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2. Contributors

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Adamo, Paola, primary, Agrelli, Diana, additional, Albanese, Stefano, additional, Ander, E. Louise, additional, Auriemma, Giovanni, additional, Ayuso, Robert A., additional, Belkin, Harvey E., additional, Benvenuti, Marco, additional, Breward, Neil, additional, Caporale, Antonio Giandonato, additional, Chen, Wei, additional, Ciani, Francesco, additional, Cicchella, Domenico, additional, Costagliola, Pilario, additional, De Feudis, M., additional, De Vivo, Benedetto, additional, Devi, Ningombam Linthoingambi, additional, Di Bonito, Marcello, additional, Ding, Yang, additional, Doherty, Angela L., additional, Donatelli, Anna, additional, Finkelman, Robert B., additional, Flight, Dee M.A., additional, Foley, Nora K., additional, Fordyce, Fiona M., additional, Gianni, Roberto, additional, Groenenberg, J.E., additional, Huang, Huanfang, additional, Huang, Xuelian, additional, Johnson, Christopher C., additional, Knights, Kate V., additional, Laor, Efraim, additional, Lastrucci, Lorenzo, additional, Lattanzi, Pierfranco, additional, Lessard, Robert, additional, Lima, Annamaria, additional, Lister, Thomas R., additional, Liu, Hong-Xia, additional, Liu, Wei, additional, Lofts, S., additional, Lyles, Mark B., additional, Manno, Maurizio, additional, Nepi, Chiara, additional, Nice, Sarah E., additional, Orem, William H., additional, Pignotti, Lia, additional, Plumlee, Geoffrey S., additional, Qi, Shihua, additional, Qian, Zhe, additional, Qu, Chengkai, additional, Reeder, Shaun, additional, Rimondi, Valentina, additional, Roberts, Eric, additional, Salminen, Reijo, additional, Selinus, Olle, additional, Smith, B., additional, Stuart, Marianne, additional, Sun, Wen, additional, Swyngedouw, Chris, additional, Trick, Julian K., additional, Xing, Xinli, additional, Xiong, Junwu, additional, Yang, Dan, additional, Zampella, Mariavittoria, additional, Zeng, Fa-Ming, additional, Zhang, H., additional, Zhang, Jiaquan, additional, Zhang, Yuan, additional, and Zhou, Hong, additional

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2024
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3. Indoor mercury pollution in the herbaria: Risk assessment for workers’ health and potential solutions. The studies at the Florence (Italy) herbaria

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Ciani, Francesco, primary, Lattanzi, Pierfranco, additional, Benvenuti, Marco, additional, Costagliola, Pilario, additional, Donatelli, Anna, additional, Gianni, Roberto, additional, Lastrucci, Lorenzo, additional, Nepi, Chiara, additional, Pignotti, Lia, additional, and Rimondi, Valentina, additional

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2024
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4. Riparian trees in mercury contaminated riverbanks: an important resource for sustainable remediation management

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Morelli, Guia, primary, Ciani, Francesco, additional, Cocozza, Claudia, additional, Costagliola, Pilario, additional, Fagotti, Cesare, additional, Friani, Rossella, additional, Lattanzi, Pierfranco, additional, Manca, Rosarosa, additional, Monnanni, Alessio, additional, Nannoni, Alessia, additional, and Rimondi, Valentina, additional

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2024
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10. Preliminary assessment of microplastic abundance and spatial distribution along the surface water pathway of the Arno River (Central Italy)

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Monnanni, Alessio, primary, Rimondi, Valentina, additional, Morelli, Guia, additional, Nannoni, Alessia, additional, Cabigliera, Serena Benedetta, additional, Martellini, Tania, additional, Laurati, Marco, additional, Ciani, Francesco, additional, Cincinelli, Alessandra, additional, Lattanzi, Pierfranco, additional, and Costagliola, Pilario, additional

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2023
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11. Mercury emissions from herbaria cabinets

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Ciani, Francesco, primary, Manca, Rosarosa, additional, Bianchi, Elena, additional, Mortato, Andrea, additional, Salmi, Amina, additional, Lattanzi, Pierfranco, additional, Costagliola, Pilario, additional, and Rimondi, Valentina, additional

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2023
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12. Assessment of Pollen Representation in NW Italy (Liguria and Piedmont).

