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Vegetation series as a marker of interactions between rural settlements and landscape: new insights from the archaeological record in Western Sicily

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  • Giuseppe Bazan
  • Angelo Castrorao Barba
  • Antonio Rotolo
  • Pasquale Marino

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Plant communities are complex and dynamic elements of the landscape, intertwined with both natural factors and human activities. Vegetation series reflect the environmental characteristics of the landscape, but also the anthropic impact, one of the exogenous forces that most profoundly affects the landscape formation process. This paper aims to investigate the interactions between long-term human settlement catchment areas and vegetation series. The case study area of the Sicani Mountains (Central-Western Sicily) proved to be an ideal place to perform GIS-based spatial analysis in order to compare a data set of rural archaeological sites and land units created through the mapping of vegetation series. The existence of a causal link between vegetation series and human settlement patterns allows us, as well as future researchers, to find new explanations for the formation of the multifaceted Mediterranean rural landscape.

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  • Giuseppe Bazan & Angelo Castrorao Barba & Antonio Rotolo & Pasquale Marino, 2020. "Vegetation series as a marker of interactions between rural settlements and landscape: new insights from the archaeological record in Western Sicily," Landscape Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(4), pages 484-502, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:clarxx:v:45:y:2020:i:4:p:484-502
    DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2020.1730774
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    1. Angelo Castrorao Barba & Carla Aleo Nero & Giuseppina Battaglia & Luca Zambito & Ludovica Virga & Alessandra Messina & Marco Cangemi & Giuseppe Bazan, 2024. "Continuity, Resilience, and Change in Rural Settlement Patterns from the Roman to Islamic Period in the Sicani Mountains (Central-Western Sicily)," Land, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-36, March.
    2. Valentino Romano & Giulio Catalano & Giuseppe Bazan & Francesco Calì & Luca Sineo, 2021. "Archaeogenetics and Landscape Dynamics in Sicily during the Holocene: A Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(17), pages 1-19, August.
    3. Angela Alessandra Badami, 2021. "Managing the Historical Agricultural Landscape in the Sicilian Anthropocene Context. The Landscape of the Valley of the Temples as a Time Capsule," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-30, April.
    4. Giuseppe Bazan & Claudia Speciale & Angelo Castrorao Barba & Salvatore Cambria & Roberto Miccichè & Pasquale Marino, 2020. "Historical Suitability and Sustainability of Sicani Mountains Landscape (Western Sicily): An Integrated Approach of Phytosociology and Archaeobotany," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-23, April.
    5. Rongtian Zhang & Xiaolin Zhang, 2023. "Spatial Pattern Evolution and Driving Mechanism of Rural Settlements in Rapidly Urbanized Areas: A Case Study of Jiangning District in Nanjing City, China," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-17, March.
    6. Giuseppe Bazan & Angelo Castrorao Barba, 2022. "Historical Ecology, Archaeology and Biocultural Landscapes: Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to the Long Anthropocene," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-4, April.

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