La Tabula Peutingeriana, Boccaccio e due etnici antichi delle Alpi occidentali

La ricorrenza identica di due etnonimi relativi alle Alpi occidentali (Nantuani e Naburni, non altrimenti attestati in questa forma) nella Tabula Peutingeriana e nel De fluminibus di Boccaccio getta nuova luce sulla storia della tradizione della Peutingeriana nel tardo medioevo. The Tabula Peutingeriana and Boccaccio’s De Fluminibus are the only sources attesting in the same form two ethnonyms relating to Western Alps (Nantuani and Naburni): this gives new information on Peutingeriana tradition in the late Middle Ages

Exploring Late Bronze Age systems of bronzework production in Switzerland through Network Science

YesMany hundreds of Bronze Age bronze artefacts are known from excavations in Switzerland, yet the interpretation of production networks from the object find locations remain problematic. It is proposed that the decorative elements used on items, such as ring-jewellery, can be used as elements to assist in the identification of artisanal traditions and ‘schools’, and also regional or community preference and selection of specific designs. Combining the analysis of over 1700 items of ring-jewellery from Switzerland with approaches from network science has facilitated the identification of regional clustering of design elements, comparable with cultural typologies in the area. It is also possible to identify potential instances of cultural differentiation through decoration within the broader regional cultural traditions. The study highlights important facets of bronzework production in the region of Switzerland, while also demonstrating future potential directions which could build upon the European wide dataset of prehistoric bronzework.Primary research conducted under previous funding at University of Basel, Switzerland – SNF gran

“Non di solo pane”. Considerazioni sulla incompleta visibilità del paesaggio protostorico

Available iconographic sources, historical records, archaeological data, related to ancient landscape analysis, are just a selection of necessary knowledge, reducing the possibility of a partial and limited reconstruction of the past. In this paper three examples, illustrated by ethnographic documents, will be taken in consideration: cereal fields; portions of woodland progressively deforested to obtain building material, fuel and tools; high-altitude pastures. For each of them practices of management, transport, conservation and transformation will be documented with iconographic sources and analysed in their problematic aspects. The interdisciplinary approach and the comparison among ethnographic, historical, and archaeological records with examples from Northern Italy (both western and eastern regions, so different in settlement pattern and in agricultural practices), allow to widen the analysis of protohistorical data compared with the documentation of recent activities. In such a way a reconstruction of the landscape, notwithstanding partial, built by peasants will be offered.Dati iconografici, dati storici e dati archeologici disponibili oggi per l’analisi del paesaggio sono una selezione, già operata in passato, che rischia di privilegiare, se non guardare esclusivamente, solo una parte del paesaggio antico. In questo contributo si fa attenzione a tre esempi ben rappresentati nella documentazione etnografica: i campi di cereali; le porzioni di bosco progressivamente deforestato per ricavare legna da costruzione, da combustibile e per gli altri usi; i pascoli d’alta quota.   Per ciascun esempio si prendono in considerazione le pratiche di gestione, conservazione, trasporto e trasformazione, attingendo alla documentazione iconografica e cercando di approfondire gli aspetti problematici.  L’approccio interdisciplinare e il confronto tra dati etnografici, storici e documentazione archeologica con esempi dall’Italia settentrionale, sia dalla metà orientale che da quella occidentale così diverse per sviluppi insediativi ed agricoli, permettono ampliare gli elementi utili all'analisi dei dati protostorici disponibili comparandoli con le attività agricole di età storica note e offrire una visione, anche se parziale, del mondo contadino, ovvero da chi operava quotidianamente nella costruzione del paesaggio.&nbsp

Entre Italie et Gaule : le bronze final et le premier âge du fer dans le Piémont nord-occidental et la vallée d’Aoste

Par le Piémont et la Vallée d’Aoste passent les routes reliant l’Italie à l’Europe nord-occidentale. Dans le secteur nord-occidental de la région au Bronze Final le groupe Pont-Valperga présente des caractères R.S.F.O. mêlés à ceux du Protogolasecca. Au Premier âge du Fer, contrairement à la culture de Golasecca du Piémont nord-oriental et de la Lombardie occidentale, dans le Piémont nord-occidental et au Val d’Aoste, c’est-à-dire l’aire Taurino-Salasse, il n’y a pas un développement de centres protourbains. Il y a des habitats de hauteur au centre de petits territoires le long des routes vers les cols alpins et des rares sépultures princières sous tumulus. En appendice, sont évoquées les sources littéraires les plus anciennes qui décrivent les parcours travers les Alpes occidentales.The routes joining Italy to the north alpine regions pass through the Pemont and the Aosta Valley. In the north-western part of this region, the late Bronze Age Pont-Valperga group presents RSFO characteristics mixed with those of Protogolasecca. In the early Iron Age, as opposed to the Golasecca Culture of north-eastern Piemont and western Lombardy, the Taurino-Salassian Area, which covers north-eastern Piemont and the Aosta Valley, shows no development of proto-urban centers. There are hill settlements situated in the middle of small territories along the routes as well as some rare princely tombs under tumuli. An addendum indicates the oldest literary sources describing the passages of the western Alps

Possible statue-steles from the Copper Age in Causasca di Sotto, Trontano, Ossola Valley

In February 2015 Riccardo Carazzetti, former curator of the Archaeological Museum of Locarno and director of the city’s cultural services, saw the statue-stele S.1 from the train whilst travelling on the Vigezzina-Centovalli train line. Subsequently, he was able to locate and reach the site, reporting it to the Superintendency. On May 18, 2019, after a long illness, he passed away at the age of 66. This short contribution is based on a poster he presented at the LII Scientific Meeting of the Italian Institute of Prehistory and Protohistory. “Prehistory and Protohistory in Lombardy and Canton Ticino” (Milan-Como 17-21 October 2017)

Groscavallo, località Gias Sagnasse e laghi di Sagnasse. Ricognizioni e strutture agropastorali

Ricognizioni archeologiche nelle Valli di Lanzo, risultati della campagna 202