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Mare Internum, 2022
New Investigations at Solunto (2022) The last fieldwork campaign in Solunto by the University of ... more New Investigations at Solunto (2022)
The last fieldwork campaign in Solunto by the University of Palermo, in the sanctuary above the theatre and in the baths near the agora (the North Baths), obtained some relevant results concerning both the building sequences and the architectural configurations. In the sanctuary, a clearer picture is emerging of the oldest layout, dating from the 4th century B.C. (1st phase). After the first reshaping of the street grid and of the urban layout (2nd phase), in the second half of 2nd century B.C., an overall restyling (3rd phase) gave the whole sanctuary area an impressive organization into terraces linked through ramps and stairways. A striking feature, till now unnoticed, is the stairway aligned with the front of the temple with two cellae and forecourt, which enhances the theatre on its central axis; the theatre itself has a rectilinear analemma wall on the corresponding rear (W) part. In the baths, an eastern extension of the building has been discovered and some new evidence for the function of the complex has been obtained. At the same time, the virtual reconstruction project is being carried out, integrating the results from the fieldwork into the overall framework, with the twofold objective: to test the new acquisitions, and to create a virtual tour of the ancient city, allowing a “Solunto experience”.
Mare Internum, 2022
Greek pottery production indicators in indigenous context. This paper focuses on the ceramics fr... more Greek pottery production indicators in indigenous context.
This paper focuses on the ceramics from an industrial zone of the late archaic period (late 6th-early 5th century BC) linked to the exploitation of massive clay deposits located on the Eastern part of the Golfo di Castellammare (North-Western Sicily). The study of the finds suggests that the area was frequented and/or managed by native populations who produced shapes in the Greek tradition (flat tiles, louteria and lekanides). These observed data allow us to reflect on the exploitation dynamics of the territory by native people, but also on the relationship between the latter and the colonial Greek culture. After an initial review of the known indigenous sites in the area of the Golfo di Castellammare and in the Piana di Partinico, the archaeological and topographic data of the area are presented, in order to proceed with a general assessment of the indigenous presence and the relationship with Greek culture.
Kokalos, 2022
In this paper, the author presents the functional analysis of a house of Himera. The house, locat... more In this paper, the author presents the functional analysis of a house of Himera. The house, located in the Block XII of the plateau of Himera, was excavated in the 1970s by the Istituto di Archeologia dell’Università degli Studi di Palermo. Two houses were characterized by a certain richness of furnishings, consisting of abundant colonial and imported ceramic material, as well as bronze and marble furnishings. The research was concentrated in the Casa I Nord of the “Isolato XII”, from which all the materials were analyzed. Although in the eastern part of the house the archaeological contexts had been damaged by plough ing, a study of the finds allowed a functional reading of the building, in which there were a piece connected to the preparation and conservation of food, the courtyard and a compartment intended for the reception of guests. Precisely this last compartment provided a considerable amount of table vases, two marble and figured vases that hint at erotic and prenuptial themes. The context of this last room, as well as the architectural and planimetric characteristics of the house, prompted the author to read the building as an occasional location for collective activities. The carrying out of community rites within the oikos, today confirmed by numerous archaeological finds in different poleis, once again nudges the scientific debate towards the abandonment of the opposing categories of “sacred / profane”, “public / private”, “civic / individual”, to the advantage of a more nuanced interpretation of the archaeological context, firmly anchored to the archaeological data.
Fasti Online, 2023
This report describes the activities and results of two years of archaeological excavations carri... more This report describes the activities and results of two years of archaeological excavations carried out by the University of Palermo at the site of Halaesa, in northern Sicily. The excavations revealed the structure of the ancient city walls (maybe built in two different phases, during the Late Hellenistic/Early Roman period) and the presence of a tank close to the wall, connected to the defense sistem. Sicily, Halaesa, fortification walls, tank, Hellenistic and Roman time.
Mare Internum, 2021
The paper presents an overview of the ongoing researches in Solunto by the University of Palermo.... more The paper presents an overview of the ongoing researches in Solunto by the University of Palermo. In 2021 stratigraphical sondages were undertaken in two areas of the town: 1) in the great sanctuary above the theatre, in the frame of a major project aimed at addressing several still unresolved issues. That area, as a matter of fact, has never been considered as a whole; the sacred buildings have not been studied, and their mutual relationships and the links with the adjacent terraces have never been properly examined; 2) in the North Baths near the agora, as a corollary of the systematic study of water management, some sondages were made by G. Polizzi. Finally, a virtual archaeology project is presented, intended to contribute to a more indepth knowledge and to a better understanding of the Stadbild of Solunto. The field research has provided some useful data in order to reconstruct the transformation through time of the monumental areas object of study.
International audienceLe «terme» dell'agorà di Solunto. Un esempio di gestione delle acque pu... more International audienceLe «terme» dell'agorà di Solunto. Un esempio di gestione delle acque pubbliche. Nel mese di agosto del 2017, si è realizzato lo studio dell'ediicio soluntino noto in bi-bliograaa come "grandi terme". Esso è posto nell'area dell'agora e fu scavato da Ettore Gabrici nei primi anni ''20 del secolo scorso. Tale ricerca rientra nell'ambito del progetto di dottorato svolto da chi scrive, incentrato sullo studio della gestione delle acque nell'antico centro di origine fenicia. Si tratta di un complesso ampio circa 26 m e articolato in 5 ambienti disposti in succes-sione da Sud a Nord, decorati con un pavimento a mosaico. Lo studio dell'ediicio ha permesso di riconoscere tre fasi principali, relative, la prima alla seconda metà del II secolo a. C., la seconda, alla seconda metà//ne del I secolo a. C. Restauri in cocciopesto grossolano vanno collocati in una terza fase non ancora meglio deenita cronologica-mente. pubblica, n...
