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OverviewFrom Safin to Roman investigates the Central Adriatic Apennines (roughly the modern region of Abruzzo), occupied in antiquity by Italic populations variously termed ‘Sabelli’, ‘Sabellics’ or ‘Sabellians’. For too long the region has been seen merely as a mountainous and isolated ‘terra di pastori’, sparsely populated with shepherds from prehistory to the late Hellenistic period, thus overestimating the role of the Romans in the organisation and exploitation of the landscape. The region in general has received little scholarly attention internationally compared with Tyrrhenian Italy, although the last three decades have been very rich in excavations and finds. The role of stock‑raising itself needs to be reinterpreted, because it changed greatly from period to period and certainly did not exclude other economical resources, already in early periods. The topography of the area and recent finds, show that agriculture was also important for the large sub‑Apennine and coastal areas, hilly but certainly not only mountainous, and that other resources were also important for the local economy, such as the exploitation of the forest and metallurgy. The monograph is complemented by appendices presenting the latest research and conclusions from a range of scholars working on the area. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Oliva Menozzi (Professor in Classial Archaeology, Director of the Centre of the Athenaeum of Archaeometry and Microanalysis, University G.d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara)Publisher: Archaeopress Imprint: Archaeopress Archaeology ISBN: 9781803274577ISBN 10: 1803274573 Pages: 604 Publication Date: 06 June 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION Defining the Central Appenines Hellenization and Romanization: problems of interpretation and Hybridization Aims and methodologies of the research THE LAND Chapter 1. Historical Geography Reading the ancient topography through the sources. The infrastructure of ancient communications: road-network, tratturi and ports Chapter 2. The Region: Geology and Landscape Plates 1 – 32 THE MID-ADRIATIC APENNINES BETWEEN THE 6TH AND THE 4TH CENTURIES BC Chapter 3. Ethnographic and Cultural Background between the 6th and 4th centuries BC From the Safin to the Sabelli The political situation Language and script of Archaic Abruzzo The Sabellians between the mid 5th and the mid 4th centuries BC Trade and external contacts Plates 33 - 64 Chapter 4. Settlement Structure Territorial organisation Hillforts Villages Sanctuaries Chapter 5. Funerary Practices Cemeteries Funerary sculpture Conclusions. The mid-Adriatic Apennines in the Archaic and Classical periods Plates 65 – 96 THE CONVENTIONAL PERIOD OF ‘ROMANIZATION’ Chapter 6. The General Historical Background according to the Sources Chapter 7. Society and Economy The social context Rural settlement and local production Coins and currency Plates 97 - 128 Chapter 8. Settlement Structure Territorrial organization Hillforts Sanctuaries Villages, vici and pagi Colonies Municipia and praefecturae Chapter 9. Art and Architecture Public and private architecture Terracotta votive offerings Votive bronze statuettes Cemeteries and funerary equipment Sculpture and portraits Plates 129 - 160 PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS ABBREVIATIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDICES Appendix 1. Geoarcheologia, cambiamenti climatici e paesaggi archeologici in Abruzzo: un punto della situazione – Silvano Agostini Appendix 2. Un aggiornamento sulle strutture abitative in Abruzzo – Vincenzo d’Ercole e Oliva Menozzi Appendix 3. A diachronic overview of the S. Maria Cardetola necropolis in Crecchio (CH) (seasons 2015-2020, 2022) – Luca Cherstich Appendix 4. Archeologia funeraria in Abruzzo: un aggiornamento – Vincenzo d’Ercole Appendix 5. Preliminary data from the investigations in the municipality of San Giovanni Lipioni (CH): the archaeological areas of Colle Vernone and Il Monte – Eugenio Di Valerio Appendix 6. Economia e organizzazione territoriale tra IV sec. a.C. e I d.C.: il ruolo dei ‘centri minori’ in area Centro-Adriatica e Appenninica – Maria Cristina Mancini e Oliva MenozziReviewsAuthor InformationOliva Menozzi began her studies at Chieti University and completed her doctorate at Oxford in 2001. She has been Researcher and Lecturer in Classical Archaeology and Archaeology of Greek Colonization at the University G.d’Annunzio of Chieti‑Pescara (Italy) since 2002 and is now Associate Professor. She has been Director of the CAAM‑Centre of the Athenaeum for Archaeometry and Microanalysis since 2015 and of the Master STARch (Sciences and Technologies for Archaeology at risk) since 2019. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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