Description du projet
Les débuts de la viticulture et de la vinification en Italie
Le projet VITALY, financé par l’UE, étudiera les débuts de la viticulture et l’adaptation de la vinification en Italie en s’appuyant sur des macrorestes tels que des pépins de raisin ou du charbon de bois et sur l’analyse de résidus organiques anciens piégés dans des poteries. Une approche interdisciplinaire sera adoptée, elle combinera l’analyse morphométrique des pépins de raisin archéologiques par des techniques de vision par ordinateur, des analyses du charbon de bois collecté et des examens chimiques des résidus organiques anciens piégés dans des matériaux archéologiques. L’investigation des sites archéologiques italiens couvrira la période comprise entre le 6e et le 1er millénaire av. J.-C. Les résultats de VITALY mettront en évidence le moment de l’émergence et la durée de la domestication de la vigne, ce qui fournira de nouvelles informations sur les vignobles préhistoriques.
Objectif
This project deals with one of the big knowledge gaps in prehistory in Italy regarding the evidence of grape domestication. Plants have been of fundamental importance for human societies across the planet. However, there is a gap when it comes to archaeological evidence of the domestication process of fruit trees during the majority of prehistory and protohistory. This work aims to investigate the beginning of the study of the origins of the cultivation of grapes and adoption of winemaking in Italy. The main objectives are: 1) to investigate the beginning of viticulture in Italy; 2) to determine the time of adoption of winemaking. Materials are represented by macroremains such as grape seeds and charcoal remains to which is added the analysis of ancient organic residues trapped in archaeological materials (pottery). The investigation will be applied to archaeological Italian sites and will cover an extensive chronology: between the 6th and the 1st millennium BC. The challenge of the work is to obtain archaeological visibility of the grape domestication process and adoption of winemaking through an interdisciplinary approach that combines morphometric analysis of archaeological grape seeds by computer vision technique charcoal analyses and chemical analysis of ancient organic residues trapped in archaeological materials. As a whole, the proposed project aims to be on the cutting-edge of existing efforts in the field to produce reliable data and original interpretations on the origins of viticulture and winemaking. Furthermore, it will allow us to highlight the timing of the emergence of domestic traits and the duration of the domestication episode of grapevine and provide new information on agriculture related to prehistoric vineyards.
Champ scientifique
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticultureviticulture
- humanitieshistory and archaeologyhistoryprehistory
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturefruit growing
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencecomputer vision
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomyplanetary sciencesplanets
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinateur
75794 Paris
France