Alessandra Varalli
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 103461 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Alessandra Varalli |
| NOMBRES | Alessandra |
| APELLIDO | Varalli |
| FIRMA | VARALLI A |
| AFILIACIONES | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5502-9204 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 47 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2016 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Origins and interactions of Neolithic populations from Liguria (NW Italy)
The Neolithic transition in Europe, marked by the shift from foraging to farming, has traditionally been explained through models of either cultural or demic diffusion. However, emerging evidence suggests more complex, regionally specific interactions between incoming farmers and local foragers. In Liguria, a coastal region in northwestern Italy, the Neolithic adoption appears later than in southern regions, and the scarcity of Mesolithic sites r…
Inequality and mobility
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Revealing Neolithic dietary patterns in Northeastern Italy
The Square Mouthed Pottery Culture (SMP) spread during the 5th millennium BCE, replacing the earliest Neolithic in northern Italy, from Liguria in the west to Friuli in the northeast. These Neolithic groups apparently adapted to a variety of environments, but although the diet of SMP communities has been investigated in Liguria and the Po plain, little is known about their subsistence and mobility in the eastern Alpine region. This study aims to …
Isotopic analysis of modern sorghum and finger millet from different altitudes in Ethiopia
C 4 crops such as sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor ) and finger millet ( Eleusine coracana ) have played a significant role in the economic livelihood in arid and semi-arid zones of tropical and sub-tropical Africa since prehistoric times. However, to date, our knowledge of their past management practices is limited. Stable isotope analysis of archaeobotanical remains has been recognized as a valuable tool for reconstructing past agricultural practices,…
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…
Insights into the frontier zone of Upper Seine Valley (France) during the Bronze Age through subsistence strategies and dietary patterns
The Upper Seine Valley sees during the Bronze Age an increase in settlements and cemeteries characterized by a variety of architectures and funerary practices. This variability originates from the coalescence of two cultural traditions, the Atlantic culture from the northwest and the Continental culture from the east, which find its roots in the Upper Rhine area. In this context, our research aims to understand the cultural identity of these comm…
"Move, Eat, Repeat" in the Upper Seine Valley (France) during the Bronze Age
The Upper Seine Valley sees during the Bronze Age (2100-900 cal.BC) a significant increase in settlements and necropolis characterized by a variety of architectures and funerary practices. The material culture indicates that this variability is due to a mixture of two cultural traditions linked to the Atlantic culture with influences from the British Isles and the Continental culture with influences from the east that find their roots in the Uppe…
Insights on patterns of developmental disturbances from the analysis of linear enamel hypoplasia in a Neolithic sample from Liguria (northwestern Italy)
Environmental correlates of growth patterns in Neolithic Liguria (northwestern Italy)
Multi-proxy stable isotope analyses of dentine microsections reveal diachronic changes in life history adaptations, mobility, and tuberculosis-induced wasting in prehistoric Liguria (Finale Ligure, It…
OBJECTIVE: To reconstruct breastfeeding and weaning practices, metabolic stress including tuberculosis-induced wasting, and residential mobility of children in Neolithic and Metal Ages to infer their local ecologies. MATERIALS: Seven permanent teeth from individuals dated to the Neolithic, Copper, Bronze, and Iron Ages buried in nearby caves in western Liguria, Italy. METHODS: Carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur stable isotope analyses on dentine micros…
Dating the funerary use of caves in Liguria (northwestern Italy) from the Neolithic to historic times
Inferences on Sicilian Mesolithic subsistence patterns from cross-sectional geometry and entheseal changes
New Insights into Activity-Related Functional Bone Adaptations and Alterations in Neolithic Liguria (Northwestern Italy)
This study offers a combined analysis of longbone mechanical properties (cross-sectional geometry, CSG), upper-limb enthesopathies (entheseal changes, ECs), and external auditory exostoses (EAEs) among Neolithic people from Liguria (Italy). Previous CSG studies have suggested a high degree of mobility in mountainous terrain and sexual dimorphism in the upper limbs, with males being more oriented toward unimanual activities and females performing …
The re-discovery of Arma dell’Aquila (Finale Ligure, Italy)
A combined analysis of dietary habits in the Bronze Age site of Ballabio (northern Italy)
Dietary continuity vs. discontinuity in Bronze Age Italy. The isotopic evidence from Arano di Cellore (Illasi, Verona, Italy)
Dietary Variability During Bronze Age in Central Italy
This research aims at delineating the dietary practices in Central Italy during the Bronze Age. The study of food choices is a mean for investigating palaeoenvironmental agricultural and economic activities and social relationships, which have been little explored until now in Italy from this specific perspective. Recent researches have showed that the Middle Bronze Age is a crucial period of dietary changes in Italy. Following these first observ…
Inferences on Sicilian Mesolithic subsistence patterns from cross-sectional geometry and entheseal changes
Dietary Variability During Bronze Age in Central Italy
This research aims at delineating the dietary practices in Central Italy during the Bronze Age. The study of food choices is a mean for investigating palaeoenvironmental agricultural and economic activities and social relationships, which have been little explored until now in Italy from this specific perspective. Recent researches have showed that the Middle Bronze Age is a crucial period of dietary changes in Italy. Following these first observ…
A combined analysis of dietary habits in the Bronze Age site of Ballabio (northern 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…
New Insights into Activity-Related Functional Bone Adaptations and Alterations in Neolithic Liguria (Northwestern Italy)
