Francesco Menotti
Biographic Data
| ID | 4795496 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francesco Menotti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francesco |
| FAMILY NAME | Menotti |
| SIGNATURE | MENOTTI F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Basel |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Proto-Cities or Non-Proto-Cities? On the Nature of Cucuteni–Trypillia Mega-Sites
Søren H. Andersen. Tybrind Vig
Søren H. Andersen. Tybrind Vig: submerged Mesolithic settlements in Denmark. 527 pages, numerous colour and b&w illustrations. 2013. Højbjerg: Jutland Archaeological Society, Moesgård Museum; 978-87-88415-78-0 hardback DKK399.95. - Volume 88 Issue 342
Gifts for the gods
The lake-dwellings of the Circum-Alpine region have long been a rich source of detailed information about daily life in Bronze Age Europe, but their location made them vulnerable to changes in climate and lake level. At several Late Bronze Age examples, skulls of children were found at the edge of the lake settlement, close to the encircling palisade. Several of the children had suffered violent deaths, through blows to the head from axes or blun…
The Tripolye Culture Giant-Settlements in Ukraine
The Oxford Handbook of Wetland Archaeology
This chapter discusses wetland occupations during the Pleistocene, early Holocene, mid- to late Holocene, and Contact Period. Several sites, associated with ancient lake systems and minor swamps, are dated to the Pleistocene, and there is some evidence of occupation in the early Holocene. However, most archaeological evidence of wetlands occupation in Australia comes from the mid- to late Holocene period. During this period, post-Pleistocene risi…
Tripolye Culture Giant-Settlements in Ukraine
Zurich-Alpenquai
The Alpenquai lake-dwelling is located on Lake Zurich, and can be considered as one of the rare Late Bronze Age lake-dwellings with a pronounced organic-rich cultural layer in the northern Circum-Alpine region. Within a larger research project, investigating the final abandonment of the lakeshores in the Circum-Alpine area at the end of the Late Bronze Age, this settlement has been investigated using a multidisciplinary research design. Combining…
The gravity model
Wetland Archaeology and Beyond
Despite being one of the most successful branches of mainstream archaeology, wetland archaeology, as an academic discipline, is still relatively unknown. We might have all heard of the wonderfully preserved organic artefacts and ecofacts found in waterlogged conditions, but do we really know how they were preserved, found, retrieved, and conserved for us to admire and study? This book covers the fascinating biography of wetland archaeology, from …
Bog Bodies
This chapter focuses on bog bodies. It discusses their distribution; types (real, paper, and fabricated); number and age of bog bodies; research into the European bog bodies; and the current understanding and the future of bog body research. Common practice in bog-body research so far has been to list all the known bog bodies from all over Europe and underline what they have in common, which sometimes leads to a biased picture of the situation. I…
Chronological Development of the Tripolye Culture Giant-Settlement of Talianki (Ukraine)
The long tradition of relative chronology based on pottery typology has often hindered the development of radiocarbon dating amongst the Tripolye giant-settlement in Ukraine. Although it is fairly reliable, relative chronology encounters insurmountable obstacles in identifying internal phases of development within a single settlement. This paper presents the first attempt to use 14 C dates to monitor the chronological development of the Talianki …
Climate variations in the Circum-Alpine region and their influence on Neolithic-Bronze Age lacustrine communities displacement and\or cultural adaptation
Because of its delicate balance, the hydrological system of the Alpine region is affected immediately by climatic variations. The most obvious evidence of hydrologic instability is reflected by natural water basins in particular rivers and lakes. Caused by climate change, but catalyzed by a myriad of environmental factors, the water levels of lakes and other natural water reservoirs fluctuate, influencing people who live in their proximity. In so…
Kohika
The First Lake‐dwellers of Lithuania
Lake Luokesas in Lithuania has become the centre of attention in northern European wetland archaeological research after the discovery of two Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age pile dwellings. Their unique location, chronology and building techniques have the potential to revolutionise our understanding of important aspects of wetland communities in later prehistoric Europe
Cultural Response to Environmental Change in the Alpine Lacustrine Regions
Following an abrupt change in climatic conditions, the Middle Bronze Age northern Alpine lake‐dwellers were forced to abandon their settlements. As a result, the archaeological record shows a gap of occupation from the end of the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twelfth century BC. Where did those groups go during that period? Recent studies show that some Middle Bronze Age sites hitherto regarded as traditional dry‐land dwellings might …
The Pfahlbauproblem and the History of Lake‐Dwelling Research in the Alps
The lakes of the circum‐Alpine region preserve unique remains of Neolithic and Bronze Age architecture, which since their discovery in the mid‐nineteenth century have invited reconstruction. Each generation since then has offered a different image of these structures. Now it seem that they may all contain an element of truth
The Abandonment of the ZH‐Mozartstrasse Early Bronze Age Lake‐settlement. GIS Computer Simulation of the Lake‐level Fluctuation Hypothesis
