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VEGETATION HISTORY AND ARCHAEOBOTANY
Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages 105-112Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-007-0112-z
Keywords
archaeobotany; Roman period; Pompeii; funerary rituals; plant offerings
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This paper deals with the botanical study of a family funerary enclosure located in the Porta Nocera necropolis in Pompeii (southwestern Italy). This study is part of a Franco-Italian programme investigating Roman funerary rituals. The choice of the context was due to the exceptional preservation of the archaeological features, which offered the opportunity to observe the remains of the proceedings which took place in a funerary enclosure in great detail. An adequate methodology had to be developed and a 3D recording of every single artefact or ecofact has been made. Both ground surfaces and graves provided botanical results. Those from the ground surfaces consisted mainly of fruit offering residues (especially fig and grape), while a much wider range of species was observed in the tombs, including cereals, pulses, other kinds of fruits, weeds and bread/pastry.
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