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Cronache Monografie, Edizioni Quasar, 2023

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Le finalità perseguite nel presente lavoro sono rivolte alla comprensione dei traffici e dei rapporti commerciali che si stabilirono tra le sponde del Canale d’Otranto, in età tardoellenistica, attraverso lo studio del materiale ceramico.
In tale braccio di mare in cui si incontrano l’Adriatico e lo Ionio, i costanti e continui rapporti intercorsi tra le due sponde si sono sedimentati in una serie di tracce che, in tempi e modi diversi, hanno contribuito alla definizione etnica, culturale, economica e sociale di quanti abitano ed hanno abitato questi territori. Il Canale d’Otranto costituisce allo stesso tempo la porta d’accesso al “cul de sac” che è il Mar Adriatico ed il varco di passaggio e di congiunzione di quest’ultimo con il Mediterraneo centro orientale. Gli strumenti metodologici impiegati, che si basano principalmente su un geodatabase e sull’applicazione di software utilizzati nella Social Network Analysis (SNA), mi hanno consentito di stabilire una relazione tra i dati raccolti nella “micro-area” con quelli collezionati in un’area più ampia e, in generale, in diversi settori del Mediterraneo, fornendo così gli strumenti per cercare di rispondere al quesito iniziale della ricerca.
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2 Le notizie preliminari sono state edite presso la stampa locale: Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno e Quo... more 2 Le notizie preliminari sono state edite presso la stampa locale: Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno e Quotidiano di Lecce del 21/06/2008. Gli scavi sono diretti dalla dott.ssa Rita Auriemma. 3 APROSIO 2008. 7 FREZOULS 1983; per un approccio post-coloniale al fenomeno della colonizzazione antica si veda DOMMELEN 1997, pp. 308-310. 8 Parola che, provocatoriamente, si può arrivare anche a detestare, come afferma la Alcock (ALCOCK, 2001) 9 BARRETT, 1997, p. 51. 10 E" stato proposto di utilizzare, per queste valenze politiche, sociali e culturali, il termine romanismus. Si veda, in merito: MAZZA 1998, p. 14. 11 In questi ultimi anni diversi e stimolanti contributi hanno avuto come argomento la romanizzazione ed il confronto di questo avvenimento "socio-culturale" e militare con esperienze moderne. Per analizzare 34 Il Progetto Egnazia, avviato nel 2001, vede la partecipazione, oltre che dell"in proposito i differenti contributi in LIPPOLIS 1996 e gli atti del quarantunesimo convegno di Studi della Magna Grecia dedicato a Taranto. Per i lavori sul territorio ancora fondamentale il censimento in COCCHIARO 1981; a questo si aggiungono le tesi d dottorato condotte dalle dott.sse Patrizia Guastella e Fiorella De Luca.

Papers by Carlo De Mitri

Vignola M., Longo M. and S. Bory (eds) Constructing Social Memory. Identities, Conflicts, Communities. Ethics International Press Ltd, UK, pp. 154-165. ISBN 9781804417829, 2025

Knowledge and skills are often embedded in the cultural heritage of populations from different ge... more Knowledge and skills are often embedded in the cultural
heritage of populations from different geographical areas, and archaeology, with the help of tools and methodologies borrowed from the social sciences, can contribute to the discovery and historicization of such cultural phenomena that now belong to collective memory. The first part of the article reviews existing literature on this type of study while the second part presents specific projects carried out in different areas of Italy.

Antonio M. Poveda Navarro y Mar Zarzalejos Prieto (eds.), Puertos romano-helenisticos del Mediterraneo occidental. Evidencias constructivas y comerciales, Madrid, pp. 187-230, 2024

The passage of the Salento peninsula under Roman control led to a series of political and adminis... more The passage of the Salento peninsula under Roman control led to a series of political and administrative transformations that also influenced the settlement pattern. This reorganisation also affected the coastal settlement landscape, with the appearance of different typologies, including port cities, harbours and landings. Furthermore, the data on wrecks and ceramic materials provide important information to ascertain the dynamic integration of the southern part of Apulia into a trade network that extended to the Ionian-Adriatic basin and, more generally, to the entire Mediterranean.

Between global and local. Adriatic Connectivity from Protohistory to the Roman Period. Proceedings of the Conference Stari Grad, 28th–29th October 2022. Zbornik Instituta za Arheologiju 21, 2024

The Adriatic Sea is a place of encounter and exchange not only between the shores that border it,... more The Adriatic Sea is a place of encounter and exchange not only between the shores that border it, but also between peoples, cultures, and objects of diff erent origins. These relations have led to the creation of a material and immaterial heritage that has been nurtured from ancient times to the present. Numerous tales are told of the passage of mythological characters across lands throughout the Ionian-Adriatic basin, and they
almost seem to belong to a kind of 'storytelling' carried out first and foremost by Greek historiography to include them in its own cultural and identity-based past. These geographical areas, however, were already aff ected by contact with the Greek world in the Iron Age, followed by 'colonisation' at the end of the 8th century BC. Between Archaic and Late Roman times, the study of material culture represents a useful tool for mapping routes and passages and proposing new readings of the
circulation of goods and people in the Ionian-Adriatic basin.
The study of specifi c ceramic goods and the analysis of new contexts highlight interesting starting points for hypotheses on the dissemination of these objects. Furthermore, the application of methodologies drawn from social network analysis makes it possible to propose an interpretation of trade routes and connections in different periods.