Although ‘lake‐dwellings’ existed from the middle of the fifth millennium to the eighth century BC, the entire phenomenon was not a continuous one. There are several periods when the lake shores were abandoned and subsequently reoccupied. The pattern of occupation depends on cultural as well as environmental factors, amongst them the topography and the climate. Unlike the southern part of the Alps, which seems to have had a more regular occupatio…
The Inkas
This book examines Inka stone masonry, a major hallmark of their culture, tracing the process from extraction through dressing techniques to stone-block transport and use. The Inkas' five most exploited quarries within the Cuzco region are examined with particular emphasis on the Llama Pit of Rumiqolqa Quarry. The main styles of wall construction are categorised and their application to different kinds of Inka buildings are examined. The implicat…
Wetland Archaeology and Beyond
Despite being one of the most successful branches of mainstream archaeology, wetland archaeology, as an academic discipline, is still relatively unknown. We might have all heard of the wonderfully preserved organic artefacts and ecofacts found in waterlogged conditions, but do we really know how they were preserved, found, retrieved, and conserved for us to admire and study? This book covers the fascinating biography of wetland archaeology, from …
Proto-Cities or Non-Proto-Cities? On the Nature of Cucuteni–Trypillia Mega-Sites
The gravity model
The Pfahlbauproblem and the History of Lake‐Dwelling Research in the Alps
The lakes of the circum‐Alpine region preserve unique remains of Neolithic and Bronze Age architecture, which since their discovery in the mid‐nineteenth century have invited reconstruction. Each generation since then has offered a different image of these structures. Now it seem that they may all contain an element of truth
Bog Bodies
This chapter focuses on bog bodies. It discusses their distribution; types (real, paper, and fabricated); number and age of bog bodies; research into the European bog bodies; and the current understanding and the future of bog body research. Common practice in bog-body research so far has been to list all the known bog bodies from all over Europe and underline what they have in common, which sometimes leads to a biased picture of the situation. I…
Zurich-Alpenquai
The Alpenquai lake-dwelling is located on Lake Zurich, and can be considered as one of the rare Late Bronze Age lake-dwellings with a pronounced organic-rich cultural layer in the northern Circum-Alpine region. Within a larger research project, investigating the final abandonment of the lakeshores in the Circum-Alpine area at the end of the Late Bronze Age, this settlement has been investigated using a multidisciplinary research design. Combining…
Climate variations in the Circum-Alpine region and their influence on Neolithic-Bronze Age lacustrine communities displacement and\or cultural adaptation
Because of its delicate balance, the hydrological system of the Alpine region is affected immediately by climatic variations. The most obvious evidence of hydrologic instability is reflected by natural water basins in particular rivers and lakes. Caused by climate change, but catalyzed by a myriad of environmental factors, the water levels of lakes and other natural water reservoirs fluctuate, influencing people who live in their proximity. In so…
Cultural Response to Environmental Change in the Alpine Lacustrine Regions
Following an abrupt change in climatic conditions, the Middle Bronze Age northern Alpine lake‐dwellers were forced to abandon their settlements. As a result, the archaeological record shows a gap of occupation from the end of the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twelfth century BC. Where did those groups go during that period? Recent studies show that some Middle Bronze Age sites hitherto regarded as traditional dry‐land dwellings might …
The Abandonment of the ZH‐Mozartstrasse Early Bronze Age Lake‐settlement. GIS Computer Simulation of the Lake‐level Fluctuation Hypothesis
Although ‘lake‐dwellings’ existed from the middle of the fifth millennium to the eighth century BC, the entire phenomenon was not a continuous one. There are several periods when the lake shores were abandoned and subsequently reoccupied. The pattern of occupation depends on cultural as well as environmental factors, amongst them the topography and the climate. Unlike the southern part of the Alps, which seems to have had a more regular occupatio…
Gifts for the gods
The lake-dwellings of the Circum-Alpine region have long been a rich source of detailed information about daily life in Bronze Age Europe, but their location made them vulnerable to changes in climate and lake level. At several Late Bronze Age examples, skulls of children were found at the edge of the lake settlement, close to the encircling palisade. Several of the children had suffered violent deaths, through blows to the head from axes or blun…
The First Lake‐dwellers of Lithuania
Lake Luokesas in Lithuania has become the centre of attention in northern European wetland archaeological research after the discovery of two Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age pile dwellings. Their unique location, chronology and building techniques have the potential to revolutionise our understanding of important aspects of wetland communities in later prehistoric Europe
The Inkas
This book examines Inka stone masonry, a major hallmark of their culture, tracing the process from extraction through dressing techniques to stone-block transport and use. The Inkas' five most exploited quarries within the Cuzco region are examined with particular emphasis on the Llama Pit of Rumiqolqa Quarry. The main styles of wall construction are categorised and their application to different kinds of Inka buildings are examined. The implicat…
The Abandonment of the ZH‐Mozartstrasse Early Bronze Age Lake‐settlement. GIS Computer Simulation of the Lake‐level Fluctuation Hypothesis
