Michele Matteazzi
Università di trento, Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia, Department Member
- Landscape Archaeology, Ancient Topography (Archaeology), GIS and Archaeology, Arqueomorfología, Archaeological GIS, Remote sensing and GIS applications in Landscape Research, and 70 moreLate Antique Archaeology, Geo-spatial analysis with GIS and GPS, GIS and Landscape Archaeology, Archeologia Bizantina, Centuriations, Archaeological Method & Theory, Settlement Patterns, Archaeoastronomy, Remote sensing and GIS, Spatial Analysis, Early Medieval Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Computer Applications & Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Least Cost Path Analysis, Archaeological Fieldwork, Survey (Archaeological Method & Theory), Archaeological field survey, Archaeological Predictive Modeling, Centuriazione romana, Ancient and Roman Roads, Roman roads, Remote Sensing (Archaeology), GIS AND REMOTE SENSING, Archeologia Romana, Topografia Antica, Ancient Topography, Ceramologia, topografia e archeologia del paesaggio, Archeologia dei paesaggi, Excavation Methodology, Archaeomorphology, Late Antiquity, Late Roman Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Iron Age, Archaeology, Viabilita Antica, Spatial Analysis and Predictive Modelling in Archaeology, Ancient Roads, Archaeology of Roads, Uses of aerial photographs for archaeology, Aerial Archaeology, Arqueología, Archeologia, Arqueología del Paisaje, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Classica, Classical Archaeology, Vias Romanas, Call for Papers, Romanization, Phenomenology of Space and Place, Sacred Places, Roman Archaeology, Military Architecture, Hellenistic and Roman Fortifications, Fortified Settlements (Archaeology), Greek, Etruscan and Roman fortifications, Mura Poligonali, Ceramica Romana, Digital Photogrammetry applied to Archaeology, Archaeology of Northern Italy, Archéogeographie, Longobardi archeologia, Pottery (Archaeology), Roman Pottery, Metodologia E Tecnica Dello Scavo Archeologico, Civil Engineering, Archeologia medievale, Roman Architecture, and Ancient Roman economy, trade and commerceedit
- Post-doc researcher with expertise in Landscape Archaeology, Roman Archaeology and Ancient road networksedit
The study is aimed at the analysis of the routes that characterized the Alpine sector known as Tridentinae Alpes during Roman times, trying to highlight the role played by the urban center of Tridentum as an important junction within the... more
The study is aimed at the analysis of the routes that characterized the Alpine sector known as Tridentinae Alpes during Roman times, trying to highlight the role played by the urban center of Tridentum as an important junction within the road network connecting the opposite sides of the Alps; in particular, Decima Regio Italiae with the neighboring provinces of Raetia and Noricum. The attention is particularly focused on the geomorphological features of the Alpine territory and their relationship
with the ancient routes, with the will to detect economic and social reasons and technical skills that both implied and determined design, construction, and evolution of the road network
with the ancient routes, with the will to detect economic and social reasons and technical skills that both implied and determined design, construction, and evolution of the road network
Research Interests: Classical Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Roman roads, Ancient Topography (Archaeology), Archeologia Romana, and 7 moreTopografia Antica, Ancient Roman Topography, Roman Archaeology, Archeologia romana, Topografia antica, Strade Romane, Archeologia Delle Strade, and Strade romane Italia Settentrionale
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The Doss Penede is a limestone hill facing the northern shore of Lake Garda and overlooking the lower valley of the Sarca river and the terrace of Nago, a natural connection, through the Loppio valley, with the middle valley of the Adige... more
The Doss Penede is a limestone hill facing the northern shore of Lake Garda and overlooking the lower valley of the Sarca river and the terrace of Nago, a natural connection, through the Loppio valley, with the middle valley of the Adige river. Ex-cavation at the Doss Penede began in 2019 through a fruitful collaboration between the Township of Nago-Torbole, the Ar-chaeological Heritage Office of the Superintendency of the Autonomous Province of Trento and the Department of Humani-ties of the University of Trento.
Archaeological work highlighted a long-lasting intermittent settlement sequence characterised by three main phases of oc-cupation: the Recent Bronze Age, the Second Iron Age and the Roman period (from the later 1st century BC to the early 4th century AD). On the basis of the data collected in the first four years of excavation, this paper aims to provide an overall picture of the topographical and architectural changes occurred at the site in the two best documented macro-periods – the Second Iron Age and the early and middle Roman Imperial Age – situating them in the broader pre-Alpine and central-eastern Alpine framework. A further aspect that will be investigated concerns the settlement continuity/discontinuity be-tween the latest occupation phase of the Second Iron Age and the reconfiguration and monumentalization process related to the Romanization of the High Garda in the late 1st century BC, when this area was aggregated to the urban center of Bri-xia/Brescia.