Assessorato dei Beni culturali e dell'Identità siciliana Dipartimanto dei Beni culturali e dell'I... more Assessorato dei Beni culturali e dell'Identità siciliana Dipartimanto dei Beni culturali e dell'Identità siciliana www.regione.sicilia.it/beniculturali Soprintendenza dei Beni culturali e ambientali di Palermo
Ce projet de thèse est centré sur l’étude des systèmes de gestion de l’eau à Solonte, et sur les ... more Ce projet de thèse est centré sur l’étude des systèmes de gestion de l’eau à Solonte, et sur les motivations et choix opérés par les habitants en terme de structures hydrauliques. Cette question est traitée par le biais d’une approche interdisciplinaire qui s’appuie à la fois sur les sciences humaines et sur les sciences de l’environnement ainsi que sur l’ingénierie hydraulique. L’objectif principal de cette recherche a été d’évaluer, sur la longue durée, l’évolution et l’origine culturelle des choix hydrauliques dans la ville et dans le territoire. Cette étude a aussi pour objectif la compréhension de l’exploitation des ressources hydrogéologiques locales. Au cours du temps, ces caractéristiques du territoire ont changé. Ces changements ont eu des conséquences sur les choix d’ingénierie, surtout au niveaux des bâtiments liées à l’eau. Des comparaisons avec d’autres exemples urbains de gestion des eaux des mêmes périodes ou présents dans la zone d’influence carthaginoise ont apporté...
Colloque interdisciplinaire Watertraces Aix en Provence, 15 mai 2019 Dir. Giovanni Polizzi, Vince... more Colloque interdisciplinaire Watertraces Aix en Provence, 15 mai 2019 Dir. Giovanni Polizzi, Vincent Ollivier, Sophie Bouffier Télécharger le Programme Télecharger le Livret des abstracts Présentation de la journée Ce colloque interdisciplinaire est organisé dans le cadre du programme Watertraces, soutenu par la fondation Amidex d’Aix-Marseille Université. Il a pour objectif principal d’encourager un dialogue étroit entre les disciplines archéologiques et environnementales, en prése..
International audienceThis contribution presents the traces on the ground and the archive documen... more International audienceThis contribution presents the traces on the ground and the archive documentation of a bombardment that took place in Solunto the night of 12 December 1942. The starting point of this research was a photograph preserved in the archives of the Regional Archaeological Museum Antonio Salinas which documents the restoration of a Solunto cistern following the bombing of the Allies. The site, in fact, was hit by a bomb which caused damage to the large masonry cistern placed near the Casa delle Maschere, at the highest point of the site. Archive research has allowed us to reconstruct the dynamics of the facts and revealed the commitment of the Superintendents to the Antiquities of Western Sicily, Jole Bovio Marconi first, Vincenzo Tusa later, profuse after the war to restore the damaged assets. Solunto, along with other towns in western Sicily, was part of the strategic sites that had hosted Italo-German military garrisons. The danger of the bombing had led the then c...
International audienceThe thermal building (5, 6) This building is localized in the South of the ... more International audienceThe thermal building (5, 6) This building is localized in the South of the Amone Farm. During the modern period it was incorporated in a modern building probably used as a storage room. The state of preservation allows us to identify at least three rooms located by series. The first should be recognized as calidarium and tepidarium. The west room, ap-sidal and with a praefurnium, still retains the vertical tubules built on the walls and consistent traces of cocciopesto. From this room we can access to the contiguous one in the north east passing by a threshold with cocciopesto. The actual floor level matches with the ipocausto level. The third room is only visible with the external south east wall. We have here an "axial type" building, where the bather was performed a retro-grade routing, from the frigidarium to the calidarium and vice versa. This is the most frequent typology in the little provincial thermal buildings. In Sicily, the most ancient ex...
Centro ligure per la storia della ceramica, Mar 1, 2017
The area of Contrada Amone, already known for the presence of a bath and for the discovery of pol... more The area of Contrada Amone, already known for the presence of a bath and for the discovery of polychrome mosaics, is now enriched with the reporting of a craft area. The discovery of some discarded tiles has been an opportunity to reflect on the origin of the specimens branded ΟΝΑΣΟΥ, for which is traditionally accepted their exclusive production in the Bay of San Cataldo. A preliminary study of the mixtures of the ceramic productions of the sites of Contrada Amone and Baia di San Cataldo is therefore presented. In support of these analyses, the compositional characteristics of a bank of blue clay, recognised in the Bay of San Cataldo and probably used in local ceramic production from antiquity to the modern era, are given in the appendix. Introduzione Il settore nordorientale del Golfo di Castellammare, attraversato dal corso del Fiume Nocella (fig. 1), e caratterizzato dalla presenza di numerosi insediamenti di epoca romana imperiale che attestano un denso sfruttamento delle risor...
Notiziario Archeologico della Soprintendenza di Palermo, 2016
This contribution presents a group of archaeological finds dating between the Archaic period and ... more This contribution presents a group of archaeological finds dating between the Archaic period and the Hellenistic period, which, by tipology and group class of materials, might come from Monte d'Oro of Montelepre, site of an important indigenous settlement, probably the Sican town of Hykkara. The materials were delivered anonymously to the Carabinieri and assigned by the Court of Palermo to the Soprintendenza of Palermo, which, in agreement with the municipality of Montelepre, has exposed a selection at the Civic Museum, located inside the Tower of Ventimiglia. Among the most significant finds there is the bottom of a black-painted late archaic cup engraved with a primer in Greek characters.
