UMR 7299 Centre Camille Jullian - MMSH

Terzo dei quattro QDAP (nn. 10-13) dedicati alla memoria di Fabiola Ardizzone da un folto gruppo di colleghi e allievi. Gli argomenti trattati sono stati suddivisi per tematiche: 1. Epigrafia e Storia; 2. Scavi, Topografia e Archeologia del paesaggio; 3. Ceramica; 4. Varie.

ISBN 978-88-99751-44-9 - ebook PDF - pp. 262

The “Harvesting Memories” project aims to address diachronic change in landscape and settlement patterns during the long-term in the area of Sicani Mountains in Central-West Sicily (Italy). This area is a sort of palimpsest of Mediterranean inland areas characterized by a long-term occupation of low-lying lands suitable for agriculture and hills for pastoral activities. The settlement dynamics of this inner area are well documented in the archaeological sequence of the hill-top site of Contrada Castro. Recent excavation (spring 2017) showed dry-stone structures related to Islamic and Norman period (9th-12th c. AD), a Byzantine infant burial (7th-8th c. AD) and evidence (layer of morphology regularization and pottery) connected to an archaic indigenous settlement (6th-5th c. BC). The investigation of this new rural site research provided relevant insights of longue durée patterns in hilltop settlements of Sicily between Antiquity and Middle Ages.

Castrorao Barba A., Miccichè R., Pisciotta F., Marino P., Bazan G., Aleo Nero C., Vassallo S., Un nuovo insediamento rurale nel territorio dei Monti Sicani tra epoca bizantina e normanna: dati preliminari sul sito di lunga durata di Contrada Castro (Corleone, PA), in F. Sogliani, B. Gargiulo, E. Annunziata, V. Vitale (a cura di), VIII Congresso Nazionale di Archeologia Medievale, Volume 2, Sezione III Territorio e Paesaggio, All'Insegna del Giglio, Firenze, 2018, ISBN: 9788878148673, pp. 254-258

Afterlife of hill-top settlements in Sicily between Antiquity and the Middle Ages: the excavation in Contrada Castro (Corleone, Palermo), by
Dr. Angelo Castrorao Barba (University of Palermo); Roberto Miccichè (University of Palermo); Filippo Pisciotta (University of Palermo); Giuseppe Bazan (University of Palermo); Carla Aleo Nero (Soprintendenza BB.CC.AA. of Palermo); Stefano Vassallo (Soprintendenza BB.CC.AA. of Palermo); Pasquale Marino (Bona Furtuna LLC); Steve Luczo (Bona Furtuna LLC).

The development of hill-top sites or sites in at locations that are optimal for controlling valleys and defendable is a phenomenon that characterised many parts of Sicily between the archaic and the Hellenistic periods. The discovery of a new site in Contrada Castro (Corleone, Palermo) paves the way for new knowledge of the dynamics of settlement patterns in Sicilian rural landscapes in a long-term perspective. The first period of occupation of the elevated plateau of Contrada Castro is attested by the late archaic period probably related to the presence of a rural community linked to the exploitation of agro-pastoral resources. A shift in settlement pattern with the rise of agglomerated hill-top settlements during the Early Middle Ages is a global phenomenon that is also documented in the Sicilian landscape. The excavation in Contrada Castro, carried out with in the “Harvesting Memories” focused on Ecology and Archaeology of Sicani Mountains landscapes, showed a clear case of re-establishment of an ancient site located in hilly position between Byzantine, Islamic and Norman periods (7th – 12th c. CE). The site of Contrada Castro could reflect the dynamics of a rise in hill-top settlement in changed socio-economic contexts that marked a shift compared to the Roman villa system and the later phase characterised by the emergence of large villages/agro-towns that were probably related to Church estates. The investigation of this new rural site provided insight into longue durée patterns at hilltop rural settlements in Sicily between Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

"Les terres cuites de Mégara Hyblaea, méthode de restitution: module, géométrie et proportion", par A. Varraz, dans le cadre des séminaires de l'IRAA. Vendredi 26 mai 2018 à 10h, saplle Paul Albert Février, Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l'homme, 5, rue du Château de l'horloge,
13094 Aix-en-Provence,

Inscrit dans le programme de rénovation du centre-ville de Toulon, le projet de construction d’un immeuble d’habitation à l’angle des rues Pierre Sémard et du Bon Pasteur a entraîné, courant 2010, la réalisation d’un diagnostic archéologique confié à l’INRAP (Conche 2010) puis celle d'une fouille préventive couvrant une superficie totale de 250 m²1.
L'opération2, menée par le Centre Archéologique du Var entre mai et août 2012, s'est déroulée sous la maîtrise d'ouvrage de la société Var Aménagement Développement.