Paola Catalano
Biographic Data
| ID | 112176 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paola Catalano |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paola |
| FAMILY NAME | Catalano |
| SIGNATURE | CATALANO P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 119 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Archaeobotanical record from dental calculus of a Roman individual affected by bilateral temporo-mandibular joint ankylosis
Dental calculus and isotopes reveal information about ancient diet of Boccone del Povero community (1st-2nd century CE, Latium, central Italy)
Ancient genomes from a rural site in Imperial Rome (1 st –3 rd cent. CE)
The genomic legacy with the south-eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Central and Western Northern-African coast funerary influence pave the way for considering people buried in QCP as resembling a Punic-derived human group
Dietary and Weaning Habits of the Roman Community of Quarto Cappello del Prete (Rome, 1st-3 rd Century CE)
This paper aims to provide the isotopic characterization of the diet consumed by people buried in a graveyard of the Imperial Rome Suburbium (1st–3rd centuries CE), where numerous children were buried. A sample of 50 human remains from Quarto Cappello del Prete was selected for carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis. Published data related to coeval faunal remains set the baseline of the diet. The results for humans were integrated with prev…
Food at the heart of the Empire
This paper aims to provide a broad diet reconstruction for people buried in archaeologically defined contexts in Rome (first to third centuries CE), in order to combine archaeological and biological evidence focusing on dietary preferences in Imperial Rome. A sample of 214 human bones recovered from 6 funerary contexts was selected for carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis. The baseline for the terrestrial protein component of the diet was …
The edge of the Empire
This paper aims to define the dietary profile of the population of early medieval Rome (fifth-eleventh centuries CE) by carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis. This period was characterized by deep changes in the city's economic, demographic, and social patterns, probably affecting its inhabitants' nutritional habits. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis of bone collagen was used to detect the nutritional profile of 110 humans from si…
Enamel hypoplasia and health conditions through social status in the Roman Imperial Age (First to third centuries, Rome, Italy)
Dental enamel hypoplasia, a deficit in enamel matrix formation, occurs in childhood and in utero as a result of survived nutritional deficiencies/diseases. Examination of hypoplastic lesions in ancient skeletal remains provides an excellent index of developmental stress levels in the past. In this research, linear enamel hypoplasia (LEH) was detected to investigate the relation between social status, health, and nutritional conditions of the Roma…
A remarkable case of gout in the Imperial Rome
This study is the result of a multidisciplinary approach and focuses on a case of considerable historical and medical interest. The work originally stemmed from findings at a funerary site in the area of Casal Bertone in Rome (Italy), regards an individual in a tomb identified simply by the number “75.” The skeletal alterations that were later discovered gave rise a debate among the members of the team. Challenges in identifying the pathology hav…
Mezzo millennio di storia romana a Casal Bernocchi-Malafede. I risultati degli scavi 2015
L’articolo ha lo scopo di presentare i risultati degli studi riguardanti il sito archeologico sito in località Casal Bernocchi-Malafede, lungo la via Ostiense, articolato in tre nuclei principali, costituiti da un impianto termale, una struttura interpretata come un mausoleo, e una vasta necropoli. Viene conseguentemente presentato lo sviluppo cronologico del contesto, inquadrabile in quattro macro fasi: a) la realizzazione dei primi interventi c…
Recenti indagini archeologiche nell’area dello svincolo stradale di Ostia Antica sulla via del Mare
Recenti indagini archeologiche preventive effettuate nel 2011-2012 hanno portato al rinvenimento di un’estesa area di necropoli nella zona dello svincolo stradale di Ostia Antica lungo la via del Mare. Oltre ad importanti elementi archeologici, topografici e a nuove testimonianze circa i riti funerari praticati, sono emersi anche interessanti dati antropologici in riferimento alle sepolture rinvenute. In due aree di scavo è stata messa in evidenz…
The Roman Giant
A very tall skeleton was found during archaeological excavations in the territory of Fidenae, an administrative centre of the Roman territorial organization, situated along the Via Salaria about 7 km north of Rome (Italy). The individual was a young male, dated back to the Imperial Age (3rd century AD), presenting a very tall but normally proportioned stature, estimated around 202 cm. The long bones showed incomplete epiphyseal union; therefore, …
Ongoing research at the late Middle Pleistocene site of La Polledrara di Cecanibbio (central Italy), with emphasis on human–elephant relationships
The necropolis of Vallerano (Rome, 2nd-3rd century AD)
The present study investigates the skeletal remains of individuals who were part of a Roman suburban community, in order to assess lifestyle and living conditions in the town's outskirts during the Roman Imperial age. The existence of the community was linked to the functioning of one of the many villas that surrounded the town of Rome at that time. In order to assess health, several indicators were explored, including mortality, oral pathologies…
A case of healing spinal infection from classical Rome