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Attolini, Davide, Ciani, Francesco, Guido, Maria Angela, and Montanari, Carlo

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FOSSIL pollen, POLLEN, PALYNOLOGY, PLANT communities, PLANT populations, CHESTNUT
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This research focuses on the recent pollen image of several vegetation types in NW Italy. In 201 arboreal, shrubby, and herbaceous plant populations, pollen samples were taken from moss polsters, and the corresponding vegetation was recorded using the phytosociological method. Since studies on recent pollen rain in the Mediterranean mountains and coast are rare, this research aims to provide new data and tools to better interpret fossil pollen spectra. Pollen analysis provided data for the comparison between surface spectra and vegetation. Davis indices, fidelity, dispersion, and the relation with vegetation data were calculated for each taxon, and PCA was carried out. Most vegetation types are identifiable through the taxa dominating the pollen spectra, as frequently happens in woodlands (e.g., beech woods, chestnut woods, etc.). Characterizing shrubland and certain tree-dominated vegetation types (e.g., Larix forests) through pollen data is more complex. In this regard, Davis indices are particularly useful for identifying pollen/plant association, over- and underrepresentation of pollen, and taxa indicating vegetation types. Pollen threshold values were calculated which allow the assessment of the local presence of a plant. Overall, the achieved results partially confirm those of previous research carried out in the region, greatly expanding the comparisons between several different plant communities and the database in view of future sharing through the EMPD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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15. Environmental impact of past Hg mining activities in the Monte Amiata district, Italy: A summary of recent studies

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Nannoni, Alessia, primary, Meloni, Federica, additional, Benvenuti, Marco, additional, Cabassi, Jacopo, additional, Ciani, Francesco, additional, Costagliola, Pilario, additional, Fornasaro, Silvia, additional, Lattanzi, Pierfranco, additional, Lazzaroni, Marta, additional, Nisi, Barbara, additional, Morelli, Guia, additional, Rimondi, Valentina, additional, and Vaselli, Orlando, additional

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2022
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18. Anthropogenic impact on urban rivers: insights from the Mugnone Creek (Florence, Italy) waters and sediments characterization in the framework of the multidisciplinary SENECA project

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Bicocchi, Gabriele, primary, Venturi, Stefania, additional, Monnanni, Alessio, additional, Martellini, Tania, additional, Chelazzi, David, additional, De Beni, Eleonora, additional, Cincinelli, Alessandra, additional, Morelli, Guia, additional, Lattanzi, Pierfranco, additional, Fornasaro, Silvia, additional, Ciani, Francesco, additional, Costagliola, Pilario, additional, and Rimondi, Valentina, additional

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2021
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23. Poggetti Vecchi (Tuscany, Italy): A late Middle Pleistocene case of human–elephant interaction

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Aranguren, Biancamaria, primary, Grimaldi, Stefano, additional, Benvenuti, Marco, additional, Capalbo, Chiara, additional, Cavanna, Floriano, additional, Cavulli, Fabio, additional, Ciani, Francesco, additional, Comencini, Giacomo, additional, Giuliani, Claudia, additional, Grandinetti, Giuditta, additional, Mariotti Lippi, Marta, additional, Masini, Federico, additional, Mazza, Paul Peter Anthony, additional, Pallecchi, Pasquino, additional, Santaniello, Fabio, additional, Savorelli, Andrea, additional, and Revedin, Anna, additional

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2019
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26. Cupressaceae pollen: new data about diffusion, record and preservation.