REI CRETARIÆ ROMANÆ FAVTORVM ACTA 48, 2024

The presence of western goods and containers, often attested by only a few units, indicates that ... more The presence of western goods and containers, often attested by only a few units, indicates that this area was part of the trade networks that linked the western and eastern Mediterranean. Notably, the Ionian-Adriatic basin was a major market for Hispanic products throughout the Roman period. Roman amphorae – mostly Greco-Italic and Lamb. 2 types from Adriatic Italy – began arriving to the region in the Hellenistic period. During this early period, Iberian productions were rare, chiefly Punic-Ibizan vessels found from Montenegro (Risan) to Albania (Skhodar, Orikos) and in the Greek Epirus. From the 1st century AD, Roman Hispanic amphorae, especially Baetican Dr. 7-11, 12, 20 and Haltern 70 types, become common in land and maritime Dalmatian sites. This is less the case in southern Dalmatia, but we think that these differences in distribution are more the result of the poor excavation methodologies in certain sites than a reflection of historical reality. This paper aims at reviewing finds of Hispanic vessels in the region.

In: L’eterna contemporaneità dell’antico. Passato e presente, un dialogo inevitabile, Atti del VI... more In: L’eterna contemporaneità dell’antico. Passato e presente, un dialogo inevitabile, Atti del VII Convegno Internazionale di Studi Dialoghi sull'Archeologia della Magna Grecia e del Mediterraneo, Scafati (Sa), pp. 333-344.
The emergency excavation carried out in 2020 in Amantia, Prefecture of Valona (Albania), led to the study and
documentation of three funerary monuments and the materials found that were part of the grave goods or part of
them. This study shows how the burials of this phase fit into a socio-cultural koine involving the entire Ionian-
Adriatic basin, with the presence of particular objects such as glass cups, funerary crowns also made of gold and
ceremonial vases with applied reliefs. The re-examination of the documentation in the Ionian-Adriatic area makes
it possible to expand the framework of knowledge and formulate some hypotheses

in J. Vuković and V. Bikić (eds), Pots as media: Decoration, technology and message transmission, Belgrade Conference on Archaeological Pottery (BECAP), Belgrade, pp. 91-107, 2024

In the late Hellenistic period, Rome’s expansion into the Mediterranean triggered a series of tra... more In the late Hellenistic period, Rome’s expansion into the Mediterranean
triggered a series of transformations involving a variety of activities,
especially economic and commercial ones. Goods circulated together
with knowledge and techniques that inexorably evolved into manufacturing skills that were also ‘exported’. The study of particular potteries and amphorae, with the application of methodologies drawn from Social Network Analysis make it possible to put forward interesting hypotheses on the diffusion of such objects and the creation of new production centers that used and reworked craft skills from non-local areas. In particular, the study dwells on the possible role played by the settlements of the Apulian-Lucanian Ionian arc in trade with others sites in the Mediterranean and in the transmission of technical skills between the Ionian-Greek and Italic worlds. This study was conducted through the analysis of the attestation of Metapontine type amphorae and relief ceramic classes such as Mouldmade Ware and Medallion bowls.

LRCW6. Late Roman Coarse Ware, Cooking Ware and Amphorae in the Mediterranean: Archaeology and Archaeometry. Land and sea: pottery routes (Agrigento, 24th-28th May 2017), Archaeopress, 2023

This volume has been published with the support of the Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico della V... more This volume has been published with the support of the Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico della Valle dei Templi of Agrigento All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owners.

Borzić, E. Cirelli, K. Jelinčić Vučković, A. Konestra and I. Ožanić Roguljić (eds), TRADE – Transformations of Adriatic Europe (2nd – 9th centutry) Proceedings of the conference, Zadar 11th-13th February 2016 (Archaeopress 2023), 2023

The archaeological researches carried out in Apulia region highlight that, beside artifacts impor... more The archaeological researches carried out in Apulia region highlight that, beside artifacts imported, such as Terra Sigillata
Italica, Eastern Slip Ware and African Red Slip Ware there also was a circulation of Fine Table Ware, which was an imitation
of the most successful classes and was produced in geographical areas gravitating on the Ionian-Adriatic Basin. In addition to
the fine table ware there is a diffusion of household ware and lamps, these also manufactured in Adriatic area and circulating
through trading routes of short range.
The now evidence concern in the South the Salento Peninsula, with the new data from Muro Leccese and Masseria Monittola,
and the recent projects undertaken in Carapelle Valley, between Ascoli Satriano and Ordona, and in Salapia, province of Foggia,
in the North.
Briefly on present the situation of attestation and diffusion of Fine Table ware, Household ware and the Lamps in the Imperial
age and late antiquity.
For understanding the relationship between original products and counterfeit goods in Antiquity it’s possible to employ a
modern economic theory as ‘trading up’ of consumptions and ‘democratization of luxury’. Finely they are a reflection about
of the role and work of the craftsman for thought on the different typologies of handicraft, on the different results of these
activities and on the different categories of luxury.

