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L. (Luca) Alessandri, Dr

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Research interests

Landscape archaeology, Italian Iron Age and Bronze Age, Latium Vetus, Salt production in antiquity

Publications

Archaeomagnetic dating as a tool to overcome the Hallstatt plateau: A combined chronological approach at the salt production site of Piscina Torta (Rome, Italy)

Alessandri, L., Di Chiara, A., Bonilla-Alba, R., Cusimano, L., Della Sala, G. A., Fiorillo, A., Gianni, V., Rossi, C., Sotgia, A. & Florindo, F., 2026, In: PLoS ONE. 21, 7, 19 p., e0351625.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Before Rome: Salt, settlement, and human–environment dynamics at the Early Iron Age site of Piscina Torta (Tyrrhenian coast)

Bulian, F., Sevink, J., Alessandri, L., Maurer, A., De Donno, G., Baiocchi, V. & Guarnieri, A., 1-Mar-2026, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 375, 19 p., 109808.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Early Use of Lime Mortar at the Early Iron Age Piscina Torta Salt Production Site (Tiber Delta, Ostia, Italy)

Bulian, F., Sevink, J., Degryse, P., Quilici, M., Alessandri, L. & Attema, P., 1-Mar-2026, In: Geoarchaeology. 41, 2, 14 p., e70053.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Sodium Chronicles... Grain by Grain. New Methods for Quantifying Ancient Salt Demand

Sotgia, A., Alessandri, L., Attema, P. A. J., Bulian, F. & Sevink, J., Sept-2026, In: Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 33, 3, 28 p., 36.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Augustus’ solar meridian functioning and the birth of the western leap year

Baiocchi, V., Baumgartner, M., Barbarella, M., D’Alessio, M. T., Del Pizzo, S., Giannone, F., Radicioni, F., Stoppini, A., Tosi, G., Troisi, S. & Alessandri, L., Dec-2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 17 p., 16463.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Drone-based laser scanning for improved archaeological surveys in heavily vegetated zones: A Roman coastline case study.

Alessandri, L., Baiocchi, V., Guarnieri, A. & Ciardulli, A. M., 2025, 2025 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace, MetroAeroSpace 2025 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 838-842 5 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

From pencil to pixel: assessing ceramatic 2.0 against manual and laser-aided techniques in archaeological pottery documentation

Alessandri, L., Cardarelli, L., Cesaretti, A., Dan, R., Fiorillo, A., Sotgia, A., Cusimano, L., Della Sala, G. A., Gianni, V. & Rossi, C., Jun-2025, In: Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage. 37, 10 p., e00435.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Production and Demand of Salt in Ancient Italy from the Bronze Age to the Roman Period

Attema, P., Alessandri, L., Bulian, F., Sevink, J. & Sotgia, A., 2025, Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Eubanks, P. N., Dumas, A. A., McKillop, H. & Alexianu, M. (eds.). Springer Nature, p. 211-233 23 p. (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology; vol. Part F954).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

Salt production, trade and consumption in European pre-industrial societies: Analytical methods and socioeconomic contexts

Alessandri, L., Bulian, F., Attema, P. A. J. & Sevink, J., 15-May-2025, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 356, 4 p., 109291.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Academic › peer-review

Underground Surveying of the Porticus Minucia as a Basis for the Georeferencing of a Fragment of the Marble Plan of Rome (Forma Urbis marmorea)

Alessandri, L., Baiocchi, V., Baumgartner, M., Blanco, D., Bosman, A., Guaglianone, A. & Vatore, F., 2025, Proceedings IMEKO TC26 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage 2025. International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO), p. 32-36 5 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

Press/media

“Sale e potere (o il potere del sale): la produzione dell’oro bianco nell’antichità”

Alessandri, L.

27/02/2023

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Popular

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