Rocco Rotunno

Biographic Data

ID135562
NAMERocco Rotunno
GIVEN NAMESRocco
FAMILY NAMERotunno
SIGNATUREROTUNNO R
AFFILIATIONSSapienza University of Rome
ORCID0000-0001-9235-8082
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS14
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • A Yolo-Based Workflow for Detecting and Mapping Archaeological Stone Cairns in Satellite Imagery

    Open AccessEbrahim Ghaderpour, Clarisse Djetounako Nekoulnang et al.ARTICLEHeritage2026

    Automated detection of archaeological stone cairns using high-resolution satellite imagery offers a scalable approach for documenting vulnerable heritage landscapes in the Ennedi Massif, where extensive and remote terrain limits traditional field survey, and rapid documentation is required. This study presents a GIS and deep learning framework based on the YOLOv8 model to identify and map stone cairns using Google Satellite RGB imagery at 28.5 cm…

  • The medieval burial assemblage from Koudiet er Rammadiya, Northern Tunisia. An interdisciplinary bioarchaeological investigation

    Open AccessI Micarelli, Martina Di Matteo et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2025References: 14

    The osteological analysis of human skeletal assemblages offers crucial osteobiographical insights into ancient populations, yet remains largely unexplored in past Tunisia. This paper presents the first archaeological investigation of Tunisian medieval burials, unearthed during excavations between 2016–2017 and 2021–2022. This interdisciplinary study, combining archaeology, bioarchaeology, and paleopathology, examines skeletons from Koudiet er Ram…

  • Shelters and bones

    Open AccessMartina Di Matteo, Rocco RotunnoARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2025References: 1

    This study investigates natural syn- and post-depositional processes affecting terrestrial mammal bones from the Takarkori rock shelter in the hyper-arid Tadrart Acacus massif, south-western Libya. The site’s Early to Middle Holocene stratigraphy (c. 10,200-4,600 cal BP) enables diachronic and synchronic assessment of taphonomic processes critical for interpreting faunal assemblages. As biomolecular methods, among others, are increasingly applied…

  • A Holocene Ceramic Sequence in the Central Sahara

    Open AccessRocco Rotunno, Lucia Cavorsi et al.ARTICLEAfrican Archaeological Review2023References: 68

  • The Visibility of Mobility

    Rocco Rotunno, Anna Maria Mercuri et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Archaeology2020Cited by: 4References: 21

    The archaeological landscape of the Tadrart Acacus massif (SW Libya, central Sahara) is made of sites testimony of complex systems of cultural-specific settlement and economic strategies stretching over millennia of occupation. Here, caves and rock shelters represent the main physiographic features exploited by prehistoric herders. Climate fluctuations, settlement patterns and economic strategies regulate the depositional and post-depositional pr…

  • Networking through pottery characterisation at Takarkori rock shelter (Libyan Sahara, 10,200-4650 cal BP)

    Open AccessEramo Giacomo, Italo Maria Muntoni et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2020Cited by: 4References: 48

  • Coprolites from Rock Shelters

    Rocco Rotunno, Anna Maria Mercuri et al.ARTICLEJournal of African Archaeology2019Cited by: 6References: 15

    Archaeological deposits in rock shelters have enormous informative potential, particularly in arid environments where organic materials are well preserved. In these areas, sub-fossilized coprolites and dung remains have been identified as valuable proxies for inferences about past environments, subsistence economies and cultural trajectories. Here we present a multidisciplinary analysis of bovid (ovicaprine) coprolites collected from the Early Ho…