id
	12021
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/12021
Resource template
	Academic Article
Resource class
	bibo:AcademicArticle
Title
	Pollen analysis of the ship site of Pisa San Rossore, Tuscany, Italy: The implications for catastrophic hydrological events and climatic change during the late Holocene
Creator
	Mariotti Lippi, Marta
	Bellini, Cristina
	Trinci, Chiara
	Benvenuti, Marco
	Pallecchi, Pasquino
	Sagri, Mario
Date
	2006
Language
	eng
Abstract
	In 1998, an ancient shipping wharf was brought to light in Pisa, Italy. The shipwrecks found there showed human activity from the Etruscan to the late Roman Empire periods. Sandy sediments burying the ships and related materials show four main periods of catastrophic floods separated by thin muddy layers pointing to phases between flooding episodes. Pollen analyses in these fine grained deposits showed: 1) significant percentages of Abies and Fagus during the pre-Roman period; 2) elements of mixed oak woodland together with hygrophilous plants in pollen spectra dominated by herbs, in the Roman interflood deposits. On the whole, the pollen data show a vegetational change which may be attributed to different climatic conditions, supporting the hypothesis that the Roman period was warmer, even though a significant human influence cannot be excluded. Numerous fresh water genera suggest that the area was a poorly drained alluvial plain. Integration between pollen and sedimentological analyses allows some inferences on the dynamics of the warm Roman period and indicates that the warm climate was punctuated by century-scale hydro-climatic crises triggering catastrophic floods.
Is Part Of
	Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
Cited by
	11057
Doi
	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-006-0070-x
Pages
	453-465
Short title
	Pollen analysis of the ship site of Pisa San Rossore, Tuscany, Italy
Volume
	16
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/KRLP27RE/item-list

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