Agenda

29 Apr 2025 11:00

Archaeobotany as a tool for reconstructing diets and rituals

Aula Epsilon 3, Edificio EPSILON - Campus Scientifico via Torino

Speaker: Clarissa Cagnato, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow (COMAL) - Dept Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics - Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Titolo: Archaeobotany as a tool for reconstructing diets and rituals: case studies from ancient Maya and Teotihuacan contexts

Link Zoom: https://unive.zoom.us/j/8723813024?pwd=JWFJTMRsjrQ5Ot0G56zUOSHFhaGRbH.1&omn=89956638734
Meeting ID: 872 381 3024
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Abstract:
Archaeobotany - the study of past human-plant relations - can provide a wealth of information on ancient societies. This seminar will review some of the methods and techniques used in this field, with examples primarily drawn from Mesoamerican contexts, but also from further afield. We will also present some preliminary results drawn from the COMAL project, which explores innovative ways to study ancient food remains.

Bio Sketch:
Clarissa Cagnato is an archaeobotanist specializing in the analysis of macrobotanical remains and starch grains. She received her PhD from Washington University in St. Louis (Missouri, USA) and primarily works on reconstructing cuisine and use of ritual plants by ancient Mesoamerican cultures (Maya, Teotihuacan). During her postdocs Clarissa collaborated on various projects ranging from determining Paleolithic and Early Neolithic diets of populations living in Eurasia to documenting Iron Age food practices in western Central Africa. She is currently a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice where she is developing the project COMAL, which studies ancient Maya cuisine through molecular and imaging approaches.

Lingua

L'evento si terrà in italiano

Organizzatore

Francesca Izzo

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