Le forme dell'acqua. Approvvigionamento, raccolta e smaltimento nella città antica, Dec 1, 2018
Approvvigionamento e uso dell'acqua a Reggio e Locri in età greca e romana Francesca Martorano «V... more Approvvigionamento e uso dell'acqua a Reggio e Locri in età greca e romana Francesca Martorano «Venit vilissima rerum hic aqua.» L'uso dell'acqua a Herdonia e nel territorio della valle del Carapelle Danilo Leone, Maria Turchiano, Giuliano Volpe L'approvvigionamento idrico del suburbio meridionale di Roma: cisterne e sistemi idraulici nella valle dell'Almone Marina Marcelli L'Aqua Alsietina e la Naumachia di Augusto: un problema ancora irrisolto Maria Grazia Cinti Rifornimento e conservazione dell'acqua nelle città ellenistiche tra Illiria meridionale ed Epiro: uno sguardo d'insieme Roberta Belli Pasqua, Paolo Baronio L'acquedotto romano di Burnum (Croazia): un esempio di strategia e logistica militare per il rifornimento idrico di un castrum legionario Alessandro Campedelli The role of water in urban (and periurban) productive activities in Roman times, reflections from the Iberian Peninsula Elena H. Sànchez Lòpez Produzione di fistulae aquariae e apporto femminile: le plumbariae testimoniate nella collezione del museo epigrafico alle terme di Diocleziano Amanda Rampichini A proposito di alcune strutture idrauliche nel territorio agrigentino, per un primo inventario dei dati. Temi e prospettive per la ricostruzione della viabilità nell'agrigentino
L’area del Golfo di Castellammare (Sicilia occidentale) e nota per le numerose fornaci di eta rom... more L’area del Golfo di Castellammare (Sicilia occidentale) e nota per le numerose fornaci di eta romana. In questo articolo, si cerchera di ricostruire l’attivita di un’officina destinata principalmente alla produzione di laterizi con bollo ΟΝΑΣΟΥ, databile fra III e I secolo a.C. Ricerche precedenti hanno permesso di riconoscere nel produttore di questi laterizi lo stesso Onasus Segestanus citato nelle Verrine di Cicerone e di localizzarne una possibile officina presso la Baia di San Cataldo. La scoperta di nuovi laterizi bollati e di scarti ceramici assume notevole importanza per una ricerca sugli ateliers ceramici del Golfo di Castellammare e della Piana di Partinico. Ne deriva un quadro aggiornato e ricco di prospettive di ricerca, relative all’espansione commerciale di Onasus nel corso del tempo e all’attivita produttiva di altre fornaci, i cui manufatti potevano essere esportati o utilizzati localmente.
Gérer l’eau en Méditerranée au premier millénaire avant J.-C.
The paper presents the first issues of a new study about cisterns of Solunto, carthaginese city s... more The paper presents the first issues of a new study about cisterns of Solunto, carthaginese city situated in Sicily, and water management of the town during the graeco-roman period. It shows the ways of collecting and managing water, particularly in what concerns raining water. XIXth et XXth century excavations have discovered many hydraulic structures, generally cisterns (70 for the moment with a capacity between 10 and 30 m3) and channels or architectonic elements which have never been studied. We begin with a general presentation and continue with some peculiar structures of the Solunto environment.
Imaginer la frontière
Dans cette contribution, nous présentons les traces sur le terrain et dans les archives d’un bomb... more Dans cette contribution, nous présentons les traces sur le terrain et dans les archives d’un bombardement survenu à Solonte dans la nuit du 12 décembre 1942. Le point de départ de cette recherche est une photographie conservée dans les archives du Musée archéologique régional Antonio Salinas, documentant la restauration d’une citerne de Solonte suite aux bombardements alliés. Nos recherches dans les archives ont permis de reconstituer la chronologie des faits et de mettre en lumière le rôle des Surintendants des Antiquités de la Sicile occidentale, Jole Bovio Marconi puis Vincenzo Tusa, pendant et après la guerre pour protéger le patrimoine culturel. Solonte, comme d’autres sites siciliens, faisait partie des sites stratégiques ayant accueilli des garnisons militaires italo-allemandes. Les événements de la Seconde Guerre mondiale sont analysés ici du point de vue de la sensibilité au patrimoine culturel et de la perception de celui-ci pendant les conflits et les périodes de paix. No...
Chronique des activités archéologiques de l’École française de Rome, 2017
Antonio Alfano - Viva Sacco
In the last years there has been a renewed interest in Medieval Sicily. With this contribution, w... more In the last years there has been a renewed interest in Medieval Sicily. With this contribution, we would like to introduce the preliminary data of the survey undertaken in the Valle of Jato, situated in Palermo’s hinterland. The time frame here taken into considerations extends from the 6th to the 13th centuries A.D. In this paper we would like to contribute to the reconstruction of the medieval history of this archaeological landscape, through the study of written sources, mainly the giarīda of Monreale, and of its material culture. The comparison of the pottery recovered in the valley with that of Palermo, object of a recent chrono-typological revision, has been very important for this study. Thanks to this we are able to recognise that some settlements already existed during the Islamic period, probably dating from around the 10th century A.D., in spite of the fact that our first written sources are dated from the end of the 11th century. Moreover, analysis of the ceramic fabrics recovered during the survey reveals that most of this pottery was produced in Palermo, reflecting the strong relationship of this territory to the Sicilian capital.
