A Dramatic Event in Late Roman Florence

Contents

The Uffizi before the Uffizi – Andrea Pessina

Introduction – Elsa Pacciani

Chapter 1. The Excavation and Archaeo-Thanatological Analysis of the Depositions – Elsa Pacciani

Chapter 2. Radiocarbon Dating of Bone Finds – Mariaelena Fedi, Serena Barone, Lucia Liccioli, Pier Andrea Mandò

Chapter 3. The Coins from the Burial Site – Michele Asolati

Chapter 4. Anthropological Features – Elsa Pacciani

Chapter 5. In the Search for Infectious Diseases Using Ancient DNA – Gunnar U. Neumann

Chapter 6. Palaeopathological Investigations – Elsa Pacciani, Linda Calistri, Filiberto Chilleri, Martina Focardi, Alessandro Franchi, Gianluca Giavaresi, Melania Maglio

Chapter 7. Genomic Analysis of Human Remains – Costanza Cannariato, Margherita Vanni, Valentina Zaro, Gunnar Neumann, Martina Lari, Cosimo Posth, David Caramelli

Chapter 8. Endemic Parasites: A Microscopic and Paleogenetic Survey – Kévin Roche, Nicolas Capelli, Raffaella Bianucci, Matthieu Le Bailly

Chapter 9. The Oral Health – Elisa Morieri, Alessandro Riga

Chapter 10. Stable Isotope Analysis of Diets in Late Roman and Medieval Firenze – Patrick Roberts, Mary Lucas

Chapter 11. Notes on the Conservation Treatment of Human Remains – Franca Caracci, Rossella Cheli

Concluding Remarks – Elsa Pacciani

About the Author

Elsa Pacciani graduated in Biological Sciences from the University of Florence. Before her retirement she was Director of the Archaeo-Anthropology Laboratory of the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio di Firenze, Pistoia e Prato. She currently leads a research project for the Soprintendenza. She has held numerous teaching assignments at the University of Florence and has published four books and 193 articles.