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ArticleEcology and evolution2024

Microparticles from dental calculus disclose paleoenvironmental and palaeoecological records.

Alessia D'Agostino, Gabriele Di Marco, Mario Federico Rolfo, Luca Alessandri, Silvia Marvelli, Roberto Braglia, Roberta Congestri, Federica Berrilli, Maria Felicita Fuciarelli, Angelica Ferracci and 2 more

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Alessia D'AgostinoLaboratory of Botany, Department of Biology University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4309-1083
Gabriele Di MarcoLaboratory of Botany, Department of Biology University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1369-4895
Mario Federico RolfoDepartment of History, Culture and Society University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2492-2387
Luca AlessandriGroningen Institute of Archaeology University of Groningen Groningen The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8231-8482
Silvia MarvelliLaboratory of Palynology and Archaeobotany-C.A.A. Giorgio Nicoli Bologna Italy.
Roberto BragliaLaboratory of Botany, Department of Biology University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy.
Roberta CongestriLaboratory of Biology of the Algae, Department of Biology University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy.
Federica BerrilliDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy.
Maria Felicita FuciarelliLaboratory of Human Ecology, Department of Biology University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy.
Angelica FerracciDepartment of History, Culture and Society University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy.
Antonella CaniniLaboratory of Botany, Department of Biology University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1132-8899
Angelo GismondiLaboratory of Botany, Department of Biology University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9257-9667
University of Rome Tor Vergata · ITAssociazione Italiana Arbitri · ITUniversity of Groningen · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plants have always represented a key element in landscape delineation. Indeed, plant diversity, whose distribution is influenced by geographic/climatic variability, has affected both environmental and human ecology. The present contribution represents a multi-proxy study focused on the detection of starch, pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs in ancient dental calculus collected from pre-historical individuals buried at La Sassa and Pila archaeological sites (Central Italy). The collected record suggested the potential use of plant taxa by the people living in Central Italy during the Copper-Middle Bronze Age and expanded the body of evidence reported by previous palynological and palaeoecological studies. The application of a microscopic approach provided information about domesticated crops and/or gathered wild plants and inferred considerations on ancient environments, water sources, and past health and diseases. Moreover, the research supplied data to define the natural resources (e.g., C

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ancient landscapepaleoenvironmentplant ecologyprehistoric timestartarwater sources

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