This paper describes a spinal infection in an adult male skeleton from Ist century AD necropolis in Rome. Pathological alterations of the lower thoracic vertebrae, including bone destruction and fusion, suggest tuberculous spondylitis as the most probable diagnosis. The rarity of healing infections, as well as the non-diagnostic appearance of the lesions, have prompted this note. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Il comprensorio della necropoli di via Basiliano (Roma)
Nel 1997 è iniziato lo scavo integrale di un’area dal particolare valore storicomonumentale, inserita nel Suburbio orientale tra le antiche via Predestina e via Collatina, estesa per ca. 8000 mq. Le indagini rivelano che le prime fasi di frequentazione risalgono all’epoca arcaica, che vi fu un’intensa attività agricola in epoca repubblicana e che il sito, in età augustea, iniziò ad essere utilizzato come necropoli. Al momento sono state indagate …
Ongoing research at the late Middle Pleistocene site of La Polledrara di Cecanibbio (central Italy), with emphasis on human–elephant relationships
The necropolis of Vallerano (Rome, 2nd-3rd century AD)
The present study investigates the skeletal remains of individuals who were part of a Roman suburban community, in order to assess lifestyle and living conditions in the town's outskirts during the Roman Imperial age. The existence of the community was linked to the functioning of one of the many villas that surrounded the town of Rome at that time. In order to assess health, several indicators were explored, including mortality, oral pathologies…
Food at the heart of the Empire
This paper aims to provide a broad diet reconstruction for people buried in archaeologically defined contexts in Rome (first to third centuries CE), in order to combine archaeological and biological evidence focusing on dietary preferences in Imperial Rome. A sample of 214 human bones recovered from 6 funerary contexts was selected for carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis. The baseline for the terrestrial protein component of the diet was …
The edge of the Empire
This paper aims to define the dietary profile of the population of early medieval Rome (fifth-eleventh centuries CE) by carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis. This period was characterized by deep changes in the city's economic, demographic, and social patterns, probably affecting its inhabitants' nutritional habits. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis of bone collagen was used to detect the nutritional profile of 110 humans from si…
Enamel hypoplasia and health conditions through social status in the Roman Imperial Age (First to third centuries, Rome, Italy)
Dental enamel hypoplasia, a deficit in enamel matrix formation, occurs in childhood and in utero as a result of survived nutritional deficiencies/diseases. Examination of hypoplastic lesions in ancient skeletal remains provides an excellent index of developmental stress levels in the past. In this research, linear enamel hypoplasia (LEH) was detected to investigate the relation between social status, health, and nutritional conditions of the Roma…
Dietary and Weaning Habits of the Roman Community of Quarto Cappello del Prete (Rome, 1st-3 rd Century CE)
This paper aims to provide the isotopic characterization of the diet consumed by people buried in a graveyard of the Imperial Rome Suburbium (1st–3rd centuries CE), where numerous children were buried. A sample of 50 human remains from Quarto Cappello del Prete was selected for carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis. Published data related to coeval faunal remains set the baseline of the diet. The results for humans were integrated with prev…
A case of healing spinal infection from classical Rome
This paper describes a spinal infection in an adult male skeleton from Ist century AD necropolis in Rome. Pathological alterations of the lower thoracic vertebrae, including bone destruction and fusion, suggest tuberculous spondylitis as the most probable diagnosis. The rarity of healing infections, as well as the non-diagnostic appearance of the lesions, have prompted this note. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
A remarkable case of gout in the Imperial Rome
This study is the result of a multidisciplinary approach and focuses on a case of considerable historical and medical interest. The work originally stemmed from findings at a funerary site in the area of Casal Bertone in Rome (Italy), regards an individual in a tomb identified simply by the number “75.” The skeletal alterations that were later discovered gave rise a debate among the members of the team. Challenges in identifying the pathology hav…
Il comprensorio della necropoli di via Basiliano (Roma)
Nel 1997 è iniziato lo scavo integrale di un’area dal particolare valore storicomonumentale, inserita nel Suburbio orientale tra le antiche via Predestina e via Collatina, estesa per ca. 8000 mq. Le indagini rivelano che le prime fasi di frequentazione risalgono all’epoca arcaica, che vi fu un’intensa attività agricola in epoca repubblicana e che il sito, in età augustea, iniziò ad essere utilizzato come necropoli. Al momento sono state indagate …
Il comprensorio della necropoli di via Basiliano (Roma)
Nel 1997 è iniziato lo scavo integrale di un’area dal particolare valore storicomonumentale, inserita nel Suburbio orientale tra le antiche via Predestina e via Collatina, estesa per ca. 8000 mq. Le indagini rivelano che le prime fasi di frequentazione risalgono all’epoca arcaica, che vi fu un’intensa attività agricola in epoca repubblicana e che il sito, in età augustea, iniziò ad essere utilizzato come necropoli. Al momento sono state indagate …
A case of healing spinal infection from classical Rome
