48 research outputs found
THE MONASTIC SETTLEMENT OF JURE VETERE (S. GIOVANNI IN FIORE, CALABRIA, ITALY): A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT OF LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY
No full textThe archaeological research carried out by IBAM-CNR and the Post Graduate School of Archaeology (UNIBAS, Matera) on the site of Jure Vetere discovered a remarkably sized ecclesiastical building, part of the monastic settlement of Jure Vetere, founded by the monk Gioacchino da Fiore at the end of the 12th century and lasted until the first decades of the 13th century. During the investigations, an intense methodological survey of the surrounding territory of Jure Vetere and five excavations campaigns of the monastic complex went carried out.
Thanks to the multi-disciplinary approach applied to the research of Landscape Archaeology, an amount of important information was collected, thanks to the study of written sources, artifacts, ethnoarchaeological data, photo-interpretations, geological and geopedological research, pollen analysis, botanic and archaeometric macro-remains. The GIS processed data helped us to recognize the exploitation system of the territory, so necessary for the monastic life.
The final issue of the researches comprehends 28 contributions organized in several sections: historical research, archaeological research, Jure Vetere and its territory, diagnostic investigations and archaeological excavations, material culture (pottery, glasses and metals), archaeometric analysis, ecofacts, building techniques analysis, landscape archaeology and highlighting of the archaeological heritage
Origin and Circulation of Calcarenite Artifacts in the Area of Montescaglioso between 6th and 3rd Century BC: An Interdisciplinary Approach
No full textThe study of stone artifacts and their provenance is an important proxy for understanding the entangled relationship between humans and geological resources. In this paper, we explore the potentialities of an interdisciplinary approach combining in situ documentation of tool marks and characterization of stone types using a near infrared (NIR) portable probe. We argue that this protocol is useful for collecting screening data on objects that cannot be moved or sampled. NIR spectra describe textural and molecular features of the materials and can be used to achieve a preliminary characterization of raw materials. We present a case study from the territory of Montescaglioso (Basilicata, near Matera, Italy), where we combined the analysis of a calcarenite (limestone) quarry, in Masseria D'Alessio, which was exploited since the 6th century BC, as well as artifacts of the same chronology from surveys and excavations in the surroundings. The aim was to collect preliminary data about the distribution of the particular calcarenite extracted from the quarry and identify exploitation and trade patterns. The data were processed using multivariate statistics to highlight the relevant spectral information and perform supervised classification of spectral features. Documentation of tool marks and the process of stone working were combined with the spectral signature of the artifacts to link the stone types to the description of their extraction/carving methods
Kastrì-Pandosìa. La città greca fortificata sull’Acheronte/Kastrì Pandosìa. The greek fortified city on the Acheron river
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The Kastrì-Pandosìa Project is an international research project that involves archaeological surveys and instrumental surveys of the fortifications, artifacts and housing structures existing in the classical site of Kastrì-Pandosia (Ionian coast of Epirus, Greece). The Project, directed by D. Roubis, is promoted by the School of Specialization in Archaeological Heritage of Matera, of the University of Basilicata following a collaboration agreement with the Eforeia delle Antichità (Superintendence) of Preveza. The project is recognized by the MAECI as an international archeology project.Il Progetto Kastrì-Pandosìa è un progetto di ricerca internazionale che prevede indagini di survey archeologico e di rilevamento strumentale delle fortificazioni, dei manufatti e delle strutture abitative esistenti nel sito di età classica di Kastrì-Pandosia (costa ionica dell’Epiro, Grecia). Il Progetto, diretto da D. Roubis, è promosso dalla Scuola di Specializzazione in beni Archeologici di Matera, dell'Università degli Studi della Basilicata in seguito ad un Accordo di collaborazione con la Eforeia delle Antichità (Soprintendenza) di Preveza. Il Progetto è riconosciuto dal MAECI come progetto di Archeologia internazionale.
