WEaning practices in ANcient ITaly: from Neolithic farmers to the first cities

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Peer reviewed articles (10)

Virtual histology of archaeological human deciduous prenatal enamel through synchrotron X-ray computed microtomography images

Author(s): Nava, Alessia; Mahoney, Patrick; Bondioli, Luca; Coppa, Alfredo; Cristiani, Emanuela; Fattore, Luciano; McFarlane, Gina; Dreossi, Diego; Mancini, Lucia
Published in: Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 16005775, 2022, ISSN 1600-5775
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
DOI: 10.1107/s160057752101208x

Dental cementum virtual histology of Neanderthal teeth from Krapina (Croatia, 130–120 kyr): an informed estimate of age, sex and adult stressors

Author(s): Paola Cerrito, Alessia Nava, Davorka Radovčić, Dušan Borić, Leonardo Cerrito, Tricia Basdeo, Guido Ruggiero, David W. Frayer, Alexander P. Kao, Luca Bondioli, Lucia Mancini,Timothy G. Bromage
Published in: Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 17425662, 2022, ISSN 1742-5662
Publisher: The Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2021.0820

Early life of Neanderthals

Author(s): Nava, Alessia, Lugli, Federico, Romandini, Matteo, Badino, Federica, Evans, David, Helbling, Angela H., Oxilia, Gregorio, Arrighi, Simona, Bortolini, Eugenio, Delpiano, Davide, Duches, Rossella, Figus, Carla, Livraghi, Alessandra, Marciani, Giulia, Silvestrini, Sara, Cipriani, Anna, Giovanardi, Tommaso, Pini, Roberta, Tuniz, Claudio, Bernardini, Federico, Dori, Irene, Coppa, Alfredo, Cristiani, Em
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2011765117

Growth of Neanderthal infants from Krapina (120–130 ka), Croatia

Author(s): Patrick Mahoney, Gina McFarlane, B. Holly Smith, Justyna J. Miszkiewicz, Paola Cerrito, Helen Liversidge, Lucia Mancini, Diego Dreossi, Alessio Veneziano, Federico Bernardini, Emanuela Cristiani, Alison Behie, Alfredo Coppa, Luca Bondioli, David W. Frayer, Davorka Radovčić, Alessia Nava
Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288: 20212079, 2021, ISSN 0962-8452
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2079

Tracing the mobility of a Late Epigravettian (~ 13 ka) male infant from Grotte di Pradis (Northeastern Italian Prealps) at high-temporal resolution

Author(s): Federico Lugli; Alessia Nava; Rita Sorrentino; Antonino Vazzana; Eugenio Bortolini; Gregorio Oxilia; Sara Silvestrini; Nicola Nannini; Luca Bondioli; Helen Fewlass; Sahra Talamo; Edouard Bard; Lucia Mancini; Wolfgang Müller; Matteo Romandini; Stefano Benazzi
Published in: Scientific Reports, 20452322, 2022, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-12193-6

Sex-related morbidity and mortality in non-adult individuals from the Early Medieval site of Valdaro (Italy): the contribution of dental enamel peptide analysis

Author(s): Lugli Federico, Figus Carla, Silvestrini Sara, Costa Valentina, Bortolini Eugenio, Conti Sara, Peripoli Beatrice, Nava Alessia, Sperduti Alessandra, Lamanna Leonardo, Bondioli Luca, and Benazzi Stefano
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2020, ISSN 2352-409X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102625

Enamel daily secretion rates of deciduous molars from a global sample of children

Author(s): Gina Mc Farlane, Carolina Loch, Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg, Priscilla Bayle, Mona Le Luyer, Nina Sabel, Alessia Nava, Bruce Floyd, Mark Skinner, Sophie White, Rosie Pitfield, Patrick Mahoney
Published in: Archives of Oral Biology, Volume 132, December 2021, 105290, 2021, ISSN 0003-9969
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2021.105290

Who was buried with Nestor’s Cup? Macroscopic and microscopic analyses of the cremated remains from Tomb 168 (second half of the 8th century BCE, Pithekoussai, Ischia Island, Italy)

Author(s): Melania Gigante; Alessia Nava; Robert R. Paine; Ivana Fiore; Francesca Alhaique; Carmen Mariarosaria Esposito; Alessandra Sperduti; Jacopo Bonetto; Teresa Elena Cinquantaquattro; Bruno d’Agostino; Luca Bondioli
Published in: PLoS ONE, 1, 2021, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257368

Tracing the mobility of a Late Epigravettian (~ 13 ka) male infant from Grotte di Pradis (Northeastern Italian Prealps) at high-temporal resolution

Author(s): Federico Lugli, Alessia Nava, Rita Sorrentino, Antonino Vazzana, Eugenio Bortolini, Gregorio Oxilia, Sara Silvestrini, Nicola Nannini, Luca Bondioli, Helen Fewlass, Sahra Talamo, Edouard Bard, Lucia Mancini, Wolfgang Müller, Matteo Romandini, Stefano Benazzi
Published in: Scientific Reports, 12, Article number: 8104 (2022), 2022, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-12193-6

Dental biorhythm is associated with adolescent weight gain

Author(s): Patrick Mahoney, Gina McFarlane, Carolina Loch, Sophie White, Bruce Floyd, Erin C. Dunn, Rosie Pitfield, Alessia Nava, Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg
Published in: Communications Medicine, 2730664X, 2022, ISSN 2730-664X
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s43856-022-00164-x