Papers by Giovanni Mastronuzzi
l'Idomeneo, 37, 2024
Presentazione dell'edizione degli atti del workshop del CISA, tenuto a Lecce il 15-16 febbraio 20... more Presentazione dell'edizione degli atti del workshop del CISA, tenuto a Lecce il 15-16 febbraio 2024 - "Intorno all'Adriatico: archeologia dei contesti e cultura materiale nelle fasi della conquista romana"
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l'Idomeneo 37, 2024
The class of Grey Gloss Ware was identified and defined in the early 1980s thanks to the work of ... more The class of Grey Gloss Ware was identified and defined in the early 1980s thanks to the work of Liliana Giardino, which was later developed by Douwe Yntema. It represents a true guide fossil for the archaeological contexts of southeastern Italy from the 2nd to the 1st century B.C. In the morphological repertoire, the class was directly linked to black gloss fabrics, while from a technical point of view, firing in a reducing environment produced an effect of close correlation with metal productions. This work proposes some general considerations of chronological, morphological, and technical nature, with particular regard to the 'plate' form; some unpublished documents from Vaste and Oria are also presented.
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Etnografia
The paper focuses on the results of the archaeological research carried out by the University of ... more The paper focuses on the results of the archaeological research carried out by the University of Salento in Vaste (Southern Apulia). In the very centre of this ancient settlement, a holy place was set up between the 4th and 3rd centuries BC: three cavities contained the remains of rituals involving the sacrifice of domestic animals with subsequent slaughter, cooking, and collective banquets. Even five dogs were sacrificed, although they were neither slaughtered nor consumed. Ancient authors report that bloody dog rituals were associated with the different aspects of religious behaviour based on the particular value attributed to this animal; this value was often ambiguous, since the dog was associated with many gods and considered impure and unclean. It is possible to identify the use of this rite in several contexts of the Italian peninsula between the Iron Age and Romanization, in which similar acts were clearly distinguished in the stratigraphy and interpreted as “abandonment” or “closing rituals”: the remains of the dogs lay above the layers of votive deposits or in contact with the destruction and abandonment layers. An analysis of the ritual and an explanation of its diffusion, together with an exegesis of the literary sources, can be framed in a research perspective that includes the anthropology of the ritual. It emerges that human alimentary behaviours, even prohibitions in the case of dogs, provide a key to understanding the ritual attitude towards animals; these behaviours are inscribed in the relationship of perpetual tension between the feelings of affinity and distinction, between human society and animal species.
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Sanctuaries and Experience. Knowledge, Practice and Space in Ancient World, 2024
Since the 1980s, the University of Salento has been carrying out systematic excavations in Southe... more Since the 1980s, the University of Salento has been carrying out systematic excavations in Southern Apulia with a view to studying settlement patterns from the Iron Age until the Roman conquest, taking into account data relating to daily life, funerary rituals, and cult places. During the Iron Age, from the ninth to the seventh centuries BCE, the indigenous population of Apulia lived in small villages of huts. Greek colonization meant that already at this time the natives of Southern Apulia came into contact with the Greeks: the Spartan colony of Taras was founded in 706 BCE in the Ionian Gulf and across the Adriatic Sea the Corinthians established the colony of Kerkyra in about 733 BCE.
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l'Idomeneo, n. 35, 2023
Cosimo De Giorgi was an eminent scholar, involved in many fields of knowledge. He also dealt with... more Cosimo De Giorgi was an eminent scholar, involved in many fields of knowledge. He also dealt with archaeology by directing excavations in the area of the Lecce’s amphitheatre in the very early years of the 20th century. On the other hand, he had gone through a long period of ‘self-education’ developing an intense field activity that included observation and documentation of anthropic and natural phenomena. The “Bozzetti di Viaggio” fixed this phase of De Giorgi’s life and they constitute a useful tool for modern-day archaeology as well; in fact they can help us to take a journey back in time and see with De Giorgi’s eyes what the Salento peninsula looked like 150 years ago.
