Pompeya (Actividades Haliéuticas) by Daniela Cottica
This paper illustrates the results of a pluriannual research project carried out by an
Italian-Sp... more This paper illustrates the results of a pluriannual research project carried out by an
Italian-Spanish team and focused on the exploitation of marine resources in the
Vesuvius area. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the building known as the
« Garum Shop » in Pompeii (I, 12, 8), in order to present a reconstruction of space organization
and marine resource exploitation in an urban context dating to 79 AD. Results
of archive research, stratigraphic excavations, archaeozoological and archaeometric
analyses will be presented and discussed, with the aim to propose a model of space organization
for the production and sale of fish products.
In this paper, we propose the application—for the first time in the Mediterranean area—of the com... more In this paper, we propose the application—for the first time in the Mediterranean area—of the combination of the study of chemical residues in floors and ceramics, with the aim of providing information about the activities carried out in archeological buildings. We chose the Garum Shop at Pompeii to test the method. In fact, due to the peculiarity of this archeological context, it provided an ideal case in which the activities performed are in part known, and the ceramic vessels recovered are still in situ. Floor samples were studied by means of spot tests developed in Mexico aimed at identifying the presence of phosphates, fatty acids, and protein residues, while the organic residues preserved in the ceramic matrix of amphorae, dolia, and other ceramic vessels were studied by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. Moreover, we integrated the data obtained with specific studies directed at better identifying the solid residues found inside two of the amphorae studied: botanical studies of fruit stones recovered in a Dressel 20 amphora and the characterization of the lime preserved in an African amphora. The research allowed for the identification of the traces of some of the activities performed, such as cooking and producing garum in the floors of the building, and the use and re-use of amphorae and dolia before the Vesuvian eruption.
Papers by Daniela Cottica
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This paper illustrates some details of a system of vats devoted to the maceration of Cannabis sat... more This paper illustrates some details of a system of vats devoted to the maceration of Cannabis sativa in Roman Aquileia, located along the eastern bank of the fluvial port. It represents the first complex of this kind documented in the Roman world and offers the opportunity to rethink about the extend and impact of cultivation, processing and trade of hemp and its derivates in Roman society. Moving from the findings recently brought into light at Aquileia, the authors believe that research on hemp production chain and exploitation can greatly benefit from a transdisciplinary approach. The latter should balance the limits posed by the scarcity of present archaeological evidence on this subject, with information gathered by a systematic survey of literary and epigraphic sources, archaeobotanical, paleopalynological and ethnographic data. This is the research line pursued by the authors and thereafter briefly illustrated.
3rd Conference of IARPotHP,, 2020
The evolution of patterns of trade between Italy and Gaul shows that the processes of Hellenizat... more The evolution of patterns of trade between Italy and Gaul shows that the processes of Hellenization, and Romanization thereafter, took place in a non-homogeneous way for different reasons that we will try to understand. These reasons seem to vary depending on the areas taken into account. The study of black gloss ware from the south of France contributes to the understanding of dynamics of commercial exchange and cultural interaction in the Hellenistic-Roman period, between the coasts of the Italic peninsula and those of the Gulf of Lion (the Latin Sinus Gallicus) in western Mediterranean. The more or less conspicuous presence of black gloss ware, together with Italic amphorae, at different coastal sites as well as at inland sites of the Gallic Isthmus (in the various departments of the Midi-Pyrénées and Aquitania), attests to the processes and dynamics of acculturation, integration, or resistance and cultural denial, among the various peoples of this period and region (Greeks, Celts, Romans, Aquitans, Iberi). The focus of our attention will be on the black gloss ware produced in ancient Italy (as we will see especially in central Italy) and imported to, and sometime imitated in, the Gallic regions. Data derive from published sites, as well as some unpublished ones. Through the analysis of the presence and distribution of these ceramics, we will try to contribute to the understanding of appearance and patterns of distribution of these vessels from the Gulf of Lion to Aquitaine, during a chronological period spanning from the 3rd to the 1st centuries B. C.
Global and Planetary Change, 2024
Venice Lagoon (Italy), the largest wetland in the Mediterranean basin, is extremely vulnerable to... more Venice Lagoon (Italy), the largest wetland in the Mediterranean basin, is extremely vulnerable to variations in relative sea level (RSL) which is locally defined by an average rising rate of about 2.5 mm per year, resulting from both sea-level change and vertical land movements. The environmental pressures stemming from projected higher RSL rising rates will have a profound impact on Venetian coastal ecosystems with a significant loss of wetlands partly due to a drastic reduction of salt marsh habitats. To understand how changes in marine influence could create such ecological upheaval in the near future, and fully remodel these coastal salt marshes, we reconstructed 5650 years of RSL rise history and land subsidence impacts on ecosystem dynamics during the Holocene transgression of Venice Lagoon. We show that the evolution of ecosystems mainly mirrors the gradual intrusion of salt water that progressively reshaped the coastal vegetation by turning the area into salt lagoon habitats. Before marine influence became dominant, the area was mainly fed by substantial freshwater supplies allowing the development of a diversified alluvial vegetation. Environmental pressures increased markedly about 6800-6600 years ago when seawater began to significantly influence the area, affecting marsh-swamp ecosystems. These marine inputs promoted the spread of halophytic and salt-tolerant vegetation types which laid the foundations for what would become the current salt marsh habitats. Venice Lagoon serves as a stark reminder of how rising sea levels, accompanied by increased saltwater intrusion into freshwater habitats and adjacent lands, can drastically alter and reshape pre-existing ecosystems. The lagoon's long-term ecological record indicates that contemporary fluctuations in RSL pose a substantial ecological threat, potentially culminating in a major upheaval of aquatic habitats in the near future.
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Pompeya (Actividades Haliéuticas) by Daniela Cottica
Italian-Spanish team and focused on the exploitation of marine resources in the
Vesuvius area. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the building known as the
« Garum Shop » in Pompeii (I, 12, 8), in order to present a reconstruction of space organization
and marine resource exploitation in an urban context dating to 79 AD. Results
of archive research, stratigraphic excavations, archaeozoological and archaeometric
analyses will be presented and discussed, with the aim to propose a model of space organization
for the production and sale of fish products.
Papers by Daniela Cottica
Italian-Spanish team and focused on the exploitation of marine resources in the
Vesuvius area. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the building known as the
« Garum Shop » in Pompeii (I, 12, 8), in order to present a reconstruction of space organization
and marine resource exploitation in an urban context dating to 79 AD. Results
of archive research, stratigraphic excavations, archaeozoological and archaeometric
analyses will be presented and discussed, with the aim to propose a model of space organization
for the production and sale of fish products.
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Organizzatrice: Prof. Daniela Cottica (DSU- Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia) Info: [email protected]