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Confini mobili e territori percepiti: dinamiche di trasformazione nel paesaggio preistorico
No full textIl contributo propone alcune riflessioni sul concetto di limite geografico e sulla sua definizione spaziale in una prospettiva
di archeologia del paesaggio. Attraverso spunti metodologici e casi studio si presentano considerazioni sulla
dinamicità dei limiti territoriali in preistoria e sui mezzi che abbiamo a disposizione per identificarli e ricostruirli.
Questo approccio include l’analisi dei così detti limiti culturali – dove si verificano osmosi e trasformazioni oltre i
confini – e lo studio dei processi identitari legati alla formazione del paesaggio preistorico. Si suggeriscono inoltre alcune ipotesi sul ruolo della percezione nella determinazione e riconoscimento del paesaggio archeologico.This contribution proposes some considerations on the concept of geographical limit and its spatial definition in a
landscape archaeology perspective. In particular throughout case studies it illustrates some methodological issues related
to the analysis of territorial boundaries in prehistory. This approach includes the idea of investigating cultural
boundaries and identity processes related to landscape. The paper also focuses on possible means and tools that can
be used to explore this sort of boundaries. Moreover some thoughts on the role of perception in the making of prehistoric
landscape are presented
From legacy data to survey planning? The relationship between landscape and waterscape in southern Tuscany during the Upper Palaeolithic: towards a predicitive-postdictive approach
Full text linkDuring the Upper Palaeolithic, Southern Tuscany was strongly affected by geomorphological
changes that significantly altered its coastal seaboard. In particular, during the
Last Glacial Maximum, the sea reached a level below 100 meters. As a result of this, the
prehistoric coastland included also the present Tuscan Archipelago, in particular the Islands
of Elba and Pianosa, assuming a different layout during Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3 and 2.
In this context, the process of prehistoric occupation took place, according to different
needs and criteria. The present work explores the possibility of investigating the dynamic
relationship between the prehistoric landscape and waterscape by a predictive-postdictive
approach. Alongside the simulation of coastal changes, the study makes use of legacy data,
taking into account those derived from artefact surface scatters collected over the past
decades by various research groups. The latter provide further evidence of the prehistoric
occupation process. In this scenario it is crucial to highlight areas that potentially still
retain some relict features of the Palaeolithic landscape. These are examined in order to
better understand settlement strategies taking place during the Upper Palaeolithic and, at
the same time, to investigate the relationship between inland and coastal sites in a diachronic
perspective. Although still ongoing, preliminary results provide new elements for
the planning of future field surveys
Castellieri e tumuli nel territorio friulano. Fonti e metodi per indagare le morfologie antropiche del paesaggio preistorico: sperimentazioni e riflessioni, dai rilievi storici di Lodovico Quarina ai dati LIDAR
Full text linkIl contributo propone alcune considerazioni generali sulla diffusione dei castellieri e tumuli nel territorio
friulano nate dalla elaborazione di carte tematiche prodotte in ambiente GIS. Il quadro esposto costituisce la base di
partenza per sviluppare alcune riflessioni sugli strumenti e sulle fonti funzionali alla caratterizzazione e individuazione dei
castellieri e dei tumuli funerari, ovvero alla presenza delle morfologie antropiche. Cartografia storica e remote sensing, dai
rilievi di Lodovico Quarina ai dati LIDAR, costituiscono le fonti preferenziali per sviluppare processi di contestualizzazione
e monitoraggio delle morfologie antropiche e quindi delle evidenze archeologiche.The paper proposes some general considerations on the diffusion of castellieri and tumuli in the Friulian territory
resulting from the elaboration of thematic maps produced within a GIS environment. This preliminary framework constitutes
the basis for developing further remarks on the tools and sources functional to the characterisation and identification of
castellieri and burial mounds, i.e. the presence of anthropic morphologies or landforms. Historical cartography and remote
sensing, spanning from Lodovico Quarina’s surveys to LIDAR data, constitute the preferred references for developing analytical and monitoring processes of anthropic morphologies and thus of archaeological evidence
Colle di Spaccasasso and field survey in the Maremma Regional Park.
No full textThe paper is a short presentation of Spaccasasso site and others field survey findings in the Maremma Regional Park, such as Sasso delle Donne Paleolithic site. All research are still going on
Grotte e ripari nelle Valli del Natisone: paesaggio e strategie insediative tra Preistoria e Protostoria
No full textCaves and shelters characterise the landscape of Natisone basin and constitute a natural resource exploited by human communities during Prehistory and Protohistory. The contribution presents the first steps of a project aiming to explore prehistoric settlement strategies of this valley system that connects the Friulian plain to the alpine reliefs. Here we expose some critical issues related to the building up of the GIS that is used to compare different sources and to carry on the analysis. A rich list of caves, shelters and other hypogeal features, available from the speleological archive of Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, has been acquired into the GIS system and represents a primary information in order to evaluate which of these cavities have been occupied by prehistoric people. We propose some observations on the prehistoric use of the different type of hypogeum starting from a perspective that considers the caves as elements of the prehistoric landscape. Are caves temporary or seasonal shelters related to mobile human groups? The problems and potentialities of the analysis of this long-lasting phenomenon are explored through archaeological and spatial criteria.
The study aims to individuate which are the characterising features involved in the settlement strategies of these valleys. The analysis highlights some topographical issues that we think might be significant for the interpretation of caves and the study of the prehistoric landscape of the Natisone basin.