F. D'Andria, E. Degl'Innocenti, M. P. Caggia, T. Ismaelli, L. Mancini (a cura di), Athenaion. Tarantini, messapi e altri nel santuario di Atena a Castro, Bari, 2023

Lo studio dei materiali ceramici dai livelli di costruzione delle mura di prima metà del II sec. ... more Lo studio dei materiali ceramici dai livelli di costruzione delle mura di prima metà del II sec. a.C. ha evidenziato la presenza di un quantitativo elevato di ceramica di età ellenistica, tra cui un cospicuo numero di contenitori da trasporto. Il materiale analizzato, che costituisce un campione significativo sul totale dei rinvenimenti effettuati nel corso degli scavi, restituisce un numero minimo di individui pari a circa cinquanta esemplari.

Interactions, trade, and mobility in Archaeology, GAO International Conference 2021, 7-9 may 2021, BAR Int. S., Oxford,, 2023

The aim of this paper is to study the networks and trade routes that affected the Salento peninsu... more The aim of this paper is to study the networks and trade routes that affected the Salento
peninsula between the Late Roman and early Byzantine periods. These analyses are based on
data from material culture, mainly pottery, and the application of methodologies used in Social
Network Analysis (SNA). The production of infographics and topological maps shows how in
the Late Imperial period, up to the early 4th century AD, the Salentine peninsula appears to be
integrated into a complex network in which it acts as a transit area, almost as a bridge, between
the Adriatic and the eastern Aegean Mediterranean. The Brindisi-Durres axis constitutes an
important link around which gravitate a series of contacts between these two shores and the
Adriatic basin; especially the East coast seems to be more dynamic into the trade. The analysis
of the pottery produced in the following period, the Late Antiquity, highlights how the centre of
gravity of trade are in a more Southern sector, coinciding with the Straits of Otranto. Moreover,
the route of commercial penetration into the Adriatic Sea seems to shift towards the West, along
the coasts of the Italian Peninsula.

Ocnus. Quaderni della Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Culturali 30 (2022): 107-130., 2022

Emergency excavations conducted in the necropolis of Amantia (Albania) in 2020 and 2021 allowed f... more Emergency excavations conducted in the necropolis of Amantia (Albania) in 2020 and 2021 allowed for the
investigation of three tombs and the study of the grave goods found within them. In this study, the preliminary
data from the excavation of the tombs and the ceramic materials related to the grave goods are presented.

FOLD&R Fasti On Line Documents & Research, 510, 2021

The study of unpublished late antique burials, excavated in the 1970s on the Collina del Castello... more The study of unpublished late antique burials, excavated in the 1970s on the Collina del Castello in Heraclea Lucana, offered the opportunity for a new overview of the history of this city in the Imperial Age, through a synthesis of the currently known archaeological documentation.
The grave goods, of 7 out of 12 burials, allow us to date the tombs between the end of the 4th and 5th centuries AD. The necropolis is to be attributed to the last inhabitants of the neighborhood in the central sector of the Colle del Castello.

During the late Hellenistic age, flourishing workshops produced pottery that circulated through s... more During the late Hellenistic age, flourishing workshops produced pottery that circulated through short-range trading routes in the areas around the Ionian-Adriatic basin. There were many black gloss ware workshops on the opposite shores, and we can recognize different regional productions. This kind of tableware is typical of the pre-Roman period but it was produced until the late Republican age and, sometimes, also in the early Roman Imperial age. Also in the Salento peninsula, some ateliers have been identified, thanks to kilns remains or other production indicators. In particular, this paper aims to discuss the data from the settlement of Vaste, inland of Otranto, and to propose an analysis of different shapes of black glossware in relation to different find contexts.

La Puglia meridionale tra il III e il II sec. a.C.: alcune considerazioni, 2022

In Southern Apulia, the archaeological research long considered primary objective the definition ... more In Southern Apulia, the archaeological research long considered primary objective the definition of preroman territorial pattern and settlement dynamics; in spite of this, the study of long-life towns and regional surveys
offered the possibility of examining landscape transformations in the Salento area after the Roman conquest. This paper aims to discuss this matter. The topic will be dealt with some exempla, also looking at some better-known contexts relating to the period III-II century B.C. In consideration of an overall analysis we can recognise a substantial maintenance of the messapic settlement system after the bellum Sallentinum, while we can verify a more evident caesura after the Annibalic war.

A. Waldner, L. Rembart (eds), Manufacturers and Markets: The Contributions of Hellenistic Pottery to Economies Large and Small, Proceedings of the 4th Conference of IARPotHP, Athens, 11th-14th November 2019, Wien, 2022

In many settlements located on both shores of the Ionian-Adriatic basin, in contexts of the late ... more In many settlements located on both shores of the Ionian-Adriatic basin, in contexts of the
late Hellenistic period, the prevalence of local pottery’s production is highlighted, also in reference
to the fine ware. Through the analysis of three case studies, the origin of the few imported
objects found in some sites are considered and whether they are the result of trade or
may be personal goods that relate to the mobility of people between the opposite shores of the
Strait of Otranto.

ARTHUR P., BRUNO B. Apigliano, un villaggio bizantino e medievale in terra d'Otranto. L'ambiente,... more ARTHUR P., BRUNO B. Apigliano, un villaggio bizantino e medievale in terra d'Otranto. L'ambiente, il villaggio, la popolazione. p. 19-21, Galatina

Ocnus. Quaderni della Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Culturali 29:, 2021

The numerous studies that have focused on the analysis of the trade of imported Mediterranean cer... more The numerous studies that have focused on the analysis of the trade of imported Mediterranean ceramics in Late Antique Apulia now make it possible to provide an up-to-date picture of the demand for imported fine pottery, particularly African Red Slip Ware and Phocean Red Slip Ware, and its circulation in Apulia.
Despite the limitations of using quantitative data that is not always homogeneous, this work aims to highlight the similarities or specific characteristics found both between rural and urban markets and between the different areas of the region.