Archaeological work highlighted a long-lasting intermittent settlement sequence characterised by three main phases of oc-cupation: the Recent Bronze Age, the Second Iron Age and the Roman period (from the later 1st century BC to the early 4th century AD). On the basis of the data collected in the first four years of excavation, this paper aims to provide an overall picture of the topographical and architectural changes occurred at the site in the two best documented macro-periods – the Second Iron Age and the early and middle Roman Imperial Age – situating them in the broader pre-Alpine and central-eastern Alpine framework. A further aspect that will be investigated concerns the settlement continuity/discontinuity be-tween the latest occupation phase of the Second Iron Age and the reconfiguration and monumentalization process related to the Romanization of the High Garda in the late 1st century BC, when this area was aggregated to the urban center of Bri-xia/Brescia.
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This paper examines the technical aspects of road building in Roman times. After reviewing the available classical written sources dealing with the topic, archaeological data are considered. The reference sample is the road network... more
This paper examines the technical aspects of road building in Roman times. After reviewing the available classical written sources dealing with the topic, archaeological data are considered. The reference sample is the road network developed by the Romans in northern Italy, a territory largely
corresponding to the Republican province of Gallia Cisalpina. The main technical solutions adopted by the Romans in building roads are identifed and discussed, for both urban and rural contexts. The impact of geomorphology upon building techniques is highlighted for different environmental contexts. Finally, developments in building techniques from Republican to Late Roman times are discussed.
corresponding to the Republican province of Gallia Cisalpina. The main technical solutions adopted by the Romans in building roads are identifed and discussed, for both urban and rural contexts. The impact of geomorphology upon building techniques is highlighted for different environmental contexts. Finally, developments in building techniques from Republican to Late Roman times are discussed.
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This paper deals with the application of Geographical Information Systems to landscape archaeological studies and, in particular, with researches that follow an archaeomorphological approach. The study outlines the analytical potential... more
This paper deals with the application of Geographical Information Systems to landscape archaeological studies and, in particular, with researches that follow an archaeomorphological approach. The study outlines the analytical potential especially for studying ancient land divisions. The case study presented here, drawn from a Phd project, is specifically dealing with the contribution that such Systems can bring to the archaeomorphological study of a wide stretch of the alluvial plain extended to the south of the city of Padua, with the Venice Lagoon to the east and the Euganei Hills to the west (Fig. 1): in this area, the analysis of landscape features highlights the traces of ancient territorial structures organized by orthogonal axes. We think they could be recognised as land divisions carried out during Roman times
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Archaeological GIS, Topography of Ancient Rome (Archaeology), and 10 moreArcheologia, GIS and Landscape Archaeology, Centuriatio, Archeologia Classica, Archeologia Romana, Topografia Antica, Archaeomorphology, Centuriations, Centuriazione romana, and Roman Archaeology
Begun in 2019, the excavation project at the pre-Roman and Roman hilltop-site at the Doss Penede (Nago, TN) in the High Lake Garda is the result of a fruitful collaboration among the Department of Humanities of the University of Trento,... more
Begun in 2019, the excavation project at the pre-Roman and Roman hilltop-site at the Doss Penede (Nago, TN) in the High Lake Garda is the result of a fruitful collaboration among the Department of Humanities of the University of Trento, the Superintendency for Cultural Heritage of the Autonomous Province of Trento and the Township of Nago-Torbole. The site has been known since the early 1990s when its outstanding buildings attracted local interest. However, no stratigraphic investigation has been promoted until 2019, when the site was chosen as the first case-study of a wider project aimed at analysing patterns of change occurred at settlements, economy and the cultural landscape between the second Iron Age and the late Roman period in the area of the High Garda Lake and the Sarca valley. The first excavation season, whose results are presented and discussed in this paper, uncovered a well-planned hilltop site characterised by a system of parallel large terrace-walls linked by monumental staircases and butted by buildings of various functions. Occupied uninterruptedly between the second Iron Age and the 3rd-4th centuries AD, the site likely experienced a process of monumentalisation in the early Roman period. The Doss Penede is a quintessential example of the resilience of pre-roman hilltop sites at the time of Romanisation of Cisalpine Gaul.
