Micromorphological analysis of activity areas sealed by Vesuvius' Avellino eruption : the early Bronze Age village of Afragola in Southern Italy / Tiziana Matarazzo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matarazzo, Tiziana, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antiquities, Prehistoric--Italy--Afragola.

Antiquities, Prehistoric.

Bronze age--Italy--Afragola.

Bronze age.

Soil science in archaeology.

Soils--Analysis.

Soils.

Afragola (Italy)--Antiquities.

Afragola (Italy).

Vesuvius (Italy)--Eruptions.

Vesuvius (Italy).

Italy--Afragola.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2015]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The remarkable preservation of the early Bronze Age village of Afragola on the Campania Plain of Southern Italy is unmatched in Europe. The site was buried under nearly a meter of volcanic ash deposited by the Avellino eruption of Vesuvius circa 3945+10 cal. BP. The site boasts a large number of well-preserved structures, built features and organic materials and thus provides a laboratory-type setting in which to investigate variability in artifact distribution and activity areas across a single village. This research utilizes micromorphological analysis of thin sections of undisturbed sediment collected at the site to understand how people used living spaces, organized daily activities and, when possible, to connect village life to broad issues related to the emergence of social complexity on the Campanian Plainches.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Print version :

ISBN:

9781784912123

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