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Ciani, Francesco, Foggi, Bruno, and Lippi, Marta Mariotti

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*POLLEN, *CUPRESSACEAE, *ORNAMENTAL trees, *URBAN trees, *METROPOLITAN areas
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Cupressaceae is one of the most widespread families in the Mediterranean region, widely used as ornamental trees both in cities and extra urban areas. The family is also known to produce a considerable amount of pollen grains. Nevertheless, Cupressaceae pollen is generally scarce in sediments and it is attested to be one of the most underrepresented pollen in ancient spectra. Cupressaceae pollen diffusion was detected by means of two sampling methods: moss cushions, which are able to accumulate pollen grains for several successive years, and volumetric sampler, which records the airborne pollen day by day. The study was conducted in the city of Florence (Italy), repeating moss samplings at the same sites for three times. The comparison between the two sampling methods revealed the low preservation of this pollen type and suggested that even low quantities of this pollen may indicate the local presence of the source plants. In order to test the contribution of the local pollen sources to the background of the airborne pollen, the pollen content of moss cushions was also related to the number of Cupressaceae plants surroundings each sampling site. The results indicate a noticeable influence of the plants growing in a short-range distance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2021
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27. Paleoenvironmental context of the early Neanderthals of Poggetti Vecchi for the late middle Pleistocene of Central Italy

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Benvenuti, Marco, primary, Bahain, Jean-Jacques, additional, Capalbo, Chiara, additional, Capretti, Chiara, additional, Ciani, Francesco, additional, D’Amico, Carmine, additional, Esu, Daniela, additional, Giachi, GIanna, additional, Giuliani, Claudia, additional, Gliozzi, Elsa, additional, Lazzeri, Simona, additional, Macchioni, Nicola, additional, Lippi, Marta Mariotti, additional, Masini, Federico, additional, Mazza, Paul Peter A., additional, Pallecchi, Pasquino, additional, Revedin, Anna, additional, Savorelli, Andrea, additional, Spadi, Marco, additional, Sozzi, Lorena, additional, Vietti, Amina, additional, Voltaggio, Mario, additional, and Aranguren, Biancamaria, additional

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2017
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28. Poggetti Vecchi (Tuscany, Italy): A late Middle Pleistocene case of human-elephant interaction

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Paul Mazza, Federico Masini, Marta Mariotti Lippi, Chiara Capalbo, Andrea Savorelli, Claudia Giuliani, Fabio Santaniello, Stefano Grimaldi, Francesco Ciani, Floriano Cavanna, Fabio Cavulli, Biancamaria Aranguren, Giuditta Grandinetti, Anna Revedin, Pasquino Pallecchi, Giacomo Comencini, Marco Benvenuti, Biancamaria Aranguren, Stefano Grimaldi, Marco Benvenuti, Chiara Capalbo, Floriano Cavanna, Fabio Cavulli, Francesco Ciani, Giacomo Comencini, Claudia Giuliani, Giuditta Grandinetti, Marta Mariotti Lippi, Federico Masini, Paul Peter Anthony Mazza, Pasquino Pallecchi, Fabio Santaniello, Andrea Savorelli, Anna Revedin, Aranguren, Biancamaria, Grimaldi, Stefano, Benvenuti, Marco, Capalbo, Chiara, Cavanna, Floriano, Cavulli, Fabio, Ciani, Francesco, Comencini, Giacomo, Giuliani, Claudia, Grandinetti, Giuditta, Mariotti Lippi, Marta, Masini, Federico, Peter Anthony Mazza, Paul, Pallecchi, Pasquino, Santaniello, Fabio, Savorelli, Andrea, and Revedin, Anna

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Buxus, 010506 paleontology, Food Chain, Taphonomy, Pleistocene, Elephants, Fossil bone, 01 natural sciences, Natural (archaeology), Vertebrate taphonomy, Lithic and wooden artifacts, Early Neanderthals, Thermal water springs, Central Italy, Animals, 0601 history and archaeology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Neanderthals, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, 060101 anthropology, Tool Use Behavior, biology, Palaeoloxodon, Fossils, Paleontology, 06 humanities and the arts, Settore GEO/01 - Paleontologia E Paleoecologia, biology.organism_classification, Archaeology, Digging, Geography, Italy, Anthropology
Abstract

