Brienza, E. and Cultraro, M. and Draià, E. (2020) Settlement and viewshed dynamics between the ancient sites of the Erei as a key of historical landscape interpretation. Archeologia e Calcolatori, 31 (2). pp. 199-210. ISSN 1120-6861
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Abstract
The inner Sicilian area of the Erei hills, crossed by rivers and important streams directed to the Catania’s lowland, witnessed very ancient human occupation and activities, starting from the Upper Palaeolithic. Here the dynamics of human activities and the organization of the supply basin during early times were distinctive in certain historical periods: some featured a substantial continuity with the earlier phases, while others showed a complete discontinuity with the older human settlement framework and a new organization of the area and activities connected with the environment. These agricultural, proto-urban and urban communities organized their existence on the exploitation of natural resources, distributing themselves according to the local morphology. They built, mostly on top of the hills, constructions used as control viewpoints of the area, and created a complete communication network to connect settlements of the same or different level. Those features in several cases had a long-term continuity that survived to dramatic historical changes and represent today the optimal way for a right perception of current landscape and its millenary history.
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| Additional Information: | in Caravale A., Moscati P. (eds.), Logic and computing. The underlying basis of digital archaeology. Proceedings of the MetroArchaeo 2019 Special Session, 2019 IMEKO TC-4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (Florence, 4-6 December 2019) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | GIS and cartography; Survey and excavations |
| Subjects: | 900 Storia, Geografia e discipline ausiliarie > 930 Storia dei mondo antico fino al 499 ca. > 930.1 Archeologia (Classificare qui la Storia fino al 4000 a.C., l'Archeologia preistorica, le opere interdisciplinari sull'Archeologia) > 930.102 Archeologia - Opere miscellanee > 930.1028 Archeologia – Tecniche, metodologie, apparecchi e strumenti (comprende: Archeometria) > 930.10285 Archeologia – Applicazioni informatiche (comprende: tecniche di datazione) |
| Depositing User: | Dott.ssa Paola Moscati |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Mar 2024 10:57 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2024 10:57 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/20474 |
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