Mare Internum, 2022
New Investigations at Solunto (2022) The last fieldwork campaign in Solunto by the University of ... more New Investigations at Solunto (2022)
The last fieldwork campaign in Solunto by the University of Palermo, in the sanctuary above the theatre and in the baths near the agora (the North Baths), obtained some relevant results concerning both the building sequences and the architectural configurations. In the sanctuary, a clearer picture is emerging of the oldest layout, dating from the 4th century B.C. (1st phase). After the first reshaping of the street grid and of the urban layout (2nd phase), in the second half of 2nd century B.C., an overall restyling (3rd phase) gave the whole sanctuary area an impressive organization into terraces linked through ramps and stairways. A striking feature, till now unnoticed, is the stairway aligned with the front of the temple with two cellae and forecourt, which enhances the theatre on its central axis; the theatre itself has a rectilinear analemma wall on the corresponding rear (W) part. In the baths, an eastern extension of the building has been discovered and some new evidence for the function of the complex has been obtained. At the same time, the virtual reconstruction project is being carried out, integrating the results from the fieldwork into the overall framework, with the twofold objective: to test the new acquisitions, and to create a virtual tour of the ancient city, allowing a “Solunto experience”.
Mare Internum, 2022
Greek pottery production indicators in indigenous context. This paper focuses on the ceramics fr... more Greek pottery production indicators in indigenous context.
This paper focuses on the ceramics from an industrial zone of the late archaic period (late 6th-early 5th century BC) linked to the exploitation of massive clay deposits located on the Eastern part of the Golfo di Castellammare (North-Western Sicily). The study of the finds suggests that the area was frequented and/or managed by native populations who produced shapes in the Greek tradition (flat tiles, louteria and lekanides). These observed data allow us to reflect on the exploitation dynamics of the territory by native people, but also on the relationship between the latter and the colonial Greek culture. After an initial review of the known indigenous sites in the area of the Golfo di Castellammare and in the Piana di Partinico, the archaeological and topographic data of the area are presented, in order to proceed with a general assessment of the indigenous presence and the relationship with Greek culture.
Kokalos, 2022
In this paper, the author presents the functional analysis of a house of Himera. The house, locat... more In this paper, the author presents the functional analysis of a house of Himera. The house, located in the Block XII of the plateau of Himera, was excavated in the 1970s by the Istituto di Archeologia dell’Università degli Studi di Palermo. Two houses were characterized by a certain richness of furnishings, consisting of abundant colonial and imported ceramic material, as well as bronze and marble furnishings. The research was concentrated in the Casa I Nord of the “Isolato XII”, from which all the materials were analyzed. Although in the eastern part of the house the archaeological contexts had been damaged by plough ing, a study of the finds allowed a functional reading of the building, in which there were a piece connected to the preparation and conservation of food, the courtyard and a compartment intended for the reception of guests. Precisely this last compartment provided a considerable amount of table vases, two marble and figured vases that hint at erotic and prenuptial themes. The context of this last room, as well as the architectural and planimetric characteristics of the house, prompted the author to read the building as an occasional location for collective activities. The carrying out of community rites within the oikos, today confirmed by numerous archaeological finds in different poleis, once again nudges the scientific debate towards the abandonment of the opposing categories of “sacred / profane”, “public / private”, “civic / individual”, to the advantage of a more nuanced interpretation of the archaeological context, firmly anchored to the archaeological data.
Fasti Online, 2023
This report describes the activities and results of two years of archaeological excavations carri... more This report describes the activities and results of two years of archaeological excavations carried out by the University of Palermo at the site of Halaesa, in northern Sicily. The excavations revealed the structure of the ancient city walls (maybe built in two different phases, during the Late Hellenistic/Early Roman period) and the presence of a tank close to the wall, connected to the defense sistem. Sicily, Halaesa, fortification walls, tank, Hellenistic and Roman time.
Mare Internum, 2021
The paper presents an overview of the ongoing researches in Solunto by the University of Palermo.... more The paper presents an overview of the ongoing researches in Solunto by the University of Palermo. In 2021 stratigraphical sondages were undertaken in two areas of the town: 1) in the great sanctuary above the theatre, in the frame of a major project aimed at addressing several still unresolved issues. That area, as a matter of fact, has never been considered as a whole; the sacred buildings have not been studied, and their mutual relationships and the links with the adjacent terraces have never been properly examined; 2) in the North Baths near the agora, as a corollary of the systematic study of water management, some sondages were made by G. Polizzi. Finally, a virtual archaeology project is presented, intended to contribute to a more indepth knowledge and to a better understanding of the Stadbild of Solunto. The field research has provided some useful data in order to reconstruct the transformation through time of the monumental areas object of study.
International audienceLe «terme» dell'agorà di Solunto. Un esempio di gestione delle acque pu... more International audienceLe «terme» dell'agorà di Solunto. Un esempio di gestione delle acque pubbliche. Nel mese di agosto del 2017, si è realizzato lo studio dell'ediicio soluntino noto in bi-bliograaa come "grandi terme". Esso è posto nell'area dell'agora e fu scavato da Ettore Gabrici nei primi anni ''20 del secolo scorso. Tale ricerca rientra nell'ambito del progetto di dottorato svolto da chi scrive, incentrato sullo studio della gestione delle acque nell'antico centro di origine fenicia. Si tratta di un complesso ampio circa 26 m e articolato in 5 ambienti disposti in succes-sione da Sud a Nord, decorati con un pavimento a mosaico. Lo studio dell'ediicio ha permesso di riconoscere tre fasi principali, relative, la prima alla seconda metà del II secolo a. C., la seconda, alla seconda metà//ne del I secolo a. C. Restauri in cocciopesto grossolano vanno collocati in una terza fase non ancora meglio deenita cronologica-mente. pubblica, n...
