The paper presents the results of the archaeological research about Early Medieval cities in Southern Italy, starting from the very few studies in 1950s, when the urban contexts of Southern Italy were not too much considered, because of the almost complete absence of archaeological data useful to define the theme - even only approximately. The projects of 1970s about Otranto and Capaccio Vecchia near Paestum began a new season of research in the following decades, involving other cities in Campania (Naples, Benevento, Salerno and Capua) and, in more recent years, also in Apulia: in its second part the paper focuses on excavations, studies and search projects about the Early medieval Canusium and Bari, until the Norman conquest.
In questo contributo si presentano gli esiti della ricerca relativa agli studi condotti sulle città altomedievali in Italia meridionale in una prospettiva archeologica, a partire dalle prime riflessioni degli anni Cinquanta del Novecento. Se, in effetti, in un primo periodo i contesti urbani dell’Italia meridionale non risultano considerati per l’assenza di studi e di dati archeologici sufficienti a delineare il tema anche solo in maniera approssimativa, con i progetti avviati negli anni Settanta a Otranto e a Capaccio Vecchia, presso Paestum, nuove ricerche hanno interessato le città di campane di Napoli, Benevento, Salerno e Capua. Ci si sofferma poi, in particolare, sugli scavi e gli studi condotti più di recente a Canosa di Puglia e Bari.
Le città dell’Italia meridionale nell’alto medioevo: riflessioni sullo stato della ricerca archeologica
Donatella Nuzzo
2022-01-01
Abstract
The paper presents the results of the archaeological research about Early Medieval cities in Southern Italy, starting from the very few studies in 1950s, when the urban contexts of Southern Italy were not too much considered, because of the almost complete absence of archaeological data useful to define the theme - even only approximately. The projects of 1970s about Otranto and Capaccio Vecchia near Paestum began a new season of research in the following decades, involving other cities in Campania (Naples, Benevento, Salerno and Capua) and, in more recent years, also in Apulia: in its second part the paper focuses on excavations, studies and search projects about the Early medieval Canusium and Bari, until the Norman conquest.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.