Human-landscape interactions in the Bologna area (northern Italy) during the mid-late Holocene, with focus on the Roman period

Holocene

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1560-1571

  Bruno, Luigi ^a   Amorosi, Alessandro ^a   Curina, Renata ^b   Severi, Paolo ^c   Bitelli, Remo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Superintendence to Archaeological Properties of Emilia Romagna ^*  (Italy)

^c Geological Seismic and Soil Survey of Regione Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

Author keywords

alluvial system; geoarchaeology; human settlement; Iron Age; Italy; Roman period; urban geology

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BUILDING; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; IRON AGE; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; RECONSTRUCTION; ROMAN ERA; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; UNCONFORMITY; URBAN AREA;

ITALY;

EID: 84885452598     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683613499054     Document Type: Article

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