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Il libro, frutto degli studi dell'autore effettuati durante il suo PhD in Archeologia e perfezionati negli anni successivi, presenta un'indagine a carattere territoriale di un tratto della bassa pianura veneta che si... more
Il libro, frutto degli studi dell'autore effettuati durante il suo PhD in Archeologia e perfezionati negli anni successivi, presenta un'indagine a carattere territoriale di un tratto della bassa pianura veneta che si estende a sud della città di Padova, tra i Colli Euganei e il bacino meridionale della Laguna di Venezia. L'interesse è principalmente rivolto alla ricostruzione del paesaggio di epoca romana, analizzato attraverso una metodologia fondamentalmente basata sui principi teorici dell' Archeologia del Paesaggio e sviluppata secondo un approccio di tipo archeomorfologico. Dopo averne definito i caratteri essenziali (sia naturali sia antropici), vengono considerati e analizzati i diversi cambi avvenuti nella sua strutturazione durante il periodo di dominazione romana, compreso tra l'arrivo degli stessi Romani all'inizio del II sec. a.C. e il VI sec. d.C., ovvero quando la guerra greco-gotica (535-553) e la calata dei Longobardi (568) posero fine ad ogni velleità di dominio da parte dell'Impero Romano d'Oriente. This book, originally based on the author's PhD research and revised in the years following, presents a regional study focusing on a stretch of low Venetian plain south of the city of Padua, between the Euganei Hills and the southern basin of the Venetian Lagoon. The primary goal of this research is the reconstruction of the Roman landscape, which is analysed through a methodology based on the theoretical precepts of Landscape Archaeology and developed following an archaeomorphological approach. After its essential features (both natural and anthropic) have been defined, changes and transformations in its structure are evaluated, as they occurred during the period of Roman domination, between their arrival at the beginning of the 2nd c. BC and the 6th c. AD; that is, the point at which the Gothic war (535-553) and the arrival of the Lombards (568) put an end to any desire for domination of the region on the part of the Eastern Roman Empire. https://www.barpublishing.com/il-paesaggio-trasformato.html
Research Interests: Geography, Classical Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Roman roads, GIS and Landscape Archaeology, and 10 moreViabilita Antica, Archeologia Classica, Archeologia Romana, Archaeomorphology, Centuriations, Archeologia del paesaggio, Centuriazione romana, Roman Archaeology, Strade Romane, and Ancient and Roman Roads
This paper deals with the analysis of the ancient road network around the city of Padua, attempts to reconstruct its morphology and to define its genesis and development between the second Iron Age and Late Antiquity (6th/5th cent. BC to... more
This paper deals with the analysis of the ancient road network around the city of Padua, attempts to reconstruct its morphology and to define its genesis and development between the second Iron Age and Late Antiquity (6th/5th cent. BC to 6th cent. AD). The study follows a methodological approach that today we define as „archaeomorphological“, first proposed by E. Vion in the late 1980s. By applying this methodology to the Paduan territory, it was possible to identify a series of routes of probable ancient origin radially converging toward the center of Roman Patavium, and linking it to other urban centers in the region and to the minor centers located within its ager. The presence of Iron Age settlements along the path of many of these routes suggests that the development of such a road network likely begins in pre-Roman times, which also highlights the ancient strategic importance of Padua and its territory as a fundamental junction between the center and the North-East of the Ital...
Research Interests: Classical Archaeology, Computer Science, Landscape Archaeology, Roman roads, Ancient Topography, and 15 moreArqueomorfología, Arqueología del Paisaje, Archeologia Classica, Archeologia Romana, Topografia Antica, Arqueología del paisaje y arqueomorfología, Archaeomorphology, Archeologia del paesaggio, Ancient Roman Topography, Roman Archaeology, Strade Romane, Topografia Italia Antica, Ancient and Roman Roads, Open Archaeology, and Topografia e archeologia del paesaggio
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The paper proposes some considerations about the Roman road network once characterized the territory to the North-West of Vicenza, seen here as natural link (both physical and cultural) between lowlands and highlands. Therefore, through a... more
The paper proposes some considerations about the Roman road network once characterized the territory to the North-West of Vicenza, seen here as natural link (both physical and cultural) between lowlands and highlands. Therefore, through a methodological work out that follows an archaeomorphological approach, we will try to identify and reconstruct the ancient road network that defined this stretch of high plain, constituting an important communication system to and from the Roman town of Vicetia (Vicenza) as well as the backbone around which the current rural landscape was shaped over time.
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Research Interests: Landscape Archaeology, Archaeological GIS, Ancient Topography (Archaeology), Land allotment and field systems, GIS and Landscape Archaeology, and 11 moreAncient Topography, Arqueología del Paisaje, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Classica, Archeologia Romana, Topografia Antica, Archaeomorphology, Centuriations, Centuriazione romana, Roman Archaeology, and GIS
Begun in 2019, the excavation project at the pre-Roman and Roman hilltop-site at the Doss Penede (Nago, TN) in the Upper Garda is the result of a fruitful collaboration among the Department of Humanities of the University of Trento, the... more
