Publication Date:
2017
abstract:
The main centres and sites in the area are quite well known, while the minor settlements and the smaller towns are now widely
investigated by local Superintendences and archaeologists, but they have never been properly studied systematically,
both from the topographic point of view and in relationship with the surrounding territory. Moreover, they are generally closely
related to the local road network and their development is greatly influenced by their locations and functions toward the
main settlements and the exploitation of the territory. They are often the best sites to understand the mechanisms of settling
as well as the role of the local productions and economy in the development and locations of these so called ‘minor sites’.
Keywords: settlement, territory, road, topography, economy, trade, exchange, production, transhumance.
investigated by local Superintendences and archaeologists, but they have never been properly studied systematically,
both from the topographic point of view and in relationship with the surrounding territory. Moreover, they are generally closely
related to the local road network and their development is greatly influenced by their locations and functions toward the
main settlements and the exploitation of the territory. They are often the best sites to understand the mechanisms of settling
as well as the role of the local productions and economy in the development and locations of these so called ‘minor sites’.
Keywords: settlement, territory, road, topography, economy, trade, exchange, production, transhumance.
Iris type:
2.1 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)
Keywords:
Landscape Archaeology, Abruzzo, centro minore
List of contributors:
Mancini, Maria Cristina; Menozzi, Oliva
Book title:
EMPTOR ET MERCATOR SPAZI E RAPPRESENTAZIONI DEL COMMERCIO ROMANO