Maurizio Cattani
Biographic Data
| ID | 3585340 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maurizio Cattani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maurizio |
| FAMILY NAME | Cattani |
| SIGNATURE | CATTANI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bologna |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2607-3657 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Bronze production in the Po Plain
The second half of the 2nd millennium BCE was a period of technological and economic transformation in Europe, marked by intensified metallurgical production and extensive exchange networks. Communities in the Po Plain (Northern Italy) played a pivotal role in bronze production and in mediating the diffusion of metallurgical knowledge between continental Europe and the Mediterranean. Despite significant advances in recent decades, research on met…
Adapting to Mediterranean island environments
This study investigates prehistoric human adaptation to small Mediterranean island environments through the archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological analysis of two key sites: Piano dei Cardoni (Ustica, Neolithic) and Mursia (Pantelleria, Bronze Age). Both volcanic islands, differing in size, landscape features, and chronology of occupation, offer an ideal framework to explore how early human communities managed limited insular resources, navigated…
Safe Preparation and Delivery of Graphite Targets for 14 C Analysis
Nowadays, most radiocarbon ( 14 C) laboratories can reliably avoid and remove any possible sample contamination during the pretreatment of organic samples (e.g., bones, charcoal, or trees) thanks to a series of methods commonly used by the radiocarbon community. However, what about the final step, the storage of graphite? Rarely do the laboratories produce their graphite and ship it as pressed targets to accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) facili…
Bronze Age combustion structures of Italian contexts in comparison
Recent investigations carried out by the University of Bologna at the Bronze Age sites of Via Ordiere (Solarolo – Ravenna province) and Mursia (Pantelleria) discovered several types of fire installations. The paper considers different steps of the research related to the use of fire and cooking practices in domestic contexts using the two settlements for a comparative approach. While in the first case the evidence of firing structures is poorly p…
Establishing the Middle Sea
The Late Bronze Age (1700–900 BC) represents an extremely dynamic period for Mediterranean Europe. Here, we provide a comparative survey of the archaeological record of over half a millennium within the entire northern littoral of the Mediterranean, from Greece to Iberia, incorporating archaeological, archaeometric, and bioarchaeological evidence. The picture that emerges, while certainly fragmented and not displaying a unique trajectory, reveals…
A multi-analytical study of Bronze Age pottery from the Unesco site of Al-Khutm (Bat, Oman)
Agriculturalists and pastoralists
Agriculturalists and pastoralists
Establishing the Middle Sea
The Late Bronze Age (1700–900 BC) represents an extremely dynamic period for Mediterranean Europe. Here, we provide a comparative survey of the archaeological record of over half a millennium within the entire northern littoral of the Mediterranean, from Greece to Iberia, incorporating archaeological, archaeometric, and bioarchaeological evidence. The picture that emerges, while certainly fragmented and not displaying a unique trajectory, reveals…
A multi-analytical study of Bronze Age pottery from the Unesco site of Al-Khutm (Bat, Oman)
Bronze Age combustion structures of Italian contexts in comparison
Recent investigations carried out by the University of Bologna at the Bronze Age sites of Via Ordiere (Solarolo – Ravenna province) and Mursia (Pantelleria) discovered several types of fire installations. The paper considers different steps of the research related to the use of fire and cooking practices in domestic contexts using the two settlements for a comparative approach. While in the first case the evidence of firing structures is poorly p…
Safe Preparation and Delivery of Graphite Targets for 14 C Analysis
Nowadays, most radiocarbon ( 14 C) laboratories can reliably avoid and remove any possible sample contamination during the pretreatment of organic samples (e.g., bones, charcoal, or trees) thanks to a series of methods commonly used by the radiocarbon community. However, what about the final step, the storage of graphite? Rarely do the laboratories produce their graphite and ship it as pressed targets to accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) facili…
Agriculturalists and pastoralists
A multi-analytical study of Bronze Age pottery from the Unesco site of Al-Khutm (Bat, Oman)
Establishing the Middle Sea
The Late Bronze Age (1700–900 BC) represents an extremely dynamic period for Mediterranean Europe. Here, we provide a comparative survey of the archaeological record of over half a millennium within the entire northern littoral of the Mediterranean, from Greece to Iberia, incorporating archaeological, archaeometric, and bioarchaeological evidence. The picture that emerges, while certainly fragmented and not displaying a unique trajectory, reveals…
Bronze Age combustion structures of Italian contexts in comparison
Recent investigations carried out by the University of Bologna at the Bronze Age sites of Via Ordiere (Solarolo – Ravenna province) and Mursia (Pantelleria) discovered several types of fire installations. The paper considers different steps of the research related to the use of fire and cooking practices in domestic contexts using the two settlements for a comparative approach. While in the first case the evidence of firing structures is poorly p…
Safe Preparation and Delivery of Graphite Targets for 14 C Analysis
Nowadays, most radiocarbon ( 14 C) laboratories can reliably avoid and remove any possible sample contamination during the pretreatment of organic samples (e.g., bones, charcoal, or trees) thanks to a series of methods commonly used by the radiocarbon community. However, what about the final step, the storage of graphite? Rarely do the laboratories produce their graphite and ship it as pressed targets to accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) facili…
Adapting to Mediterranean island environments
This study investigates prehistoric human adaptation to small Mediterranean island environments through the archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological analysis of two key sites: Piano dei Cardoni (Ustica, Neolithic) and Mursia (Pantelleria, Bronze Age). Both volcanic islands, differing in size, landscape features, and chronology of occupation, offer an ideal framework to explore how early human communities managed limited insular resources, navigated…
Bronze production in the Po Plain
The second half of the 2nd millennium BCE was a period of technological and economic transformation in Europe, marked by intensified metallurgical production and extensive exchange networks. Communities in the Po Plain (Northern Italy) played a pivotal role in bronze production and in mediating the diffusion of metallurgical knowledge between continental Europe and the Mediterranean. Despite significant advances in recent decades, research on met…
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 works) · Bronze Age (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Bronze (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Geology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · History (2 works) · Human settlement (2 works)