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ETNOGRAFIA, 2023
The paper focuses on the results of the archaeological research
carried out by the University of ... more The paper focuses on the results of the archaeological research
carried out by the University of Salento in Vaste (Southern Apulia). In the very centre of this ancient settlement, a holy place was set up between the 4th and 3rd centuries BC: three cavities contained the remains of rituals involving the sacrifice of domestic animals with subsequent
slaughter, cooking, and collective banquets. Even five dogs were sacrificed, although they were neither slaughtered nor consumed. Ancient authors report that bloody dog rituals were associated
with the different aspects of religious behaviour based on the particular value attributed to this animal; this value was often ambiguous, since the dog was associated with many gods and considered impure and unclean. It is possible to identify the use of this rite in several contexts
of the Italian peninsula between the Iron Age and Romanization, in which similar acts were clearly distinguished in the stratigraphy and interpreted as “abandonment” or “closing rituals”: the remains of the dogs lay above the layers of votive deposits or in contact with the destruction and abandonment layers. An analysis of the ritual and an explanation of its diffusion, together with an exegesis of the literary sources, can be framed in a research perspective that includes the anthropology of the ritual. It emerges that human alimentary behaviours, even prohibitions
in the case of dogs, provide a key to understanding the ritual attitude towards animals; these behaviours are inscribed in the relationship of perpetual tension between the feelings of affinity and distinction, between human society and animal species.
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Il cimitero paleocristiano e bizantino di Vaste (Puglia meridionale) Edit Manage Files Read Book ... more Il cimitero paleocristiano e bizantino di Vaste (Puglia meridionale) Edit Manage Files Read Book Draft Sepolture, rituali e comunità nei secoli IV-VI d.C.: Il cimitero paleocristiano e bizantino di Vaste (Puglia meridionale) Giovanni Mastronuzzi and Valeria Melissano Overview Contents Nell'entroterra di Otranto, a partire dal 1991, un importante complesso paleocristiano e bizantino è stato portato alla luce durante gli scavi dell'Università del Salento, guidati da Francesco D'Andria e successivamente da Giovanni Mastronuzzi e Valeria Melissano. Questo libro è incentrato sullo studio del cimitero distribuito intorno alla chiesa-martyrium edificata nella seconda metà del IV secolo d.C. Ciascuna delle 164 tombe oggetto di indagine viene qui presa in esame e lo studio dei corredi e l’analisi dei dati bioarcheologici contribuiscono alla ricostruzione di una comunità vissuta nella Puglia meridionale tra il IV e il VI secolo d.C. Particolare attenzione viene rivolta allo studio...
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Il Salento delle Meraviglie. Il mare e il territorio di Salve, 2022
The ancient settlement of I Fani lies in southern Apulia inland from Leuca, a few kilometres from... more The ancient settlement of I Fani lies in southern Apulia inland from Leuca, a few kilometres from the Ionian coast. This paper offers a summary of the results of researches launched by the University of Lecce and led by the Australian Archaelological Mission, directed by Jean-Paul Descoeudres and Edward Robinson. The site was occupied from protohistoric times, with some caesurae. The first period of life corresponds to a Middle Bronze Age village; in the 6th century BC a settlement arose, which was abandoned around 470 BC.
The Archaic settlement, delimited by fortification walls, is analysed here within the framework of the settlement system of Archaic Messapia, within which it appears to have played, thanks to its strategic position, a role in controlling the territory, not only from a military point of view, but probably also from the aspect of socio-economic dynamics.
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Rivista di archeologia cristiana, 2006
La chiesa e la necropoli paleocristiana di Vaste nel Salento; con appendici di Elisa Vetrugno e S... more La chiesa e la necropoli paleocristiana di Vaste nel Salento; con appendici di Elisa Vetrugno e Stefano De Luca
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Fig. 5. Vaste: planimetria dell'abitato del IV°- III° secolo a.C. e dettaglio dell'area d... more Fig. 5. Vaste: planimetria dell'abitato del IV°- III° secolo a.C. e dettaglio dell'area di scavo con fornaci.
