Suburbia and Rural Landscapes in Medieval Sicily presents the results of the main ongoing
archaeological and historical research focusing on medieval suburbia and rural sites in
Sicily. It is thus intended to update traditional views regarding the evolution of this territory
from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages by bringing into the picture new data from
archaeological excavations undertaken at several sites across Sicily, new information from
surveys of written sources, and new reflections based on the analysis of both material and …

This volume is a very useful resource, which enhances current strategies of archaeological
investigation in the settled landscapes and environments of late antique and medieval Sicily,
and refines lines of interdisciplinary research by bringing together palaeoecology,
ethnology, remote sensing, textual sources, and more. Scope on suburbs is more limited.
This is the first volume of this kind to be published in English, thereby giving Sicily greater
international scholarly attention. All the 15 chapters included are important addenda to the …