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Marcello A. Mannino is a researcher at the Max Planck Institute. He is interested in human palaeoecology and, specifically, in the reconstruction of past human environments, subsistence, mobility and settlement systems.
Marcello’s research has involved the development of methods for the study of mollusc shells in archaeology. He has studied mollusc assemblages from archaeological sites in the United Kingdom, Italy, Tunisia, Greece and Qatar, and has undertaken isotopic analyses of shells to determine seasonality of shellfish exploitation. During his post-doctoral fellowships, Marcello has studied numerous bone and shellfish assemblages from prehistoric cave sites in Sicily, throwing new light on the palaeoenvironments and human palaeoecology of the Upper Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and early Neolithic of this Mediterranean region.
His current project involves the application of a range of isotope analyses (C, N, S, Sr, Pb) to human and animal skeletal remains from late Pleistocene and early Holocene sites of the Italian peninsula and Sicily. The data from the isotopic analyses on human bones and teeth will be used to reconstruct past human diets and mobility. The isotopic data from the faunal remains will provide information on the terrestrial ecology of Mediterranean environments, prior to the transition from a subsistence economy based on hunting and gathering (Upper Palaeolithic – Mesolithic) to one based on herding and farming (Neolithic).
Department of Human Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
D-04103 Leipzig
Germany
| phone: | 0049 (0) 341 3550 378 |
| fax: | 0049 (0) 341 3550 399 |
| email: | marcello.mannino eva.mpg.de |