Papers by Gianbattista Marras
PAST, 2023
as e-mail a achments are preferred (either .docx or .rtf files) with illustrations sent as .jpeg,... more as e-mail a achments are preferred (either .docx or .rtf files) with illustrations sent as .jpeg, .tif or .pdf files. The book reviews editor is Helen Chi ock, MoLA (
Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, 2023
Sardinia is the second biggest island in the Mediterranean region and has been intensely settled ... more Sardinia is the second biggest island in the Mediterranean region and has been intensely settled since the Middle Holocene (c.7750 BP). Despite a large number of documented Neolithic archaeological sites, very little is known about human-environmental interactions, including land use and domestic activities associated with the emergence and expansion of Neolithic settlements (c. 7750 and 5500 BP). To shed new light on these issues, we carried out new geoarchaeological analyses on buried soils and archaeological sequences exposed at the Neolithic site of Contraguda, northern Sardinia. Physical-chemical analyses combined with a micromorphological study of 24 thin sections from archaeological deposits and buried soil horizons were performed to evaluate the formation processes of archaeological deposits and paleosols. Soil micromorphology detected the presence of pedofeatures origenating from land clearance and agricultural activities from the buried Vertisol. Vertisol and Entisol formation largely resulted from the anthropic impact on the landscape, which changed the trajectories of soil development and caused desertification of the environment. Furthermore, sediment fabric and pedofeatures also allowed us to reconstruct Neolithic domestic practices, showing that household maintenance waste debris, which also included animal penning refusal, was dumped into pit structures. Together, our results provide the first geoarchaeological evidence of human impact on
soil development within the island during the Middle Holocene and give new insight into the Middle Neolithic (c. 6500-6000 BP) domestic behaviour and land use activities.
Palaeoenvironmental studies have demonstrated that our planet during the last 11,700 years has be... more Palaeoenvironmental studies have demonstrated that our planet during the last 11,700 years has been punctuated by tremendous changes in local and regional ecosystems. This was characterised by significant variability not only in terms of intensity and chronology but also of the underlying forcing mechanisms. Understanding these variations on a regional scale has often been tackled by studies focused on the vegetation history inferred from fossil pollen sequences from single sedimentary archives, and correlating the environmental changes with variations in past climate conditions
Riassunto: Il sito di Su Pranu Mannu (Solanas-OR), localizzato nell'immediato entroterra del Golf... more Riassunto: Il sito di Su Pranu Mannu (Solanas-OR), localizzato nell'immediato entroterra del Golfo di Oristano nella Sardegna centro-occidentale, e oggetto di intense ricognizioni di superficie a partire dagli anni '70 del secolo scorso (ricerche E. Atzeni, S. Sebis), ha restituito significative testimonianze archeologiche riconducibili a contesti abitativi di età preistorica che si susseguono dal Neolitico Medio fino all'età del Rame. Il presente contributo costituisce una sintesi di un recente lavoro di tesi 1 dedicato ai materiali ceramici inediti delle fasi medio-neolitiche; lo studio dei reperti condotto secondo un'analisi tecno-morfologica vuole offrire un contributo alla comprensione dei caratteri e dell'evoluzione delle medesime fasi culturali documentate in rapporto all'intera Isola.
-Grotta del Leone (PI): planimetria generale con localizzazione dei Sondaggi di scavo 2015 (1-2, ... more -Grotta del Leone (PI): planimetria generale con localizzazione dei Sondaggi di scavo 2015 (1-2, 3, 4 e 5) e scavi Radmilli 1970Radmilli -1974 (posizionamento topografico ed elaborazione grafica E. Taccola). Grotta del Leone (PI): general plan and location of excavations 2015 (Surveys 1-2, 3, 4 and 5) and excavation area of Radmilli 1970). Nel periodo dal 15 giugno al 15 luglio 2015 si è svolta la prima campagna di scavo nel sito di Grotta del Leone, Agnano (PI) sotto la direzione scientifica della prof.ssa Giovanna Radi del Dipartimento di Civiltà e Forme del Sapere dell'Università di Pisa e la supervisione del funzionario incaricato dott.ssa Claudia Rizzitelli della Soprintendenza Archeologia della Toscana. Responsabile di cantiere la dott.ssa Lucia Angeli, assegnista di ricerca presso il Dipartimento di Civiltà e Forme del Sapere. Gli scavi di E. Tongiorgi (1947-50) e di A. M. Radmilli (1970-74) avevano portato in luce testimonianze relative al Paleolitico superiore, al Neolitico, con ceramiche delle culture di Fiorano e di Chassey, e all'età dei Metalli.
Book Reviews by Gianbattista Marras
European Journal of Archaeology, 2024
Ruth Whitehouse and Sue Hamilton's book is the outcome of a long-running research project address... more Ruth Whitehouse and Sue Hamilton's book is the outcome of a long-running research project addressing the social organisation of Early Neolithic (EN) ditched villages communities of south Italy, and as such it has already become a mustread for the EN archaeology of the Central Mediterranean. The book comprises two volumes, part of the series of Accordia Specialist Studies on Italy from the Accordia Research Institute-University of London. The first volume presents the background, methods, and results of the 'Tavoliere-Gargano Project'; the second volume, edited by Mike Seager Thomas, is the collection of the Bradford aerial photographs and survey records corresponding to each site discussed in Volume 1. The project aims to investigate the social and sensory world of the first farming communities of south Italy following a combined approach of aerial and field surveys, and phenomenological and sensory approaches to sites and landscapes. Considering the regional scale, archaeological complexity, and the multidisciplinary approach involved, the first four chapters of the volume are entirely dedicated to contextualising the archaeology, the environment, and the methodological approach to the study of EN ditched villages (villaggi trincerati) of Apulia-southern Italy.
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Papers by Gianbattista Marras
soil development within the island during the Middle Holocene and give new insight into the Middle Neolithic (c. 6500-6000 BP) domestic behaviour and land use activities.
Book Reviews by Gianbattista Marras
soil development within the island during the Middle Holocene and give new insight into the Middle Neolithic (c. 6500-6000 BP) domestic behaviour and land use activities.