Luana Motta
Biographic Data
| ID | 309849 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Luana Motta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Luana |
| FAMILY NAME | Motta |
| SIGNATURE | MOTTA L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4136-3142 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The origins of the Tiber Island in Rome
This paper presents the latest results from a geoarchaeological coring survey of Rome’s central river valley: new evidence demonstrates that the Tiber Island did not exist during the early centuries of human habitation at the site of Rome. Instead, the area was characterised by a low, seasonal bar formation on the riverbed, which would conceivably have aided prehistoric fording activity. The Tiber Island first emerged as a permanent land mass as …
The process of nucleation amongst the early cities of central Italy in the first millennium BC
This article assesses the process of nucleation amongst the early cities of Tyrrhenian central Italy in the first millennium BC. The article examines the advantages, disadvantages and causes of nucleation. A multi-proxy and multi scalar perspective is implemented drawing on the available evidence for ancient DNA, isotopes, pedology/geoarchaeology, animal and plant remains, contextualized within the settlement archaeology. The article contains ori…
Mitochondrial DNA Evidence for Community Building and Population Dynamics at a Multi-Phase Roman Site (Gabii, Italy, 8th Century BC– 2nd Century AD)
Archaeological work at Gabii in Italy has revealed burials in the settlement area dating to three different time periods: Iron Age, Archaic and Imperial. In this paper, we investigate the genetic characteristics of the people buried at Gabii, integrating mitochondrial DNA evidence with archaeological and historical contexts to address questions about community and population dynamics, such as whether biological lineages persisted through time and…
Natural and anthropic influences on the transformation of the landscape in archaic Rome during the 6th c BCE
Beneath the city: Micromorphological insights into Etruscan urban life, infrastructure, and ritual spaces from Tarquinia, Central Italy
Re-dating Roman Karanis, Egypt: Radiocarbon evidence for prolonged occupation until the seventh century AD
One century after its initial excavation, this article presents the first absolute chronology for the settlement of Karanis in Egypt. Radiocarbon dates from crops retrieved from settlement structures suggest that the site was inhabited beyond the middle of the fifth century AD, the time at which it was previously believed to have been abandoned. These dates add to the complex picture of population fluctuations and the remodelling and reuse of str…
Holocene aggradation history of the Murcia alluvial valley: Insights into early Rome's paleoenvironmental evolution
Crop Husbandry at Gabii During the Iron Age and Archaic Period: The Archaeobotanical and Stable Isotope Evidence
Intensification of agricultural production to support demographic growth has been invoked as a necessary correlate to the important socio-economic changes involved in the urbanisation process of Western Central Italy at the beginning of the 1st millennium BCE. Yet, the agricultural economy of the early urban centres in the region remains poorly understood. Ongoing excavations at Gabii provide a new substantial archaeobotanical dataset that allows…
Reimagining urban success: Rhythms of activity at Gabii, 800 BC-AD 600
The ancient city of Gabii-an Italian polity of the first millennium BC and a peer to early Rome-has often been presented as an example of urban decline, a counterpoint to Rome's rise from a collection of hilltop huts to a Mediterranean hegemon. Here the authors draw on the results from recent excavations at Gabii that challenge such simplistic models of urban history. Diachronic evidence documenting activity at the site over the course of 1400 ye…
Outside of Crime but Inside the World of Crime: Youth Experiences in the Midst of the War in the Peripheries of Maceió and Belo Horizonte
This article analyzes youth experiences in the face of criminal governance efforts in the peripheries of Alagoas state capital Maceió and Minas Gerais state capital Belo Horizonte. We consider the experiences of young people who are not involved in crime to demonstrate that being “outside of crime” is not the same as being outside the “world of crime,” in view of the fact that the trajectories of their lives are affected by criminal moral and leg…
Fora do crime no mundo do crime: Experiências juvenis em meio à guerra em periferias de Maceió e Belo Horizonte
Este artigo analisa experiências juvenis diante de esforços de governança criminal nas periferias de Maceió, em Alagoas, e Belo Horizonte, em Minas Gerais. Partimos de experiências de jovens não envolvidos para evidenciar que estar fora do crime não é estar fora do mundo do crime , uma vez que suas vidas são atravessadas por regimes morais e de justiça de grupos criminais nos territórios onde vivem e circulam. Argumentamos que a instabilidade das…
A Changing Cityscape in Central Italy: The Gabii Project Excavations, 2012–2018
Excavations carried out at the Latin city of Gabii between 2012 and 2018 have contributed new data to a number of debates around the emergence, lived experience, maintenance, decline, and resilience of cities. Gabii’s urban trajectories demonstrate both seemingly familiar forms of urbanism and, on closer study, many locally circumscribed elements. Specifically, the Gabii Project excavations have uncovered an early Iron Age (8th–5th centuries b.c.…
On the Banks of the Tiber: Opportunity and Transformation in Early Rome
