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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.
Conclusioni
No full textLe ricerche archeologiche nel sito di Jure Vetere, così come articolate, hanno consentito non solo di determinare una sequenza stratigrafica valida sia per i livelli sepolti che per le strutture architettoniche ancora in evidenza, ma anche e soprattutto di costruire un modello insediativo del fenomeno monastico florense nella Calabria medievale. Gli studi sul monachesimo medievale calabrese sono stati fino ad ora prevalentemente incentrati sugli aspetti storico-documentari e architettonici relativi ai monasteri greci e latini, nonché ai rapporti tra l’organizzazione religiosa, culturale ed economica del clero greco con quello latino . Poco rilevante invece appare l’approccio archeologico alle problematiche degli insediamenti monastici; fanno eccezione le indagini sui monasteri fortificati altomedievali dell’alto tirreno calabrese e gli scavi di alcuni complessi monastici nella parte centro meridionale della regione: S. Giovanni Theresti a Bivongi, S. Elia Vecchio a Curinga, S. Elia Speleota a Melicuccà, S. Angelo in Frigillo a Mesoraca, S. Maria di Corazzo . Si tratta in ogni caso di episodi isolati e di interventi parziali, ancora distanti dal costituire dei punti di riferimento per la costruzione di un’”archeologia dei monasteri” della Calabria medievale, così come è stato fatto per altre aree regionali . In questa prospettiva, l’indagine sul sito monastico florense di jure Vetere è stata intenzionalmente indirizzata verso la scoperta e l’interrogazione del documento archeologico, per tentare di chiarire quanti più aspetti contribuiscano a delineare la fisionomia insediativa del sito in oggetto
Introduzione
No full textDi grande interesse per l’archeologia medievale in Calabria é stata la recente scoperta del protocenobio fondato da Gioacchino da Fiore alla fine del XII secolo nell’altipiano silano, nel sito di Jure Vetere Sottano, ubicato a circa 5 km ad ovest dal centro di S. Giovanni in Fiore (CS). L’indagine archeologica, condotta da ricercatori dell’IBAM – Istituto per i Beni Archeologici e Monumentali del CNR (sezione di Lagopesole – PZ) e diretta dal Prof. Cosimo Damiano Fonseca, ha preso le mosse in seguito ad una segnalazione del Centro Internazionale di Studi Gioachimiti ed è iniziata nel 2001 con una serie di indagini preliminari (prospezioni georadar, fotointerpretazione), condotte in collaborazione con la Scuola di Specializzazione in Archeologia di Matera (Università degli Studi della Basilicata), grazie alle quali sono state individuate le prime tracce di strutture sepolte e di crolli relativi ad un imponente corpo di fabbrica di forma rettangolare orientato est-ovest.
A queste indagini diagnostiche hanno fatto seguito, dal 2002, quattro campagne di scavo archeologico stratigrafico, realizzate grazie alla proficua sinergia tra l’IBAM CNR, gli Enti di tutela regionali (Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici e Soprintendenza per i Beni Architettonici e del Paesaggio della Calabria), il Centro Internazionale di Studi Gioachimiti, il Comune di S. Giovanni in Fiore e resi possibili grazie al sostegno economico del Comitato Nazionale per le Celebrazioni dell’VIII Centenario della morte di Gioacchino da Fiore e del Centro Internazionale di Studi Gioachimiti
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
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
The Leukania of Magna Graecia: archaeological data from Basilicata (southern Italy)
No full textAmong the main objectives of the investigations in Basilicata, the study of settlement dynamics of Greek and indigenous communities and the relations between them, have played an important role. In this paper we briefly describe the Greek colonies and the events that took place in this region, which, according to written sources, in the Archaic period was included geographically in Oenotria and later in Leukania. Moreover we focuse on newer archaeological researches in the Greek village of Pandosia (S.M. d'Aglona) belonging to the ancient chora of Herakleia. With its strategic position, it marks the exploitable limits of the Greek chora in the classic period. Finally, we specifically refer to the latest researches of indigenous rural hamlets, which was located in the hinterland, beyond the chora of Metapontion. There, thanks to the landscape archaeology and the interdisciplinary approach, we have new information on how the indigenous, in the classical period, shaped their own living space, differentiated in terms of specialized agrarian and livestock exploitation
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