Regional pathways to complexity : settlement and land-use dynamics in early Italy from the Bronze Age to the Republican period / authors, Peter A.J. Attema, Gert-Jan L.M. Burgers & P. Martijn van Leusen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Attema, P. A. J., author.

Burgers, G.-J. L. M., author.

Leusen, Martijn van, author.

Series:

Amsterdam archaeological studies ; 15.

Amsterdam archaeological studies ; 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land settlement--Italy--History.

Land settlement.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Italy.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Italy--Antiquities.

Italy.

Italy--Historical geography.

Italy--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 235 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Synthesizing almost thirty years of Dutch archaeological research in central and southern Italy, this book discusses and compares settlement and land use patterns from the late protohistoric period to the late Roman Republic. Considering both social and environmental factors, the authors analyze the long-term progression of indigenous Bronze Age tribal pastoralist societies towards the complexity of urbanized Roman society. Drawing on a decade of collaboration between Dutch and Italian researchers, this exhaustive study will be of great interest to students and scholars of Mediterranean archaeology.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Regional Settlement Dynamics of the Pontine Region

3. Regional Settlement Dynamics of the Salento Isthmus

4. Settlement Dynamics of the Sibaritide and its Hinterland

5. Centralization and proto-urbanization in the Bronze and Iron Ages

6. Rethinking early Greek - indigenous encounters in southern Italy

7. Indigenous Urbanization in the Archaic Period

8. Rural Infill, Urbanization and Roman Expansion

9. A Supra-regional Comparative Perspective

Bibliographic references

Index

Colour plates

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-197) and index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0https://www.aup.nl/en/publish/open-access

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed October 02 2025)

ISBN:

9786613334459

9781283334457

1283334453

9789048513444

9048513448

OCLC:

767579369