The landscape of Pompeii and the Vesuvius area during the Roman age
The great Vesuvian eruption in 79. C. resulted in the preservation until today of one of the largest archaeological World Heritage Sites. Few people know that even what can be termed as the largest archive of botanical and agronomic materials of classical antiquity has been preserved in this area. The progression of research today allows these plant remains to be analyzed using different methods, which are based on the botanical identification of materials, both charred and uncharred, that were buried by the eruption.