A paleosurface with a concentration of wooden-, bone-, and stone-tools interspersed among an accumulation of fossil bones, largely belonging to the straight-tusked elephant Palaeoloxodon antiquus, was found at the bottom of a pool, fed by hot springs, that was excavated at Poggetti Vecchi, near Grosseto (Tuscany, Italy). The site is radiometrically dated to the late Middle Pleistocene, around 171,000 years BP. Notable is the association of the artifacts with the elephant bones, and in particular the presence of digging sticks made from boxwood (Buxus sp.). Although stone tools show evidence of use mainly on animal tissues, indicating some form of interaction between hominins and animals, the precise use of the sticks is unclear. Here we discuss about the role played by the hominins at the site: paleobiological and taphonomic evidence indicates that the elephants died by a natural cause and were butchered soon after their death. The associated paleontological and archeological evidence from this site provides fresh insights into the behavior of early Neanderthals in Central Italy. The discovery of Poggetti Vecchi shows how opportunistically flexible Neanderthals were in response to environmental contingencies.

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2019

29. Paleoenvironmental context of the early Neanderthals of Poggetti Vecchi for the late middle Pleistocene of Central Italy

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Federico Masini, Marco Spadi, Chiara Capalbo, Nicola Macchioni, Anna Revedin, Amina Vietti, Marta Mariotti Lippi, Biancamaria Aranguren, Mario Voltaggio, Gianna Giachi, Carmine D’Amico, Chiara Capretti, Paul Mazza, Claudia Giuliani, Elsa Gliozzi, Lorena Sozzi, Pasquino Pallecchi, Francesco Ciani, Marco Benvenuti, Andrea Savorelli, Simona Lazzeri, Daniela Esu, Jean-Jacques Bahain, Benvenuti, Marco, Bahain, Jean Jacque, Capalbo, Chiara, Capretti, Chiara, Ciani, Francesco, D’Amico, Carmine, Esu, Daniela, Giachi, Gianna, Giuliani, Claudia, Gliozzi, Elsa, Lazzeri, Simona, Macchioni, Nicola, Lippi, Marta Mariotti, Masini, Federico, Mazza, Paul Peter A., Pallecchi, Pasquino, Revedin, Anna, Savorelli, Andrea, Spadi, Marco, Sozzi, Lorena, Vietti, Amina, Voltaggio, Mario, Aranguren, Biancamaria, Benvenuti, M., Bahain, J., Capalbo, C., Capretti, C., Ciani, F., D’Amico, C., Esu, D., Giachi, G., Giuliani, C., Gliozzi, E., Lazzeri, S., Macchioni, N., Lippi, M., Masini, F., Mazza, P., Pallecchi, P., Revedin, A., Savorelli, A., Spadi, M., Sozzi, L., Vietti, A. K, Voltaggio, M., and Aranguren, B.

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Marine isotope stage, 010506 paleontology, Pleistocene, Late middle Pleistocene, Context (language use), 010502 geochemistry & geophysics, 01 natural sciences, Sudden death, Paleontology, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Earth-Surface Processes, Late Middle Pleistocene, Central Italy, Palaeoloxodon, biology, Early Neanderthal, Settore GEO/01 - Paleontologia E Paleoecologia, biology.organism_classification, Early Neanderthals, Archaeology, Paleoenvironment, Facies, Paleoecology, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Sedimentary rock, Geology
Abstract

Work on thermal pools at Poggetti Vecchi in Grosseto, Italy, exposed an up to 3-meter-thick succession of seven sedimentary units. Unit 2 in the lower portion of the succession contained vertebrate bones, mostly of the straight-tusked elephant, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, commingled with stone, bone, and wooden tools. Thermal carbonates overlying Unit 2 are radiometrically dated to the latter part of the middle Pleistocene. This time span indicates that early Neanderthals produced the human artifacts from Poggetti Vecchi. The elephant bones belong to seven individuals of different ages. Sedimentary facies analysis and paleoecological evidence suggest a narrow lacustrine-palustrine embayment affected by water-level fluctuations and, at times, by hydrothermal water. Cyclic lake-level variations were predominantly forced by the rapid climatic fluctuations that occurred at Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 6–7 transition and throughout the MIS 6. Possibly an abrupt, intense, and protracted cold episode during the onset of MIS 6 led to the sudden death of the elephants, which formed an unexpected food resource for the humans of the area. The Poggetti Vecchi site adds new information on the behavioral plasticity and food procurement strategies that early Neanderthals were able to develop in Italy during the middle to the late Pleistocene transition.

Published
2017

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