Donatella Magri
Biographic Data
| ID | 178584 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donatella Magri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donatella |
| FAMILY NAME | Magri |
| SIGNATURE | MAGRI D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sapienza University of Rome |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7254-593X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 199 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Sedimentological and biostratigraphic reconstruction of the Early Pleistocene San Giuliano Lake section (Matera, Southern Italy)
Environment and hunting territories for Late Neanderthals in central Italy
The Mousterian sequence of Grotta dei Santi (central Italy) is dated to MIS 3. • Palynological study of hyaena coprolites reconstruct the vegetation landscapes. • The Late Pleistocene vegetation in the Grotta dei Santi shows temperate climatic conditions. • The regional pollen comparison constrained the Neanderthal presence in the GI-12. • Neanderthals did not abandoned the cave and the surrounding area for environmental stress. The Italian penin…
Insights into agricultural practices at the Phoenician site of Castro Marim between 7th-5th century BCE
Castro Marim is an Iron Age site from the Algarve region, Portugal. The earliest evidence of settlement, from the Late Bronze Age, dates to the 9 th century BCE, with the Phoenician-Punic period dating from the 7 th to the 3 rd century BCE. This study focuses on the stable isotope analysis of plant and collagen of faunal remains to reconstruct cultivation and husbandry practices. Barley was the most abundantly cultivated cereal crop. The stable i…
Multidisciplinary study of the Lower Palaeolithic site of Cimitero di Atella (Basilicata), Italy
The colonial legacy of herbaria
An Environmental and Climate History of the Roman Expansion in Italy
A first synthesis of available data for the period of Rome's expansion in Italy (about 400-29 b.c.e.) shows the role of climate and environment in early Roman imperialism. Although global indices suggest a warmer phase with relatively few short-term climate events occuring around the same time as the expansion, local data emphasize the highly variable timing and expression of these trends. This variability casts doubt on ideas of a unitary, histo…
The paleoenvironment and depositional context of the Sumerian site of Abu Tbeirah (Nasiriyah, southern Mesopotamia, Iraq)
The Sumerian culture flourished within the Tigris and Euphrates rivers floodplains and along their deltaic systems, which ca. 6000 yr were located ~250–260 km inland from the present Persian Gulf. Here, large floodplains and marshes were crossed by an intricate network of channels where several human settlements developed. In this paper, we describe in detail the paleoenvironmental context where the site of Abu Tbeirah (third millennium BC) devel…
The 4.2 ka BP Event in the Mediterranean region
The Mediterranean region and the Levant have returned some of the clearest evidence of a climatically dry period occurring around 4200 years ago. However, some regional evidence is controversial and contradictory, and issues remain regarding timing, progression, and regional articulation of this event. In this paper, we review the evidence from selected proxies (sea-surface temperature, precipitation, and temperature reconstructed from pollen, δ1…
Tyrrhenian central Italy
This paper compares changes in vegetation structure and composition (using synthetic fossil pollen data) with proxy data for population levels (including settlements and radiocarbon dates) over the course of the last 10 millennia in Tyrrhenian central Italy. These data show generalised patterns of clearance of woodland in response both to early agriculturalists and urbanism, as well as the specific adoption of tree crops and variations in stock g…
Compositional turnover and variation in Eemian pollen sequences in Europe
Palaeoenvironmental and climatic inferences from the late early Pleistocene lacustrine deposits in the eastern Tiberino Basin (central Italy)
Within the Neogene-Quaternary evolution of the Mediterranean intermountain basins, the eastern Tiberino Basin provides new multifaceted chronological, biostratigraphic, palaeoecological, and palaeoenvironmental information, appreciably improving the knowledge of palaeoenvironmental and climate conditions during the middle-late Matuyama Chron (late early Pleistocene). Shallow to relatively deep lacustrine deposits and alluvial plain deposits, magn…