Although ‘lake‐dwellings’ existed from the middle of the fifth millennium to the eighth century BC, the entire phenomenon was not a continuous one. There are several periods when the lake shores were abandoned and subsequently reoccupied. The pattern of occupation depends on cultural as well as environmental factors, amongst them the topography and the climate. Unlike the southern part of the Alps, which seems to have had a more regular occupatio…
The Pfahlbauproblem and the History of Lake‐Dwelling Research in the Alps
The lakes of the circum‐Alpine region preserve unique remains of Neolithic and Bronze Age architecture, which since their discovery in the mid‐nineteenth century have invited reconstruction. Each generation since then has offered a different image of these structures. Now it seem that they may all contain an element of truth
Cultural Response to Environmental Change in the Alpine Lacustrine Regions
Following an abrupt change in climatic conditions, the Middle Bronze Age northern Alpine lake‐dwellers were forced to abandon their settlements. As a result, the archaeological record shows a gap of occupation from the end of the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twelfth century BC. Where did those groups go during that period? Recent studies show that some Middle Bronze Age sites hitherto regarded as traditional dry‐land dwellings might …
Kohika
The First Lake‐dwellers of Lithuania
Lake Luokesas in Lithuania has become the centre of attention in northern European wetland archaeological research after the discovery of two Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age pile dwellings. Their unique location, chronology and building techniques have the potential to revolutionise our understanding of important aspects of wetland communities in later prehistoric Europe
Climate variations in the Circum-Alpine region and their influence on Neolithic-Bronze Age lacustrine communities displacement and\or cultural adaptation
Because of its delicate balance, the hydrological system of the Alpine region is affected immediately by climatic variations. The most obvious evidence of hydrologic instability is reflected by natural water basins in particular rivers and lakes. Caused by climate change, but catalyzed by a myriad of environmental factors, the water levels of lakes and other natural water reservoirs fluctuate, influencing people who live in their proximity. In so…
Chronological Development of the Tripolye Culture Giant-Settlement of Talianki (Ukraine)
The long tradition of relative chronology based on pottery typology has often hindered the development of radiocarbon dating amongst the Tripolye giant-settlement in Ukraine. Although it is fairly reliable, relative chronology encounters insurmountable obstacles in identifying internal phases of development within a single settlement. This paper presents the first attempt to use 14 C dates to monitor the chronological development of the Talianki …
The Tripolye Culture Giant-Settlements in Ukraine
The Oxford Handbook of Wetland Archaeology
This chapter discusses wetland occupations during the Pleistocene, early Holocene, mid- to late Holocene, and Contact Period. Several sites, associated with ancient lake systems and minor swamps, are dated to the Pleistocene, and there is some evidence of occupation in the early Holocene. However, most archaeological evidence of wetlands occupation in Australia comes from the mid- to late Holocene period. During this period, post-Pleistocene risi…
Tripolye Culture Giant-Settlements in Ukraine
Zurich-Alpenquai
The Alpenquai lake-dwelling is located on Lake Zurich, and can be considered as one of the rare Late Bronze Age lake-dwellings with a pronounced organic-rich cultural layer in the northern Circum-Alpine region. Within a larger research project, investigating the final abandonment of the lakeshores in the Circum-Alpine area at the end of the Late Bronze Age, this settlement has been investigated using a multidisciplinary research design. Combining…
The gravity model
Wetland Archaeology and Beyond
Despite being one of the most successful branches of mainstream archaeology, wetland archaeology, as an academic discipline, is still relatively unknown. We might have all heard of the wonderfully preserved organic artefacts and ecofacts found in waterlogged conditions, but do we really know how they were preserved, found, retrieved, and conserved for us to admire and study? This book covers the fascinating biography of wetland archaeology, from …
Bog Bodies
This chapter focuses on bog bodies. It discusses their distribution; types (real, paper, and fabricated); number and age of bog bodies; research into the European bog bodies; and the current understanding and the future of bog body research. Common practice in bog-body research so far has been to list all the known bog bodies from all over Europe and underline what they have in common, which sometimes leads to a biased picture of the situation. I…
Søren H. Andersen. Tybrind Vig
Søren H. Andersen. Tybrind Vig: submerged Mesolithic settlements in Denmark. 527 pages, numerous colour and b&w illustrations. 2013. Højbjerg: Jutland Archaeological Society, Moesgård Museum; 978-87-88415-78-0 hardback DKK399.95. - Volume 88 Issue 342
Gifts for the gods
The lake-dwellings of the Circum-Alpine region have long been a rich source of detailed information about daily life in Bronze Age Europe, but their location made them vulnerable to changes in climate and lake level. At several Late Bronze Age examples, skulls of children were found at the edge of the lake settlement, close to the encircling palisade. Several of the children had suffered violent deaths, through blows to the head from axes or blun…
Proto-Cities or Non-Proto-Cities? On the Nature of Cucuteni–Trypillia Mega-Sites
Archaeology (16 works) · Geography (16 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 works) · Bronze Age (8 works) · History (8 works) · Geology (7 works) · Human settlement (7 works) · Bronze (6 works) · History (6 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (5 works)