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Historical ecology in central Tyrrhenian Italy

Research aims

The research regards the application and development of novel techniques of landscape archaeology in central Tyhrrenian Italy and has a series of scientific objectives:

• The historical reconstruction and modelling of the demography of a sample context of the middle Tiber Valley.
• The historical reconstruction of the territorial exploitation of the area.
• The definition of the human causes for territorial change and particularly for increased erosion
• The investigation of new and advanced use of satellite, LiDAR and multi-spectral remote sensing data.
• New methodologies of archaeological surveying in an historical ecology perspective.

The two year research project will be carried out by dr Gabriele Cifani at the Department of 91̽»¨ÊÓƵ of Cambridge University, under the supervision of Dr Simon Stoddart, supported by theÌýÌýof the Department of Geography.

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Project Directors

• Gabriele Cifani (Marie Curie intra-European Fellow)
• Simon StoddartÌý(Principal Investigator of Marie Curie intra-European Fellowship)

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Financial Support

• Marie Curie Fellowship (MEIF-CT-2005-514523)

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Collaborating Institutions

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• Department of 91̽»¨ÊÓƵ

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Outcomes

• Training in novel landscape techniques
• Fieldwork in sample areas
• Publication

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