34 research outputs found
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 Boccaccioâs 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 âschoolsâ, 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 â SNF gran
âNon di solo paneâ. Considerazioni sulla incompleta visibilitĂ 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 lâanalisi del paesaggio sono una selezione, giĂ 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 dâalta 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.
Lâapproccio interdisciplinare e il confronto tra dati etnografici, storici e documentazione archeologica con esempi dallâItalia settentrionale, sia dalla metĂ orientale che da quella occidentale cosĂŹ diverse per sviluppi insediativi ed agricoli, permettono ampliare gli elementi utili all'analisi dei dati protostorici disponibili comparandoli con le attivitĂ agricole di etĂ storica note e offrire una visione, anche se parziale, del mondo contadino, ovvero da chi operava quotidianamente nella costruzione del paesaggio. 
Entre Italie et Gaule : le bronze final et le premier Ăąge du fer dans le PiĂ©mont nord-occidental et la vallĂ©e dâAoste
Par le PiĂ©mont et la VallĂ©e dâAoste passent les routes reliant lâItalie Ă lâEurope nord-occidentale. Dans le secteur nord-occidental de la rĂ©gion au Bronze Final le groupe Pont-Valperga prĂ©sente des caractĂšres R.S.F.O. mĂȘlĂ©s Ă ceux du Protogolasecca. Au Premier Ăąge du Fer, contrairement Ă la culture de Golasecca du PiĂ©mont nord-oriental et de la Lombardie occidentale, dans le PiĂ©mont nord-occidental et au Val dâAoste, câest-Ă -dire lâaire Taurino-Salasse, il nây a pas un dĂ©veloppement 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 sĂ©pultures princiĂšres sous tumulus. En appendice, sont Ă©voquĂ©es les sources littĂ©raires les plus anciennes qui dĂ©crivent 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
I singolari casi delle anime dei defunti dei ghiacciai della Lera e della Rossa e dei resti umani della Cresta Rossa del Rocciamelone.
Viverone (Bi) - Azeglio (To), sito palafitticolo Vi1-Emissario: indagini subacquee e campionamento dendrocronologico
LâetĂ del Bronzo in Liguria, lungo le coste e al di lĂ dei monti
After a brief preface dedicated to the history of research, our paper focuses on the Bronze Age of Liguria and of the culturally related neighboring regions, namely Provence, South Piedmont and Aemilian western Apennines. The first part of the paper introduces the landscape and the main economic activities. The most recent archaeobotanic data attest the cultivation of different species of cereals and archaeozoological assemblages from lowland settlements show the exploitation of domestic species (cattle, pigs and ovicaprine) with a significant higher percentage of ovicaprine at high altitudes. Particular attention is devoted to mining and metallurgy, in relation to local cupriferous resources and their exploitation. With regard to metallic artifacts, Liguria appears to become more and more incorporated into the metallurgical province of the western Alps, although in the Late Bronze Age the production of peculiar metallic objects between Piedmont and western Liguria shows a more autonomous regional character. The second part discusses the evolution of settlements, burials and material culture during the four traditional periods of Italian Bronze age ("antico" i.e early, "medio" i.e. middle, "recente" i.e. late and "finale" i.e. final). Dry stones for housing structures, terraces and fortifications are in use since the Early Bronze Age; Early Bronze Age pottery denotes domestic production and high heterogeneity, showing a certain affinity with the Rhone culture and central Italy. In the Middle Bronze Age it is possible to outline a north-western cultural area, extended from Provence to the Aemilian Apennines and well differentiated from the Terremare aspects. During the Late Bronze Age we clearly observe an increase in standardized productions, with the development of specialized handicrafts; differentiated cultural groups are now well established in restricted territorial areas. Finally, some considerations on the exchange routes through which tin could be conveyed in the region are proposed. The connections held to obtain this resource - necessary for metallurgical technology - became probably a determining factor in orienting cultural affinities to central Italy and to the north-western Alpine region