2015 Field School Brochure

Oltre La Villa: Ricerche nei siti archeologici del territorio di Cottanello, Configni, Vacone e Montasola, 2019

This paper presents the research method applied to the Archaeological Map of Italy -Forma Italiae project, comprising to date the Ager Venusinus project (completed) and the Ager Lucerinus project (ongoing). The methodology of the project is based on the extensive and systematic survey of the entire selected district. The countryside is systematically searched by groups of students and researchers in different seasons, time of the day, weather and visibility conditions, and status of cultivation of the ground. The GPS georeferenced data are integrated in a GIS specifically realised. The results of the research projects relating to the territory of the Luceria's colony, in Apulia, starting from the area of the medieval site of Montecorvino, in the Daunian district is presented. So far the part of the vast territory of Lucera studied concerns the area North-East of the ancient Latin colony. Discussed here are studies conducted on the western area, towards the Daunian subappennine and in particular focused on the territory of the municipalities of Lucera, Pietramontecorvino, Motta Montecorvino, and Volturino. This area, in fact, is the object of research that includes the whole of the Fortore River valley. The data emerging from recent surveys show a large population over the time-span from prehistory to the High Middle Ages. The settlements of the Neolithic and Bronze ages, so far identified, are placed on vast plains; on the northern sector of the territory, it is possible to catch a glimpse of traces of a village characterised by the typical C shaped ditch, with huts located inside. A very interesting part of our project regards Dauni and Samnite settlements in the period preceding the arrival of the Romans and the Romanisation of the area. The most notable transformations in the ancient landscape were undoubtedly produced by the Roman intervention that gave birth to the new colony and the planning of the village centre, which consequently led to the reorganisation of a vast territory and the division of the rural area into a dense network of small properties assigned to the settlers.

Archäologischen Informationen, 2023

The Parco Archeologico dell’Appia Antica is an autonomous institute of the Italian Ministry of Culture, providing protection and enhancement of a vast territory that extends from the city center to the Roman countryside, in which archeology and landscape come together in an outstanding context. Following the COVID 19 pandemic, which caused a long period of difficulty, a new season of opportunities for scientific knowledge, conservation, and enhancement of the Parco Archeologico archaeological sites begins today. In the following years, the Parco will undertake a complex series of interventions that will include investigating new archeological sites, scientific research, restoration as part of a general project called “Urbs. From the city to the Roman Campagna”. The works will be implemented with funding from the National Plan for Complementary Investments to the NRRP between 2022 and 2026. The interventions will cover all the archaeological and monumental areas owned by the State in the Parco territory, located along the two main ancient roads of the region: the Via Appia and the Via Latina. This presentation aims to emphasize the contribution of archaeological sciences to a complex system of interventions and projects aimed at increasing the public’s enjoyment of an archaeological context that is unique in the world.

Quaderni dei Careggi, 2016

The Vienna Orme and Pesa Valley Project, 2020

The special position occupied

Multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary research in Landscape Archaeology, 2016

This paper presents the research method applied to the Archaeological Map of Italy-Forma Italiae project, comprising to date the Ager Venusinus project (completed) and the Ager Lucerinus project (ongoing). The methodology of the project is based on the extensive and systematic survey of the entire selected district. The countryside is systematically searched by groups of students and researchers in different seasons, time of the day, weather and visibility conditions, and status of cultivation of the ground. The GPS georeferenced data are integrated in a GIS specifically realised. The results of the research projects relating to the territory of the Luceria's colony, in Apulia, starting from the area of the medieval site of Montecorvino, in the Daunian district is presented. So far the part of the vast territory of Lucera studied concerns the area NorthEast of the ancient Latin colony. Discussed here are studies conducted on the western area, towards the Daunian subappennine and in particular focused on the territory of the municipalities of Lucera, Pietramontecorvino, Motta Montecorvino, and Volturino. This area, in fact, is the object of research that includes the whole of the Fortore River valley. The data emerging from recent surveys show a large population over the time-span from prehistory to the High Middle Ages. The settlements of the Neolithic and Bronze ages, so far identified, are placed on vast plains; on the northern sector of the territory, it is possible to catch a glimpse of traces of a village characterised by the typical C shaped ditch, with huts located inside. A very interesting part of our project regards Dauni and Samnite settlements in the period preceding the arrival of the Romans and the Romanisation of the area. The most notable transformations in the ancient landscape were undoubtedly produced by the Roman intervention that gave birth to the new colony and the planning of the village centre, which consequently led to the reorganisation of a vast territory and the division of the rural area into a dense network of small properties assigned to the settlers.

Papers of the British School at Rome, 2013

Papers of the British School at Rome, 2007