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Fig. 7. Spettri Raman dei campioni.
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Fig. 8. Poggiardo (LE): veduta generale e dettaglio di una cava di bauxite.
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Adriatlas 4. Produzioni artigianali in area adriatica: manufatti, ateliers e attori (III sec. a.C. – V sec. d.C.), 2021
Nella Puglia meridionale la facile disponibilita di argille adatte alla modellazione di forme cer... more Nella Puglia meridionale la facile disponibilita di argille adatte alla modellazione di forme ceramiche e elemento che nel corso dei secoli ha determinato lo sviluppo di un artigianato capace di produzioni destinate agli usi quotidiani ma anche di realizzazioni che si collocano in un ambito di pregio artistico.
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carried out by the University of Salento in Vaste (Southern Apulia). In the very centre of this ancient settlement, a holy place was set up between the 4th and 3rd centuries BC: three cavities contained the remains of rituals involving the sacrifice of domestic animals with subsequent
slaughter, cooking, and collective banquets. Even five dogs were sacrificed, although they were neither slaughtered nor consumed. Ancient authors report that bloody dog rituals were associated
with the different aspects of religious behaviour based on the particular value attributed to this animal; this value was often ambiguous, since the dog was associated with many gods and considered impure and unclean. It is possible to identify the use of this rite in several contexts
of the Italian peninsula between the Iron Age and Romanization, in which similar acts were clearly distinguished in the stratigraphy and interpreted as “abandonment” or “closing rituals”: the remains of the dogs lay above the layers of votive deposits or in contact with the destruction and abandonment layers. An analysis of the ritual and an explanation of its diffusion, together with an exegesis of the literary sources, can be framed in a research perspective that includes the anthropology of the ritual. It emerges that human alimentary behaviours, even prohibitions
in the case of dogs, provide a key to understanding the ritual attitude towards animals; these behaviours are inscribed in the relationship of perpetual tension between the feelings of affinity and distinction, between human society and animal species.
The Archaic settlement, delimited by fortification walls, is analysed here within the framework of the settlement system of Archaic Messapia, within which it appears to have played, thanks to its strategic position, a role in controlling the territory, not only from a military point of view, but probably also from the aspect of socio-economic dynamics.
carried out by the University of Salento in Vaste (Southern Apulia). In the very centre of this ancient settlement, a holy place was set up between the 4th and 3rd centuries BC: three cavities contained the remains of rituals involving the sacrifice of domestic animals with subsequent
slaughter, cooking, and collective banquets. Even five dogs were sacrificed, although they were neither slaughtered nor consumed. Ancient authors report that bloody dog rituals were associated
with the different aspects of religious behaviour based on the particular value attributed to this animal; this value was often ambiguous, since the dog was associated with many gods and considered impure and unclean. It is possible to identify the use of this rite in several contexts
of the Italian peninsula between the Iron Age and Romanization, in which similar acts were clearly distinguished in the stratigraphy and interpreted as “abandonment” or “closing rituals”: the remains of the dogs lay above the layers of votive deposits or in contact with the destruction and abandonment layers. An analysis of the ritual and an explanation of its diffusion, together with an exegesis of the literary sources, can be framed in a research perspective that includes the anthropology of the ritual. It emerges that human alimentary behaviours, even prohibitions
in the case of dogs, provide a key to understanding the ritual attitude towards animals; these behaviours are inscribed in the relationship of perpetual tension between the feelings of affinity and distinction, between human society and animal species.
The Archaic settlement, delimited by fortification walls, is analysed here within the framework of the settlement system of Archaic Messapia, within which it appears to have played, thanks to its strategic position, a role in controlling the territory, not only from a military point of view, but probably also from the aspect of socio-economic dynamics.
Ciascuna delle 164 tombe oggetto di indagine viene qui presa in esame e lo studio dei corredi e l’analisi dei dati bioarcheologici contribuiscono alla ricostruzione di una comunità vissuta nella Puglia meridionale tra il IV e il VI secolo d.C. Particolare attenzione viene rivolta allo studio del rituale funerario, guardando alla simbologia battesimale, all’organizzazione dei pasti funebri (refrigerium), all’inserimento delle monete tra le offerte funerarie, e alla ricostruzione degli aspetti della social-persona.