Assessorato dei Beni culturali e dell'Identità siciliana Dipartimanto dei Beni culturali e dell'I... more Assessorato dei Beni culturali e dell'Identità siciliana Dipartimanto dei Beni culturali e dell'Identità siciliana www.regione.sicilia.it/beniculturali Soprintendenza dei Beni culturali e ambientali di Palermo
Ce projet de thèse est centré sur l’étude des systèmes de gestion de l’eau à Solonte, et sur les ... more Ce projet de thèse est centré sur l’étude des systèmes de gestion de l’eau à Solonte, et sur les motivations et choix opérés par les habitants en terme de structures hydrauliques. Cette question est traitée par le biais d’une approche interdisciplinaire qui s’appuie à la fois sur les sciences humaines et sur les sciences de l’environnement ainsi que sur l’ingénierie hydraulique. L’objectif principal de cette recherche a été d’évaluer, sur la longue durée, l’évolution et l’origine culturelle des choix hydrauliques dans la ville et dans le territoire. Cette étude a aussi pour objectif la compréhension de l’exploitation des ressources hydrogéologiques locales. Au cours du temps, ces caractéristiques du territoire ont changé. Ces changements ont eu des conséquences sur les choix d’ingénierie, surtout au niveaux des bâtiments liées à l’eau. Des comparaisons avec d’autres exemples urbains de gestion des eaux des mêmes périodes ou présents dans la zone d’influence carthaginoise ont apporté...
Colloque interdisciplinaire Watertraces Aix en Provence, 15 mai 2019 Dir. Giovanni Polizzi, Vince... more Colloque interdisciplinaire Watertraces Aix en Provence, 15 mai 2019 Dir. Giovanni Polizzi, Vincent Ollivier, Sophie Bouffier Télécharger le Programme Télecharger le Livret des abstracts Présentation de la journée Ce colloque interdisciplinaire est organisé dans le cadre du programme Watertraces, soutenu par la fondation Amidex d’Aix-Marseille Université. Il a pour objectif principal d’encourager un dialogue étroit entre les disciplines archéologiques et environnementales, en prése..
International audienceThis contribution presents the traces on the ground and the archive documen... more International audienceThis contribution presents the traces on the ground and the archive documentation of a bombardment that took place in Solunto the night of 12 December 1942. The starting point of this research was a photograph preserved in the archives of the Regional Archaeological Museum Antonio Salinas which documents the restoration of a Solunto cistern following the bombing of the Allies. The site, in fact, was hit by a bomb which caused damage to the large masonry cistern placed near the Casa delle Maschere, at the highest point of the site. Archive research has allowed us to reconstruct the dynamics of the facts and revealed the commitment of the Superintendents to the Antiquities of Western Sicily, Jole Bovio Marconi first, Vincenzo Tusa later, profuse after the war to restore the damaged assets. Solunto, along with other towns in western Sicily, was part of the strategic sites that had hosted Italo-German military garrisons. The danger of the bombing had led the then c...
International audienceThe thermal building (5, 6) This building is localized in the South of the ... more International audienceThe thermal building (5, 6) This building is localized in the South of the Amone Farm. During the modern period it was incorporated in a modern building probably used as a storage room. The state of preservation allows us to identify at least three rooms located by series. The first should be recognized as calidarium and tepidarium. The west room, ap-sidal and with a praefurnium, still retains the vertical tubules built on the walls and consistent traces of cocciopesto. From this room we can access to the contiguous one in the north east passing by a threshold with cocciopesto. The actual floor level matches with the ipocausto level. The third room is only visible with the external south east wall. We have here an "axial type" building, where the bather was performed a retro-grade routing, from the frigidarium to the calidarium and vice versa. This is the most frequent typology in the little provincial thermal buildings. In Sicily, the most ancient ex...
Centro ligure per la storia della ceramica, Mar 1, 2017
The area of Contrada Amone, already known for the presence of a bath and for the discovery of pol... more The area of Contrada Amone, already known for the presence of a bath and for the discovery of polychrome mosaics, is now enriched with the reporting of a craft area. The discovery of some discarded tiles has been an opportunity to reflect on the origin of the specimens branded ΟΝΑΣΟΥ, for which is traditionally accepted their exclusive production in the Bay of San Cataldo. A preliminary study of the mixtures of the ceramic productions of the sites of Contrada Amone and Baia di San Cataldo is therefore presented. In support of these analyses, the compositional characteristics of a bank of blue clay, recognised in the Bay of San Cataldo and probably used in local ceramic production from antiquity to the modern era, are given in the appendix. Introduzione Il settore nordorientale del Golfo di Castellammare, attraversato dal corso del Fiume Nocella (fig. 1), e caratterizzato dalla presenza di numerosi insediamenti di epoca romana imperiale che attestano un denso sfruttamento delle risor...
Notiziario Archeologico della Soprintendenza di Palermo, 2016
This contribution presents a group of archaeological finds dating between the Archaic period and ... more This contribution presents a group of archaeological finds dating between the Archaic period and the Hellenistic period, which, by tipology and group class of materials, might come from Monte d'Oro of Montelepre, site of an important indigenous settlement, probably the Sican town of Hykkara. The materials were delivered anonymously to the Carabinieri and assigned by the Court of Palermo to the Soprintendenza of Palermo, which, in agreement with the municipality of Montelepre, has exposed a selection at the Civic Museum, located inside the Tower of Ventimiglia. Among the most significant finds there is the bottom of a black-painted late archaic cup engraved with a primer in Greek characters.
