2025/01/01 by Roberto Ragno · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Arts and Humanities · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Archaeology #Archaeology and Historical Studies #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Balkan peninsula #Biology #Ecology #Geography #Peninsula #Water management and technologies
paper · pdf · doi:10.5334/joad.147
published in Journal of Open Archaeology Data 13 (Ubiquity Press)
openalex publication_date 2025/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01
This dataset contains raw counts of archaeobotanical (macro-)remains from archaeological sites located in mainland Italy, dating from the 1st century BCE to the 11th century CE. The 195 carpological assemblages have been collected from a variety of published sources and reports and have been stored in a database with the relevant contextual and geographical metadata. The collection focuses on 40 plant taxa that were most commonly represented across the reviewed archaeobotanical reports, prioritising species with clear associations with agricultural activities and subsistence practices. This data may be used for statistical assessment of spatial and temporal differences in dietary patterns, agrarian strategies and crop distribution in the Italian peninsula between the Roman imperial period and the early medieval age.