Begun in 2019, the excavation project at the pre-Roman and Roman hilltop-site at the Doss Penede (Nago, TN) in the Upper Garda is the result of a fruitful collaboration among the Department of Humanities of the University of Trento, the Superintendency for Cultural Heritage of the Autonomous Province of Trento and the Township of Nago-Torbole. The site has been known since the early 1990s when its outstanding buildings attracted local interest. However, no strati-graphic investigation has been promoted until 2019, when the site was chosen as the first case-study of a wider project aimed at analysing patterns of change occurred at settlements, economy and the cultural landscape between the sec-ond Iron Age and the late Roman period in the area of the High Garda Lake and the Sarca valley. The first excavation season, whose results are presented and discussed in this paper, uncovered a well-planned hilltop site characterised by a system of parallel large terrace-walls linked by monumental staircases and butted by buildings of various functions. Occupied uninterruptedly between the second Iron Age and the 3rd-4th centuries AD, the site likely experienced a process of monumentalisation in the early Roman period. The Doss Penede is a quintessential example of the resilience of pre-roman hilltop sites at the time of Romanisation of Cisalpine Gaul.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Archeologia, Coins finds as archaeological artefacts, Archeologia Preromana, and 5 moreContextual Numismatics, Coins and Archaeology, Archaeological Theory, LiDAR for Landscape Archaeology, Archeologia Romana, Doss Penede (Nago, TN) , and Roman hilltop-site
This paper focuses on the results of the first excavation campaign conducted in 2019 by the University of Trento at the Rhaetian-Roman settlement of Doss Penede in Nago (Upper Garda area), a settlement known to archaeologists since the... more
This paper focuses on the results of the first excavation campaign conducted in 2019 by the University of
Trento at the Rhaetian-Roman settlement of Doss Penede in Nago (Upper Garda area), a settlement known
to archaeologists since the 1990’s but till now never subjected to specific scientific investigation. The research
stems from the cooperation among the Department of Humanities of the University of Trento, the Councillorship
for Cultural Assets of the Autonomous Province of Trento and the municipality of Nago-Torbole (Trento),
a synergy that has given rise to the Doss Penede Project, a study project that brings together researchers
coming from Italian and international institutions and that envisages, in addition to the stratigraphic survey
of the site, the valorisation of the structures brought to light in order to create an archaeological site that can
be visited by the general public
Trento at the Rhaetian-Roman settlement of Doss Penede in Nago (Upper Garda area), a settlement known
to archaeologists since the 1990’s but till now never subjected to specific scientific investigation. The research
stems from the cooperation among the Department of Humanities of the University of Trento, the Councillorship
for Cultural Assets of the Autonomous Province of Trento and the municipality of Nago-Torbole (Trento),
a synergy that has given rise to the Doss Penede Project, a study project that brings together researchers
coming from Italian and international institutions and that envisages, in addition to the stratigraphic survey
of the site, the valorisation of the structures brought to light in order to create an archaeological site that can
be visited by the general public
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This paper focus on the high plain district located to the north of the city of Vicenza, delimited by the Prealpi Vicentine reliefs and defined by the Bacchiglione and Astico-Tésina Rivers. Its peculiar geomorphological conformation, that... more
This paper focus on the high plain district located to the north of the city of Vicenza, delimited
by the Prealpi Vicentine reliefs and defined by the Bacchiglione and Astico-Tésina Rivers. Its
peculiar geomorphological conformation, that marks in a rather clear way the transition between
plain and mountain, has favoured since ancient times its recognition as a borderland: first between
the Veneti and Reti people and then the civitates of Vicetia, Verona, Tridentum and Feltria,
passing through the medieval and modern age, becoming an important border district between
the Republic of Venice and the German Empire and between the Kingdom of Italy and the Austro-
Hungarian Empire. During the contemporary era, it is the official border between Veneto and
Trentino-Alto Adige Regions. This paper aims to contribute to the study of the rural landscape of
this borderland by identifying its ancient structuring and by reconstructing its possible evolution
during Late Iron Age and Roman Age.
by the Prealpi Vicentine reliefs and defined by the Bacchiglione and Astico-Tésina Rivers. Its
peculiar geomorphological conformation, that marks in a rather clear way the transition between
plain and mountain, has favoured since ancient times its recognition as a borderland: first between
the Veneti and Reti people and then the civitates of Vicetia, Verona, Tridentum and Feltria,
passing through the medieval and modern age, becoming an important border district between
the Republic of Venice and the German Empire and between the Kingdom of Italy and the Austro-
Hungarian Empire. During the contemporary era, it is the official border between Veneto and
Trentino-Alto Adige Regions. This paper aims to contribute to the study of the rural landscape of
this borderland by identifying its ancient structuring and by reconstructing its possible evolution
during Late Iron Age and Roman Age.
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Begun in 2019, the excavation project at the pre-Roman and Roman hilltop-site at the Doss Penede (Nago, TN) in the High Lake Garda is the result of a fruitful collaboration among the Department of Humanities of the University of Trento,... more
Begun in 2019, the excavation project at the pre-Roman and Roman hilltop-site at the Doss Penede (Nago, TN) in the High Lake Garda is the result of a fruitful collaboration among the Department of Humanities of the University of Trento, the Superintendency for Cultural Heritage of the Autonomous Province of Trento and the Township of Nago-Torbole. The site has been known since the early 1990s when its outstanding buildings attracted local interest. However, no stratigraphic investigation has been promoted until 2019, when the site was chosen as the first case-study of a wider project aimed at analysing patterns of change occurred at settlements, economy and the cultural landscape between the second Iron Age and the late Roman period in the area of the High Garda Lake and the Sarca valley. The first excavation season, whose results are presented and discussed in this paper, uncovered a well-planned hilltop site characterised by a system of parallel large terrace-walls linked by monumental staircases and butted by buildings of various functions. Occupied uninterruptedly between the second Iron Age and the 3rd-4th centuries AD, the site likely experienced a process of monumentalisation in the early Roman period. The Doss Penede is a quintessential example of the resilience of pre-roman hilltop sites at the time of Romanisation of Cisalpine Gaul.
