SUCCESSO-TERRA Project

3-year research project funded by Ministry of Education, University and Research (2016-2019; PRIN-20158KBLNB)

Principal investigator: Prof. Mauro Cremaschi  (Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra “A. Desio”, Università degli Studi di Milano)

Co-investigator: Prof. Anna Maria Mercuri  (Laboratorio di Palinologia e Paleobotanica, Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)

Participants: Andrea Zerboni (Researcher), Assunta Florenzano (Adjunct Professor and Research Fellow), Paola Torri (PhD Technician), Giovanna Bosi (Researcher), Rossella Rinaldi (Research Fellow), Mauro Giudici (Full Professor), Riccardo Bersezio (Associate Professor), Guido S. Mariani (Research Fellow), Luca Trombino (Associate Professor), Filippo Brandolini (PhD Student), Eleonora Clò (PhD Student), Maria Chiara Montecchi (Collaborator, Polo Museale del Lazio – MIBAC), Alessandra Benatti (Collaborator)

SUCCESSO-TERRA Project aims to understand the interaction between ecosystems, climate and human communities in Northern Italy and in the Mediterranean area during the Mid-Holocene.

This project is based on a deep multidisciplinary approach integrating the geoarchaeological and palynological expertises of the two Research Units involved (UNIMI and UNIMORE). It considers three Bronze Age sites of the Emilia Romagna region: two in the Po Plain (Poviglio, Noceto) and one in the Northern Apennines (San Michele di Valestra). These are key sites for the understanding of the environmental-societal dynamics in the area during the middle Holocene.

SUCCESSO-TERRA is linked to the topical debate on the rapid environmental and climatic variations caused by human impact and it is a good opportunity to reflect and discuss on natural resources exploitation and sustainable development to provide a useful support for social and environmental future policies.

Website:  https://www.successoterra.net/en

Sito web:  https://www.successoterra.net/it