Through the GIS tools we explore the different location of prehistoric sites and we propose the identification of three settlement typologies. These are useful for identifying areas in the Natisone Valleys that express different relationships with the prehistoric landscape. To date, the sites located in the contact belt between the Prealps and the high plain show consistent evidence that may also derive from the role of this zone as a ‘hinge’ between the various geographical areas. The Biarzo rock-shelter is a main reference for the study of the settlement strategy based on the pattern observed for the Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods. Here the interdisciplinary studies of the archaeological context and artefacts allow the identification of short- and long-range movements, to reach both the Alpine plateaus and the Adriatic coast.
In the contact belt between the mountains and the high plain, from the Neolithic through to the Metal Ages, the cavities utilised are mainly the ones close to the summits which provided a wide view across the high plain and in their turn can also be identified from a distance. This evidence suggests uses other than for domestic activities, thus adding other variables into the selection criteria of the cave sites.
Starting from the Neolithic, the evidence from the innermost sectors of the hydrographic basin increases. The sites on the slopes, positioned along the interior sectors of the Natisone Valleys, may have responded to a different settlement strategy, perhaps linked to a more local perspective, as suggested by the visibility analyses. Their brief use may also refer to forms of mobility for transhumance with temporary stops which, as is known, leave ephemeral traces. The choice of cavities does not seem to prefer caves with large internal spaces. Around the sites with repeated occupation are hypogeal environments that have revealed the remains of sheep and goats and other domestic species that may indicate an exploitation of nearby cavities as auxiliary environments or facilities
Grotta del Cavallo: sequenze d’uso dello spazio interno e nuove analisi in ambiente GIS dei livelli musteriani
Full text linkGrotta del Cavallo, nel Salento, ben nota sin dalle ricerche di Arturo Palma di Cesnola negli anni ‘960 per le evidenze musteriane, uluzziane e dell’Epigravettiano finale, rappresenta uno dei siti chiave pugliesi e dell’Italia meridionale per la sequenza musteriana, compresa tra lo stadio isotopico 5e e la chiusura del locale ciclo musteriano attorno a 40.000 anni fa (Sarti et alii 2017, cum bibl.). Con la ripresa degli scavi (Sarti, a partire dagli anni ‘980) tale sequenza del Paleolitico medio, confermata nelle macrounità stratigrafiche messe in luce dalle prime indagini, è stata dettagliata in una ricca serie di paleosuperfici (oltre che di “strati spessi”) che si presentano talora strutturate con impianti funzionali. Alcune di esse sono oggetto di questa comunicazion
In transumanza: comunità, vie e culture della pastorizia, tra archeologia, antropologia e storia
No full textIl volume riporta una serie di riflessioni, analisi ed elaborazioni sul fenomeno della transumanza e del pastoralismo mobile in Toscana meridionale nate in seno alle ricerche sviluppate nel Dipartimento di Scienze storiche e dei Beni Culturali dell’Università di Siena e ulteriormente approfondite in occasione del coinvolgimento degli Autori nel progetto CamBio Via (CAMmini e BIOdiversità: Valorizzazione Itinerari e Accessibilità per la Transumanza).
I primi capitoli orientano il lettore verso un approccio interdisciplinare che caratterizza la metodologia adottata per lo studio del pastoralismo mobile e della transumanza in Toscana. La struttura del volume si sviluppa attraverso una analisi diacronica del fenomeno dalle origini ai giorni nostri e propone una serie di approfondimenti tematici di ambito archeologico, storico ed etnografico riferiti al territorio maremmano.
Il testo introduce quindi metodi e indicatori utili per individuare le tracce del pastoralismo mobile e illustra una selezione delle evidenze relative al patrimonio materiale e immateriale che testimoniano, insieme alle fonti storiche, le modalità d’uso dei percorsi della transumanza che attraversano l’area grossetana e senese. Tali dati costituiscono un corredo informativo che arricchisce la descrizione dei percorsi esplicitati e mappati dal progetto CamBio-Via. Gli itinerari sono presentati partendo dalla zona di convergenza invernale delle greggi, ovvero dall’area dei Monti dell’Uccellina e dalle zone costiere limitrofe, nelle loro traiettorie di ritorno verso i rilievi interni della regione. In relazione ai percorsi sono illustrati alcuni degli elementi archeologici, storici ed etnografici che la ricerca ha evidenziato lungo questi tracciati secondo l’approccio multidisciplinare adottato
Landscape changes and site discovery potential: predictive criteria and field survey strategies for prehistoric contexts
No full textThis paper offers a brief introduction to the archaeological framework of prehistoric contexts in Grosseto district focusing on the relationship between landscape dynamics and archaeological potentialities of this territory. Particular attention is dedicated to the southern area of Grosseto taking into considerations alluvial plain and the coastal belt of Uccellina Mountains. The illustration/presentation of our case study gives us the opportunity to discuss our methodological approach and to highlight the importance of activating virtuous cycle between predicting analysis and field survey test /feedback. One of the aims of this paper is to examine different type of archaeological potentialities which can be explored through the help of predicting assessment. Thus the prehistoric investigations carried out in our study area needs to be related to landscape changes which strongly affected coastal transformation since Palaeolithic period generating different types of “archaeological visibility constrains” that cause low visibility of prehistoric evidence on landscape surface
Cartografia del passato, GIS e pianificazione
No full textThe aim of the paper is to show the methodological approach and the research so far undertaken regarding the building up of a GIS on cultural and environmental heritage in Tuscan coastal areas.
Lo studio descrive la metodologia e le fasi della ricerca condotta per la progettazione e la realizzazione di un Sistema Informativo Geografico relativo al patrimonio culturale e ambientale delle coste umide ed ex umide toscane
Predicting Prehistory.Predictive models and field research methods for detecting prehistoric contexts
No full textIl volume raccoglie i contribuiti dei partecipanti al workshop internazionale tenutosi a Grosseto nel settembre 2013
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