The prehistoric pile-dwelling settlement of Stagno (Leghorn, Italy): wood and food resource exploitation

Dietary Variability During Bronze Age in Central Italy: First Results

“…As for agricultural practices, the main grain crops cultivated during the Bronze Age were wheat and barley (Carra et al ., ; Giachi et al ., ; e.g. Carra, ).…”

Tyrrhenian central Italy: Holocene population and landscape ecology

“…However, these demographic trends had a less evident impact on the vegetational landscape than the longer term trends responding to the clearance for agriculture. Some of the preference for wet conditions for agriculture, accompanied by a more wide-ranging use of the landscape, may have continued even into the Bronze Age in areas such as the Arno catchment Giachi et al 2010). Most importantly, the main increase in tree crops in this region occurred after 2.8 ka BP (i.e.…”