Le forme dell'acqua. Approvvigionamento, raccolta e smaltimento nella città antica, Dec 1, 2018
Approvvigionamento e uso dell'acqua a Reggio e Locri in età greca e romana Francesca Martorano «V... more Approvvigionamento e uso dell'acqua a Reggio e Locri in età greca e romana Francesca Martorano «Venit vilissima rerum hic aqua.» L'uso dell'acqua a Herdonia e nel territorio della valle del Carapelle Danilo Leone, Maria Turchiano, Giuliano Volpe L'approvvigionamento idrico del suburbio meridionale di Roma: cisterne e sistemi idraulici nella valle dell'Almone Marina Marcelli L'Aqua Alsietina e la Naumachia di Augusto: un problema ancora irrisolto Maria Grazia Cinti Rifornimento e conservazione dell'acqua nelle città ellenistiche tra Illiria meridionale ed Epiro: uno sguardo d'insieme Roberta Belli Pasqua, Paolo Baronio L'acquedotto romano di Burnum (Croazia): un esempio di strategia e logistica militare per il rifornimento idrico di un castrum legionario Alessandro Campedelli The role of water in urban (and periurban) productive activities in Roman times, reflections from the Iberian Peninsula Elena H. Sànchez Lòpez Produzione di fistulae aquariae e apporto femminile: le plumbariae testimoniate nella collezione del museo epigrafico alle terme di Diocleziano Amanda Rampichini A proposito di alcune strutture idrauliche nel territorio agrigentino, per un primo inventario dei dati. Temi e prospettive per la ricostruzione della viabilità nell'agrigentino
L’area del Golfo di Castellammare (Sicilia occidentale) e nota per le numerose fornaci di eta rom... more L’area del Golfo di Castellammare (Sicilia occidentale) e nota per le numerose fornaci di eta romana. In questo articolo, si cerchera di ricostruire l’attivita di un’officina destinata principalmente alla produzione di laterizi con bollo ΟΝΑΣΟΥ, databile fra III e I secolo a.C. Ricerche precedenti hanno permesso di riconoscere nel produttore di questi laterizi lo stesso Onasus Segestanus citato nelle Verrine di Cicerone e di localizzarne una possibile officina presso la Baia di San Cataldo. La scoperta di nuovi laterizi bollati e di scarti ceramici assume notevole importanza per una ricerca sugli ateliers ceramici del Golfo di Castellammare e della Piana di Partinico. Ne deriva un quadro aggiornato e ricco di prospettive di ricerca, relative all’espansione commerciale di Onasus nel corso del tempo e all’attivita produttiva di altre fornaci, i cui manufatti potevano essere esportati o utilizzati localmente.
Gérer l’eau en Méditerranée au premier millénaire avant J.-C.
The paper presents the first issues of a new study about cisterns of Solunto, carthaginese city s... more The paper presents the first issues of a new study about cisterns of Solunto, carthaginese city situated in Sicily, and water management of the town during the graeco-roman period. It shows the ways of collecting and managing water, particularly in what concerns raining water. XIXth et XXth century excavations have discovered many hydraulic structures, generally cisterns (70 for the moment with a capacity between 10 and 30 m3) and channels or architectonic elements which have never been studied. We begin with a general presentation and continue with some peculiar structures of the Solunto environment.
Imaginer la frontière
Dans cette contribution, nous présentons les traces sur le terrain et dans les archives d’un bomb... more Dans cette contribution, nous présentons les traces sur le terrain et dans les archives d’un bombardement survenu à Solonte dans la nuit du 12 décembre 1942. Le point de départ de cette recherche est une photographie conservée dans les archives du Musée archéologique régional Antonio Salinas, documentant la restauration d’une citerne de Solonte suite aux bombardements alliés. Nos recherches dans les archives ont permis de reconstituer la chronologie des faits et de mettre en lumière le rôle des Surintendants des Antiquités de la Sicile occidentale, Jole Bovio Marconi puis Vincenzo Tusa, pendant et après la guerre pour protéger le patrimoine culturel. Solonte, comme d’autres sites siciliens, faisait partie des sites stratégiques ayant accueilli des garnisons militaires italo-allemandes. Les événements de la Seconde Guerre mondiale sont analysés ici du point de vue de la sensibilité au patrimoine culturel et de la perception de celui-ci pendant les conflits et les périodes de paix. No...
Chronique des activités archéologiques de l’École française de Rome, 2017
Antonio Alfano - Viva Sacco
In the last years there has been a renewed interest in Medieval Sicily. With this contribution, w... more In the last years there has been a renewed interest in Medieval Sicily. With this contribution, we would like to introduce the preliminary data of the survey undertaken in the Valle of Jato, situated in Palermo’s hinterland. The time frame here taken into considerations extends from the 6th to the 13th centuries A.D. In this paper we would like to contribute to the reconstruction of the medieval history of this archaeological landscape, through the study of written sources, mainly the giarīda of Monreale, and of its material culture. The comparison of the pottery recovered in the valley with that of Palermo, object of a recent chrono-typological revision, has been very important for this study. Thanks to this we are able to recognise that some settlements already existed during the Islamic period, probably dating from around the 10th century A.D., in spite of the fact that our first written sources are dated from the end of the 11th century. Moreover, analysis of the ceramic fabrics recovered during the survey reveals that most of this pottery was produced in Palermo, reflecting the strong relationship of this territory to the Sicilian capital.
