Environmental implications and evidence of natural products from dental calculi of a Neolithic-Chalcolithic community (central Italy)

被引：7

作者：

D'Agostino, Alessia ^{[1
,6
]}

Di Marco, Gabriele ^{[1
]}

Rubini, Mauro ^{[2
,3
,4
]}

Marvelli, Silvia ^{[5
]}

Rizzoli, Elisabetta ^{[5
]}

Canini, Antonella ^{[1
]}

Gismondi, Angelo ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Dept Biol, Via Ric Sci 1, I-00133 Rome, Italy

[2] Univ Foggia, Dept Archaeol, Via A Gramsci 89-91, I-0881 Foggia, Italy

[3] Anthropol Serv SABAP LAZ, Minist Culture Italy, Via Pompeo Magno 2, I-00133 Rome, Italy

[4] Anthropol Lab VAVE Villa Adriana & Villa Este, Via Stabilimenti 5, I-00019 Rome, Italy

[5] Lab Palinol & Archeobot CAA Giorgio Nicoli, Via Marzocchi 17, I-40017 Bologna, Italy

[6] Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Dept Biol, PhD Program Evolutionary Biol & Ecol, Rome, Italy

来源：

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS | 2021年 / 11卷 / 01期

关键词：

BRONZE-AGE; PLANT MICROREMAINS; POLLEN MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC RESIDUES; HEALTH-BENEFITS; CONSUMPTION; IDENTIFICATION; PREHISTORY; HOLOCENE; FISH;

D O I：

10.1038/s41598-021-89999-3

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

In this contribution, we investigated the role of plants in the prehistoric community of Casale del Dolce (Anagni, FR, central Italy), through microparticles recovered from dental calculus. The finding of a great amount of pollen types, even in form of compact lumps, could indicate use of natural substances, such as honeybee products and/or conifer resins. This plant-microremain record also suggested environmental implications relative to the Neolithic and Chalcolithic period. Additionally, the stability of the tartar microenvironment had preserved starches and other microparticles, such as one epidermal trichome, a sporangium, and fragments of plant tissue, rarely detected in ancient dental calculus. The detection of secondary metabolites in the ancient matrix confirmed the familiarity of this community with plant resources. All these data supply various interesting food for thought and expand the knowledge about the potential of dental calculus in archaeological and archaeobotanical fields with a special focus on palaeoecology.

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