Sedimentology, faunal content and pollen record of Middle Pleistocene palustrine and lagoonal sediments from the Peri-Adriatic basin, Abruzzi, eastern central Italy
A 25 m-thick outcrop section exposed at Torre Mucchia, on the sea-cliff north of Ortona, eastern central Italy, comprises a rare Middle Pleistocene succession of shallow-water and paralic sediments along the western Adriatic Sea. An integrated study of the section, including facies and microfacies analyses, and characterization of paleobiological associations (mollusks, fishes, ostracods, foraminifers and pollen), enable a detailed reconstruction…
A Lateglacial and early Holocene pollen record from Valle di Castiglione (Rome)
Fauna and vegetation changes in the western Mediter-ranean regions during the Middle Pleistocene Revolution
Early to Middle Pleistocene dynamics of plant and mammal communities in South West Europe
The Tiber river delta plain (central Italy)
Geomorphologic, stratigraphic, faunistic, palynological and carbon isotope analyses were carried out in the area of the Tiber river mouth. The results depict a complex palaeoenvironmental evolution in the area of the Roman town of Ostia, ascertain the changes of the Tiber river delta over the last 6000 years and support a re-interpretation of some archaeologic issues. The wave-dominated Tiber delta evolved through three distinct phases. In the fi…
Millennial-scale variability during the last glacial in vegetation records from Europe
An Early Pleistocene interglacial record from an intermontane basin of central Italy (Scoppito, L'Aquila)
Persistence of tree taxa in Europe and Quaternary climate changes
The new chronology of the Ceprano calvarium (Italy)
Holocene drought, deforestation and evergreen vegetation development in the central Mediterranean
Pollen analysis from Lago Alimini Piccolo provides the first record of mid- and late-Holocene vegetation history of a coastal area in the easternmost region of southern Italy (Salento Peninsula). Terrestrial pollen taxa document expansions and declines of the Mediterranean forest, in relation to human activity and climate changes. Between 5200 and 4350 cal. BP a dense evergreen oak forest dominated the landscape; then a distinct opening of the fo…
A new scenario for the Quaternary history of European beech populations
Here, palaeobotanical and genetic data for common beech (Fagus sylvatica) in Europe are used to evaluate the genetic consequences of long-term survival in refuge areas and postglacial spread. Four large datasets are presented, including over 400 fossil-pollen sites, 80 plant-macrofossil sites, and 450 and 600 modern beech populations for chloroplast and nuclear markers, respectively. The largely complementary palaeobotanical and genetic data indi…
Genetic analysis of archaeological wood remains
Abstracts from the XVth Inqua Congress held in Durban, South Africa, 3–11 August 1999
Late Quaternary vegetation history at Lagaccione near Lago di Bolsena (central Italy)
The new chronology of the Ceprano calvarium (Italy)
Early to Middle Pleistocene dynamics of plant and mammal communities in South West Europe
Late Pleistocene and Holocene pollen stratigraphy at Lago di Vico, central Italy
The Tiber river delta plain (central Italy)
Geomorphologic, stratigraphic, faunistic, palynological and carbon isotope analyses were carried out in the area of the Tiber river mouth. The results depict a complex palaeoenvironmental evolution in the area of the Roman town of Ostia, ascertain the changes of the Tiber river delta over the last 6000 years and support a re-interpretation of some archaeologic issues. The wave-dominated Tiber delta evolved through three distinct phases. In the fi…
Tyrrhenian central Italy
This paper compares changes in vegetation structure and composition (using synthetic fossil pollen data) with proxy data for population levels (including settlements and radiocarbon dates) over the course of the last 10 millennia in Tyrrhenian central Italy. These data show generalised patterns of clearance of woodland in response both to early agriculturalists and urbanism, as well as the specific adoption of tree crops and variations in stock g…
Multidisciplinary study of the Lower Palaeolithic site of Cimitero di Atella (Basilicata), Italy
An Environmental and Climate History of the Roman Expansion in Italy