Annali Istituto Italiano di Numismatica 66 (2020), 2021

Suoi compiti sono la promozione e la esecuzione di ricerche in campo numismatico, la incentivazio... more Suoi compiti sono la promozione e la esecuzione di ricerche in campo numismatico, la incentivazione e il coordinamento di attività scientifiche nel settore, la edizione di cataloghi e pubblicazioni interessanti la materia. Per la realizzazione dei suoi compiti istituzionali, l'Istituto collabora con le Soprintendenze e i Musei pubblici, con le Università e gli enti di ricerca italiani e stranieri. Di intesa con il Museo «G. Filangieri» di Napoli e con la Commission Internationale de Numismatique nel 1965 l'Istituto ha creato in Napoli il Centro Internazionale di Studi Numismatici, del cui consiglio direttivo è membro di diritto.

Cronache Monografie, Edizioni Quasar, 2023

Vignola M., Longo M. and S. Bory (eds) Constructing Social Memory. Identities, Conflicts, Communities. Ethics International Press Ltd, UK, pp. 154-165. ISBN 9781804417829, 2025

Antonio M. Poveda Navarro y Mar Zarzalejos Prieto (eds.), Puertos romano-helenisticos del Mediterraneo occidental. Evidencias constructivas y comerciales, Madrid, pp. 187-230, 2024

Between global and local. Adriatic Connectivity from Protohistory to the Roman Period. Proceedings of the Conference Stari Grad, 28th–29th October 2022. Zbornik Instituta za Arheologiju 21, 2024

REI CRETARIÆ ROMANÆ FAVTORVM ACTA 48, 2024

in J. Vuković and V. Bikić (eds), Pots as media: Decoration, technology and message transmission, Belgrade Conference on Archaeological Pottery (BECAP), Belgrade, pp. 91-107, 2024

LRCW6. Late Roman Coarse Ware, Cooking Ware and Amphorae in the Mediterranean: Archaeology and Archaeometry. Land and sea: pottery routes (Agrigento, 24th-28th May 2017), Archaeopress, 2023

F. D'Andria, E. Degl'Innocenti, M. P. Caggia, T. Ismaelli, L. Mancini (a cura di), Athenaion. Tarantini, messapi e altri nel santuario di Atena a Castro, Bari, 2023

Interactions, trade, and mobility in Archaeology, GAO International Conference 2021, 7-9 may 2021, BAR Int. S., Oxford,, 2023

Ocnus. Quaderni della Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Culturali 30 (2022): 107-130., 2022

FOLD&R Fasti On Line Documents & Research, 510, 2021

La Puglia meridionale tra il III e il II sec. a.C.: alcune considerazioni, 2022

Ocnus. Quaderni della Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Culturali 29:, 2021

Annali Istituto Italiano di Numismatica 66 (2020), 2021

Schweizerich-Liechtensteinische Stiftung für archäologisches Forschungen im Ausland - Jahresbericht 2020, Zürich, 2021, 2021

Si ringrazia l'intera équipe di ricerca, in particolar modo i responsabili J. Terrier, S. Shpuza ... more Si ringrazia l'intera équipe di ricerca, in particolar modo i responsabili J. Terrier, S. Shpuza e G. Consagra, le restauratrici B. Güimil, L. Anta Porto, Paz Alvarez, Eva Ciciku, i responsabili di settore, gli operai e gli studenti e le studentesse che hanno preso parto alle attività di scavo. Inoltre, la nostra riconoscenza va ai militari della base navale di Pashaliman ed agli specialisti artificieri di Tirana intervenuti per consentire lo svolgimento dei lavori nel Quartiere Sud. La documentazione grafica delle tavole è a cura di Fabiola Malinconio, Laboratorio di disegno UniSalento, ad eccezione delle tavole 2 e 13, realizzate da Sara Loprieno.

Journal Hellenistic Pottery 5, 2021

This paper presents the Hellenistic Moldmade ware found in Orikos in the excavation activities du... more This paper presents the Hellenistic Moldmade ware found in Orikos in the excavation activities during the years 2012 and 2020

Journal Hellenistic Pottery, 3-2018, pp. 207-208

Sisani, Simone (a cura di): Nursia e l'ager Nursinus. Un distretto sabino dalla praefectura al mu... more Sisani, Simone (a cura di): Nursia e l'ager Nursinus. Un distretto sabino dalla praefectura al municipium. brossura; 23x28; ill. in bn e colori; 224 pp.; 978-88-7140-504-9; € 40,00 (Edizioni Quasar, Roma 2013)

Cavalieri, Marco: NVLLVS LOCVS SINE GENIO. Il ruolo aggregativo e religioso dei santuari extraurb... more Cavalieri, Marco: NVLLVS LOCVS SINE GENIO. Il ruolo aggregativo e religioso dei santuari extraurbani della Cisalpina tra protostoria, romanizzazione e piena romanità, 221 p., 3 fig. et XIX pl., 1 vol. 16 x 24 cm, ISBN : 978-2-87031-276-6 ; Prix : 44.00€ (Editions Latomus -Bruxelles 2012)