11. La peste e il mare. Il porto tra antichità e medioevo.
by Stefano Magnani, Martina Meyr, Elisabetta Gagetti, Mario Fiorentini, Caterina Previato, Marc Mayer-Olivé, Diana Dobreva, Alka Starac, Veronica Groppo, Silvia Cipriano, Giordana Amabili, Maurizio Castoldi, Gwenaël Bertocco, Lorenza Rizzo, Michele Matteazzi, Silvia Pellegrini, Ilaria Serchia, Eugenio Tamburrino, Rosanina Invernizzi, Alessandra Marchello, Eleonora Romanò, Luca Pintaudi, Marialetizia Buonfiglio, Patrizia Fortini, Monica Ceci, Massimo Brando, Valentina Pica, Francesco Marco Paolo Carrera, Carlotta Franceschelli, pier luigi dall'aglio, Luisa Pellegrini Masnata, Clelia Alfonsi, Federica Pantano, Giulia Doronzo, francesca romana stasolla, Ugo Fusco, dario rose, Diana Raiano, Dino Lombardo, Stefano De Togni, Stefania Ferrante, Erica Rowan, Daniele De Simone, Mario Grimaldi, Eleonora A Grillo, Rosa Torre, Giovanni Polizzi, Nadia Canu, Massimo Cultraro, Cesare Felici, Christof Flügel, and Fabiana Susini
Proseguendo la tradizione dei convegni tematici periodicamente organizzati ad Aquileia, la Societ... more Proseguendo la tradizione dei convegni tematici periodicamente organizzati ad Aquileia, la Società Friulana di Archeologia e il Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici e del Patrimonio Culturale dell'Università di Udine organizzano nei giorni 6 -8 aprile 2017 un incontro dedicato ai sistemi di smaltimento delle acque nel mondo antico. Punto di partenza sono i dati acquisiti nel corso delle indagini archeologiche nella città romana, a partire dagli scavi per le fognature moderne (1968)(1969)(1970)(1971)(1972), che hanno permesso di riconsiderare l'andamento e l'evoluzione del sistema fognario antico, nonché di acquisire informazioni su numerosi aspetti della vita quotidiana e delle attività che si svolgevano all'interno della città, in base all'esame dei materiali depositatisi nel corso del tempo all'interno delle condutture di smaltimento delle acque reflue.
Colloque Interdisciplinaire WATERTRACES, 2019
Ce colloque interdisciplinaire est organisé dans le cadre du programme Watertraces, soutenu par l... more Ce colloque interdisciplinaire est organisé dans le cadre du programme Watertraces, soutenu par la fondation
Amidex d’Aix-Marseille Université. Il a pour objectif principal d’encourager un dialogue étroit entre les
disciplines archéologiques et environnementales, en présentant et en interprétant des études de cas datées de
l’Antiquité méditerranéenne, et plus précisément du 4 e
s. av. J.-C. au 1
er
s. apr. J.-C. Il s’agit de présenter des
études novatrices sur des sites en partie sélectionnés sur la base de critères géologiques et hydrogéologiques.
Les contextes climatiques en cours lors du développement des villes antiques, mais aussi les conditions
hydrogéologiques passées et actuelles nous permettent d’avancer des hypothèses sur l’utilisation des eaux à
l’époque antique. Le colloque veut ainsi mettre l’accent sur les études à fortes collaboration entre
archéologues et naturalistes.
Il s’organisera autour de trois questions essentielles : tout d’abord, l’approvisionnement mixte eau de
pluie/eaux souterraines, qui a été observé dans plusieurs sites de Méditerranée, et qui témoigne de
connaissances plus ou moins intuitives des populations concernées.
On analysera ensuite la manière dont les aménagements hydrauliques s’insèrent dans le territoire : nombre de
villes antiques se sont dotées d’un approvisionnement complémentaire, extérieur à leur périmètre en
installant des aqueducs. Ces aménagements s’inscrivent durablement dans le paysage, et sont repérables à
travers des recherches spécifiques. Là aussi, on croisera réflexions théoriques et méthodologiques, avec des
études de cas qui reflètent ce dialogue interdisciplinaire entre sciences de la Terre, sciences de
l’environnement et sciences archéologiques.
Dans ce cadre, on s’intéressera enfin aux phénomènes karstiques, qui conditionnent la vie d’un territoire ou
d’une ville et on s’interrogera sur le mode de gestion des ressources hydriques.
Le colloque abordera diverses stratégies d’acquisition et de distribution de l’eau développées par les villes
étudiées. À travers une approche diachronique, on s’efforcera de mettre en lumière les évolutions des choix
techniques de l’époque hellénistique à l’époque romaine et de réfléchir aux besoins en eau des populations
antiques.
La rencontre veut enfin mettre en place un modèle technique sur l’utilisation des eaux, éclairer l’évolution
des savoirs hydrologiques et réfléchir aux transferts technologiques entres les sociétés méditerranéennes.
D’autres pistes de recherches pourront émerger à travers les discussions entre spécialistes.
L’eau est un des éléments fondamentaux pour la vie d’une ville et d’une société. Dans l’Antiquité, elle était
recherchée, protégée et exploitée au maximum, surtout dans les zones qui ne disposaient pas d’une ressource
abondante. En certains endroits de la Méditerranée, les caractéristiques du substrat géologique durent
sûrement influer sur le choix de la répartition topographique des citernes et des habitats. Outre des raisons
stratégiques, ces sites furent probablement choisis pour la présence des eaux qui, d’une façon plus ou moins
abondante, desservaient les sites. Ainsi le colloque s’appuiera sur une question principale: quels sont les
points de captage des eaux et les solutions adoptées pour les exploiter ? On souhaite concentrer l’attention
sur les techniques d’approvisionnement des réservoirs/citernes avec l’eau disponible directement sur les
sites, mais établir aussi des parallèles avec les techniques de captage des eaux du territoire.
Même si l’hypothèse généralement acceptée prévoit la création de citernes pour la collecte des eaux de pluie
(Hodge 2008), il a été possible d’observer, grâce aux recherches les plus récentes, que plusieurs villes
anciennes disposaient de citernes qui collectaient aussi les eaux de type hydrothermal ou karstique. Il était
régulièrement admis que les citernes soient alimentées en suffisance par les eaux pluviales. Mais parfois, il a
été observé que les caractéristiques structurelles des citernes suggéraient un approvisionnement
complémentaire d’origine hydrogéologique. Fréquemment, on assiste à la naissance de nouveaux sites de
hauteurs aujourd’hui apparemment dépourvus d’alimentation en eau, mais qui offraient probablement des
conditions édaphiques satisfaisantes, notamment par la présence d’émergences hydrothermales ou karstiques
aujourd’hui taries. Des phénomènes similaires ont été documentés en Grèce (Higgins, Higgins 1996) et
certaines villes de la Sicile et de l’Italie Centrale, caractérisées notamment par un substrat géologique
calcareo-dolomitique.
