Conference Presentations by Amodio Marzocchella
The overall review of the pre- and protohistoric agrarian traces found at Gricignano d’Aversa/U.S... more The overall review of the pre- and protohistoric agrarian traces found at Gricignano d’Aversa/U.S. Navy (CE), in the course of the research held by the Soprintendenza per i BB.AA. della Campania and the Soprintendenza al Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico “L.Pigorini” (1995-2005), has allowed us to describe the structure of land partitioning over about 60 ha. Particularly clear is the consistent pattern of the fields underlying the Early Bronze Age eruption of the “Pomici di Avellino” (1935-1880 a.C., Passariello I. et al. 2009). Anyway, this is the final outcome of a series of agrarian infrastructures which were realized since the advanced Copper Age, over the Phlegrean eruption of Agnano Monte Spina (4130±50 BP, de Vita et al., 1999).
The Gricignano case gives us the opportunity to review the available data on the protohistoric agrarian impact in the Piana Campana. In fact, the continuously increasing discoveries of agrarian and settlement traces, lead to the certainty of an intense occupation of the area. The particular fertility of the volcanic soils, combined with a significant input of labour for the infrastructures - such as irrigation and / or drainage ditches, as well as cart-tracks, made possible the intense occupation and exploitation of the territory. This process, properly culminating in the EBA, apparently occurs in continuity with the territory organization identified as for the Copper Age, when open villages were preferentially located in direct contact with the primary arable land, and were subject to periodic dislocations.
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The Piana Campana (Southern Italy) has recently revealed its potential for the recovery of detail... more The Piana Campana (Southern Italy) has recently revealed its potential for the recovery of detailed archaeological and environmental data, during the Late Holocene, due to the thickening of the deposits caused by the activity of the volcanic complexes of Somma-Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei. Settlements,
burials, landscape and agrarian infrastructures (tracks, fields, wells, etc.) indicate an intense and continuous human presence since at least late Neolithic times (ca. 6.2 ka cal BP). This study derives from archaeological research supported by the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Campania and the
Soprintendenza al Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico “L. Pigorini”, Roma (1995e2005).
The comprehensive pattern of the protohistoric (Early Bronze Age) agrarian traces found at Gricignano d’Aversa/U.S. Navy support site (Caserta) is presented. An uninterrupted ploughed surface and field system of 60 ha is described, preserved directly below the Pomici di Avellino eruption (ca. 3900 cal BP). For the first time in Italy, such a wide protohistoric field system was reconstructed. The agrarian features (banks, gullies, one cart track) show a remarkable regularity, hinting at patterned landscape exploitation.
The discussion is widened by setting these results in the context of the Piana Campana. Regional archaeological and pollen data confirm the marked agrarian impact over the landscape during this
period. Arboreal pollen has generally low values under the Pomici di Avellino eruption, but it increases in the plain after this event, possibly due to the main settlement relocation in more defendable spots. The identified anthropic impact is due to the long-lasting shifting agricultural strategy adopted by human communities from the late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age.
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Conference Presentations by Amodio Marzocchella
The Gricignano case gives us the opportunity to review the available data on the protohistoric agrarian impact in the Piana Campana. In fact, the continuously increasing discoveries of agrarian and settlement traces, lead to the certainty of an intense occupation of the area. The particular fertility of the volcanic soils, combined with a significant input of labour for the infrastructures - such as irrigation and / or drainage ditches, as well as cart-tracks, made possible the intense occupation and exploitation of the territory. This process, properly culminating in the EBA, apparently occurs in continuity with the territory organization identified as for the Copper Age, when open villages were preferentially located in direct contact with the primary arable land, and were subject to periodic dislocations.
Papers by Amodio Marzocchella
burials, landscape and agrarian infrastructures (tracks, fields, wells, etc.) indicate an intense and continuous human presence since at least late Neolithic times (ca. 6.2 ka cal BP). This study derives from archaeological research supported by the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Campania and the
Soprintendenza al Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico “L. Pigorini”, Roma (1995e2005).
The comprehensive pattern of the protohistoric (Early Bronze Age) agrarian traces found at Gricignano d’Aversa/U.S. Navy support site (Caserta) is presented. An uninterrupted ploughed surface and field system of 60 ha is described, preserved directly below the Pomici di Avellino eruption (ca. 3900 cal BP). For the first time in Italy, such a wide protohistoric field system was reconstructed. The agrarian features (banks, gullies, one cart track) show a remarkable regularity, hinting at patterned landscape exploitation.
The discussion is widened by setting these results in the context of the Piana Campana. Regional archaeological and pollen data confirm the marked agrarian impact over the landscape during this
period. Arboreal pollen has generally low values under the Pomici di Avellino eruption, but it increases in the plain after this event, possibly due to the main settlement relocation in more defendable spots. The identified anthropic impact is due to the long-lasting shifting agricultural strategy adopted by human communities from the late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age.
The Gricignano case gives us the opportunity to review the available data on the protohistoric agrarian impact in the Piana Campana. In fact, the continuously increasing discoveries of agrarian and settlement traces, lead to the certainty of an intense occupation of the area. The particular fertility of the volcanic soils, combined with a significant input of labour for the infrastructures - such as irrigation and / or drainage ditches, as well as cart-tracks, made possible the intense occupation and exploitation of the territory. This process, properly culminating in the EBA, apparently occurs in continuity with the territory organization identified as for the Copper Age, when open villages were preferentially located in direct contact with the primary arable land, and were subject to periodic dislocations.
burials, landscape and agrarian infrastructures (tracks, fields, wells, etc.) indicate an intense and continuous human presence since at least late Neolithic times (ca. 6.2 ka cal BP). This study derives from archaeological research supported by the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Campania and the
Soprintendenza al Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico “L. Pigorini”, Roma (1995e2005).
The comprehensive pattern of the protohistoric (Early Bronze Age) agrarian traces found at Gricignano d’Aversa/U.S. Navy support site (Caserta) is presented. An uninterrupted ploughed surface and field system of 60 ha is described, preserved directly below the Pomici di Avellino eruption (ca. 3900 cal BP). For the first time in Italy, such a wide protohistoric field system was reconstructed. The agrarian features (banks, gullies, one cart track) show a remarkable regularity, hinting at patterned landscape exploitation.
The discussion is widened by setting these results in the context of the Piana Campana. Regional archaeological and pollen data confirm the marked agrarian impact over the landscape during this
period. Arboreal pollen has generally low values under the Pomici di Avellino eruption, but it increases in the plain after this event, possibly due to the main settlement relocation in more defendable spots. The identified anthropic impact is due to the long-lasting shifting agricultural strategy adopted by human communities from the late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age.