Giusi Sorrentino
Biographic Data
| ID | 4421314 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Giusi Sorrentino |
| GIVEN NAMES | Giusi |
| FAMILY NAME | Sorrentino |
| SIGNATURE | SORRENTINO G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Turin |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6500-7439 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Photo-reversible adhesive polyacrylic acid/Fe3+ hydrogels for the efficient recovery of starch grains from archaeological lithic artifacts
A morphological and chemo-taxonomic approach to characterize starches from plants potentially available in the Eurasian Steppe during MIS 3 (60-25 ka BP)
Plants are often underrepresented in archaeological reconstructions of past subsistence strategies, especially concerning the Paleolithic, largely because they preserve poorly in the archaeological record. However, plants are versatile resources that were used for a wide range of purposes, including as a crucial food source. Starch, a high-energy polysaccharide produced by plants, may have played an important role in the survival of Homo sapiens …
Replicative experimental use of Palaeolithic Ground Stone Tools
Advancements in microscopy technology have supported the traceological community in the pursuit of developing a quantitative approach in the field of use-wear analysis. The application of profilometry as a typical tribological tool, by providing micro-topographical scanning of artefact surfaces, has significantly expanded our capabilities, allowing us to (i) capture highly detailed micro-to-submicron-scale surface texture features, and (ii) attem…
Multi-scale contact mechanics framework for upper palaeolithic ground stone tools
Tracing Old Gestures
This article presents an analytical procedure developed to replicate, document, and analyse the formation and evolution of use-wear traces on task-specific ground stone tools. The purpose of this study is to build a reference collection for wear patterns that occurred during the processing of vegetal resources, specifically those compatible with the MIS 3 period. To create the collection, riverine slabs and pebbles were utilised and various aspec…
Coupling the beams
A selection of five ground stones from Pontic Steppe sites dating back to the Early Upper Palaeolithic (EUP) was used as test-cases to be analysed by combining wear-traces and use-related biogenic residues (U-RBR). The artifacts studied can be termed “legacy” objects, excavated even many decades ago and kept in museum storage facilities. This type of storage might be considered putatively prone to contamination. The multidimensional contextual ap…
Aurignacian grinding stone from Surein I (Crimea)
A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Investigate Use-Related Biogenic Residues on Palaeolithic Ground Stone Tools
Recent advances in the role played by dietary carbohydrates in human food webs during the Palaeolithic highlight that starchy foods were part of the diet well before crop domestication. Although certain plants can be eaten raw, intentional processing such as mechanical reduction using stone tools and thermal treatment readily increases the assimilation of nutrients for metabolic functions and for storing. We present a multi-techniques approach de…
Geochemical survey of soil samples from the archaeological site Dromolaxia-Vyzakia (Cyprus), by means of micro-XRF and statistical approaches
A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Investigate Use-Related Biogenic Residues on Palaeolithic Ground Stone Tools
Recent advances in the role played by dietary carbohydrates in human food webs during the Palaeolithic highlight that starchy foods were part of the diet well before crop domestication. Although certain plants can be eaten raw, intentional processing such as mechanical reduction using stone tools and thermal treatment readily increases the assimilation of nutrients for metabolic functions and for storing. We present a multi-techniques approach de…
Aurignacian grinding stone from Surein I (Crimea)
Tracing Old Gestures
This article presents an analytical procedure developed to replicate, document, and analyse the formation and evolution of use-wear traces on task-specific ground stone tools. The purpose of this study is to build a reference collection for wear patterns that occurred during the processing of vegetal resources, specifically those compatible with the MIS 3 period. To create the collection, riverine slabs and pebbles were utilised and various aspec…
Geochemical survey of soil samples from the archaeological site Dromolaxia-Vyzakia (Cyprus), by means of micro-XRF and statistical approaches
Aurignacian grinding stone from Surein I (Crimea)
A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Investigate Use-Related Biogenic Residues on Palaeolithic Ground Stone Tools
Recent advances in the role played by dietary carbohydrates in human food webs during the Palaeolithic highlight that starchy foods were part of the diet well before crop domestication. Although certain plants can be eaten raw, intentional processing such as mechanical reduction using stone tools and thermal treatment readily increases the assimilation of nutrients for metabolic functions and for storing. We present a multi-techniques approach de…
Coupling the beams
A selection of five ground stones from Pontic Steppe sites dating back to the Early Upper Palaeolithic (EUP) was used as test-cases to be analysed by combining wear-traces and use-related biogenic residues (U-RBR). The artifacts studied can be termed “legacy” objects, excavated even many decades ago and kept in museum storage facilities. This type of storage might be considered putatively prone to contamination. The multidimensional contextual ap…
Tracing Old Gestures
This article presents an analytical procedure developed to replicate, document, and analyse the formation and evolution of use-wear traces on task-specific ground stone tools. The purpose of this study is to build a reference collection for wear patterns that occurred during the processing of vegetal resources, specifically those compatible with the MIS 3 period. To create the collection, riverine slabs and pebbles were utilised and various aspec…
Replicative experimental use of Palaeolithic Ground Stone Tools
Advancements in microscopy technology have supported the traceological community in the pursuit of developing a quantitative approach in the field of use-wear analysis. The application of profilometry as a typical tribological tool, by providing micro-topographical scanning of artefact surfaces, has significantly expanded our capabilities, allowing us to (i) capture highly detailed micro-to-submicron-scale surface texture features, and (ii) attem…
Multi-scale contact mechanics framework for upper palaeolithic ground stone tools
Photo-reversible adhesive polyacrylic acid/Fe3+ hydrogels for the efficient recovery of starch grains from archaeological lithic artifacts
A morphological and chemo-taxonomic approach to characterize starches from plants potentially available in the Eurasian Steppe during MIS 3 (60-25 ka BP)
Plants are often underrepresented in archaeological reconstructions of past subsistence strategies, especially concerning the Paleolithic, largely because they preserve poorly in the archaeological record. However, plants are versatile resources that were used for a wide range of purposes, including as a crucial food source. Starch, a high-energy polysaccharide produced by plants, may have played an important role in the survival of Homo sapiens …
Archaeology (6 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Geology (6 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (6 works) · Mineralogy (4 works) · Biology (3 works) · Starch (3 works) · Stone tool (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works)