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Laura Sadori is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Their research spans across fields within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Arts and Humanities, with a strong focus on Archeology, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Anthropology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their main research topics include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
  • Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Tree-ring climate responses

The scientist has contributed publications to several prominent academic venues. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
  • Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Environmental Archaeology
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution

Notable recent papers by Laura Sadori include:

  • "Palaeoecological data indicates land-use changes across Europe linked to spatial heterogeneity in mortality during the Black Death pandemic," 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "1.36 million years of Mediterranean forest refugium dynamics in response to glacial-interglacial cycle strength," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Deep drilling reveals massive shifts in evolutionary dynamics after formation of ancient ecosystem," 2020, Science Advances
  • "At the origins of Pompeii: the plant landscape of the Sarno River floodplain from the first millennium bc to the ad 79 eruption," 2021, Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
  • "The geodynamic and limnological evolution of Balkan Lake Ohrid, possibly the oldest extant lake in Europe," 2022, Boreas

Their research collaborations involve frequent coauthors such as:

  • Alessia Masi
  • Giovanni Zanchetta
  • Claudia Moricca
  • Bernd Wagner
  • Cristiano Vignola

Laura Sadori's contributions integrate archaeological and paleoenvironmental data to analyze long-term changes in ecosystems, human-environment interactions, and evolutionary dynamics, with a geographic focus that includes the Mediterranean region and Europe at large.

Best Publications

  • 250,000-year pollen record from Valle di Castiglione (Roma)

    M. Follieri;D. Magri;L. Sadori

  • Imprints of glacial refugia in the modern genetic diversity of Pinus sylvestris

    Rachid Cheddadi;Giovanni Giuseppe Vendramin;Thomas Litt;Louis François

  • Comparison of terrestrial and marine records of changing climate of the last 500,000 years

    P.C. Tzedakis;V. Andrieu;J.-L. de Beaulieu;S. Crowhurst

  • The mid-Holocene climatic transition in the Mediterranean: Causes and consequences

    N. Roberts;David Brayshaw;C. Kuzucuoğlu;R. Perez

  • The Postglacial record of environmental history from Lago di Pergusa, Sicily

    Laura Sadori;Biancamaria Narcisi

  • North-south palaeohydrological contrasts in the central Mediterranean during the Holocene: tentative synthesis and working hypotheses

    M. Magny;N. Combourieu-Nebout;J. L. de Beaulieu;V. Bout-Roumazeilles

  • Late Pleistocene and Holocene pollen stratigraphy at Lago di Vico, central Italy

    Donatella Magri;Laura Sadori

  • Circum-Mediterranean fire activity and climate changes during the mid-Holocene environmental transition (8500-2500 cal. BP)

    Boris Vannière;Mitchell Power;Neil Roberts;Willy Tinner

  • The 4.2 ka BP Event in the Mediterranean region: an overview

    Monica Bini;Giovanni Zanchetta;Aurel Perşoiu;Rosine Cartier

  • Mediterranean and north-African cultural adaptations to mid-Holocene environmental and climatic changes

    Anna Maria Mercuri;Laura Sadori;Paloma Uzquiano Ollero

  • Mid-Holocene vegetation history of the central Mediterranean:

    Laura Sadori;Susanne Jahns;Odile Peyron

  • Palynostratigraphy of the last glacial period in the volcanic region of Central Italy

    M. Follieri;M. Giardini;D. Magri;L. Sadori

  • Pollen-based paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic change at Lake Ohrid (south-eastern Europe) during the past 500 ka

    Laura Sadori;Andreas Koutsodendris;Konstantinos Panagiotopoulos;Alessia Masi

  • Establishing a terrestrial chronological framework as a basis for biostratigraphical comparisons.

    P.C. Tzedakis;V. Andrieu;J.-L. de Beaulieu;H.J.B. Birks;H.J.B. Birks

  • Mediterranean winter rainfall in phase with African monsoons during the past 1.36 million years

    Bernd Wagner;Hendrik Vogel;Alexander Francke;Alexander Francke;Tobias Friedrich

  • A compilation of Western European terrestrial records 60–8 ka BP: towards an understanding of latitudinal climatic gradients

    Ana Moreno;Anders Svensson;Stephen J. Brooks;Simon Connor

  • Human impact at Lago di Mezzano (central Italy) during the Bronze Age: a multidisciplinary approach

    Laura Sadori;Carlo Giraudi;Patrizia Petitti;Antje Ramrath

  • Realising consilience: How better communication between archaeologists, historians and natural scientists can transform the study of past climate change in the Mediterranean

    Adam Izdebski;Karin Holmgren;Erika Weiberg;Sharon R. Stocker

  • The European Modern Pollen Database (EMPD) project

    Basil A S Davis;Marco Zanon;Pamella Collins;Achille Mauri

  • Last Glacial to Holocene palaeoenvironmental evolution at Lago di Pergusa (Sicily, Southern Italy) as inferred by pollen, microcharcoal, and stable isotopes

    L Sadori;Giovanni Zanchetta;M. Giardini

Frequent Co-Authors

Odile Peyron
Odile Peyron University of Montpellier
Giovanni Zanchetta
Giovanni Zanchetta University of Pisa
Anna Maria Mercuri
Anna Maria Mercuri University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Sébastien Joannin
Sébastien Joannin University of Montpellier
Bernd Wagner
Bernd Wagner University of Cologne
Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout
Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout French National Museum of Natural History
Adele Bertini
Adele Bertini University of Florence
Donatella Magri
Donatella Magri Sapienza University of Rome
Michel Magny
Michel Magny Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Hendrik Vogel
Hendrik Vogel University of Bern

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