L'importante collana della Forma Italiae si arricchisce di un nuovo contributo che, affiancando i... more L'importante collana della Forma Italiae si arricchisce di un nuovo contributo che, affiancando i lavori già editi su Venusia ed Ager Venusinus I, amplia e completa il quadro delle conoscenze di un comprensorio ricco di testimonianze archeologiche. Nella premessa di Paolo Sommella si evince come il lavoro sia frutto di una ricerca ventennale effettuata sull territorio dell'antica Venusia, nel rispetto delle prassi metodologiche che ne caratterizzano l'intero impianto progettuale. Segue poi una breve presentazione al volume realizzata da Giulio Volpe che ripercorre gli studi condotti nell'area inserendoli in una più generale storia degli studi che ha visto un forte incremento dell'archeologia del paesaggio, in quest'ultimo decennio, nella propagine sudorientale della Penisola. Si apre quindi il lavoro della Marchi così articolato: Elenco delle abbreviazioni; Introduzione; Introduzione storica; Carta Archeologia; Ricostruzione storica del territorio. Parte integrante ed inscindibile della pubblicazione sono le tavole fuori testo con la cartografia dell'IGM. Nella bibliografia sono inserite le opere principali, anche se appare abbastanza essenziale, poiché non sono menzionati alcuni importanti lavori di sintesi, come "G. Mastronuzzi, Repertorio dei contesti cultuali indigeni in Italia Meridionale 1. Età arcaica, Bari 2005" che esamina le attestazioni cultuali di Banzi e Lavello inserendeli in una più ampia analisi dei contesti cultuali in Italia Meridionale tra la seconda metà del VII e la prima metà del V secolo a.C. Nell'introduzione l'autrice si sofferma soprattutto sull'impostazione metodologica, evidenziando l'intenzione di registrare tutte le attestazioni archeologiche dalla preistoria al medioevo. E' stato così realizzato un catalogo, somma delle varie schede, o meglio, Unità Topografiche, che costituisce la carta archeologica, utilizzabile come catasto archeologico dell'area oggetto d'indagine. Nell'introduzione storica il primo paragrafo è dedicato all'analisi del territorio in esame; esso si connota come zona di frontiera gravitante, culturalmente, più verso l'area pugliese che in quella lucana. Paesaggisticamente è presente l'area interna montuosa del Vulture,

BECAP Pots as media: Decoration, technology, and message transmission Belgrade, May 12-13th 2022

Dialoghi sull’Archeologia della Magna Grecia e del Mediterraneo. VII Convegno Internazionale di S... more Dialoghi sull’Archeologia della Magna Grecia e del Mediterraneo. VII Convegno Internazionale di Studi, 2022, Paestum 27-29 ottobre 2022

Between Global and Local: Adriatic Connectivity from Protohistory to the Roman Period 28 and 29 o... more Between Global and Local: Adriatic Connectivity from Protohistory to the Roman Period 28 and 29 of October 2022 Stari Grad, island of Hvar, Croatia

Hellenistic Medallion Bowls. New data from Herakleia and along the the Ionian and Adriatic coast. IARPotHP5 Valentia 2021

Between the end of the 3th and the 2nd century B.C. the Hellenistic Medallion Bowls are attested ... more Between the end of the 3th and the 2nd century B.C. the Hellenistic Medallion Bowls are attested in various centres of the Mediterranean; these bowls area realized in different productive sites, some confirmed others hypothesized. The excavations carried out in Herakleia in Lucania have led to the discovery of particolar specimens, some from the levels of abandonment a house, other from those of obliteration of a road. These objects, although known until now only by a few specimens, are well defined chronologically and appear in several sites placed along both sides of the Ionian-Adriatic area. This pottery class, due to its technical and morphological characteristics, is almost a meeting point between the Black Gloss ware with overpainted decorations and the Hellenistic Relief ware.

Chicken Run. Roosters and other birds in Magenta Ware. Attestation and distribution. IARPotHP5. Valentia 2021

Among the plastic vases or Magenta Ware of the late Hellenistic age, a recurrent motif is that of... more Among the plastic vases or Magenta Ware of the late Hellenistic age, a recurrent motif is that of the rooster, an animal that refers to a series of symbolic values and meanings. The study and the graphic documentation of these kind of finds, which were discovered in Taranto and kept at the MARTA (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto), has favoured the analysis of the distribution and circulation of these objects, with a specific attention to the vessels configured in shape of birds (rooster in particular but also duck/goose and other) as they are largely attested and seem to be documented especially in well-defined geographical area: the Ionian-Adriatic basin.

