Ancient and Medieval Earthquakes in the Area of L'Aquila (Northwestern Abruzzo, Central Italy), A.D. 1-1500: A Critical Revision of the Historical and Archaeological Data

2012 ◽  
Vol 102 (4) ◽  
pp. 1600-1617 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Guidoboni ◽  
A. Comastri ◽  
D. Mariotti ◽  
C. Ciuccarelli ◽  
M. G. Bianchi
Keyword(s):  
Central Italy ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Critical Revision

scholarly journals Paleoseismology related to deformed archaeological remains in the Fucino Plain. Implications for subrecent seismicity in Central Italy

1996 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Galadini ◽  
P. Galli
Keyword(s):  
Central Italy ◽  
Close Similarity ◽  
Archaeological Remains ◽  
Seismogenic Structure ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
The One ◽  
Roman Age ◽  
Available Information ◽  
Holocene Activity

During paleoseismological investigations on the seismogenic structure responsible for the 1915 earthquake in the Fucino Plain (Central Italy), some trenches were excavated at the intersection between Roman-age channels and a fault characterized by Holocene activity. Channel displacement observed within the trenches has been related to an event which occurred approximately between the 6th and 9th century A.D. Written records describing damage caused in Rome indicate that two strong events occurred during this period in Central Italy, although their epicentral areas are Undefined. The first event occurred immediately before 508 A.D. while the second happened in 801 A.D. Two other earthquakes during this period (618 A.D. and 847 A.D.) are reported in catalogues, but without( corresponding information regarding damage in Rome. Available information is not conclusive about the age of the earthquake responsible for the displacement of the channels although geological, historical and archaeological data indicate it is most likely related to the 508 A.D. event. Should the hypothesis regarding the age of the earthquake be correct, a subrecent , incompletely-documented earthquake may be related to a specific seismogenetic area. Taking into account that the paleoseismological analysis has highlighted a close similarity between the surface faulting pattern of this event and the one that occurred in 1915, the former may be a "twin" of the latter.

scholarly journals New challenges in the study of lithic raw materials in central Italy at the dawn of metal working societies: La Pietra and other radiolarite quarry-workshops in Tuscany

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sem Scaramucci ◽  
Vanessa Volpi ◽  
Armando Costantini ◽  
Marco Giamello ◽  
Alessandro Donati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Raw Materials ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Central Italy ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Copper Age ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Geochemical Analyses ◽  
First Time ◽  
Non Destructive

In central-southern Tuscany radiolarite has been used as a lithic raw material throughout prehistory. During the Copper Age it was selected for the local production of leaf-shaped artefacts. In the area considered, the Copper Age record is almost totally restricted to burials and virtually no settlements have been investigated so far. Radiolarite artefacts are found mostly as refined arrow and, possibly javelin, heads used as grave goods.Within this context, the discovery and recent investigation of the large radiolarite quarry of La Pietra (Roccastrada, Grosseto) and of the related workshops is of great interest. Our aim here is to integrate the record from this site with other contemporary evidence of radiolarite exploitation. A programme of surveys has thus begun on the other radiolarite outcrops of the area in order to verify the existence of further rock quarrying or working. The discovery of a previously unknown quarry-workshop and two previously unknown workshops on radiolarite outcrops is presented here for the first time. The geological and archaeological data coming from the quarry-workshops will be used, in a future stage of research, to source the radiolarite artefacts found in Copper Age graves of Central Italy. The Copper age armatures are valuable artefacts mostly kept in museums and fully non-destructive analyses must be applied to them. To tackle these challenges, we followed a methodological approach which integrates field surveys, the individuation of petrographic markers of the most exploited radiolarite horizons and geochemical analyses. For geochemical characterization, we made use of pXRF portable spectrometer and here we present some preliminary results in the light of current methodological debate.In conclusion, even if some methodological questions remain open, we verified the feasibility of this programme of geographical, geological and geochemical characterizations and need now to increase our dataset in order to reconstruct a viable picture of Copper age lithic economy in central-southern Tuscany.

Hydrological changes during the Roman Climatic Optimum in northern Tuscany (Central Italy) as evidenced by speleothem records and archaeological data

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 791-802
Author(s):  
M. Bini ◽  
G. Zanchetta ◽  
E. Regattieri ◽  
I. Isola ◽  
R. N. Drysdale ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Italy ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Hydrological Changes ◽  
Climatic Optimum

The Medieval Inchinata Procession at Tivoli: Ritual Construction of Civic Identity in the Age of the Commune

2017 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-62
Author(s):  
Rebekah Perry
Keyword(s):  
Central Italy ◽  
Civic Identity ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
New Jerusalem ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Self Rule ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Right ◽  
The City ◽  
Local Narratives

In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the nascent independent communes of central Italy expressed a new sense of civic identity through the staging of elaborate public liturgical processions that shaped and were shaped by local mythology and idiomatic urban landscapes. The Medieval Inchinata Procession at Tivoli: Ritual Construction of Civic Identity in the Age of the Commune examines Tivoli's Inchinata procession, which continues to circle the city every year on the eve of the Feast of the Assumption. Reconstructing the route and performance of the medieval Inchinata through textual, topographical, and archaeological data, Rebekah Perry argues that the procession evolved as an adaptation of “official” liturgical rites introduced by Tivoli's rival Rome to a native apotropaic ritual and local narratives embedded in the city's topography. Through the cosmographical choreography of the procession, the young municipality may have used this amalgamation to invoke the New Jerusalem as an appeal to divine authority for the right to self-rule.

Modelling herbicide treatment impact on groundwater quality in a central Italy area

Agronomie ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-276
Author(s):  
Daniela Businelli ◽  
Enrico Tombesi ◽  
Marco Trevisan
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Quality ◽  
Central Italy ◽  
Herbicide Treatment

The network contract in the agrifood industry: An exploratory study on collaborative drivers in central Italy

2019 ◽  
pp. 335-358
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Compagnucci ◽  
Alessio Cavicchi ◽  
Francesca Spigarelli
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Central Italy

A numerical model to verify the communication between Gari and Peccia springs (Cassino, Central Italy)

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 268-271
Author(s):  
Michele Saroli ◽  
Michele Lancia ◽  
Marco Petitta ◽  
Gabriele Scarascia Mugnozza
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Model ◽  
Central Italy
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