Girolamo Fiorentino
Biographic Data
| ID | 143039 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Girolamo Fiorentino |
| GIVEN NAMES | Girolamo |
| FAMILY NAME | Fiorentino |
| SIGNATURE | FIORENTINO G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Salento |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8480-891X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 154 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Morphometrics shed new light on the first archaeobotanical evidence for the cultivation and breeding of Vicia faba var. equina (horse bean) and var. major (broad bean) in medieval southern Italy
Signs of the sacred at the sanctuary of Gravisca, Italy
Archaeological campaigns carried out at the emporic sanctuary of Gravisca (Tarquinia, Italy) have revealed extraordinary evidence for ritual depositions and ceremonies linked to the divinities/guarantors of the sanctuary. The ritual of one such deposition was reconstructed using a multidisciplinary approach, comprising an in‐depth analysis of the stratigraphy and archaeobotanical and lipid biomolecular techniques. This approach helped to define t…
A medium‐throughput approach for improved taxonomic identification of lipids preserved in ancient pottery
Organic residue analysis (ORA) is a valuable tool for the study of ancient diets, but conventional methods remain limited in terms of taxonomic identification or to resolve mixtures. Here, we propose a method to further explore a class of compounds—triacylglycerols (TAGs)—using high‐resolution mass spectrometry to overcome these limitations in an attempt to better characterise culinary practices. Over 70 medieval Sicilian pots and a wide range of…
Introduction, spread and selective breeding of crops
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00334-024-00989-7
Holocene palaeoenvironmental and human settlement evolution in the southern margin of the Salpi lagoon, Tavoliere coastal plain (Apulia, Southern Italy)
Charring effects on stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values on C4 plants
Experimental studies demonstrated that charring affects stable isotope values of plant remains. Therefore, it is necessary to consider the impact of charring to reliably interpret δ13C and δ15N values in archaeobotanical remains before using this approach to reconstruct past water management, paleoclimatic changes, and infer paleodietary patterns. Research so far has focused mostly on C3 plants while the charring effect on C4 plants is less under…
Looking for the invisible
Blowin’ in the Wind
This study provides a critical and interdisciplinary review of the archaeological record of the Aeolian Islands (Italy), from their earliest settlement in the mid-sixth millennium BC (Middle Neolithic) to the establishment of trans-Mediterranean networks at the end of the second millennium BC (Final Bronze Age). We combine archaeological, archaeometric, bioarchaeological and environmental data to explore the interplay between different prehistori…
Recent attestations of “new” glume wheat in Turkey
Identification of the semideciduous and deciduous Oak species of the Salento Peninsula and their relevance to archaeological contexts
Inside sacrificial cakes
One Pot's tale
Δ13C referential in three Pinus species for a first archaeological application to Paleolithic contexts
Agrumed: Archaeology and history of citrus fruit in the Mediterranean
The book brings together 16 contributions on the ancient and recent history of citrus fruits. Although they represent the main fruit production on a worldwide scale, very little is known about their original domestication and routes of introduction into the Mediterranean and temperate Europe: few organic remains identified as citrus have been found on archaeological sites. Nevertheless, evidence has been retrieved for various periods in the form …
The limits and potential of paleogenomic techniques for reconstructing grapevine domestication
Stable isotopes in archaeobotanical research
Climate changes and human–environment interactions in the Apulia region of southeastern Italy during the Neolithic period
The objective of our research was to define the main human–environment interactions during the Neolithic period (6500–3700 bc) in the Apulia region of southeastern Italy based on available published and unpublished data. Knowledge of these interactions is crucial to understanding the cultural and social dynamics of the period, particularly concerning the earliest farmers. Using a multidisciplinary approach, paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatologi…
The introduction of Citrus to Italy, with reference to the identification problems of seed remains
Palaeovegetational reconstruction of the Krios valley, northern Achaea (Greece)
Since 2001 the Aegialia Survey Project (A.S.P.) has sought to reconstruct the dynamics of human occupation in Aegialia, northern Achaea (Greece). In doing so it has followed a multidisciplinary approach, with the involvement of various skills and institutions
