Simone Casale
Leiden University
7 Papers
13 Citations
Simone Casale is an academic researcher from Leiden University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pottery & Petrography. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 5 publications. Previous affiliations of Simone Casale include Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies.
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Geochemical and petrographic assessment of clay outcrops and archaeological ceramics from the pre-Hispanic site of Aguas Buenas (cal 400–1250 CE), central Nicaragua
Simone Casale,Simone Casale,Natalia Donner,Dennis Braekmans,Alexander Geurds,Alexander Geurds,Alexander Geurds +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the use of raw mineral resources in the production of ubiquitous pottery materials found at Aguas Buenas (cal 400-1250 CE) and its role as a shared space among groups living in the Mayales river subbasin (central Nicaragua).
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Ceramic comales at the Barillas site (cal 1255–1390 CE), central Nicaragua: Defining a local technical tradition of griddle manufacture
TL;DR: In 2016, the Proyecto Arqueologico Centro de Nicaragua (Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University) excavated the Barillas site, where a ceramic assemblage including griddles, or comales, was recovered.
Transatlantic Connections in Colonial and Post-colonial Haiti: Archaeometric Evidence for Taches Noires Glazed Tableware Imported from Albissola, Italy to Fort Liberté, Haiti
Simone Casale,Simone Casale,Joseph Sony Jean,Joseph Sony Jean,Claudio Capelli,Dennis Braekmans,Patrick Degryse,Patrick Degryse,Corinne L. Hofman,Corinne L. Hofman +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the first archaeological data on colonial glazed wares (taches noires) imported in Haiti (Fort Liberte) and demonstrate the exclusive presence of Italian taches noire products, dated before 1820 and related to the colonial era.
Coastal-Hinterland Exchange and Garden Hunting Practices Prior to the European Invasion of Hispaniola
Gene T. Shev,Zara Ali,Juan N. Almonte Milan,Simone Casale,Simone Casale,Igor Djakovic,Corinne L. Hofman,Corinne L. Hofman +7 more
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study analyses zooarchaeological material recovered from the late precolumbian site of El Flaco (AD 990–1450), northern Dominican Republic. The faunal assemblage from this inland settlement demonstrates terrestrially focused modes of faunal exploitation but with some resources obtained from coastal ecosystems, such as mangrove forests, sandy-bottom, and reefs, which are located approximately 20 km to the northwest. This study establishes last occurrence dates for extinct taxa; examines the spatial distribution of fauna; explores modes of food procurement; and the effects of agricultural activities on local fauna by investigating animal remains from three excavation units. A diachronic study of animal remains from one artificial mound demonstrates changing patterns in resource exploitation, such as an increasing consumption of land crab over a roughly 100-year period. This study follows previous research that examined the isotope ecology of endemic species from El Flaco that indicates some hutias were possibly scavenging or being fed cultivated plants. Palaeoenvironmental data suggest that Indigenous landscape transformations led to the creation of mosaic environments, which may have attracted and supported certain species, implying that the inhabitants of El Flaco likely did not have to venture far to trap or hunt many of the animals upon which they relied.
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Technological persistence in ceramic production in the southeastern Hispaniola. The case study of El Cabo (600–1502 CE)
Simone Casale,Kwintin van Dessel,Menno L. P. Hoogland,Patrick Degryse,Corinne Lisette Hofman +4 more
TL;DR: A detailed petrographic and macro-trace analysis of the ceramic manufacturing techniques for the site of El Cabo (Dominican Republic) is provided in this paper , where communities from different locations were, as shown by the presence of raw materials from various and distant geological environments, affiliated with a common ancestor represented by the persistence of one shared technical tradition.
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