A geoarchaeological coring survey of the Forum Boarium has shed considerable light on Rome's archaic landscape. We present the first empirical evidence that substantiates ancient and modern assumptions about the existence of a river harbour and ford in early Rome. Prior to the growth of the city, the riverbank — reconstructed as a high ledge at the base of the Capitoline Hill and a low-lying shore north of the Aventine — was particularly advantag…
Polícia e ladrão
Este artigo reflete sobre as associações metodológicas necessárias para compreender um fenômeno social tão complexo quanto a letalidade policial no Brasil. Mais especificamente, detemo-nos sobre a reação policial e repressiva aos roubos e furtos de veículos, em São Paulo. Metodologicamente, mobilizamos uma abordagem etnográfica, com reconstrução de jornadas típicas, que não se furta de utilizar outras técnicas de pesquisa, todas submetidas à refl…
Fazer morrer e deixar morrer: Efeitos do Covid19 nas periferias urbanas / Making die and letting die: effects of Covid19 in urban peripheries
Fazer morrer e deixar morrer: efeitos do COVID19 nas periferias urbanas / Making die and letting die: effects of COVID19 in urban peripheries
Planting the seed of Rome
Segredos internos: Engenhos e escravos na sociedade colonial, 1550-1835
Planting the seed of Rome
On the Banks of the Tiber: Opportunity and Transformation in Early Rome
A geoarchaeological coring survey of the Forum Boarium has shed considerable light on Rome's archaic landscape. We present the first empirical evidence that substantiates ancient and modern assumptions about the existence of a river harbour and ford in early Rome. Prior to the growth of the city, the riverbank — reconstructed as a high ledge at the base of the Capitoline Hill and a low-lying shore north of the Aventine — was particularly advantag…
Crop Husbandry at Gabii During the Iron Age and Archaic Period: The Archaeobotanical and Stable Isotope Evidence
Intensification of agricultural production to support demographic growth has been invoked as a necessary correlate to the important socio-economic changes involved in the urbanisation process of Western Central Italy at the beginning of the 1st millennium BCE. Yet, the agricultural economy of the early urban centres in the region remains poorly understood. Ongoing excavations at Gabii provide a new substantial archaeobotanical dataset that allows…
Reimagining urban success: Rhythms of activity at Gabii, 800 BC-AD 600
The ancient city of Gabii-an Italian polity of the first millennium BC and a peer to early Rome-has often been presented as an example of urban decline, a counterpoint to Rome's rise from a collection of hilltop huts to a Mediterranean hegemon. Here the authors draw on the results from recent excavations at Gabii that challenge such simplistic models of urban history. Diachronic evidence documenting activity at the site over the course of 1400 ye…
Fora do crime no mundo do crime: Experiências juvenis em meio à guerra em periferias de Maceió e Belo Horizonte
Este artigo analisa experiências juvenis diante de esforços de governança criminal nas periferias de Maceió, em Alagoas, e Belo Horizonte, em Minas Gerais. Partimos de experiências de jovens não envolvidos para evidenciar que estar fora do crime não é estar fora do mundo do crime , uma vez que suas vidas são atravessadas por regimes morais e de justiça de grupos criminais nos territórios onde vivem e circulam. Argumentamos que a instabilidade das…
A Changing Cityscape in Central Italy: The Gabii Project Excavations, 2012–2018
Excavations carried out at the Latin city of Gabii between 2012 and 2018 have contributed new data to a number of debates around the emergence, lived experience, maintenance, decline, and resilience of cities. Gabii’s urban trajectories demonstrate both seemingly familiar forms of urbanism and, on closer study, many locally circumscribed elements. Specifically, the Gabii Project excavations have uncovered an early Iron Age (8th–5th centuries b.c.…
Natural and anthropic influences on the transformation of the landscape in archaic Rome during the 6th c BCE
Polícia e ladrão
Este artigo reflete sobre as associações metodológicas necessárias para compreender um fenômeno social tão complexo quanto a letalidade policial no Brasil. Mais especificamente, detemo-nos sobre a reação policial e repressiva aos roubos e furtos de veículos, em São Paulo. Metodologicamente, mobilizamos uma abordagem etnográfica, com reconstrução de jornadas típicas, que não se furta de utilizar outras técnicas de pesquisa, todas submetidas à refl…
Segredos internos: Engenhos e escravos na sociedade colonial, 1550-1835
Planting the seed of Rome
Fazer morrer e deixar morrer: Efeitos do Covid19 nas periferias urbanas / Making die and letting die: effects of Covid19 in urban peripheries
Fazer morrer e deixar morrer: efeitos do COVID19 nas periferias urbanas / Making die and letting die: effects of COVID19 in urban peripheries
A Changing Cityscape in Central Italy: The Gabii Project Excavations, 2012–2018
Excavations carried out at the Latin city of Gabii between 2012 and 2018 have contributed new data to a number of debates around the emergence, lived experience, maintenance, decline, and resilience of cities. Gabii’s urban trajectories demonstrate both seemingly familiar forms of urbanism and, on closer study, many locally circumscribed elements. Specifically, the Gabii Project excavations have uncovered an early Iron Age (8th–5th centuries b.c.…
On the Banks of the Tiber: Opportunity and Transformation in Early Rome