Roads to recovery
The cumulative power of botanical and chemical analysis is demonstrated here by our authors, who succeed in opening a window on Europe's most obscure period, in the south as in the north, the time after the Roman and then the Byzantine empire lost its hold. The emphasis here is on the rise in production and trade of cash crops in the eighth century as detected by survey, pollen, charcoal and residues. Taken together, the new data show a community…
Climatic, vegetation and cultural change in the eastern Mediterranean during the mid-Holocene environmental transition
The eastern Mediterranean region witnessed changes in human culture of the highest importance between ~9000 and ~2500 cal. BP (7000—500 BC) and over the same time period was affected by very significant shifts in climate. Stable isotope data from lake and deep-sea sediment cores and from cave speleothems show an overall trend from a wetter to a drier climate during the mid Holocene. Superimposed on this trend were multicentennial oscillations in …
The palaeoenvironmental study of the Alimini Piccolo lake enables a reconstruction of Holocene sea-level changes in southeast Italy
Based on multiproxy investigations of a 250 cm long sediment core (ALI1), a reconstruction of palaeoenvironmental dynamics for the Alimini Piccolo lake (south Adriatic coast of Apulia, Italy), is proposed. Our results indicate that shortly before 5500 cal. yr BP a marsh environment established. From 5400 cal. BP the marsh progressively became a lagoon and did not change until 3320 cal. BP, when Alimini Piccolo evolved into a shallow, sheltered, f…
Integrated archaeobotanical research into vegetation management and land use in El Llano de la Horca (Santorcaz, Madrid, central Spain)
An Archaeobotanical and Experimental Approach to Identifying Successive Fire Events in Hearth Structures in the Sanctuary of Apollo in Hierapolis (Turkey)
We use anthracological and experimental approach for decoding fire refuses and thermal alterations of soil in an area of the Sanctuary of Apollo in Hierapolis (Turkey). Results obtained from experimental hearth structures show that the escharon is the result of a series of ground-level hearths, pit hearths and secondary ash deposits. Important ritual implications derive from the contextual identification of these fire events that shed new light o…
Une approche archéobotanique et expérimentale pour identifier des épisodes de feu successifs dans des structures foyères sur le sanctuaire d’apollon a Hierapolis (Turquie)
Nous utilisons une approche anthracologique et expérimentale pour décoder des restes de foyer et des altérations thermiques du sol dans un secteur du Sanctuaire d’Apollon à Hierapolis (Turquie). Les résultats obtenus à partir de structures foyères expérimentales montrent que l’escharon est le résultat d’une série de foyers à plat, de foyers en fosse et de dépôts secondaires de cendres. D’importantes implications rituelles dérivent de l’identifica…
Climatic, vegetation and cultural change in the eastern Mediterranean during the mid-Holocene environmental transition
The eastern Mediterranean region witnessed changes in human culture of the highest importance between ~9000 and ~2500 cal. BP (7000—500 BC) and over the same time period was affected by very significant shifts in climate. Stable isotope data from lake and deep-sea sediment cores and from cave speleothems show an overall trend from a wetter to a drier climate during the mid Holocene. Superimposed on this trend were multicentennial oscillations in …
Stable isotopes in archaeobotanical research
Climate changes and human–environment interactions in the Apulia region of southeastern Italy during the Neolithic period
The objective of our research was to define the main human–environment interactions during the Neolithic period (6500–3700 bc) in the Apulia region of southeastern Italy based on available published and unpublished data. Knowledge of these interactions is crucial to understanding the cultural and social dynamics of the period, particularly concerning the earliest farmers. Using a multidisciplinary approach, paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatologi…
The limits and potential of paleogenomic techniques for reconstructing grapevine domestication
Inside sacrificial cakes
Charring effects on stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values on C4 plants
Experimental studies demonstrated that charring affects stable isotope values of plant remains. Therefore, it is necessary to consider the impact of charring to reliably interpret δ13C and δ15N values in archaeobotanical remains before using this approach to reconstruct past water management, paleoclimatic changes, and infer paleodietary patterns. Research so far has focused mostly on C3 plants while the charring effect on C4 plants is less under…
The introduction of Citrus to Italy, with reference to the identification problems of seed remains