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The archaeological investigations carried out between 2010 and 2016 in the southwestern part of the Roman colonia of Parma, today lying between via del Conservatorio and piazzale Boito, allowed the analysis of settlement dynamics and the... more
The archaeological investigations carried out between 2010 and 2016 in the southwestern part of the Roman colonia of Parma, today lying between via del Conservatorio and piazzale Boito, allowed the analysis of settlement dynamics and the urbanization processes of this urban area between the Second Iron age and Late Antiquity. In particular, the excavations brought to light a part of a minor urban kardo and a series of porticoed buildings (domus) overlooking it; above all, they highlighted an articulated network of wastewater pipelines, formed by a series of minor collectors confluent into a main duct lying below the cobbled pavement of the road. Based on stratigraphic data, archaeological finds and differences in construction techniques, it was possible to identify at least three important phases of life of this sewage system, to be placed respectively: in the Augustan age, when the system was realized ex novo; in the middle imperial age (3rd century AD), when the entire network of collectors was completely redefined; at the end of the 4th century AD, when it was definitively defunctionalized and abandoned.
Therefore, through the integration of the data collected during the archaeological excavations with the findings previously carried out within the city, we tried to find some common elements useful for a definition and a better understanding of the wastewater disposa system in Parma during Roman times.
Therefore, through the integration of the data collected during the archaeological excavations with the findings previously carried out within the city, we tried to find some common elements useful for a definition and a better understanding of the wastewater disposa system in Parma during Roman times.
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This paper deals with the analysis of the ancient road network around the city of Padua, attempts to reconstruct its morphology and to define its genesis and development between the second Iron Age and Late Antiquity (6th/5th cent. BC to... more
This paper deals with the analysis of the ancient road network around the city of Padua, attempts to reconstruct its morphology and to define its genesis and development between the second Iron Age and Late Antiquity (6th/5th cent. BC to 6th cent. AD). The study follows a methodological approach that today we define as " archaeomorphological " , first proposed by E. Vion in the late 1980s. By applying this methodology to the Paduan territory, it was possible to identify a series of routes of probable ancient origin radially converging toward the center of Roman Patavium, and linking it to other urban centers in the region and to the minor centers located within its ager. The presence of Iron Age settlements along the path of many of these routes suggests that the development of such a road network likely begins in pre-Roman times, which also highlights the ancient strategic importance of Padua and its territory as a fundamental junction between the center and the NorthEast of the Italian peninsula. On the other hand, the Roman road network somehow survived into the Late Antiqueand Early Medieval times, always influencing the distribution of settlements and the orientation of churches, until it was for the greater part restored by the Commune of Padua over the 13th century.
Research Interests: Classical Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Roman roads, Ancient Topography (Archaeology), Ancient Topography, and 18 moreArqueomorfología, Arqueología del Paisaje, Viabilita Antica, Ceramologia, topografia e archeologia del paesaggio, Archeologia Classica, Archeologia Romana, Topografia Antica, Arqueología del paisaje y arqueomorfología, vias romanas; calzadas; caminos; via; Hispania; ingenieria romana; puente romano; presas romanas; acueductos romanos; acueducto romano; roman roads; roman bridges; roman engineering; roman dams; viae; pontes; aque; saeptum; portus; urbes; traianus, Archaeomorphology, Archeologia del paesaggio, Ancient Roman Topography, Roman Archaeology, Archeologia romana, Topografia antica, Strade Romane, Topografia Italia Antica, Ancient and Roman Roads, and Topografia e archeologia del paesaggio
Since the ’80s of the last century, the study of aerial photographs revealed, over the territory extended between Rovigo and Adria, the existence of an agrarian division that today is reasonably believed to be an example of Roman... more
Since the ’80s of the last century, the study of aerial photographs revealed, over the
territory extended between Rovigo and Adria, the existence of an agrarian division that
today is reasonably believed to be an example of Roman centuriation modulated over
centuriae of 27x27 actus. Now, thanks to the results of the archaeomorphological analysis
we carried out on the territory once belonging to the Roman municipium of Atria, a new
contribution has been brought to the study of that ancient centuriated landscape.
territory extended between Rovigo and Adria, the existence of an agrarian division that
today is reasonably believed to be an example of Roman centuriation modulated over
centuriae of 27x27 actus. Now, thanks to the results of the archaeomorphological analysis
we carried out on the territory once belonging to the Roman municipium of Atria, a new
contribution has been brought to the study of that ancient centuriated landscape.
