Sites

Agro Pontino Frasso [caption id="attachment_629" align="alignleft" width="300"] The Frasso site[/caption] Frasso is a site in the Agro Pontino. A thin tephra layer embedded in peat has been found at 1.10m depth, . Samples for pollen analysis have been taken in June 2016 and will be processed soon. Samples for macrofossil…

Macrobotany

[caption id="attachment_625" align="alignleft" width="225"] The ash layers in the test pit[/caption] The macrobotanical research involves the analysis of larger botanical remains, such as seeds, fruits, leaves, roots and wood. Macrofossils are generally best preserved in wet circumstances. Samples are taken from clean sections and processed in the lab. Therefore a…

Palynology

[caption id="attachment_620" align="alignleft" width="300"] The laboratory[/caption] Ideally pollen diagrams are derived from samples taken from peat or lake sediments. The formation of peat and lake sediments is well known. Both peat and lake sediments are formed by accumulation processes. Peat is formed by the accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter.…

Palaeoecology

[caption id="attachment_613" align="alignleft" width="300"] The Agro Pontino and Fondi basin. A: higher Pleistocene marine terraces, B: low-lying Agro Pontino Graben, C: Fondi basin[/caption] Pollen and macrofossil data will be used to reconstruct the vegetation in the coastal wetlands of south Lazio before and after the Avellino eruption. The aim of…