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Presentazione dei risultati della campagna di scavo 2015
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ArchaeOrganics - 1st Italian Workshop on the Analysis of Archaeological Organic Remains, 2019
The study of plant and animal remains from archaeological sites provides important evidences on p... more The study of plant and animal remains from archaeological sites provides important evidences on past human diet: these include species selection, food preparation practices, consumption, and discard; furthermore, information on social status may also be inferred from organic materials recovered during archaeological excavations.
Data from some elite residences, two in Northern Latium (Celleno and Graffignano) and one in Rome (Ss.Quattro Coronati complex), allow to explore, using archaeobotanical, zooarchaeological as well as genetic data, different ways people used to express wealth by means of food between the late Middle Ages and Renaissance.
10th European Palaeobotany & Palynology Conference, 2018
Papers by raffaele pugliese
Environmental Archaeology, 2021
The study of plant and animal remains from archaeological sites provides important evidence about... more The study of plant and animal remains from archaeological sites provides important evidence about past human diets and habits: this includes species selection, food preparation, consumption and disposal practices. Furthermore, such information may also provide inferences about social status. Data from refuse disposal features identified in some elite contexts in central Italya high-status residence in Celleno Vecchio (Viterbo) and the Baglioni-Santacroce castle in Graffignano (Viterbo), both in northern Latium, as well as the Santi Quattro Coronati ecclesiastical complex in Romeallow to explore, using archaeobotanical, archaeozoological and genetic data, some of the different ways in which people expressed wealth by means of food during a period between the late Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica - Natural Sciences in Archaeology, 2018
This paper reports the archaeobotanical and archaeozoological data from a disposal pit, whose use... more This paper reports the archaeobotanical and archaeozoological data from a disposal pit, whose use started after the partial closure of a staircase, and from a mortar surface within a former porch in the Santi Quattro Coronati complex in Rome, Italy. The two contexts were in use in the Early Modern Age, when the complex served as a cardinal seat. The element that distinguishes the Santi Quattro Coronati from other contemporaneous contexts is the presence of New World species, until now only hypothesized based on a letter sent by the first resident bishop in Santo Domingo to Lorenzo Pucci, then cardinal with the titulus of the Santi Quattro Coronati. Pumpkin seeds (Cucurbita pepo and C. maxima/ moschata) were found in the pit, while a pelvis of guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) was found in a former porch. Numerous archaeobotanical remains preserved by mummification, identified mostly as food, and many archaeozoological specimens were found in the pit. Based on the data, it is hypothesized that the pit was used mainly as a deposit for table waste. The results as a whole help towards the investigation of the eating customs and daily habits of a Renaissance high-status clerical community.
Atti Della Pontificia Accademia Romana Di Archeologia Rendiconti, 2008
Atti Della Pontificia Accademia Romana Di Archeologia Rendiconti, 2008
Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica, 2018
This paper reports the archaeobotanical and archaeozoological data from a disposal pit, whose use... more This paper reports the archaeobotanical and archaeozoological data from a disposal pit, whose use started after the partial closure of a staircase, and from a mortar surface within a former porch in the Santi Quattro Coronati complex in Rome, Italy. The two contexts were in use in the Early Modern Age, when the complex served as a cardinal seat. The element that distinguishes the Santi Quattro Coronati from other contemporaneous contexts is the presence of New World species, until now only hypothesized based on a letter sent by the first resident bishop in Santo Domingo to Lorenzo Pucci, then cardinal with the titulus of the Santi Quattro Coronati. Pumpkin seeds (Cucurbita pepo and C. maxima/moschata) were found in the pit, while a pelvis of guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) was found in a former porch. Numerous archaeobotanical remains preserved by mummification, identified mostly as food, and many archaeozoological specimens were found in the pit. Based on the data, it is hypothesized that the pit was used mainly as a deposit for table waste. The results as a whole help towards the investigation of the eating customs and daily habits of a Renaissance high-status clerical community.
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Data from some elite residences, two in Northern Latium (Celleno and Graffignano) and one in Rome (Ss.Quattro Coronati complex), allow to explore, using archaeobotanical, zooarchaeological as well as genetic data, different ways people used to express wealth by means of food between the late Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Papers by raffaele pugliese
Data from some elite residences, two in Northern Latium (Celleno and Graffignano) and one in Rome (Ss.Quattro Coronati complex), allow to explore, using archaeobotanical, zooarchaeological as well as genetic data, different ways people used to express wealth by means of food between the late Middle Ages and Renaissance.