood events occurred that resulted in evident, sometimes thick sediment strata, in between the Roman archaeological layers, and after their full deposition. The research is a key example of integrated archaeobotanical analyses based on five archeological sites (on-site records) excavated within the modern city of Modena and studied for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction. Plant micro- and macro-remains were analysed in the framework of interdisciplinary archaeological studies, aiming at reconstructing the main floristic, vegetational and palaeoecological features of Mutina and its surroundings.Since early phases of the Roman age, there have been wetlands and thinly scattered mixed oakwoods that together with human environments, i.e. cereal fields and gardens, characterised the plant landscape of the area. Interestingly, during the Late Roman period, the woodland cover increased. Overall, the archaeobotany studies highlighted the effects of the floods on the city of Modena and its surroundings showing that subsequent episodes of floods favoured the expansion or spreading of wetlands with the development of hygrophilous woods in the later phases, after the flood of the 6th century AD. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.