Programme

The UPLAND ARCHAEOLOGY WORKHSOP will be held at the Department of History and Cultures (Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2, Bologna) on Thursday 23 and Friday 24 February.

Scientific and organising committee:

Claudio Cavazzuti, DiSCi

Enrico Giorgi, DiSCi

Cristiano Putzolu, DiSCi

Thursday 23 February

 

Morning

 

10,00 – 11,00

Reception

 

11,00 – 11,30

Greetings from the Department/Section/Course Directors

Introduction to the workshop

Claudio Cavazzuti, Enrico Giorgi, Cristiano Putzolu

11,30 – 12,00

Wieke de Neef (Ghent University / Otto-Friedrich University Bamberg)

The connected highlands: from rugged mountains to cultural landscapes

Abstract.

12,00 – 12,30

Francesco Carrer (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University (UK))

Economy, ecology, and landscapes: a view from the uplands

Abstract.

 

12,30 – 13,00

Discussion

Afternoon

 

15,00 – 15,30

Umberto Tecchiati (University of Milan)

Economy, settlement, and cultural landscape making in Alpine Prehistory and Late Prehistory. Methodological aspects and case studies.

Abstract.

15,30 – 16,00

Tesse Stek (KNIR - Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome)

The impact of Roman colonization on hillforts and other upland sites in the Southern Apennines: new data from the Upper Volturno area (IS, Molise)

Abstract.

 

16,00 – 16,30

Coffee Break

16,30 – 17,00

Riccardo Rao (University of Bergamo)

Landscapes, environment and mobility in the medieval Alps in light of written sources

Abstract.

17,00 – 17,30

Fabio Saggioro, Nicola Mancassola (University of Verona)

Environment, settlement and economy in the Alpine Middle Ages: the case of Piuro and the Bregaglia valley

Abstract.

 

17,30 – 18,00

Discussion

Friday 24 February

 

Morning

 

09,30 – 10,00

Roberto Maggi, LASA (Laboratorio di Archeologia e Storia Ambientale), University of Genova

L'archeologia di montagna nella Liguria pre-protostorica

Abstract.

10,00 – 10,30

Andrea Cardarelli, Andrea Conte (University of Rome "La Sapienza"): The central-northern Apennines in the Late Bronze Age: territorial systems and ritual aspects.

Abstract.

 

10,30 – 11,00

Coffee break

11,00 – 11,30

Federico Zoni (University of Bergamo)

Archeologia della Valtellina medievale. Metodi, casi studio e primi bilanci dalle indagini dell’Università degli studi di Bergamo in provincia di Sondrio.

Abstract.

 

11,30 – 12,00

Discussion

 

Afternoon

14,00 – 17,00

Short presentations and Round Table (with Marialetizia Carra, Maurizio Cattani, Enrico Cirelli, Antonio Curci, Andrea Gaucci, Maria Teresa Guaitoli).

The UAW Round Table will give partecipants the occasion to discuss about the topics outlined by the lectures widening the frame discussing with the authors of the short presentations.