Un aspect que l’on valorisera au cours de ce congrès est donc celui de la collecte des eaux souterraines dans
des sites apparemment dépourvus de sources naturelles ou artificielles. Ces sites recueillaient les eaux et les
stockaient dans les citernes. Etaient-elles suffisantes pour l’approvisionnement des cités ? Suffisaient-elles à
satisfaire les besoins publics et privés, notamment pendant les périodes de sècheresse ?
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Grâce à l’expérience de leurs prédécesseurs, les ingénieurs hydrauliques surent résoudre le problème de
l’approvisionnement en eau à travers des solutions novatrices. Se diffusèrent donc des citernes/réservoirs qui
recueillaient aussi bien l’eau de pluie que l’eau remontant des profondeurs, comme c’est le cas de Solonte
(Polizzi et alii 2017) ou bien de Mycènes, déjà au cours du II millénaire av. J. C. (Stewart, Piccardi 2017).
Dans certains de ces sites, avec le temps, les sources d’eau s’épuisèrent. Les causes de déficit hydrique
peuvent être multiples: d’ordre climatique (régimes de répartition des pluies), une augmentation de la
population, une utilisation excessive de la nappe, ou bien des évènements sismiques importants qui
modifièrent l’hydrogéologie locale. Quelles furent réellement les principales causes et les conséquences de
ces déficits hydriques ? Comment fut résolu le problème du manque d’eau ? C’est ce que nous aborderons
pour des sites majeurs de la Méditerranée parmi lesquels : Mycènes, Delphes et Délos en Grèce, Pergame en
Asie mineure, Baies en Italie méridionale, Solonte, Tyndaris, Termini Imerese, Alesa, Agrigente et Syracuse
en Sicile.
by LANDSCAPE UNA SINTESI DI ELEMENTI DIACRONICI, Davide Gangale Risoleo, Paolo Liverani, Maria Elisa Amadasi, Francesca Bindelli, Carlotta Borella, Alessandra Canale, Federica Carbotti, Margherita Casandra, Veronica Castignani, Francesca Francesconi, Valentina Limina, Sara Malavasi, Francesca D'Ambola, Michele Matteazzi, Giovanni Polizzi, Matteo Rivoli, Sofia Vagnuzzi, Letizia Aldrovandi, Jessica Tomasi, Giacomo Sigismondo, and Francesca D'Ambola
La progettazione di un mondo eco-sostenibile, che sappia convivere con l'ambiente circostante ris... more La progettazione di un mondo eco-sostenibile, che sappia convivere con l'ambiente circostante rispettando gli equilibri ecologici, è una delle sfide delle comunità contemporanee, non a caso è tra le linee guida di Horizon 2020. La terza edizione di Landscape vuole tentare di declinare questa tematica nell'antichità, cercando di comprendere il livello di consapevolezza ecologica delle società antiche ed evidenziando quali sono state le scelte politiche ed economiche attuate tenendo in considerazione la componente ambientale. Il convegno, organizzato in collaborazione con l'Università di Bologna e la Consulta di Topografia Antica, si terrà tra il 5 ed il 6 maggio 2022 a Bologna e Ravenna.
by LANDSCAPE UNA SINTESI DI ELEMENTI DIACRONICI, Davide Gangale Risoleo, Paolo Liverani, Giuseppe Ceraudo, Maria Elisa Amadasi, Francesca Bindelli, Carlotta Borella, Alessandra Canale, Federica Carbotti, Margherita Casandra, Veronica Castignani, Davide Giubileo, Sara Malavasi, Michele Matteazzi, Giovanni Polizzi, Matteo Rivoli, Saverio Scerra, Sofia Vagnuzzi, and Francesca D'Ambola
La progettazione di un mondo eco-sostenibile, che sappia convivere con l'ambiente circostante ris... more La progettazione di un mondo eco-sostenibile, che sappia convivere con l'ambiente circostante rispettando gli equilibri ecologici, è una delle sfide delle comunità contemporanee, non a caso è tra le linee guida di Horizon 2020.
La terza edizione di Landscape vuole tentare di declinare questa tematica nell'antichità, cercando di comprendere il livello di consapevolezza ecologica delle società antiche ed evidenziando quali sono state le scelte politiche ed economiche attuate tenendo in considerazione la componente ambientale.
Il convegno, organizzato in collaborazione con l'Università di Bologna e la Consulta di Topografia Antica, si terrà tra il 5 ed il 6 maggio 2022 a Bologna e Ravenna.
From Hydrology to Hydroarchaeology in the Ancient Mediterranean, 2022
An interdisciplinary approach is devoted to the study of water management in ancient cityes. It c... more An interdisciplinary approach is devoted to the study of water management in ancient cityes. It compares the approaches and methods adopted by researchers from diff erent disciplinary sectors to identify the water conditions of past society es and to highlight the measures they have taken to adapt to their water resources. Deriving from an interdisciplinary meening held in Aix-en-Provence (Mediterranean House of Human Sciences) in 2019, it brings together seven articles that present the innovative results of collaborations between archaeologists and environmental scientists, geologists, geomorphologists, and climatologists in particular. A� er an introduction that situates the discussions conducted in Aix-en-Provence within the framework of the Watertraces project, funded by the A*Midex foundation (Aix-Marseille University), most of the articles focus on the Sicilian situation. An initial synthesis covers all aspects of the question, followed by four case studies ranging from the 4th century BC to the 1st century AD. Case studies on Agrigento, Termini Imerese/Thermai Himerenses, Alesa/Halaesa, Solunte and Tyndaris are presented. The focus then moves to southern Italy (the Terme di Baia), and to Aegean Greece (the sanctuary at Delphi).