The research group

Since 2017, LASA (Laboratory of Environmental Archaeology and History) has been a DAFIST-DISTAV Interdepartmental Research Center. It comprises a multidisciplinary working group (environmental history and archaeology, rural archaeology, historical geography, historical ecology, archaeobotany, social history, and applied geology) that also involves participants in the environmental history and archaeology strand of the University of Genoa doctoral programs.

For contact, please write to info.lasa@unige.it

The laboratory conducts interdisciplinary research related to:

  • Post-Medieval and Rural Archaeology
  • Rural and Environmental History
  • Environmental Archaeology
  • Geography
  • Historical Geography
  • Historical Ecology
  • Palynology and Archaeobotany
  • Anthracology and Dendrology
  • Zoology
  • Geomorphology and Geoarchaeology

Botany and Natural History Section

Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV), School of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences
Viale Benedetto XV 16132, Genova - Italia 
Contact person: Sebastiano Salvidio, Bruna Ilde Menozzi 
distav.unige.it

Rural History and Archaeology Section

Department of Arts and Humanities (DIRAAS), University of Genoa, 
Via Balbi 4 - 6 
16126 Genoa - Italy 
Contact person: Anna Maria Stagno 
tel. +39 010 209 9839; +39 010 209 5519 (Lab. Via del Campo 59r) 
diraas.unige.it

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