Blowin’ in the Wind
This study provides a critical and interdisciplinary review of the archaeological record of the Aeolian Islands (Italy), from their earliest settlement in the mid-sixth millennium BC (Middle Neolithic) to the establishment of trans-Mediterranean networks at the end of the second millennium BC (Final Bronze Age). We combine archaeological, archaeometric, bioarchaeological and environmental data to explore the interplay between different prehistori…
The palaeoenvironmental study of the Alimini Piccolo lake enables a reconstruction of Holocene sea-level changes in southeast Italy
Based on multiproxy investigations of a 250 cm long sediment core (ALI1), a reconstruction of palaeoenvironmental dynamics for the Alimini Piccolo lake (south Adriatic coast of Apulia, Italy), is proposed. Our results indicate that shortly before 5500 cal. yr BP a marsh environment established. From 5400 cal. BP the marsh progressively became a lagoon and did not change until 3320 cal. BP, when Alimini Piccolo evolved into a shallow, sheltered, f…
One Pot's tale
Signs of the sacred at the sanctuary of Gravisca, Italy
Archaeological campaigns carried out at the emporic sanctuary of Gravisca (Tarquinia, Italy) have revealed extraordinary evidence for ritual depositions and ceremonies linked to the divinities/guarantors of the sanctuary. The ritual of one such deposition was reconstructed using a multidisciplinary approach, comprising an in‐depth analysis of the stratigraphy and archaeobotanical and lipid biomolecular techniques. This approach helped to define t…
Introduction, spread and selective breeding of crops
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00334-024-00989-7
Recent attestations of “new” glume wheat in Turkey
Identification of the semideciduous and deciduous Oak species of the Salento Peninsula and their relevance to archaeological contexts
Integrated archaeobotanical research into vegetation management and land use in El Llano de la Horca (Santorcaz, Madrid, central Spain)
Historical biogeography of olive domestication ( Olea europaea L.) as revealed by geometrical morphometry applied to biological and archaeological material
Aim This study intends to improve our understanding of historical biogeography of olive domestication in the Mediterranean Basin, particularly in the north‐western area. Location Investigations were performed simultaneously on olive stones from extant wild populations, extant cultivated varieties from various Mediterranean countries, and archaeological assemblages of Spanish, French and Italian settlements. Methods A combination of morphometrics …
An Archaeobotanical and Experimental Approach to Identifying Successive Fire Events in Hearth Structures in the Sanctuary of Apollo in Hierapolis (Turkey)
We use anthracological and experimental approach for decoding fire refuses and thermal alterations of soil in an area of the Sanctuary of Apollo in Hierapolis (Turkey). Results obtained from experimental hearth structures show that the escharon is the result of a series of ground-level hearths, pit hearths and secondary ash deposits. Important ritual implications derive from the contextual identification of these fire events that shed new light o…
Une approche archéobotanique et expérimentale pour identifier des épisodes de feu successifs dans des structures foyères sur le sanctuaire d’apollon a Hierapolis (Turquie)
Nous utilisons une approche anthracologique et expérimentale pour décoder des restes de foyer et des altérations thermiques du sol dans un secteur du Sanctuaire d’Apollon à Hierapolis (Turquie). Les résultats obtenus à partir de structures foyères expérimentales montrent que l’escharon est le résultat d’une série de foyers à plat, de foyers en fosse et de dépôts secondaires de cendres. D’importantes implications rituelles dérivent de l’identifica…
Climatic, vegetation and cultural change in the eastern Mediterranean during the mid-Holocene environmental transition
The eastern Mediterranean region witnessed changes in human culture of the highest importance between ~9000 and ~2500 cal. BP (7000—500 BC) and over the same time period was affected by very significant shifts in climate. Stable isotope data from lake and deep-sea sediment cores and from cave speleothems show an overall trend from a wetter to a drier climate during the mid Holocene. Superimposed on this trend were multicentennial oscillations in …
The palaeoenvironmental study of the Alimini Piccolo lake enables a reconstruction of Holocene sea-level changes in southeast Italy
Based on multiproxy investigations of a 250 cm long sediment core (ALI1), a reconstruction of palaeoenvironmental dynamics for the Alimini Piccolo lake (south Adriatic coast of Apulia, Italy), is proposed. Our results indicate that shortly before 5500 cal. yr BP a marsh environment established. From 5400 cal. BP the marsh progressively became a lagoon and did not change until 3320 cal. BP, when Alimini Piccolo evolved into a shallow, sheltered, f…