A geoarchaeological coring survey of the Forum Boarium has shed considerable light on Rome's archaic landscape. We present the first empirical evidence that substantiates ancient and modern assumptions about the existence of a river harbour and ford in early Rome. Prior to the growth of the city, the riverbank — reconstructed as a high ledge at the base of the Capitoline Hill and a low-lying shore north of the Aventine — was particularly advantag…
Polícia e ladrão
Este artigo reflete sobre as associações metodológicas necessárias para compreender um fenômeno social tão complexo quanto a letalidade policial no Brasil. Mais especificamente, detemo-nos sobre a reação policial e repressiva aos roubos e furtos de veículos, em São Paulo. Metodologicamente, mobilizamos uma abordagem etnográfica, com reconstrução de jornadas típicas, que não se furta de utilizar outras técnicas de pesquisa, todas submetidas à refl…
Holocene aggradation history of the Murcia alluvial valley: Insights into early Rome's paleoenvironmental evolution
Crop Husbandry at Gabii During the Iron Age and Archaic Period: The Archaeobotanical and Stable Isotope Evidence
Intensification of agricultural production to support demographic growth has been invoked as a necessary correlate to the important socio-economic changes involved in the urbanisation process of Western Central Italy at the beginning of the 1st millennium BCE. Yet, the agricultural economy of the early urban centres in the region remains poorly understood. Ongoing excavations at Gabii provide a new substantial archaeobotanical dataset that allows…
Reimagining urban success: Rhythms of activity at Gabii, 800 BC-AD 600
The ancient city of Gabii-an Italian polity of the first millennium BC and a peer to early Rome-has often been presented as an example of urban decline, a counterpoint to Rome's rise from a collection of hilltop huts to a Mediterranean hegemon. Here the authors draw on the results from recent excavations at Gabii that challenge such simplistic models of urban history. Diachronic evidence documenting activity at the site over the course of 1400 ye…
Outside of Crime but Inside the World of Crime: Youth Experiences in the Midst of the War in the Peripheries of Maceió and Belo Horizonte
This article analyzes youth experiences in the face of criminal governance efforts in the peripheries of Alagoas state capital Maceió and Minas Gerais state capital Belo Horizonte. We consider the experiences of young people who are not involved in crime to demonstrate that being “outside of crime” is not the same as being outside the “world of crime,” in view of the fact that the trajectories of their lives are affected by criminal moral and leg…
Fora do crime no mundo do crime: Experiências juvenis em meio à guerra em periferias de Maceió e Belo Horizonte
Este artigo analisa experiências juvenis diante de esforços de governança criminal nas periferias de Maceió, em Alagoas, e Belo Horizonte, em Minas Gerais. Partimos de experiências de jovens não envolvidos para evidenciar que estar fora do crime não é estar fora do mundo do crime , uma vez que suas vidas são atravessadas por regimes morais e de justiça de grupos criminais nos territórios onde vivem e circulam. Argumentamos que a instabilidade das…
Re-dating Roman Karanis, Egypt: Radiocarbon evidence for prolonged occupation until the seventh century AD
One century after its initial excavation, this article presents the first absolute chronology for the settlement of Karanis in Egypt. Radiocarbon dates from crops retrieved from settlement structures suggest that the site was inhabited beyond the middle of the fifth century AD, the time at which it was previously believed to have been abandoned. These dates add to the complex picture of population fluctuations and the remodelling and reuse of str…
The process of nucleation amongst the early cities of central Italy in the first millennium BC
This article assesses the process of nucleation amongst the early cities of Tyrrhenian central Italy in the first millennium BC. The article examines the advantages, disadvantages and causes of nucleation. A multi-proxy and multi scalar perspective is implemented drawing on the available evidence for ancient DNA, isotopes, pedology/geoarchaeology, animal and plant remains, contextualized within the settlement archaeology. The article contains ori…
Mitochondrial DNA Evidence for Community Building and Population Dynamics at a Multi-Phase Roman Site (Gabii, Italy, 8th Century BC– 2nd Century AD)
Archaeological work at Gabii in Italy has revealed burials in the settlement area dating to three different time periods: Iron Age, Archaic and Imperial. In this paper, we investigate the genetic characteristics of the people buried at Gabii, integrating mitochondrial DNA evidence with archaeological and historical contexts to address questions about community and population dynamics, such as whether biological lineages persisted through time and…
Natural and anthropic influences on the transformation of the landscape in archaic Rome during the 6th c BCE
Beneath the city: Micromorphological insights into Etruscan urban life, infrastructure, and ritual spaces from Tarquinia, Central Italy
The origins of the Tiber Island in Rome
This paper presents the latest results from a geoarchaeological coring survey of Rome’s central river valley: new evidence demonstrates that the Tiber Island did not exist during the early centuries of human habitation at the site of Rome. Instead, the area was characterised by a low, seasonal bar formation on the riverbed, which would conceivably have aided prehistoric fording activity. The Tiber Island first emerged as a permanent land mass as …
Geography (11 works) · Archaeology (10 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (7 works) · History (7 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (5 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Biology (4 works)