La media e bassa pianura veneta a sud dell'antico Adige nell'età del bronzo. Popolamento ed evoluzione socio-politica di un territorio a cavallo tra Europa, Italia e Mediterraneo

Aim of this thesis is the reconstruction of Bronze Age settlement dynamics of the part of low and middle Veneto plain lying between ancient Adige river and present Po river. The research was structured in the following phases: the study of published data on paeleoidrographical aspects, in order to understand the settlement choices in relation with ancient environment; the study of all published archaeological Bronze Age contexts; the re-reading of material culture from these context, in order to redefine chronological and cultural aspects; the chrono-typological analysis of two groups of archaeological materials: the published sample of conformed handles, and the unpublished material from Fondo Paviani RBA and FBA embanked settlement. The main tools of the research are a database and GIS. The sample of all considered sites is composed by 288 contexts. The principal results regarding settlement dynamics are: 1) In the EBA a gradual stable occupation of the Northern Po Valley is attested, especially along riverbeds and wetlands, according to a process of “colonization” from Garda Lake pile-dwelling system to the plain. From the cultural point of view, the territory is characterized by Polada culture (EBA1) and Barche di Solferino aspect (EBA2), with the presence of some elements referable to Danubian-Carpathian area. 2) In MBA, an increase in settlement number is attested for MBA1, while in MBA2 the evidences clearly decrease, probably according to the simultaneous colonization of the Southern Po Valley; in MBA3 another small increase is registered. Already since MBA1, and in MBA2 and 3, settlements with bank and moat are known for the area. The cultural aspects are strictly related to the Southern Po Valley ones, even if we notice some independent characters. External relationships are attested, both with peninsular Italy - Grotta Nuova and Appenino cultural aspects – and continental Europe. 3) In the Recent Bronze Age, and specially in its advanced phase, a generalized and outstanding increase in the number of settlements is attested, together with the development of socio-political complex structures, as it is the polity of Valli Grandi Veronesi. This polity, whose central place is Fondo Paviani, is the key area for the wide exchange system that connects the examined territory with continental Europe, peninsular and North-Western Italy and the Aegean-Mediterranean area. 4) In the Final Bronze Age, a general contraction in the number of settlements is attested in FBA1-2, while we cannot record a collapse, but a general rearrangement of territorial pattern with the development of Frattesina, the new key context for the exchange system that connects continental Europe and Mediterranean world. In FBA3 a new process of territory occupation is attested, related to the centers of Gazzo Veronese, Oppeano, Montagnana, Este and Villamarzan

Isotopic insights from carpological remains: one of the first datasets for the Italian Bronze Age

Even though agriculture already spread into Eurasia during the Neolithic, the transition between the Copper Age and the Bronze Age was the time where Italian communities tuned horticultural techniques to foster the soil productivity. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analyses could be leveraged to identify some of those practices, such as manuring and irrigation. The former could spike the nitrogen values of plants, while water availability affects the carbon values.This work provides one of the first datasets of isotopic data for seeds from four Bronze Age Italian sites spanning overall from the end of the 3rd millennium to the first half of the 2nd millennium BCE: pile-dwelling of Ledro (TN, Trentino Alto Adige), settlement of S. Maria in Belverde (SI, Tuscany), Grotta Nuova (VT, Latium), and Grotta di Pastena (FR, Latium).One-hundred eighty seeds were first classified, then carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis were carried out for broad beans, wheat, emmer and barley. The obtained values were compared to predictive models to enhance the understanding of the agricultural efforts for each community. The provided dataset would be beneficial for future research on agricultural practices, subsistence strategies identification, and even local ecological reconstruction, as it represents one of the most extensive surveys for carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes values for plants in the focused time span

I lavori pubblici e la riforma: quali modelli di regolamentazione; quali modelli di management

Il volume raccoglie la prima riforma delle opere pubbliche ed infrastrutture in Italia, viene introdotta una figura nuova quale il RdP nuovo project manager. La riforma assume un'importanza particolare in quanto è da tale riforma che viene introdotto il management in fase di realizzazione di opere pubbliche ed infrastrutture. Si tratta della prima generazione di direttive comunitarie che richiedono un recepimento in materia. Da tale riforma nascono alcuni corsi in SDA in materia di management di opere pubbliche ed infrastrutture che più tardi confluiranno in GePROPI (Gestione dei Processi Realizzaztivi di Opere Pubbliche ed Infrastrutture

Il nuovo allestimento per la Sala I del Museo Nazionale Atestino di Este

The Atestino National Museum was inaugurated on July 6, 1902 in the current location of Palazzo Mocenigo, after the Euganean Roman Museum (formerly the Civic Lapidary Museum, until 1880) became National in 1887. Over more than a century, starting with its ! rst director Alessandro Prosdocimi, the use of space and, above all, the location of archaeological ! nds has undergone many changes. With funding obtained through the project The rst cinema in history. Focusing on the Paleolithic the layout of Room I of the Atestino National Museum has been re-thought. On show in this room are local ! nds from Prehistory up to the Late Bronze Age. The collection layout has now been enriched by new data that have emerged in recent years. The authors of this contribution present the artifacts chosen for the exhibit and their contexts of origin and de! ne the choices that led to the technical design and set-up of the showcases

Il nuovo allestimento della Sala I del Museo Nazionale Atestino di Este

The Atestino National Museum was inaugurated on July 6, 1902 in the current location of Palazzo Mocenigo, after the Euganean Roman Museum (formerly the Civic Lapidary Museum, until 1880) became National in 1887. Over more than a century, starting with its first director Alessandro Prosdocimi, the use of space and, above all, the location of archaeological finds has undergone many changes. With funding obtained through the project The first cinema in history. Focusing on the Paleolithic the layout of Room I of the Atestino National Museum has been re-thought. On show in this room are local seconds from Prehistory up to the Late Bronze Age. The collection layout has now been enriched by new data that have emerged in recent years. The authors of this contribution present the artifacts chosen for the exhibit and their contexts of origin and define the choices that led to the technical design and set-up of the showcases