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A multidisciplinary and multi-scale study of the medieval environment (9th-15th centuries) of the lower Ravenna plain through archival documentation and macro- and micro-plant remains analysis

Celeste Fiorotto (UGent)
(2024)
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Fabio Saggioro and (UGent)
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La presente ricerca applica un approccio multidisciplinare allo studio del paesaggio antico medievale della porzione della pianura situata ad Ovest di Ravenna. Lo studio combina l’analisi delle fonti scritte edite di periodo medievale, in particolare i contratti agrari tra proprietari e coltivatori (secoli VIII-XIII), con i risultati provenienti dalle analisi archeobotaniche effettuate sia nel contesto archeologico del castrum di Zagonara (secoli XI-XV), sia in contesti fuori sito di paludi medievali (secoli XI-XIII) indagati tramite carotaggi meccanici continui. La ricerca si pone l’obiettivo di porre le basi per un confronto fruttuoso tra la fonte scritta (“paesaggio percepito”) e i dati scientifici (ambiente), al fine di meglio comprendere e indagare le differenti sfumature del concetto di paesaggio declinato in un contesto medievale di bassa pianura soggetto a impaludamento.
The thesis is divided into three parts: the first one introduces the context studied; the second part illustrates the different methodologies used; the third and final part shows the results and their discussion. The first chapter aims to introduce the geographical, geomorphological and historical context and provide a background on archaeological research in the area. The second chapter is dedicated to the description of the current vegetation and the peculiarities of the area and its transformations in the past. Finally, an outline of the archaeobotanical studies of the medieval period in the Romagna area is presented. Chapter 3 addresses the concept of landscape and its cultural, ecological, historical and archaeological declinations, focusing specifically on the tradition of Italian landscape studies. In Part II, the methodology is presented in detail, with the fourth chapter describing the type of written sources analysed and the structure of the Access database. The fifth chapter deals with the collection, preparation and identification of the archaeobotanical samples studied. The results of the study of the written sources are illustrated in Chapter 6, in which an attempt is made to give shape to a described landscape through the recording of landmarks both “natural”, such as woodlands, rivers, cultivated fields and their products, and anthropogenic, such as fortified sites, centres of territorial administration (curtes) and clusters of land properties (massae). Chapter 7 focuses on the results of the archaeobotanical study carried out at the castrum of Zagonara site: after a brief historical contextualization and description of the stratigraphy, the results are presented and divided into carpological, anthropological and pollen data. Follow the interpretation and discussion of the data. Chapter 8 is dedicated to the results of the archaeobotanical study on the four off-site contexts selected, with the aim of better understanding the formation and evolution of the marshland areas which characterized the landscape in the past. After the illustration of each case study, all the data are combined in a complete and final discussion.
Dit doctoraatsonderzoek past een multidisciplinaire benadering toe om het oude middeleeuwse landschap van het westelijke deel van de Ravenna-vlakte te bestuderen. De studie combineert de analyse van bewerkte middeleeuwse geschreven bronnen, vooral de contracten tussen grondeigenaren en boeren (8e-13e eeuw), met de archaeobotanische resultaten van de archeologische site van het castrum van Zagonara (11e-15e eeuw) en van off-site materiaal verzameld uit kernen in middeleeuwse moerasland contexten (11e-13e eeuw). Het onderzoek beoogt de basis te leggen voor een dialoog tussen de historische bron ("waargenomen landschap") en de wetenschappelijk-archeologische gegevens (omgeving), met als doel alle verschillende dimensies van het concept van landschap in een middeleeuwse laaglandcontext te begrijpen. De scriptie is verdeeld in drie delen: het eerste introduceert de bestudeerde context; het tweede deel illustreert de verschillende gebruikte methodologieën; het derde en laatste deel toont de resultaten en hun bespreking. Het eerste hoofdstuk beoogt de geografische, geomorfologische en historische context te introduceren en achtergrondinformatie te geven over archeologisch onderzoek