Visonà, Paolo (2016) Controlling the Chora. Topographical Investigations in the Territory of Locri Epizephyrii (southeastern Calabria, Italy) in 2013-2015. FOLD&R FastiOnLine documents & research (351). pp. 1-17. ISSN 1828-3179
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Abstract
Three previously undocumented Greek sites have been identified at contrada Palazzo (Cittanova), at località “Coculédi” and at contrada Bregatorto (Antonimina), as a result of topographical surveys conducted in 2013-2015 by the Foundation for Calabrian Archaeology and the University of Kentucky on the Dossone della Melìa, a high plateau on the western borders of the chora of Locri Epizephyrii .All three sites are located near the most direct overland route from ancient Locri to the Tyrrhenian coast, which traversed the plateau c. 4 km to the south of the Passo del Mercante(the main pass on the Strada Provinciale 1 di Gioia Tauro e Locri ).The presence of a military installation at contrada Palazzo, on the western edge of the plateau, has been inferred from finds of reused Greek materials. A lookout tower at this site would have allowed the Locrians to guard a trail leading to the plateau from the Tyrrhenian coast and to keep watch over the chora of Medma, Locri’s closest Tyrrhenian subcolony. The functions of a Greek masonry structureat località “Coculédi”, a site on the eastern edge of the plateau, cannot yet be determined. A nearby site, at contrada Bregatorto, was occupied by a fortification similar to the Locrian fort on Monte Palazzi (Grotteria) and may have been the main control point on this over land route between c. 500-300 B.C. These findings point to the existence of a defensive network guarding the borders of Locri’s territory and strategic routes linking the eastern and western coasts of Calabria
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Calabria, Locri Epizephyrii, Chora, Topographical Investigations |
| Subjects: | 900 Storia, Geografia e discipline ausiliarie > 930 Storia dei mondo antico fino al 499 ca. 900 Storia, Geografia e discipline ausiliarie > 930 Storia dei mondo antico fino al 499 ca. > 939 Archeologia – Altre Regioni del mondo antico |
| Depositing User: | Dott.ssa Helga Di Giuseppe |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Apr 2016 11:30 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Apr 2016 11:30 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/13130 |
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