Chapter 7. Archaeobotany at Fattoria Fabrizio. In: E. Lanza Catti, K. Swift, J.C. Carter (Eds.), The Chora of Metaponto 5: A Greek Farmhouse at Ponte Fabrizio, pp. 113-138. University of Texas Press, Austin. ISBN: 9780292758643.

Natural and human environments are intimately interlaced on archaeological sites. Fattoria Fabrizio (4th-6th cent. BC; farmahouse in the chora of Metaponto, Basilicata, Southern Italy) is an excellent example of the continuous interaction between humans and environmental setting. Different types of land use can coexist, and their 'botanical traces', both micro- and macrobotanical remains, are recognizable in the same layers. Pollen and Non-Pollen Palynomorphs (NPPs) are especially useful in discerning these types of actions. The pollen samples of Fattoria Fabrizio were collected from two rooms of the farmhouse, and from a black-gloss kantharos found inside one of the two rooms. Pollen analyses showed evidence for cultivation and animal husbandry.