Archaeobotanical Data from the Italian Peninsula in the 1st Millennium CE

Roberto Ragno

doi:10.5334/joad.147

Abstract

This dataset contains raw counts of archaeobotanical (macro-)remains from archaeological sites located in mainland Italy, dating from the 1^st century BCE to the 11^th century CE. The 195 carpological assemblages have been collected from a variety of published sources and reports and have been stored in a database with the relevant contextual and geographical metadata. The collection focuses on 40 plant taxa that were most commonly represented across the reviewed archaeobotanical reports, prioritising species with clear associations with agricultural activities and subsistence practices. This data may be used for statistical assessment of spatial and temporal differences in dietary patterns, agrarian strategies and crop distribution in the Italian peninsula between the Roman imperial period and the early medieval age.

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Archaeobotanical Data from the Italian Peninsula in the 1st Millennium CE

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