Dinamiche Insediative Nel Territorio Di Canicattini Bagni E Nel Bacino Di Alimentazione Del Torrente Cavadonna (Siracusa) Tra AntichitA E Medioevo (2802) (Bar International Series) (Italian Edition)

This volume is the result of a researchproject that, since 2008, has had the objective of studying and understandingthe spatial planning and dynamics of rural settlements located in the catchmentof the River Cavadonna (south-eastern Sicily) between Late Antiquity and theMiddle Ages. The new archaeological and topographical data that has emergedfrom recent surveys, along with a preliminary review of documentary sources andplace names, together with a preliminary census of all archaeological evidence knownthrough the scientific literature and local erudition, may contribute to abetter analysis of the historical context and topographical relationships ofthe ancient and medieval settlements in Syracuse's inland, and to theirconnection with the viability, and the peculiar geographical and strategicpositions, of the ancient Greek metropolis of Syracuse and its sub-colony of Akrai. This book includes prefaces by ProfessorGiovanni Uggeri, Professor Emeritus of Ancient Topography at the University ofRoma "La Sapienza", and Professor Dario Palermo, Full Professor of ClassicalArchaeology at the University of Catania.

• | Author: Santino Alessandro Cugno
• | Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• | Publication Date: May 31, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 152 pages
• | Language: Italian
• | Binding: Paperback/Social Science
• | ISBN-10: 1407314947
• | ISBN-13: 9781407314945