Rotte e snodi commerciali: contenitori da trasporto iberici e gallici nel bacino ionio-adriatico in età romana. Il caso di Grumento (Potenza - Basilicata). In: L'anfora tipo Dressel 20" Museo Navi Antiche di Pisa. 25-26 maggio 2021

Lo studio complessivo del materiale rinvenuto durante gli scavi dell’anfiteatro di Grumento in co... more Lo studio complessivo del materiale rinvenuto durante gli scavi dell’anfiteatro di Grumento in corso di pubblicazione ha offerto l’occasione per puntualizzare la presenza di contenitori da trasporto di produzione iberica nella colonia romana posta nell’alta Val d’Agri, nell’entroterra lucano.
Queste informazioni si integrano con il quadro della distribuzione di tali oggetti nel bacino ionio-adriatico in relazione ai rinvenimenti censiti sia nei carichi dei relitti sia negli insediamenti terrestri. L’analisi di tali dati e la loro rielaborazione attraverso l’utilizzo di software mutuati dalla Social Network Analysis pone degli interrogativi per appurare se la loro presenza in area lucana sia da collegare al commercio esistente con l’area nord adriatica o se sia invece da riferire a percorsi e rotte che prevedevano un rapporto diretto con l’area tirrenica.

A Twilight Zone in the Adriatic-Ionian basin. Changes in material culture in Southern Puglia (3rd - 6th centuries). In: Interactions, Trade, and Mobility in Archaeology GAO International Conference 2021, 7-9 may 2021

The aim of this paper is the study of the networks and trade routes that affected the Salento pen... more The aim of this paper is the study of the networks and trade routes that affected the Salento peninsula between the late Roman and the beginning of Byzantine period. These analysis are based on data from the material culture, mainly pottery.
Some topological maps have been created through the application of methodologies used in the Social Network Analysis (SNA) and in the Actor Network Theory (ANT). Also the UCINET software was usefull to study ceramic data and to highlight the commercial landscape in the analysed periods.
In the Late Imperial Age, up to the beginning of the 4th Century DC, the Salento peninsula appears integrated into an articulated network in which it acts as a transit area, almost a bridge, between the Adriatic Sea and the Aegean-Eastern Mediterranean. The Brindisi-Durres axis constitutes an important link around which gravitate a series of contacts between these two shores and the Adriatic basin; especially the East coast seems to be more dynamic into the trade. The analysis of the pottery produced in the following period, the Late Antiquity, highlights how the center of gravity of trade are in a more Southern sector, coinciding with the Straits of Otranto. Moreover the route of commercial penetration into the Adriatic sea seems to shift towards the West, along the coasts of the Italian Peninsula.

Lost in Production. Roman Pottery among oriental echoes, new vessels and imitations: an overview from the Ionian-Adriatic basin (2nd century BC-6th century AD). In: International Spring School "Pottery from ancient to contemporary world. Materials, societies, economies, (and forgeries)".

Abstract The Roman expansion in the eastern Mediterranean initiated a series of transformations t... more Abstract
The Roman expansion in the eastern Mediterranean initiated a series of transformations that affected differentareas, including the productive and manufacturing sectors.The great mobility promoted the transfer of knowledge and techniques from the different centers of the Italian peninsula to the Aegean-Eastern ones and vice versa, thanks to numerous travels and moving. Consequence was, also, the great commercial vitality that allowed the circulation of goods and various types of pottery. Thereforethrough a diachronic progression, from the second century B.C. to the sixth century A.D., some relevant aspects and specific sample cases will be analyzed.
For the late Hellenistic age, the high number of wrecks offers valuable information on the circulating pottery and, in particular, on the successin the Italian marketof artifacts made in the eastern area.
These objects also seem to have influenced the manufacturing industry of the Italian peninsula. First of all, the main effect determined by the arrival of pottery from the eastern Mediterranean is the predominance of the "red", namely the success that obtains the red coating of the fine-tableware and which replaces the previous "black" production.
Alongside this, another important phenomenon is that of Relief Hellenistic pottery whose formal and technical-decorative schemes will be developed and will give rise to the Italian-Megarese.
Finally, a form born precisely in a Hellenistic-Alexandrian cultural environment, the lagynos, is also adopted and produced in some Italian workshops.
In the Imperial age, defined a certain "production homologation", there is a clear distinction between the Adriatic and Tyrrhenian commercial circuits, with different Aegean-eastern product presence indices, both tableware and transport containers such as amphorae.
In addition, the Adriatic is configured as the connecting corridor with the central European area, guaranteeing the transfer of goods between the Aegean-Eastern and the Celtic world.
In the Imperial Age, the phenomenon of imitation by peripheral and marginal workshops, of particular forms in fine ceramics which had a moderate success on regional market, is quite widespread in the Imperial Age; this situation leads to defining a large-scale trade, with "official" products, and a short-range one in which these products had a greater circulation. A final study is about the Late Antiquity, a phase of deep changes in the geo-political and commercial axes of the ancient Mediterranean.

Messapians beyond the Messapia: mobility and trade networks in the Late Hellenistic age (end of 3th-1st BC). In: People in Motion in the Ancient Greek World, Complutense University of Madrid 17-18 may 2021

Messapians beyond the Messapia: mobility and trade networks in the Late Hellenistic age (end of 3... more Messapians beyond the Messapia: mobility and trade networks in the Late Hellenistic age (end of 3th-1st BC)

The Lagynos Ware in the Western Mediterranean between importations and local productions: the Torre Santa Sabina wreck (Brindisi –Italia)

The Torre Santa Sabina wreck is very important for the attestation on the goods that circulated i... more The Torre Santa Sabina wreck is very important for the attestation on the goods that circulated in the late Hellenistic age in the South Adriatic sea.
Among the material that constituted the load of the boat there were also the lagynoi, many diffused containers between 2 and 1 century BC in the Mediterranean, above all with Eastern and Aegean production: the White Ground and Banded Ware.
The recoveries of Torre Santa Sabina offer new data for a study on the distribution of these containers in the western Mediterranean in the late Hellenistic age and to advance a typology of such ceramic.