Per un’archeologia del restauro funzionale in antico sui grandi contenitori: esempi da Difesa San Biagio (Basilicata-MT)
No full textThis paper focuses on more recent archaeological research carried out at the Classical Age village of Difesa San Biagio
and on the discovery of artifacts with repairs made in ancient times. First of all, we discuss some general issues
regarding the motivations and the various restoration techniques. We then discuss the three most common restoration
practices on pottery vessels such as the use of adhesives, the integration on the ceramic body of external clay fragments
and the use of junction elements. The first method, based on the use of resins, is one of the oldest systems for
restoration so far encountered; the second, less used, consisted of the insertion of clay fragments of different origin
into the points where the ceramic body appeared incomplete; the third system, however, involved the creation of holes
in the pottery fragments in the vicinity of the fracture and the placement of mechanical joining elements, perishable
or of a metal material, in the holes themselves in order to hold the clay fragments together securely. The type being
discussed in this paper is the latter one and this ancient form of restoration was carried out on large containers with
lead clamps discovered at Difesa San Biagio
Paesaggi produttivi, distribuzione e consumo del vino in Magna Grecia: casi di studio
No full textThe work describes data concerning literary sources associated with the consumption of wine in the Classical Age. Secondly, some containers and figurative repertories related to specific and sometimes peculiar symposia practices are illustrated. Subsequently, various aspects of viticulture are dealt with, starting from literary and purely archaeological evidence, concerning specific containers, plants and tools used in the Greek colonies and in the indigenous interland. Finally, some hypotheses are presented on the conservation and consumption of wine, based on bioarchaeological analysis, carried out on finds from recent archaeological research. All of the work mainly concentrates on some case studies in Basilicata, between the Archaic and Late Hellenistic Ages
Archeologia dei paesaggi a Πανδοσία (S. Maria d’Anglona): una prospettiva dalla chora di Herakleia verso l’eschatià
No full textThis paper focuses on more recent archaeological research in Pandosia (S. Maria d'Anglona, Basilicata) belonging to the ancient chora of Herakleia. Pandosia with its strategic position, situated far away from the coastline, marks the exploitable limits of the Greek chora. The paper emphasizes its important role both for agriculture, forestry and pastoral activities in marginal areas as well as for the control of local pathways. The hypotheses made are based on the concept of the distances within which it was possible to perform primary and secondary activities for subsistence and daily life. The paper also highlights the importance of the outlying lands between the chora and eschatià, for their economic value and especially for the short and long range livestock exploitation. The chronological timeline of this work is from the late classical and early Hellenistic period
THE DISCOVERY OF THE MONASTIC SETTLEMENT OF JURE VETERE (S. GIOVANNI IN FIORE, CALABRIA, ITALY): A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT OF LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY
No full textThe archaeological research carried out by IBAM-CNR and the Post Graduate School of Archaeology (UNIBAS, Matera) on the site of Jure Vetere discovered a remarkably sized ecclesiastical building that was part of the monastic settlement of Jure Vetere. It was founded by the monk Gioacchino da Fiore at the end of the 12th century and lasted until the early decades of the 13th century. During the multidisciplinary investigations, an intense methodological survey of the surrounding area of Jure Vetere and five excavation campaigns of the monastic complex were carried out
Paesaggi antichi oltre la chora di Metaponto. Archeologia di un insediamento nel territorio di Montescaglioso: il villaggio agricolo di Difesa San Biagio
No full textDifesa San Biagio è un centro indigeno, posto in prossimità del fiume Bradano, sulla parte più elevata di una collina (160 -- 180 m s.l.m.) appartenente al sistema orografico del territorio di Montescaglioso (Basilicata -MT). Grazie a tale posizione strategica l'insediamento di Difesa San Biagio - frequentato per un ampio lasso di tempo fra il Bronzo finale (XI - X sec. a.C.) e la tarda età ellenistica (I secolo a.C.) - ha assunto un ruolo chiave per la sua posizione peculiare sulla bassa valle del fiume, come territorio di contatto tra il mondo indigeno e quello greco coloniale della costa ionica, soprattutto Metaponto. Le ricerche archeologiche sul sito sono state condotte dalla Soprintendenza Archeologica e dalla Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Archeologici di Matera dell'Università degli Studi della Basilicata già a partire dal 1994; l'ultimo intervento di scavo è stato effettuato nell'estate del 2015