Research Interests: Classical Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Centuriazione, Arqueomorfología, Arqueología del Paisaje, and 13 moreCeramologia, topografia e archeologia del paesaggio, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Classica, Archeologia Romana, Topografia Antica, Archaeomorphology, Centuriations, Archeologia del paesaggio, Arqueologia Del Paisaje, Centuriazione romana, Roman Archaeology, Archeologia romana, Topografia antica, and Topografia e archeologia del paesaggio
In this paper we analyse the contribution that archaeomorfological analysis of road networks can bring to the study of landscape dynamics, fo-cusing on the study case of the low Venetian plain between Padua and Rovigo. Methodologically,... more
In this paper we analyse the contribution that archaeomorfological analysis of road networks can bring to the study of landscape dynamics, fo-cusing on the study case of the low Venetian plain between Padua and Rovigo. Methodologically, we found our work on a study published by Eric Vion in 1989 where, for the first time, the Swiss scholar defended the importance of the morphological study of communication routes to understand the historical evolution of a territory. By applying the basic principles of this method, we have analysed the territory in order to highlight its main evolutionary stages. So we could establish that, after a series of interventions dating back to Protohistoric times, the first real large-scale landscape structuration was carried out by the Romans, initially (second century BC) by drafting a series of extra regional routes designed to connect the northernmost colony of Aquileia with the southern strongholds of Ariminum, Mutina, and Bononia and, later (first century BC-first century AD), by implementing the road network through the realization of new routes and at least three different centuriated field systems in the territories controlled by Patavium, Ateste and Atria. With the fall of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity, all these infrastructures had to be partly abandoned and partly re-functionalized by seconding the changed needs of the rural population. Around the 10th century, it seems possible to date the first setting of a series of so-called radial systems that deeply modify the previous centurial infrastructures, while between 11th and 13th centuries, a series of interventions on the road network were promoted by the city of Pad-ua. Finally, from fifteenth to eighteenth century, new interventions (construction of new roads and channels and reclamation works) were carried out, especially in the lagoon area, by the government of Venice Republic.
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The paper deals with the contribution of Landscape Archaeology to the study of a wide stretch of low plain that extends south of the city of Padua, between Euganei Hills and Venice Lagoon. Following an archaeomorphological approach and... more
The paper deals with the contribution of Landscape Archaeology to the study of a wide stretch of low plain that
extends south of the city of Padua, between Euganei Hills and Venice Lagoon. Following an
archaeomorphological approach and through the integrated analysis of geomorphological, archaeological and
historical data, beside a photo- and carto-interpretation work carried out by exploiting the numerous
possibilities offered by GIS, the study tries to understand the complex relationship mankind-landscape
established within this area during Roman times.
extends south of the city of Padua, between Euganei Hills and Venice Lagoon. Following an
archaeomorphological approach and through the integrated analysis of geomorphological, archaeological and
historical data, beside a photo- and carto-interpretation work carried out by exploiting the numerous
possibilities offered by GIS, the study tries to understand the complex relationship mankind-landscape
established within this area during Roman times.
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Here we present the results of the archaeomorphological analysis carried out in the coastal plain that extends to the south of the city of Padua. This study aims, through the integrated use of archaeological, historical and... more
Here we present the results of the archaeomorphological analysis carried out in the coastal plain that extends to the south of the city of Padua. This study aims, through the integrated use of archaeological, historical and paleoenvironmental data and thanks to the possibilities today offered by Geographic Information Systems, to analyze the possible structuring of the territory in the Roman period, trying in particular to better define the characteristics of the centuriated landscape which characterised the plain at the time.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Land allotment and field systems, Archeologia, Ancient Topography, and 11 moreCenturiatio, Arqueología del Paisaje, Arqueología romana, Archeologia Romana, Topografia Antica, Archaeomorphology, Centuriations, Archeologia del paesaggio, Centuriazione romana, Roman Archaeology, and Archeologia romana, Topografia antica
Il contributo propone lo studio di un ampio tratto della bassa pianura veneta che si estende a sud della città di Padova, tra i Colli Euganei e la Laguna di Venezia. L'indagine ha preso avvio dai principi espressi dall'Archeologia del... more
Il contributo propone lo studio di un ampio tratto della bassa pianura veneta che si estende a sud della città di Padova, tra i Colli Euganei e la Laguna di Venezia. L'indagine ha preso avvio dai principi espressi dall'Archeologia del Paesaggio, sviluppandosi poi secondo un approccio di tipo archeomorfologico. Attraverso quindi un lavoro di fotointerpretazione e cartointerpretazione e una serie di analisi topografiche effettuate sfruttando le ampie possibilità attualmente offerte dai GIS, insieme all'analisi integrata di dati geomorfologici, archeologici e storici, lo studio ha permesso di ricostruire l'antica rete viaria del territorio e, in particolare, di individuare le tracce di strutture territoriali organizzate secondo assi ortogonali che si ritiene di poter riferire a interventi di centuriazione di epoca romana.
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Nowadays marked by the presence of the southern basin of the Venice Lagoon, the littoral plain that extends south of the city of Padua was especially known in ancient times for the paludes that characterized it and, above all, cause it... more
Nowadays marked by the presence of the southern basin of the Venice Lagoon, the littoral plain that extends south of the city of Padua was especially known in ancient times for the paludes that characterized it and, above all, cause it was part of the broad delta of the river Padus (Po). It is a geomorphologically very complex area, with a landscape that over the millennia has undergone deep changes and transformations, both by natural agents and human action, that was very intense and evident from Roman times. Via the integrated reading of archaeological, historical and palaeoenvironmental data, this paper tries to reconstruct the dynamics that, between the IIIrd century B.C. and VIth century A.D., have characterized the human occupation of the plain by settlement and land use point of view.
