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Maria Giovanna Belcastro

Professoressa ordinaria

Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali

Settore scientifico disciplinare: BIOS-03/B Antropologia

Pubblicazioni

Stefano, Vanin; Morgan, Azzoni; Giorgia, Giordani; Giovanna, Belcastro Maria, Bias and potential misinterpretations in the analysis of insects collected from human remains of archaeological interest, «ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES», 2021, 13, Article number: 201, pp. 1 - 6 [articolo]

Marino, R.; Tanganelli, V.; Pietrobelli, A.; Belcastro, M. G., Evaluation of the auricular surface method for subadult sex estimation on Italian modern (19th to 20th century) identified skeletal collections, «AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY», 2021, 174, pp. 792 - 803 [articolo]Open Access

Oxilia G.; Menghi Sartorio J.C.; Bortolini E.; Zampirolo G.; Papini A.; Boggioni M.; Martini S.; Marciani F.; Arrighi S.; Figus C.; Marciani G.; Romandini M.; Silvestrini S.; Pedrosi M.E.; Mori T.; Riga A.; Kullmer O.; Sarig R.; Fiorenza L.; Giganti M.; Sorrentino R.; Belcastro M.G.; Cecchi J.M.; Benazzi S., Exploring directional and fluctuating asymmetry in the human palate during growth, «AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY», 2021, 175, pp. 847 - 864 [articolo]Open Access

Sorrentino Rita, Carlson K. J., Orr C.M., Pietrobelli A., Figus C., Jashashvili T, Saers J. P. P., Guarnieri T., Fiorenza L., Novak M., Stock J. T., Williams S.A., Patel B. A., Marchi D., Belcastro M. G., Benazzi S., Morphological variation of the hominid navicular bone: Implications for behavioral driven divergence, in: 11th Symposium on Morphometrics and Evolution of Shape, 30 June-2 July 2021 : programme, abstracts and instructions for participants and panelists, 2021, pp. 68 - 69 (atti di: 11th Symposium on Morphometrics and Evolution of Shape, Online, 30th June-2nd July 2021) [Contributo in Atti di convegno]Open Access

Pietrobelli A., Sorrentino R., Benazzi S., Marchi D., Belcastro M.G.,, Patterns of sexual dimorphism in the modern human fibular extremities: a geometric morphometric approach, in: SMEF 2021, 2021, pp. 1 - 1 (atti di: 11th Symposium on Morphometrics and Evolution of Shape, Online, 30th June-2nd July 2021) [atti di convegno-abstract]

Viciano J.; Tanga C.; D'Anastasio R.; Belcastro M.G.; Capasso L., Sex estimation by odontometrics of nonadult human remains from a contemporary Italian sample, «AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY», 2021, 175, pp. 59 - 80 [articolo]Open Access

Milella M.; Franklin D.; Belcastro M.G.; Cardini A., Sexual differences in human cranial morphology: Is one sex more variable or one region more dimorphic?, «THE ANATOMICAL RECORD», 2021, 304, pp. 2789 - 2810 [articolo]Open Access

Belcastro, Maria Giovanna; Mariotti, Valentina, The place of human remains in the frame of cultural heritage: the restitution of medieval skeletons from a Jewish cemetery, «JOURNAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE», 2021, 49, pp. 229 - 238 [articolo]Open Access

Sorrentino R.; Stephens N.B.; Marchi D.; DeMars L.J.D.; Figus C.; Bortolini E.; Badino F.; Saers J.P.P.; Bettuzzi M.; Boschin F.; Capecchi G.; Feletti F.; Guarnieri T.; May H.; Morigi M.P.; Parr W.; Ricci S.; Ronchitelli A.; Stock J.T.; Carlson K.J.; Ryan T.M.; Belcastro M.G.; Benazzi S., Unique foot posture in Neanderthals reflects their body mass and high mechanical stress, «JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION», 2021, 161, Article number: 103093, pp. 1 - 20 [articolo]Open Access

Sorrentino Rita, Stephens N.B., Marchi D., DeMars L. J. D., Figus C., Bortolini E., Badino F., Saers J. P. P., Bettuzzi M., Boschin F., Capecchi G., Feletti Francesco, Guarnieri Tiziana, May H., Morigi M.P., Parr W., Ricci S., Ronchitelli A., Stock J. T., Carlson K. J., Ryan T. M., Belcastro M. G., Benazzi S., Unraveling the morpho-functional traits of the Neanderthal talus, in: 11th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution Abstracts Online, 22-24 September 2021, «PALEOANTHROPOLOGY», 2021, pp. 252 - 253 (atti di: European Society for the study of Human Evolution - ESHE, 11th Annual Meeting, Online, September 22-24, 2021) [atti di convegno-abstract]Open Access

Belcastro, Maria Giovanna; Nicolosi, Teresa; Sorrentino, Rita; Mariotti, Valentina; Pietrobelli, Annalisa; Bettuzzi, Matteo; Morigi, Maria Pia; Benazzi, Stefano; Talamo, Sahra; Miari, Monica; Preti, Nevio; Castagna, Lucia; Pisani, Luca; Grandi, Luca; Baraldi, Pietro; Zannini, Paolo; Scarponi, Daniele; De Waele, Jo, Unveiling an odd fate after death: The isolated Eneolithic cranium discovered in the Marcel Loubens Cave (Bologna, Northern Italy), «PLOS ONE», 2021, 16, Article number: e0247306, pp. 1 - 30 [articolo]Open Access

Milella M.; Belcastro M.G.; Mariotti V.; Nikita E., Estimation of adult age-at-death from entheseal robusticity: A test using an identified Italian skeletal collection, «AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY», 2020, 173, pp. 190 - 199 [articolo]

Sorrentino, Rita; Belcastro, Maria Giovanna; Figus, Carla; Stephens, Nicholas B; Turley, Kevin; Harcourt-Smith, William; Ryan, Timothy M; Benazzi, Stefano, Exploring sexual dimorphism of the modern human talus through geometric morphometric methods, «PLOS ONE», 2020, 15, Article number: e0229255, pp. 1 - 17 [articolo]Open Access

Sorrentino, R.; Carlson, K. J.; Bortolini, E.; Minghetti, C.; Feletti, F.; Fiorenza, L.; Frost, S.; Jashashvili, T.; Parr, W.; Shaw, C.; Su, A.; Turley, K.; Wroe, S.; Ryan, T. M.; Belcastro, M. G.; Benazzi, S., Morphometric analysis of the hominin talus: Evolutionary and functional implications, «JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION», 2020, 142, Article number: 102747, pp. 1 - 21 [articolo]Open Access

Mariotti, Valentina; Muntoni, Italo M.; Belcastro, Maria Giovanna, New insights into the funerary rituals of the Neolithic site of Passo di Corvo (Apulia, Italy): The study of the human remains, «JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE: REPORTS», 2020, 34, Article number: 102643, pp. 1 - 14 [articolo]