A first synthesis of available data for the period of Rome's expansion in Italy (about 400-29 b.c.e.) shows the role of climate and environment in early Roman imperialism. Although global indices suggest a warmer phase with relatively few short-term climate events occuring around the same time as the expansion, local data emphasize the highly variable timing and expression of these trends. This variability casts doubt on ideas of a unitary, histo…
Holocene drought, deforestation and evergreen vegetation development in the central Mediterranean
Pollen analysis from Lago Alimini Piccolo provides the first record of mid- and late-Holocene vegetation history of a coastal area in the easternmost region of southern Italy (Salento Peninsula). Terrestrial pollen taxa document expansions and declines of the Mediterranean forest, in relation to human activity and climate changes. Between 5200 and 4350 cal. BP a dense evergreen oak forest dominated the landscape; then a distinct opening of the fo…
The colonial legacy of herbaria
Compositional turnover and variation in Eemian pollen sequences in Europe
Environment and hunting territories for Late Neanderthals in central Italy
The Mousterian sequence of Grotta dei Santi (central Italy) is dated to MIS 3. • Palynological study of hyaena coprolites reconstruct the vegetation landscapes. • The Late Pleistocene vegetation in the Grotta dei Santi shows temperate climatic conditions. • The regional pollen comparison constrained the Neanderthal presence in the GI-12. • Neanderthals did not abandoned the cave and the surrounding area for environmental stress. The Italian penin…
Genetic analysis of archaeological wood remains
Some questions on the late-Holocene vegetation of Europe
Some examples of postglacial and modern European vegetation are presented as starting points for a discussion on the pattern and processes of the late-Holocene recession of forests. Predictive modern vegetation models are considered; they indicate that deciduous forest may not at present be the dominant vegetation type in northern Europe and in part of central Europe. A comparison of pollen diagrams at a supraregional scale shows that the beginni…
Pollen stratigraphical synthesis from Valle di Castiglione (Roma)
Some questions on the late-Holocene vegetation of Europe
Some examples of postglacial and modern European vegetation are presented as starting points for a discussion on the pattern and processes of the late-Holocene recession of forests. Predictive modern vegetation models are considered; they indicate that deciduous forest may not at present be the dominant vegetation type in northern Europe and in part of central Europe. A comparison of pollen diagrams at a supraregional scale shows that the beginni…
The Neolithic transition and Palaeoecology in the Balkans
In examining the Neolithic transition in the Balkans, Willis and Bennett ( 1994) suggest that the spread of agriculture and the timing of forest clearance were not coincident and that the impact of agriculture upon the landscape did not follow a time-transgressive spread. On the basis of a close correlation between the timing of deforestation and pre sent-day mean annual precipitation values in the Balkans, I suggest that the reduction of woodlan…
Late Quaternary vegetation history at Lagaccione near Lago di Bolsena (central Italy)
Late Pleistocene and Holocene pollen stratigraphy at Lago di Vico, central Italy
Abstracts from the XVth Inqua Congress held in Durban, South Africa, 3–11 August 1999
A new scenario for the Quaternary history of European beech populations
Here, palaeobotanical and genetic data for common beech (Fagus sylvatica) in Europe are used to evaluate the genetic consequences of long-term survival in refuge areas and postglacial spread. Four large datasets are presented, including over 400 fossil-pollen sites, 80 plant-macrofossil sites, and 450 and 600 modern beech populations for chloroplast and nuclear markers, respectively. The largely complementary palaeobotanical and genetic data indi…
Genetic analysis of archaeological wood remains
Holocene drought, deforestation and evergreen vegetation development in the central Mediterranean
Pollen analysis from Lago Alimini Piccolo provides the first record of mid- and late-Holocene vegetation history of a coastal area in the easternmost region of southern Italy (Salento Peninsula). Terrestrial pollen taxa document expansions and declines of the Mediterranean forest, in relation to human activity and climate changes. Between 5200 and 4350 cal. BP a dense evergreen oak forest dominated the landscape; then a distinct opening of the fo…
