The upper Agri valley (in Basilicata): Geoarchaeology and Ancient Topography of an inland mountain landscape

Historically, the upper Agri valley is one of the most important connecting routes between the Ionian coast, the interior, and the Tyrrhenian coast. One of the aims of this project is to study the context extensively, in particular the landscape produced by a series of historical events. In addition...

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Main Author: Francesco Tarlano
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Language:English
Published: BraDypUS 2016-03-01
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Online Access:http://groma.unibo.it/tarlano_upper_agri_valley
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description Historically, the upper Agri valley is one of the most important connecting routes between the Ionian coast, the interior, and the Tyrrhenian coast. One of the aims of this project is to study the context extensively, in particular the landscape produced by a series of historical events. In addition we will aim to identify the reciprocal influences between geomorphology and ancient settlements, and to reconstruct the historical evolution of the landscape. Finally, we intend to create a ‘Map of Archaeological Potential’, which can be interpreted as an “Archaeological Risk Map”. This reconstruction has demonstrated that in the Lucanian period the distribution of settlements was very dense. A similar network of settlements was present during the Roman Republican period in relation to the establishment of Grumentum followed by the Gracchan centuriation. Finally, after the process of “Romanization” was complete, the modes of land use changed again.
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spelling doaj.art-b2b434c5f54c46e5b8a902cc903fb9f62022-12-21T19:33:08ZengBraDypUSGroma2531-66722016-03-011110.12977/groma2The upper Agri valley (in Basilicata): Geoarchaeology and Ancient Topography of an inland mountain landscapeFrancesco TarlanoHistorically, the upper Agri valley is one of the most important connecting routes between the Ionian coast, the interior, and the Tyrrhenian coast. One of the aims of this project is to study the context extensively, in particular the landscape produced by a series of historical events. In addition we will aim to identify the reciprocal influences between geomorphology and ancient settlements, and to reconstruct the historical evolution of the landscape. Finally, we intend to create a ‘Map of Archaeological Potential’, which can be interpreted as an “Archaeological Risk Map”. This reconstruction has demonstrated that in the Lucanian period the distribution of settlements was very dense. A similar network of settlements was present during the Roman Republican period in relation to the establishment of Grumentum followed by the Gracchan centuriation. Finally, after the process of “Romanization” was complete, the modes of land use changed again.http://groma.unibo.it/tarlano_upper_agri_valleyLandscape ArchaeologyAncient TopographyGeomorphologyCenturiation
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The upper Agri valley (in Basilicata): Geoarchaeology and Ancient Topography of an inland mountain landscape
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Landscape Archaeology
Ancient Topography
Geomorphology
Centuriation
title The upper Agri valley (in Basilicata): Geoarchaeology and Ancient Topography of an inland mountain landscape
title_full The upper Agri valley (in Basilicata): Geoarchaeology and Ancient Topography of an inland mountain landscape
title_fullStr The upper Agri valley (in Basilicata): Geoarchaeology and Ancient Topography of an inland mountain landscape
title_full_unstemmed The upper Agri valley (in Basilicata): Geoarchaeology and Ancient Topography of an inland mountain landscape
title_short The upper Agri valley (in Basilicata): Geoarchaeology and Ancient Topography of an inland mountain landscape
title_sort upper agri valley in basilicata geoarchaeology and ancient topography of an inland mountain landscape
topic Landscape Archaeology
Ancient Topography
Geomorphology
Centuriation
url http://groma.unibo.it/tarlano_upper_agri_valley
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