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The paper deals with the application of Geographical Information Systems to landscape archaeological studies and, in particular, with their use in those researches that follow an archaeomorphological approach, outlining their analytical... more
The paper deals with the application of Geographical Information Systems to landscape archaeological studies and, in particular, with their use in those researches that follow an archaeomorphological approach, outlining their analytical potential especially for what concerns the study of ancient land divisions. The case study presented here, is specifically about the contribution that such Systems can bring to the archaeomorphological study of a wide stretch of the alluvial plain extended to the south of the city of Padua: in this area, the analysis of landscape morphologies highlights the traces of ancient territorial structurations organized by orthogonal axes that could be recognised as land divisions carried out during Roman times.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Archaeological GIS, Ancient Topography (Archaeology), and 10 moreArcheologia, GIS and Landscape Archaeology, Centuriatio, Archeologia Classica, Archeologia Romana, Topografia Antica, Archaeomorphology, Centuriations, Centuriazione romana, and Roman Archaeology
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Research Interests: Archaeology, Roman roads, Ancient Topography (Archaeology), Archeologia, Arqueología, and 10 moreArchaeology of Roads, Ancient Topography, Ancient Roads, Viabilita Antica, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Topografia Antica, Construction techniques of Roman roads, Roman Archaeology, and Ancient and Roman Roads
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Research Interests: Landscape Archaeology, Archaeological GIS, Ancient Topography (Archaeology), GIS and Landscape Archaeology, Ancient Topography, and 10 moreArqueología del Paisaje, Ceramologia, topografia e archeologia del paesaggio, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Classica, Archeologia Romana, Topografia Antica, Archaeomorphology, Centuriations, Centuriazione romana, and Roman Archaeology
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The upper Lagarina valley, as the southern sector of the Adige valley is best known, has always played a fundamental role within the Alpine communications system. Therefore, it is not a coincidence if archaeological data testify a human... more
The upper Lagarina valley, as the southern sector of the Adige valley is best known, has always played a fundamental role within the Alpine communications system. Therefore, it is not a coincidence if archaeological data testify a human presence since prehistoric times; a
presence which seems to have found a special pole of attraction in the area of the present-day city of Rovereto, likely heir to a Roman vicus established where Vallarsa and Adige valleys meet and, above all, to the Lombard civitas of Lagaris, by which the valley got its name. With
this paper we therefore want to propose an integrated reading of the contemporary landscape, trying to detect the traces referable to its most ancient structuring and to understand its evolution over time. Starting from the landscape as we perceive it today, and through a diachronic reading of both anthropic and natural features that define its current appearance, we try to identify the different actions that over time, between Late Iron Age and Lombard period, were responsible for its definition. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the current road network, the axes of which constitute the anthropic morphology that most strongly affects the landscape shaping.
presence which seems to have found a special pole of attraction in the area of the present-day city of Rovereto, likely heir to a Roman vicus established where Vallarsa and Adige valleys meet and, above all, to the Lombard civitas of Lagaris, by which the valley got its name. With
this paper we therefore want to propose an integrated reading of the contemporary landscape, trying to detect the traces referable to its most ancient structuring and to understand its evolution over time. Starting from the landscape as we perceive it today, and through a diachronic reading of both anthropic and natural features that define its current appearance, we try to identify the different actions that over time, between Late Iron Age and Lombard period, were responsible for its definition. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the current road network, the axes of which constitute the anthropic morphology that most strongly affects the landscape shaping.
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Thesis list of contents, abstracts (Italian, Spanish, English), introduction, methodologic chapter, conclusions and bibliography
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Settlement Patterns, Archaeological GIS, and 12 moreRemote sensing and GIS applications in Landscape Research, Ancient Topography (Archaeology), Ancient Topography, Arqueología del Paisaje, Ceramologia, topografia e archeologia del paesaggio, Archeologia Romana, Topografia Antica, Archaeomorphology, Centuriations, Archeologia del paesaggio, Centuriazione romana, and Roman Archaeology
Talk held in Campagna Lupia (Venezia) on 14th June 2013. With Giulio Carraro
Talk held in Oriago di Mira (Venezia) on 25th May 2012
Talk held in Arzergrande (Padova) on 28th September 2012
Paper presented at the talk "Insediamenti Umani nella Bassa Padovana dalla Preistoria al Medioevo" held in S. Salvaro di Urbana (Padova), on 12th March 2011
Poster presented at LAC 2014 (Rome, 17th-20th September 2014)
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Paper presented at "Landscape Experience in Antiquity. Costruire. Ridefinire. Abitare", conference held at the Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" (15th-17th May 2019)
Paper presented at the V Convegno Nazionale dei Giovani Archeologi
held in Catania (23rd-26th May 2013)
held in Catania (23rd-26th May 2013)
Paper presented at the 40th Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology held in Southampton,(UK) from 26th to 29th March 2012
Conference poster
Il libro, frutto degli studi dell'autore effettuati durante il suo PhD in Archeologia e perfezionati negli anni successivi, presenta un'indagine a carattere territoriale di un tratto della bassa pianura veneta che si estende a sud della... more
Il libro, frutto degli studi dell'autore effettuati durante il suo PhD in Archeologia e perfezionati negli anni successivi, presenta un'indagine a carattere territoriale di un tratto della bassa pianura veneta che si estende a sud della città di Padova, tra i Colli Euganei e il bacino meridionale della Laguna di Venezia. L'interesse è principalmente rivolto alla ricostruzione del paesaggio di epoca romana, analizzato attraverso una metodologia fondamentalmente basata sui principi teorici dell' Archeologia del Paesaggio e sviluppata secondo un approccio di tipo archeomorfologico. Dopo averne definito i caratteri essenziali (sia naturali sia antropici), vengono considerati e analizzati i diversi cambi avvenuti nella sua strutturazione durante il periodo di dominazione romana, compreso tra l'arrivo degli stessi Romani all'inizio del II sec. a.C. e il VI sec. d.C., ovvero quando la guerra greco-gotica (535-553) e la calata dei Longobardi (568) posero fine ad ogni velleità di dominio da parte dell'Impero Romano d'Oriente.