Integrated archaeobotanical research into vegetation management and land use in El Llano de la Horca (Santorcaz, Madrid, central Spain)
Palaeovegetational reconstruction of the Krios valley, northern Achaea (Greece)
Since 2001 the Aegialia Survey Project (A.S.P.) has sought to reconstruct the dynamics of human occupation in Aegialia, northern Achaea (Greece). In doing so it has followed a multidisciplinary approach, with the involvement of various skills and institutions
Roads to recovery
The cumulative power of botanical and chemical analysis is demonstrated here by our authors, who succeed in opening a window on Europe's most obscure period, in the south as in the north, the time after the Roman and then the Byzantine empire lost its hold. The emphasis here is on the rise in production and trade of cash crops in the eighth century as detected by survey, pollen, charcoal and residues. Taken together, the new data show a community…
Climate changes and human–environment interactions in the Apulia region of southeastern Italy during the Neolithic period
The objective of our research was to define the main human–environment interactions during the Neolithic period (6500–3700 bc) in the Apulia region of southeastern Italy based on available published and unpublished data. Knowledge of these interactions is crucial to understanding the cultural and social dynamics of the period, particularly concerning the earliest farmers. Using a multidisciplinary approach, paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatologi…
The introduction of Citrus to Italy, with reference to the identification problems of seed remains
Stable isotopes in archaeobotanical research
The limits and potential of paleogenomic techniques for reconstructing grapevine domestication
Agrumed: Archaeology and history of citrus fruit in the Mediterranean
The book brings together 16 contributions on the ancient and recent history of citrus fruits. Although they represent the main fruit production on a worldwide scale, very little is known about their original domestication and routes of introduction into the Mediterranean and temperate Europe: few organic remains identified as citrus have been found on archaeological sites. Nevertheless, evidence has been retrieved for various periods in the form …
One Pot's tale
Δ13C referential in three Pinus species for a first archaeological application to Paleolithic contexts
Identification of the semideciduous and deciduous Oak species of the Salento Peninsula and their relevance to archaeological contexts
Inside sacrificial cakes
Recent attestations of “new” glume wheat in Turkey
Looking for the invisible
Blowin’ in the Wind
This study provides a critical and interdisciplinary review of the archaeological record of the Aeolian Islands (Italy), from their earliest settlement in the mid-sixth millennium BC (Middle Neolithic) to the establishment of trans-Mediterranean networks at the end of the second millennium BC (Final Bronze Age). We combine archaeological, archaeometric, bioarchaeological and environmental data to explore the interplay between different prehistori…
Holocene palaeoenvironmental and human settlement evolution in the southern margin of the Salpi lagoon, Tavoliere coastal plain (Apulia, Southern Italy)
Charring effects on stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values on C4 plants
Experimental studies demonstrated that charring affects stable isotope values of plant remains. Therefore, it is necessary to consider the impact of charring to reliably interpret δ13C and δ15N values in archaeobotanical remains before using this approach to reconstruct past water management, paleoclimatic changes, and infer paleodietary patterns. Research so far has focused mostly on C3 plants while the charring effect on C4 plants is less under…
Introduction, spread and selective breeding of crops
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00334-024-00989-7
Morphometrics shed new light on the first archaeobotanical evidence for the cultivation and breeding of Vicia faba var. equina (horse bean) and var. major (broad bean) in medieval southern Italy
Signs of the sacred at the sanctuary of Gravisca, Italy
Archaeological campaigns carried out at the emporic sanctuary of Gravisca (Tarquinia, Italy) have revealed extraordinary evidence for ritual depositions and ceremonies linked to the divinities/guarantors of the sanctuary. The ritual of one such deposition was reconstructed using a multidisciplinary approach, comprising an in‐depth analysis of the stratigraphy and archaeobotanical and lipid biomolecular techniques. This approach helped to define t…
Geography (21 works) · Archaeology (18 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 works) · Biology (15 works) · Ecology (12 works) · Geology (9 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (8 works) · Botany (8 works) · Mediterranean climate (8 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (7 works)