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L'insediamento post-antico nel territorio del comune di Formigine
No full textThe following article regards the study of medieval settlements in Formigine, a small town in the south-west of Modena. During September 2002 a survey has been carried out to collect data about development of rural settlement through-out the Middle Ages. Anyway all data about other ages have been taken into consideration, as there have been discovered a lot of finds dated to Bronze Age and to Roman Age. The study of medieval settlements, above all between VI and XI century, is very difficult because there are few chronological markers, moreover many years of ploughing and the growing spread of vineyards and woods keep from a high visibility. Therefore we have to read the results of this research considering those limits. The settlement results very rarefied until XIV century, then we see a gradual recovery between XIV and XVIII century. This conclusion becomes part of the general development of medieval settlement in Modena's plan
Quarantine: can lessons from the past help improve disease response?
Get PDFCOVID-19 continues to be a public health crisis, while severely impacting global
financial markets causing significant economic and social hardship. As with any
emerging disease, pharmaceutical interventions required time, emphasizing the initial and continuing need for non-pharmaceutical interventions. We highlight the role of
anthropological and historical perspectives to inform approaches to non-pharmaceutical interventions for future preparedness
The Landscapes of Disease and Death in Colonial Mauritius
Get PDFThe recurring ebb and flow of epidemic diseases had a profound impact on the way colonial administrations dealt with death. This article focuses on the role disease played in shaping the ‘necrogeography’ of colonial landscapes, a key point of intersection between funerary and landscape archaeology. Using an extensive corpus of evidence from cemeteries that capture inhumation practices from both formerly enslaved and indentured populations, this article provides an assessment of these burial contexts as part of the cultural landscape in Mauritius. Drawing together functional and emotional dimensions, their features and development will be considered against the backdrop of the island’s specific and dynamic disease ecology
Il "pozzo alla veneziana": una soluzione complessa per un'esigenza quotidiana. Revisione dei dati archeologici sull'approvvigionamento idrico nei centri lagunari durante il medioevo. Il caso di Jesolo (VE)
No full textLa capacità di approvvigionamento e le forme di gestione dell’acqua potabile rientrano tra i parametri per misurare lo stato di igiene e le pratiche sanitarie di una città medievale. Per gli insediamenti della laguna nord-adriatica, prima tra tutti la città di Venezia, tale problematica si inserisce in quella più ampia del controllo sull’instabile equilibrio tra acque dolci e acque salmastre. Il presente contributo, attraverso la revisione della documentazione archeologica degli ultimi anni e la presentazione dei dati di scavo ancora inediti raccolti durante le recenti ricerche nel sito lagunare di Jesolo, si propone di contribuire all’analisi critica riguardo la nascita e la diffusione dei “pozzi alla veneziana”. Lo studio rivolto non solo al centro storico di Venezia, ma anche agli abitati e alle isole contermini, permette di rintracciare i prodromi delle soluzioni di grande efficienza raggiunte nei secoli finali del medioevo per il reperimento e l’immagazzinamento dell’acqua potabile in ambiente lagunare.The supply capacity and forms of water management are among the parameters for measuring the state of hygiene and sanitary practices of a medieval city. For the settlements of the north Adriatic lagoon, first and foremost the city of Venice, this issue is part of the broader one of control over the unstable balance between fresh and brackish water. The present contribution, through the review of the archaeological documentation of the last years and the presentation of the still unpublished excavation data collected during the recent research in the lagoon site of Jesolo, aims to contribute to the critical analysis regarding the birth and diffusion of the "Venetian style wells." The study aimed not only at the historical center of Venice, but also at the neighborhood settlements and islands, makes it possible to trace the prodromes of the highly efficient solutions achieved in the final centuries of the Middle Ages for the retrieval and storage of drinking water in the lagoon environment
Il tessuto insediativo nel medioevo: dalle fonti scritte alle fonti materiali. Archeologia del paesaggio e analisi geomorfologica del territorio di Galliera
No full textThe article presents a preliminary summary of the historical and archaeological sources relating to the territory of Galliera, an area of the lower Bolognese plain that experienced ups and downs during the Middle Ages due to its bordering position with respect to the Ferrarese and Modenese regions
Le fonti scritte relative ai Forni Savorgnani
No full textThe purpose of this paper is to present a summary concerning the published and unpublished written sources relating to the medieval settlement of the Upper Tagliamento Valley, particularly in relation to the settlements of Forni di Sopra and Forni di Sotto (Udine
Il monastero e le attività produttive
No full textSi presentano i resti archeobotanici riferiti a tre assemblaggi provenienti da tre contesti produttivi: la fornace per laterizi, la fornace per l'attività metallurgica e la fornace per la calc
Gli indicatori di artigianato tessile. I reperti in osso
No full textArchaeological finds related to some production activities carried out at the early medieval housing structures identified in Piazza Liberazione are presented. These are ceramic spindles and bone objects related to the domestic activity of spinning and weaving
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