Millennial-scale variability during the last glacial in vegetation records from Europe
An Early Pleistocene interglacial record from an intermontane basin of central Italy (Scoppito, L'Aquila)
Persistence of tree taxa in Europe and Quaternary climate changes
The new chronology of the Ceprano calvarium (Italy)
The Tiber river delta plain (central Italy)
Geomorphologic, stratigraphic, faunistic, palynological and carbon isotope analyses were carried out in the area of the Tiber river mouth. The results depict a complex palaeoenvironmental evolution in the area of the Roman town of Ostia, ascertain the changes of the Tiber river delta over the last 6000 years and support a re-interpretation of some archaeologic issues. The wave-dominated Tiber delta evolved through three distinct phases. In the fi…
Fauna and vegetation changes in the western Mediter-ranean regions during the Middle Pleistocene Revolution
Early to Middle Pleistocene dynamics of plant and mammal communities in South West Europe
A Lateglacial and early Holocene pollen record from Valle di Castiglione (Rome)
Sedimentology, faunal content and pollen record of Middle Pleistocene palustrine and lagoonal sediments from the Peri-Adriatic basin, Abruzzi, eastern central Italy
A 25 m-thick outcrop section exposed at Torre Mucchia, on the sea-cliff north of Ortona, eastern central Italy, comprises a rare Middle Pleistocene succession of shallow-water and paralic sediments along the western Adriatic Sea. An integrated study of the section, including facies and microfacies analyses, and characterization of paleobiological associations (mollusks, fishes, ostracods, foraminifers and pollen), enable a detailed reconstruction…
Palaeoenvironmental and climatic inferences from the late early Pleistocene lacustrine deposits in the eastern Tiberino Basin (central Italy)
Within the Neogene-Quaternary evolution of the Mediterranean intermountain basins, the eastern Tiberino Basin provides new multifaceted chronological, biostratigraphic, palaeoecological, and palaeoenvironmental information, appreciably improving the knowledge of palaeoenvironmental and climate conditions during the middle-late Matuyama Chron (late early Pleistocene). Shallow to relatively deep lacustrine deposits and alluvial plain deposits, magn…
The 4.2 ka BP Event in the Mediterranean region
The Mediterranean region and the Levant have returned some of the clearest evidence of a climatically dry period occurring around 4200 years ago. However, some regional evidence is controversial and contradictory, and issues remain regarding timing, progression, and regional articulation of this event. In this paper, we review the evidence from selected proxies (sea-surface temperature, precipitation, and temperature reconstructed from pollen, δ1…
Tyrrhenian central Italy
This paper compares changes in vegetation structure and composition (using synthetic fossil pollen data) with proxy data for population levels (including settlements and radiocarbon dates) over the course of the last 10 millennia in Tyrrhenian central Italy. These data show generalised patterns of clearance of woodland in response both to early agriculturalists and urbanism, as well as the specific adoption of tree crops and variations in stock g…
Compositional turnover and variation in Eemian pollen sequences in Europe
The paleoenvironment and depositional context of the Sumerian site of Abu Tbeirah (Nasiriyah, southern Mesopotamia, Iraq)
The Sumerian culture flourished within the Tigris and Euphrates rivers floodplains and along their deltaic systems, which ca. 6000 yr were located ~250–260 km inland from the present Persian Gulf. Here, large floodplains and marshes were crossed by an intricate network of channels where several human settlements developed. In this paper, we describe in detail the paleoenvironmental context where the site of Abu Tbeirah (third millennium BC) devel…
Multidisciplinary study of the Lower Palaeolithic site of Cimitero di Atella (Basilicata), Italy
The colonial legacy of herbaria
Geography (28 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (20 works) · Archaeology (18 works) · Ecology (17 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 works) · Physical geography (15 works) · Geology (14 works) · Paleontology (14 works) · Biology (13 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (13 works)