in het gebied. Het tweede hoofdstuk is gewijd aan de beschrijving van de huidige vegetatie en de bijzonderheden van het gebied en de transformaties ervan in het verleden. Ten slotte wordt een overzicht gegeven van de archaeobotanische studies van de middeleeuwse periode in het Romagna-gebied. Hoofdstuk 3 behandelt het concept van landschap en de culturele, ecologische, historische en archeologische vertakkingen ervan, met specifieke aandacht voor de traditie van Italiaanse landschapsstudies. In Deel II wordt de methodologie in detail gepresenteerd, waarbij het vierde hoofdstuk het type geschreven bronnen beschrijft dat is geanalyseerd en de structuur van de Access database. Het vijfde hoofdstuk behandelt de verzameling, voorbereiding en identificatie van de bestudeerde archaeobotanische monsters. De resultaten van de studie van de geschreven bronnen worden geïllustreerd in Hoofdstuk 6, waarin een poging wordt gedaan om vorm te geven aan een beschreven landschap door de registratie van herkenningspunten, zowel "natuurlijk", zoals bossen, rivieren, bewerkte velden en hun producten, als "antropogeen", zoals versterkte locaties, centra van territoriale administratie (curtes) en clusters van landeigendommen (massae). Hoofdstuk 7 richt zich op de resultaten van de archaeobotanische studie uitgevoerd op de site van het castrum van Zagonara: na een korte historische contextualisering en beschrijving van de stratigrafie, worden de resultaten gepresenteerd, verdeeld in carpologische, anthracologische en palynologische gegevens. Vervolgens volgt de interpretatie en bespreking van de gegevens. Hoofdstuk 8 is gewijd aan de resultaten van de archaeobotanische studie van de vier off-site contexten die zijn geselecteerd, met als doel een beter begrip te krijgen van de vorming en evolutie van de moerasgebieden die het landschap in het verleden kenmerkten. Na de illustratie van elk casestudy worden alle gegevens gecombineerd in een volledige en finale discussie.
Keywords
archaeology, archaeobotany, Middle Ages

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MLA
Fiorotto, Celeste. A Multidisciplinary and Multi-Scale Study of the Medieval Environment (9th-15th Centuries) of the Lower Ravenna Plain through Archival Documentation and Macro- and Micro-Plant Remains Analysis. University of Verona ; Ghent University. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, 2024.
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Fiorotto, C. (2024). A multidisciplinary and multi-scale study of the medieval environment (9th-15th centuries) of the lower Ravenna plain through archival documentation and macro- and micro-plant remains analysis. University of Verona ; Ghent University. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Verona, Italy ; Ghent, Belgium.
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Fiorotto, Celeste. 2024. “A Multidisciplinary and Multi-Scale Study of the Medieval Environment (9th-15th Centuries) of the Lower Ravenna Plain through Archival Documentation and Macro- and Micro-Plant Remains Analysis.” Verona, Italy ; Ghent, Belgium: University of Verona ; Ghent University. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture.
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Fiorotto, Celeste. 2024. “A Multidisciplinary and Multi-Scale Study of the Medieval Environment (9th-15th Centuries) of the Lower Ravenna Plain through Archival Documentation and Macro- and Micro-Plant Remains Analysis.” Verona, Italy ; Ghent, Belgium: University of Verona ; Ghent University. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture.
Vancouver
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Fiorotto C. A multidisciplinary and multi-scale study of the medieval environment (9th-15th centuries) of the lower Ravenna plain through archival documentation and macro- and micro-plant remains analysis. [Verona, Italy ; Ghent, Belgium]: University of Verona ; Ghent University. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture; 2024.
IEEE
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C. Fiorotto, “A multidisciplinary and multi-scale study of the medieval environment (9th-15th centuries) of the lower Ravenna plain through archival documentation and macro- and micro-plant remains analysis,” University of Verona ; Ghent University. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Verona, Italy ; Ghent, Belgium, 2024.
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  publisher    = {{University of Verona ; Ghent University. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture}},
  school       = {{Ghent University}},
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