This book, originally based on the author's PhD research and revised in the years following, presents a regional study focusing on a stretch of low Venetian plain south of the city of Padua, between the Euganei Hills and the southern basin of the Venetian Lagoon. The primary goal of this research is the reconstruction of the Roman landscape, which is analysed through a methodology based on the theoretical precepts of Landscape Archaeology and developed following an archaeomorphological approach. After its essential features (both natural and anthropic) have been defined, changes and transformations in its structure are evaluated, as they occurred during the period of Roman domination, between their arrival at the beginning of the 2nd c. BC and the 6th c. AD; that is, the point at which the Gothic war (535-553) and the arrival of the Lombards (568) put an end to any desire for domination of the region on the part of the Eastern Roman Empire.
https://www.barpublishing.com/il-paesaggio-trasformato.html
This book, originally based on the author's PhD research and revised in the years following, presents a regional study focusing on a stretch of low Venetian plain south of the city of Padua, between the Euganei Hills and the southern basin of the Venetian Lagoon. The primary goal of this research is the reconstruction of the Roman landscape, which is analysed through a methodology based on the theoretical precepts of Landscape Archaeology and developed following an archaeomorphological approach. After its essential features (both natural and anthropic) have been defined, changes and transformations in its structure are evaluated, as they occurred during the period of Roman domination, between their arrival at the beginning of the 2nd c. BC and the 6th c. AD; that is, the point at which the Gothic war (535-553) and the arrival of the Lombards (568) put an end to any desire for domination of the region on the part of the Eastern Roman Empire.
https://www.barpublishing.com/il-paesaggio-trasformato.html
Research Interests: Classical Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Roman roads, GIS and Landscape Archaeology, Viabilita Antica, and 11 moreCeramologia, topografia e archeologia del paesaggio, Landscape Archaeology, Field Archaeology, Archaeological GIS, Archeologia Classica, Archeologia Romana, Archaeomorphology, Centuriations, Archeologia del paesaggio, Centuriazione romana, Roman Archaeology, Strade Romane, and Ancient and Roman Roads
La progettazione di un mondo eco-sostenibile, che sappia convivere con l'ambiente circostante rispettando gli equilibri ecologici, è una delle sfide delle comunità contemporanee, non a caso è tra le linee guida di Horizon 2020. La terza... more
La progettazione di un mondo eco-sostenibile, che sappia convivere con l'ambiente circostante rispettando gli equilibri ecologici, è una delle sfide delle comunità contemporanee, non a caso è tra le linee guida di Horizon 2020. La terza edizione di Landscape vuole tentare di declinare questa tematica nell'antichità, cercando di comprendere il livello di consapevolezza ecologica delle società antiche ed evidenziando quali sono state le scelte politiche ed economiche attuate tenendo in considerazione la componente ambientale. Il convegno, organizzato in collaborazione con l'Università di Bologna e la Consulta di Topografia Antica, si terrà tra il 5 ed il 6 maggio 2022 a Bologna e Ravenna.
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La progettazione di un mondo eco-sostenibile, che sappia convivere con l'ambiente circostante rispettando gli equilibri ecologici, è una delle sfide delle comunità contemporanee, non a caso è tra le linee guida di Horizon 2020. La... more
La progettazione di un mondo eco-sostenibile, che sappia convivere con l'ambiente circostante rispettando gli equilibri ecologici, è una delle sfide delle comunità contemporanee, non a caso è tra le linee guida di Horizon 2020.
La terza edizione di Landscape vuole tentare di declinare questa tematica nell'antichità, cercando di comprendere il livello di consapevolezza ecologica delle società antiche ed evidenziando quali sono state le scelte politiche ed economiche attuate tenendo in considerazione la componente ambientale.
Il convegno, organizzato in collaborazione con l'Università di Bologna e la Consulta di Topografia Antica, si terrà tra il 5 ed il 6 maggio 2022 a Bologna e Ravenna.
La terza edizione di Landscape vuole tentare di declinare questa tematica nell'antichità, cercando di comprendere il livello di consapevolezza ecologica delle società antiche ed evidenziando quali sono state le scelte politiche ed economiche attuate tenendo in considerazione la componente ambientale.
Il convegno, organizzato in collaborazione con l'Università di Bologna e la Consulta di Topografia Antica, si terrà tra il 5 ed il 6 maggio 2022 a Bologna e Ravenna.