The Cooking pot change between III to I century B. C. in the south Adriatic district: The Salento.

Through the study of late hellenistics contests in the Messapian settlements (Vaste, Castro, Vale... more Through the study of late hellenistics contests in the Messapian settlements (Vaste, Castro, Valesio and especially, Torre Santa Sabina wreck) on notice the coexistence between local pottery, Aegean pottery and the new presence of latial cooking pots. But these products arrive from the area tirrenica or from the commercial exchanges with the Aegean area (Delos especially)?

FOLD&R Fasti On Line Documents & Research, 260, 2012

Rescue excavations carried out in the historic centre of Lecce have allowed us to record phases i... more Rescue excavations carried out in the historic centre of Lecce have allowed us to record phases in the life of the city from the Hellenistic to the modern periods. Below the pavement of a bulding where maintenance work was being carried out were found Roman levels which obliterated a rectangular structure with foundations in squared blocks and elevations in small stones, probably open to the sky. The pottery found in the layers of abandoment on the floor of the building, interpreted as a sacred enclosure, allow us to date it to the late Hellenistic period.

Studio realizzato per la CNA Marche in occasione dell'iniziativa "Un percorso culturale pensato a... more Studio realizzato per la CNA Marche in occasione dell'iniziativa "Un percorso culturale pensato a mano" nel 2015

Amphoras and the Archaeology of Ancient Economies: Bridging the Mediterranean between the East and West April 2-3, 2025 German Archaeological Institute, Rome, Italy, 2025

Advancements in the study of material culture in the Ionian-Adriatic basin now enable a detailed ... more Advancements in the study of material culture in the Ionian-Adriatic basin now enable a detailed examination of the presence and distribution of transport amphorae, with a particular emphasis on Western production. This research spans a broad chronological framework, from the Archaic to
the Early Roman period, offering valuable insights into the dissemination and use of these vessels.
A key focus of the study is the comparison between data obtained from terrestrial archaeological sites and those from shipwrecks, which together provide a comprehensive perspective on trade dynamics.
In fact, unpublished contexts from Roca, a site located on the Salento coast north of Otranto, are presented, in which several Hellenistic-era materials are associated that well highlight the variety of
products that circulated during this chronological phase.
This comparative framework seeks to shed light on the maritime trade networks involving Western amphorae, highlighting patterns of production, distribution and consumption within the Ionian-Adriatic basin and beyond, thanks in part to recent studies on the distribution of such containers
in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean in the pre and proto-Roman period.

La perdita dell’autonomia politica a seguito delle Guerre Sallentine garantì, alle élites messapi... more La perdita dell’autonomia politica a seguito delle Guerre Sallentine garantì, alle élites messapiche filo romane, il loro inserimento in un network socio-economico che coinvolse l’intera area ionio-egea in età tardo ellenistica. I dati storici, epigrafici e materiali documentano questa situazione restituendoci l’identità di persone che, per motivi politici, economici, commerciali o privati, si recavano al di fuori del territorio calabro-sallentino ed altre che invece vi entravano.
La grande crescita produttiva ed economica della penisola salentina subito dopo la seconda guerra punica, favorì inoltre l’arrivo di nuove genti dalla pars orientale del Mediterraneo, che svolgevano lavori connessi alle diverse attività agricole e manifatturiere ubicate nel territorio.

ArcheoFoss9-20 December 2024 at G.D’Annunzio University , Chieti, 2024

In the last decade, studies on the history and archaeology of the Mediterranean have increasingly... more In the last decade, studies on the history and archaeology of the Mediterranean have increasingly focused on the economic systems and trade networks that historically interconnected this large maritime region. The study presented here focuses on the Strait of Otranto, a crucial corridor between the Salento Peninsula and southern Albania, active from the Bronze Age to the medieval period. Using GIS algorithms, such as Delaunay triangulation and buffer analysis, an attempt is made to identify a coastal settlement hierarchy underlying regional trade and cabotage routes. Moreover, the potential of Network Analysis, applied to historical texts and associations of archaeological finds, emphasizes the trade routes that connected the Salento to the rest of southern Italy and the eastern Mediterranean, particularly the Peloponnese and Crete. The analysis identifies main routes such as the ‘Strait of Cerigotto’ and the ‘Cretan way,’ which facilitated trade and cultural exchanges between the Ionian-Adriatic basin and the Aegean in the Hellenistic period, continuing until the Byzantine period, when the southern Salento emerged as a strategic node of vital and stable connections with Constantinople and other areas of the central-eastern Mediterranean.
While not revolutionary, the application of network analysis has the capacity to propose historiographical models or validate existing ones, while also offering more explicit and meaningful graphic visualizations.

A growing focus on the study of material culture, uncovered during various archaeological investi... more A growing focus on the study of material culture, uncovered during various archaeological investigations in Albania, now allows us to outline certain research avenues useful for defining the status of ceramicological knowledge. Specifically, I had the opportunity to analyze several case studies, some of which are still in progress, that offer a privileged point of observation: Orikos, Amantia, Zgerdesh, Bushat, and the material uncovered during surveys conducted in the Korçë basin.
Based on the data from the study of contexts or materials from these research projects, I have identified several themes that I consider important:
- Corinthian B amphorae and their successors: local productions vs imports
- Luxury and Late Hellenistic Pottery: focus on Moldmade Relief Ware
- Ceramic indicators from the Roman Imperial age in secondary settlements
- Ceramic relations between southern Italy, the Balkan Peninsula, and the Aegean world in the Byzantine era.