This paper describes a spinal infection in an adult male skeleton from Ist century AD necropolis in Rome. Pathological alterations of the lower thoracic vertebrae, including bone destruction and fusion, suggest tuberculous spondylitis as the most probable diagnosis. The rarity of healing infections, as well as the non-diagnostic appearance of the lesions, have prompted this note. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
The necropolis of Vallerano (Rome, 2nd-3rd century AD)
The present study investigates the skeletal remains of individuals who were part of a Roman suburban community, in order to assess lifestyle and living conditions in the town's outskirts during the Roman Imperial age. The existence of the community was linked to the functioning of one of the many villas that surrounded the town of Rome at that time. In order to assess health, several indicators were explored, including mortality, oral pathologies…
Ongoing research at the late Middle Pleistocene site of La Polledrara di Cecanibbio (central Italy), with emphasis on human–elephant relationships
The Roman Giant
A very tall skeleton was found during archaeological excavations in the territory of Fidenae, an administrative centre of the Roman territorial organization, situated along the Via Salaria about 7 km north of Rome (Italy). The individual was a young male, dated back to the Imperial Age (3rd century AD), presenting a very tall but normally proportioned stature, estimated around 202 cm. The long bones showed incomplete epiphyseal union; therefore, …
Mezzo millennio di storia romana a Casal Bernocchi-Malafede. I risultati degli scavi 2015
L’articolo ha lo scopo di presentare i risultati degli studi riguardanti il sito archeologico sito in località Casal Bernocchi-Malafede, lungo la via Ostiense, articolato in tre nuclei principali, costituiti da un impianto termale, una struttura interpretata come un mausoleo, e una vasta necropoli. Viene conseguentemente presentato lo sviluppo cronologico del contesto, inquadrabile in quattro macro fasi: a) la realizzazione dei primi interventi c…
Recenti indagini archeologiche nell’area dello svincolo stradale di Ostia Antica sulla via del Mare
Recenti indagini archeologiche preventive effettuate nel 2011-2012 hanno portato al rinvenimento di un’estesa area di necropoli nella zona dello svincolo stradale di Ostia Antica lungo la via del Mare. Oltre ad importanti elementi archeologici, topografici e a nuove testimonianze circa i riti funerari praticati, sono emersi anche interessanti dati antropologici in riferimento alle sepolture rinvenute. In due aree di scavo è stata messa in evidenz…
A remarkable case of gout in the Imperial Rome
This study is the result of a multidisciplinary approach and focuses on a case of considerable historical and medical interest. The work originally stemmed from findings at a funerary site in the area of Casal Bertone in Rome (Italy), regards an individual in a tomb identified simply by the number “75.” The skeletal alterations that were later discovered gave rise a debate among the members of the team. Challenges in identifying the pathology hav…
Dietary and Weaning Habits of the Roman Community of Quarto Cappello del Prete (Rome, 1st-3 rd Century CE)
This paper aims to provide the isotopic characterization of the diet consumed by people buried in a graveyard of the Imperial Rome Suburbium (1st–3rd centuries CE), where numerous children were buried. A sample of 50 human remains from Quarto Cappello del Prete was selected for carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis. Published data related to coeval faunal remains set the baseline of the diet. The results for humans were integrated with prev…
Food at the heart of the Empire
This paper aims to provide a broad diet reconstruction for people buried in archaeologically defined contexts in Rome (first to third centuries CE), in order to combine archaeological and biological evidence focusing on dietary preferences in Imperial Rome. A sample of 214 human bones recovered from 6 funerary contexts was selected for carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis. The baseline for the terrestrial protein component of the diet was …
The edge of the Empire
This paper aims to define the dietary profile of the population of early medieval Rome (fifth-eleventh centuries CE) by carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis. This period was characterized by deep changes in the city's economic, demographic, and social patterns, probably affecting its inhabitants' nutritional habits. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis of bone collagen was used to detect the nutritional profile of 110 humans from si…
Enamel hypoplasia and health conditions through social status in the Roman Imperial Age (First to third centuries, Rome, Italy)
Dental enamel hypoplasia, a deficit in enamel matrix formation, occurs in childhood and in utero as a result of survived nutritional deficiencies/diseases. Examination of hypoplastic lesions in ancient skeletal remains provides an excellent index of developmental stress levels in the past. In this research, linear enamel hypoplasia (LEH) was detected to investigate the relation between social status, health, and nutritional conditions of the Roma…
Ancient genomes from a rural site in Imperial Rome (1 st –3 rd cent. CE)
The genomic legacy with the south-eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Central and Western Northern-African coast funerary influence pave the way for considering people buried in QCP as resembling a Punic-derived human group
Archaeobotanical record from dental calculus of a Roman individual affected by bilateral temporo-mandibular joint ankylosis
Dental calculus and isotopes reveal information about ancient diet of Boccone del Povero community (1st-2nd century CE, Latium, central Italy)
Archaeology (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Biology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 works) · Demography (5 works) · Paleopathology and ancient diseases (5 works) · Population (5 works)