Le appendici integrano i dati e illustrano alcuni aspetti metodologici del lavoro.
This book is the complete study of the cemetery associated with the Palaeochristian church at Vaste
(southern Apulia), in use between the 4th-6th centuries. It includes the systematic presentation of
archaeological and bioarchaeological data. The concluding chapters offer a reconstruction of the main
aspects of the funerary ritual.
This archaeological map of the municipal territory of Poggiardo is intended as a compendium of the research conducted over the last thirty years by University of Salento in cooperation with Italian and international research institutions. The aims of the project include the recovery, analysis and enhancement of earlier data and an updating of these data with more recent discoveries; all of these have been collected and shown in graphic and cartographic form, to facilitate the outlining of a diachronic picture of the ancient settlement and of its surrounding territory. This study has been devised in such a way as to make it useful not only for scholars, but also as a support for the local municipalities in establishing the guidelines for urban growth and the development of the territory, taking into consideration the preservation of Cultural Heritage and the environment and landscape. The development of this publication has been realised under the auspices of the Laboratory of Classical Archaeology (Department of Cultural Heritage, Università del Salento).
rappresenta un importante risultato cui si giunge dopo
alcuni decenni di ricerche ed opere di tutela e valorizzazione
condotte nell’ambito di una proficua collaborazione tra
enti territoriali, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali e
il Turismo, Università del Salento.
Il Sistema Museale è composto dal Museo Archeologico e
dal Parco dei Guerrieri, frutto dei ritrovamenti effettuati
nelle campagne di scavo dirette dal prof. Francesco
D’Andria, dalle chiese rupestri di S. Maria degli Angeli e
dei Ss. Stefani e, infine, dall’area naturalistica attrezzata
dell’Arboreto didattico. Questo nucleo di beni culturali ed
ambientali è contraddistinto da una segnaletica in magenta,
colore che identifica Poggiardo nell’ambito del SAC,
Sistema Ambientale e Culturale delle Serre Salentine.
La ricchezza del territorio di Poggiardo però non si limita a
questi poli di attrazione, ma comprende chiese e palazzi le
cui vicende storiche si distribuiscono in un arco cronologico
millenario.
Intorno alla metà del VI sec. a.C., ad Oria, sulle pendici di una collina dell’abitato viene impiantato un luogo di culto dedicato a Demetra e la sua frequentazione si protrae fino agli anni ’70 del V sec. a.C.
Lo studio delle sequenze stratigrafiche, l’analisi di oltre 50.000 reperti ed i dati bioarcheologici permettono di ricostruire numerosi aspetti relativi all’area sacra: il rapporto con l’abitato ed il sistema insediativo, l’organizzazione spaziale, l’articolazione del rituale. In particolare l’esame funzionale dei manufatti è stato condotto con l’obiettivo di distinguere utensili ed offerte ed ha portato all’individuazione delle pratiche di abluzione, sacrificio, libagione, cottura delle carni e pasto rituale.
Attraverso una schedatura sistematica del materiale edito e con l’ausilio di strumenti informatici e statistici, che costituiscono un supporto fondamentale ai moderni studi di archeologia, si è tentato di presentare in maniera organica una documentazione complessa ed articolata relativa alle aree indigene dell’Italia meridionale nel periodo compreso tra il IX ed il V sec. a.C.
Sulla base di queste informazioni è possibile sviluppare alcune considerazioni sui principali temi legati al riconoscimento di aree sacre: origine, collocazione topografica, organizzazione spaziale, sacrifici, offerte, divinità.
Reality in Classical Athens, catalogue d’exposition Onassis Cultural
Center, New York, December 10, 2008 – May 9, 2009. 367 p. nombreuses fig.
en couleurs, 22,5 x 30 cm. ISBN : 978-0-9776598-4-5. 35 $
(Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA), New York 2008)