This study offers a combined analysis of longbone mechanical properties (cross-sectional geometry, CSG), upper-limb enthesopathies (entheseal changes, ECs), and external auditory exostoses (EAEs) among Neolithic people from Liguria (Italy). Previous CSG studies have suggested a high degree of mobility in mountainous terrain and sexual dimorphism in the upper limbs, with males being more oriented toward unimanual activities and females performing …
Insights into the frontier zone of Upper Seine Valley (France) during the Bronze Age through subsistence strategies and dietary patterns
The Upper Seine Valley sees during the Bronze Age an increase in settlements and cemeteries characterized by a variety of architectures and funerary practices. This variability originates from the coalescence of two cultural traditions, the Atlantic culture from the northwest and the Continental culture from the east, which find its roots in the Upper Rhine area. In this context, our research aims to understand the cultural identity of these comm…
Dietary continuity vs. discontinuity in Bronze Age Italy. The isotopic evidence from Arano di Cellore (Illasi, Verona, Italy)
Dietary Variability During Bronze Age in Central Italy
This research aims at delineating the dietary practices in Central Italy during the Bronze Age. The study of food choices is a mean for investigating palaeoenvironmental agricultural and economic activities and social relationships, which have been little explored until now in Italy from this specific perspective. Recent researches have showed that the Middle Bronze Age is a crucial period of dietary changes in Italy. Following these first observ…
The re-discovery of Arma dell’Aquila (Finale Ligure, Italy)
A combined analysis of dietary habits in the Bronze Age site of Ballabio (northern Italy)
Insights on patterns of developmental disturbances from the analysis of linear enamel hypoplasia in a Neolithic sample from Liguria (northwestern Italy)
Environmental correlates of growth patterns in Neolithic Liguria (northwestern Italy)
Multi-proxy stable isotope analyses of dentine microsections reveal diachronic changes in life history adaptations, mobility, and tuberculosis-induced wasting in prehistoric Liguria (Finale Ligure, It…
OBJECTIVE: To reconstruct breastfeeding and weaning practices, metabolic stress including tuberculosis-induced wasting, and residential mobility of children in Neolithic and Metal Ages to infer their local ecologies. MATERIALS: Seven permanent teeth from individuals dated to the Neolithic, Copper, Bronze, and Iron Ages buried in nearby caves in western Liguria, Italy. METHODS: Carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur stable isotope analyses on dentine micros…
Dating the funerary use of caves in Liguria (northwestern Italy) from the Neolithic to historic times
Inferences on Sicilian Mesolithic subsistence patterns from cross-sectional geometry and entheseal changes
New Insights into Activity-Related Functional Bone Adaptations and Alterations in Neolithic Liguria (Northwestern Italy)
This study offers a combined analysis of longbone mechanical properties (cross-sectional geometry, CSG), upper-limb enthesopathies (entheseal changes, ECs), and external auditory exostoses (EAEs) among Neolithic people from Liguria (Italy). Previous CSG studies have suggested a high degree of mobility in mountainous terrain and sexual dimorphism in the upper limbs, with males being more oriented toward unimanual activities and females performing …
"Move, Eat, Repeat" in the Upper Seine Valley (France) during the Bronze Age
The Upper Seine Valley sees during the Bronze Age (2100-900 cal.BC) a significant increase in settlements and necropolis characterized by a variety of architectures and funerary practices. The material culture indicates that this variability is due to a mixture of two cultural traditions linked to the Atlantic culture with influences from the British Isles and the Continental culture with influences from the east that find their roots in the Uppe…
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…
Insights into the frontier zone of Upper Seine Valley (France) during the Bronze Age through subsistence strategies and dietary patterns
The Upper Seine Valley sees during the Bronze Age an increase in settlements and cemeteries characterized by a variety of architectures and funerary practices. This variability originates from the coalescence of two cultural traditions, the Atlantic culture from the northwest and the Continental culture from the east, which find its roots in the Upper Rhine area. In this context, our research aims to understand the cultural identity of these comm…
Isotopic analysis of modern sorghum and finger millet from different altitudes in Ethiopia
C 4 crops such as sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor ) and finger millet ( Eleusine coracana ) have played a significant role in the economic livelihood in arid and semi-arid zones of tropical and sub-tropical Africa since prehistoric times. However, to date, our knowledge of their past management practices is limited. Stable isotope analysis of archaeobotanical remains has been recognized as a valuable tool for reconstructing past agricultural practices,…
Revealing Neolithic dietary patterns in Northeastern Italy
The Square Mouthed Pottery Culture (SMP) spread during the 5th millennium BCE, replacing the earliest Neolithic in northern Italy, from Liguria in the west to Friuli in the northeast. These Neolithic groups apparently adapted to a variety of environments, but although the diet of SMP communities has been investigated in Liguria and the Po plain, little is known about their subsistence and mobility in the eastern Alpine region. This study aims to …
Origins and interactions of Neolithic populations from Liguria (NW Italy)
The Neolithic transition in Europe, marked by the shift from foraging to farming, has traditionally been explained through models of either cultural or demic diffusion. However, emerging evidence suggests more complex, regionally specific interactions between incoming farmers and local foragers. In Liguria, a coastal region in northwestern Italy, the Neolithic adoption appears later than in southern regions, and the scarcity of Mesolithic sites r…
Inequality and mobility
Ce document a été généré automatiquement le 13 janvier 2026. Le texte seul est utilisable
Archaeology (14 obras) · Geography (14 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 obras) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (8 obras) · Biology (6 obras) · Bronze Age (6 obras) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (6 obras) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (6 obras) · Agriculture (5 obras) · Isotope Analysis in Ecology (5 obras)