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Advances in Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
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Advances in Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 560

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Marco Sarigu

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Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (CCB) Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, v.le Sant'Ignazio da Laconi, 9-11, 09123 Cagliari, Italy
Interests: archaeobotany; seed image analysis; crop evolution; agriculture; domestication; CWR
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Dr. Mariano Ucchesu

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Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution (ISEM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Université Montpellier, UMR 5554, CEDEX 05, 34095 Montpellier, France
Interests: archaeobotany; seed image analysis; crop evolution; agriculture; domestication; CWR
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

One of the most debated themes of archaeobotanical research is to find a way to quickly identify archaeobotanical remains arriving to outline distinctive characters at genus or species level. In the past two decades, to overcome the manual seed discrimination system, image morphometric and outline analysis has received considerable attention in plant research using automated systems that have the potential to replace human visual assessments. A number of examples of research testify to the importance of biometric characteristics, measured with computer vision techniques in taxonomic studies to identify plant macro-remains such as charred seeds, water-soaked seeds and charcoal of both wild and cultivated plant species.

This Special Issue of Plants will collect archaeobotanical research on methods for the identification of archaeobotanical remains including micro- and macro-remains, charcoal wood and fossil seeds.

Research works, methods, reviews and original perspectives are welcome, able to provide a clearer picture of the plant economy of the past in a new perspective.

Dr. Marco Sarigu
Dr. Mariano Ucchesu
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Plants is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • archaeobotany
  • agriculture
  • diet
  • seeds/fruits
  • seed morphometry
  • paleobotany

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Morphological Characterization of Fossil Vitis L. Seeds from the Gelasian of Italy by Seed Image Analysis
by Mariano Ucchesu, Edoardo Martinetto, Marco Sarigu, Martino Orrù, Michela Bornancin and Gianluigi Bacchetta
Plants 2024, 13(10), 1417; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13101417 - 20 May 2024
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The discovery of well-preserved fossil Vitis L. seeds from the Gelasian stage in Italy has provided a unique opportunity to investigate the systematics of fossilized Vitis species. Through seed image analyses and elliptical Fourier transforms of fossil Vitis seeds from the sites Buronzo−Gifflenga [...] Read more.
The discovery of well-preserved fossil Vitis L. seeds from the Gelasian stage in Italy has provided a unique opportunity to investigate the systematics of fossilized Vitis species. Through seed image analyses and elliptical Fourier transforms of fossil Vitis seeds from the sites Buronzo−Gifflenga and Castelletto Cervo II, we pointed out a strong relationship to the group of extant Eurasian Vitis species. However, classification analyses highlighted challenges in accurately assigning the fossil grape seeds to specific modern species. Morphological comparisons with modern Vitis species revealed striking similarities between the fossil seeds and V. vinifera subsp. sylvestris, as well as several other wild species from Asia. This close morphological resemblance suggests the existence of a population of V. vinifera sensu lato in Northen Italy during the Gelasian. These findings contributed to our understanding of the evolution and the complex interplay between ancient and modern Vitis species. Full article
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