Palynology of Gardens and Archaeobotany for the Environmental Reconstruction of the Charterhouse of Calci-Pisa in Tuscany (Central Italy)

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ID15801812
AutoresGabriele Gattiglia (0000-0002-4245-8939, University of Pisa), Eleonora Rattighieri (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia), Eleonora Clò (0000-0002-1831-3908, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, autor de correspondencia), Francesca Anichini (0000-0003-3813-9502, University of Pisa), Antonio Campus (0000-0001-9688-0206, University of Pisa), Marta Rossi (0000-0001-9287-8109, University of Siena), Mauro Paolo Buonincontri (0000-0003-4751-460X, University of Siena), Mauro Buonincontri (University of Siena), Anna Maria Mercuri (0000-0001-6138-4165, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)
Año2023
Volumen6
Número3
Páginas45-45
Fecha de publicación2023-08-08
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaQuaternary (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2571-550X • E-ISSN: 2571-550X
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/quat6030045
OpenAlexW4385650323
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas16

In central Italy, the Charterhouse of Calci hosts the Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa. This monumental monastery was founded in 1366 by Carthusian monks. The Charterhouse has experienced various transformations over the centuries, until its abandonment in the 1970s. Since 2018, interdisciplinary archaeological research focused on the monks’ gardens (and particularly: the Prior’s, the Apothecary’s, and the Master’s garden) and the green spaces outside the cloister walls, consisting of courtyards and orchards, to determine the individual (gardens) and collective (green spaces and surrounding woods) practices adopted by Carthusians. Palynology and archaeobotany have allowed to reconstruct the plant biodiversity, with flowers and ornamental, aromatic, and medicinal herbs that grew in the gardens, as well as the management of local hilly woods and agricultural practices, including the cultivation of fruit trees, such as chestnut, olive tree, almond tree, and grapevine. Our research has been based on a solid theoretical approach, interpreting archaeological and archaeobotanical data in relation to the intricate network of human and non-human connections. Gardens are seen as a co-creation made together by human and non-human agencies, and their diachronic transformation is read as an expression of personalities of the monks, feelings, and connections with nature and divinity

Agriculture · Archaeology · Biology · Botany · Cloister · Geography · Paleoethnobotany · Palynology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Horticultural and Viticultural Research