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Evolution of fluvial environments and history of human settlements on the Ticino river alluvial plain

Dorota Czerski, Daphné Giacomazzi, and Cristian Scapozza

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The paper presents the results of recent geoarchaeological studies on the Ticino river alluvial plain. The sedimentological descriptions are combined with archaeological observations and constrained with radiocarbon dating. This approach, together with data from previous research and historical sources, provides an interesting overview of the eveolution of Ticino river morphosedimentary dynamics in relation to human settlements since the Neolithic.