Citation:

PANGAEA.993043 (dataset in review)

Name: Palynological data from Altinum (Lagoon of Venice, Italy) spanning the Bronze Age to the Roman period
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: archaeobotany; Holocene; Holocene climate variability; human activity; NPP; palynology; pollen analysis

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Abstract:

This dataset presents palynological data obtained from two sedimentary archives collected at the archaeological site of Altinum (Lagoon of Venice, NEItaly). The pollen record spans from the Bronze Age to the Roman period and provides information on past vegetation dynamics and human-environment interactions in the northern Venetian plain. Pollen grains and Non Pollen Palynomorphs (NPPs) were identified and counted following standard palynological procedures, and the dataset includes raw pollen counts and corresponding taxonomic identifications. These data contribute to the reconstruction of local and regional vegetation patterns and offer insights into land-use changes associated with the development and expansion of the ancient settlement of Altinum. The dataset supports paleoenvironmental and archaeological research focusing on landscape evolution, anthropogenic impact, and ecological transformations in the northeastern Italian lowlands during the late Holocene.

Keyword(s):

archaeobotany; Holocene; Holocene climate variability; human activity; NPP; palynology; pollen analysis

Supplement to:

Niccolini, Gabriele; Bertini, Adele; Beltrame, Carlo; Fontana, Alessandro; Miola, Antonella; Mozzi, Paolo (submitted): Human-Environment Interactions in the Ancient Venetian Lagoon (NE Italy): Palynological Evidence from Altinum (Bronze Age-Roman Period). Quaternary Science Reviews

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 45.545900 * Median Longitude: 12.395350 * South-bound Latitude: 45.542200 * West-bound Longitude: 12.383300 * North-bound Latitude: 45.549600 * East-bound Longitude: 12.407400

Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 112 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 703 m

Event(s):

Altinum_CNS-1bis (CNS-1bis) * Latitude: 45.549600 * Longitude: 12.383300 * Location: Mediterranean Sea * Method/Device: Drilling/coring * Comment: Coring: 2009

Altinum_VR11 (VR11) * Latitude: 45.542200 * Longitude: 12.407400 * Location: Mediterranean Sea * Method/Device: Drilling/coring * Comment: Coring: 2009

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Event label	Event		Niccolini, Gabriele
2	Latitude of event	Latitude		Niccolini, Gabriele
3	Longitude of event	Longitude		Niccolini, Gabriele
4	Core	Core		Niccolini, Gabriele
5	DEPTH, sediment/rock	Depth sed	m	Niccolini, Gabriele		Geocode
6	Age, dated	Age dated	ka BP	Niccolini, Gabriele	Age model according to Niccolini et al. (2026)
7	Age model	Age model	ka	Niccolini, Gabriele	Age model according to Niccolini et al. (2026)	Age [BCE/CE]
8	Pollen, mediterranean taxa	Pollen medit taxa	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
9	Quercus deciduous	Q. deciduous	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
10	Carpinus orientalis/Ostrya carpinifolia	C. orientalis/O. carpinifolia	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
11	Carpinus betulus	C. betulus	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
12	Corylus	Corylus	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
13	Ulmus	Ulmus	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
14	Pollen, mediterranean taxa, other	Pollen medit taxa oth	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
15	Alnus	Alnus	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
16	Salix	Salix	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
17	Fraxinus angustifolia/Fraxinus excelsior	F. angustifolia/F. excelsior	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
18	Arboreal plants, hygrophilous, other	Arboreal pl hygro oth	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
19	Pinus	Pinus	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
20	Betula	Betula	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
21	Fagus	Fagus	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
22	Abies	Abies	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
23	Picea	Picea	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
24	Cedrus	Cedrus	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
25	Cupressoideae	Cupressoideae	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
26	Juniperus	Jun	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
27	Cyperaceae	Cyperac	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
28	Ranunculus acris-type	R. acris-T	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
29	Typha angustifolia/Sparganium	T. angustifolia/Sparganium	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
30	Myriophyllum group	Myriophyllum gr	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
31	Non arboreal taxa, hydrophytic, other	Non arboreal hydr oth	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
32	Poaceae group, wild	Poaceae gr w	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
33	Amaranthaceae	Amaranthaceae	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
34	Armeria/Limonium+Limonium	Armeria/Limonium	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
35	Caryophyllaceae	Cphae	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
36	Tamarix	Tam	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
37	Ericaceae	Ericac	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
38	Asteraceae/Asteroideae group	Asteraceae/Asteroideae gr	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
39	Asteraceae	Asterac	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology	Asteraceae Cichorioideae
40	Brassicaceae	Brassicac	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
41	Apiaceae	Apiaceae	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
42	Orlaya grandiflora	O. grandiflora	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
43	Lamiaceae	Lamiaceae	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
44	Plantago group	Plantago gr	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
45	Fabaceae group, wild	Fabaceae gr w	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
46	Verbena	Verbena	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
47	Non arboreal taxa, other	Non arboreal oth	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
48	Olea	Olea	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
49	Castanea	Castanea	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
50	Vitis	Vts	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
51	Juglans	Juglans	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
52	Cerealia group	Cerealia gr	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
53	Ocimum basilicum	O. basilicum	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
54	Citrus	Citrus	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
55	Ficus	Ficus	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
56	Morus	Mor	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
57	Cucumis sativus	C. sativus	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
58	Prunus	Prunus	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
59	Vigna	Vigna	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
60	Pisum sativum	P. sativum	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
61	Vicia faba	V. faba	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
62	Pimpinella anisum	P. anisum	%	Niccolini, Gabriele	Percentage abundance, palynology
63	Spores, monolete undifferentiated	Spores mono undiff	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
64	Thelypteris	Thelypteris	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
65	Ophioglossum vulgatum	O. vulgatum	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
66	Asplenium	Asplenium	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
67	Isoetes	Isoetes	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
68	Polypodium	Polypodium	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
69	Equisetum	Equ	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
70	Diphyllobothrium	Diphyllobothrium	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
71	Spores, trilete undifferentiated	Spores trilete undiff	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
72	Cosmarium	Cosmarium	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
73	Botryococcus	Botryococcus	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
74	Spirogyra	Spirogyra	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
75	Pseudoschizaea	Pseudoschizaea	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
76	Foraminiferal organic linings per volume	FOL	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
77	Spiniferites belerius	S. belerius	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
78	Lingulodinium machaerophorum	L. machaerophorum	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
79	Spiniferites bentori truncatus	S. bentori truncatus	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
80	Arcella	Arcella	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
81	Galeripora catinus	G. catinus	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
82	Filinia	Filinia	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
83	Ascaris	Ascaris	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
84	Trichuris	Trichuris	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
85	Capillaria	Capillaria	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
86	Capillaria aerophila	C. aerophila	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
87	Capillaria hepatica	C. hepatica	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
88	Diphyllobothrium	Diphyllobothrium	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
89	Eimeria	Eimeria	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
90	Clonorchis	Clonorchis	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology
91	Opistrorchis	Opistrorchis	#/cm³	Niccolini, Gabriele	Counting, palynology

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)

Status:

Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

Size:

12702 data points

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