The progress made in the study of the material culture of the Ionian-Adriatic basin now allows a ... more The progress made in the study of the material culture of the Ionian-Adriatic basin now allows a comprehensive overview of the presence and distribution of transport vessels. With regard to Eastern and Pontic amphora production, within this wide chronological range from the Archaic to the Early Roman period, there is interesting evidence from different types of contexts, both terrestrial and, above all, underwater, also thanks to the new frontier of deep-sea archaeology and the holistic approach of 'seascapes' archaeology.
Firstly, the data was re-examined and organised into a database in QGIS, containing information ranging from specific ceramic details to contextual information. Then, new methods borrowed from Social Network Analysis were applied, using software capable of processing the collected data and generating graphs to visualise aspects related to long-distance trade and distribution within the geographical sector under study.

SOMA, 2024

Thin-walled pottery is an underrepresented class in the Salento peninsula, but the study of the m... more Thin-walled pottery is an underrepresented class in the Salento peninsula, but the study of the materials found in the waters of Torre Santa Sabina, near Brindisi in southern Apulia, has allowed for an expansion of knowledge and the definition of two groups of this ceramic. It has been established that a first group consists of objects that were part of the cargo of a Late Republicans' shipwreck. The characteristic shapes are the olletta, known in the bibliography as a beaker, and the two handled cup; the repertoire is inspired by the Tyrrhenian, although it is plausible to propose a production from the Taranto area. The second group consists of cups, in grey gloss, which refer to early Imperial Adriatic productions. The relevance of these to another wreck is still under discussion. On the basis of these data, a study of the presence of such pots in several wrecks and an in-depth study of materials found in Torre Santa Sabina bay’s, in in relation to finds in the Ionian-Adriatic area has therefore been initiated.

Poster in in Connected Past Digital Methods for Studying Networks and Complexity in the Humanities – Helsinki, 12-15 September 2023, 2023

The Salento region, situated at the farthest south-eastern point of the Italian peninsula, occupi... more The Salento region, situated at the farthest south-eastern point of the Italian peninsula, occupies a territory where the Adriatic and Ionian Seas meet. This makes it a pivotal juncture, not just between these two maritime zones, but also linking with the opposing coastline of Illyria and Epirus. Throughout history, this strategic location has consistently guaranteed the integration of the Salento peninsula within a network of trade and interactions. Recent research, specifically centred on its connectivity, has substantiated this fact. Utilizing techniques and methodologies derived from Social Network Analysis, these studies have traced this phenomenon from the protohistoric era to the Middle Ages. For the analysis proposed here, the first fundamental step involved the utilizations of GIS software for the systematic organization and geographic positioning of relevant sites and data. Subsequently, the GIS resources were harnessed, coupled with software tools like GEPHY and UCINET. These tools facilitated the creation of visual representations, encompassing graphs and infographics, elucidating the research objectives and enabling the discernment of network node centralities. The diachronic analysis presented here, from the Hellenistic to the Byzantine period, highlights precisely the strong link between the Salento and the Ionian area, especially in the east (Albania and Greece) but also in the west (Calabria and Sicily), as well as the definition of routes and paths along which objects, people and ideas travelled.

lo studio qui presentato è incentrato sull’analisi del materiale ceramico oggetto esso stesso di ... more lo studio qui presentato è incentrato sull’analisi del materiale ceramico oggetto esso stesso
di un interesse commerciale, come la ceramica fine da mensa, quella d’uso comune, quella da illuminazione
e, in misura minore, su alcuni contenitori che erano preposti, nella funzione primaria,
al trasporto di prodotti di natura organica ma che, in un momento successivo, potevano rientrare
in una rete commerciale che ne garantiva un utilizzo secondario, esemplificativo per molti di
essi il riutilizzo in contesti funerari o semplicemente tra il vasellame in uso per fini domestici.

Il seguente lavoro prende l’avvio da alcune domande poste in seguito all’analisi degli insediamen... more Il seguente lavoro prende l’avvio da alcune domande poste in seguito all’analisi degli insediamenti della Messapia in età romana ed in generale sulla trasformazione attuata con la “romanizzazione” nella penisola salentina.
Dopo aver infatti analizzato gli studi più recenti sulla “romanizzazione” per comprendere il reale significato del termine da un punto di vista non solo storico, ma anche sociale e culturale, l’attenzione è stata rivolta ai sistemi insediativi ed alla definizione che può essere data ai differenti abitati. Attraverso l’analisi comparata tra discipline moderne, quali la Geografia insediativa, e studi specifici effettuati per l’età antica, che si basano sull’analisi di fonti storiche, epigrafiche ed archeologiche, si è cercato di elaborare un modello valido per l’età romana ed applicabile, nel caso specifico, al Salento. Nella seconda parte l’attenzione si sposta sull’analisi di Otranto, sito che presenta una continuità di vita dall’età del Bronzo sino ai nostri giorni. L’ultima parte dello studio è incentrata proprio sull’analisi della cultura materiale del Salento.