This paper examines the interrelationship between the natural and human history of Sicily
over the last 2000 years. It presents a close comparison of the data from the key multi-proxy …

Recent advances in palaeoecology provide growing evidence of complex spatio-temporal
patterns of tree species survival during the last glaciation. The distribution of Sweet chestnut …

Pollen data from three off-site records and twenty-six on-site (archaeological) sites are
reviewed to investigate the development of cultural landscapes through the history of the …

Over the last millennia, the land between the Alps and the Mediterranean Sea, characterized
by extraordinary habitat diversity, has seen an outstanding cross-cultural development. For …

The reconstruction of human impact is pivotal in palaeoecological studies, as humans are
among the most important drivers of Holocene vegetation and ecosystem change …

Forests of the Apennines are characterised by high canopy cover and high tree species
diversity (being at the interface between two major climatic zones of Europe), and provide …

A new high-resolution pollen record, spanning the last five millennia, is presented from the
Gulf of Gaeta (Tyrrhenian Sea, central Italy), with the aim of verifying if any vegetation …

In the Mediterranean region of southern Europe, Castanea sativa Mill.(Castanea) coppice
stands are being invaded by non-native pioneer tree species due to recurrent coppicing and …

Archaeobotanical analyses were carried out on layers from the site of Piazza Garibaldi in
Parma, a town located in the plain of Emilia Romagna, in northern Italy. The layers dated to …

The landscape around the Graeco-Roman town of Neapolis was reconstructed through
morphostratigraphic methods and pollen analysis of the sediments filling the bay hosting the …