Italy's empty hillforts: reassessing urban-centric biases through combined non-invasive prospection methods on a Samnite site (fourth–third centuries BC)

During the second half of the first millennium BC, hundreds of hillforts dotted the central Italian Apennines. Often interpreted as ‘proto-towns’, the authors present results of investigations at Monte Santa Croce-Cognolo that challenge this idea. Previous studies identified a small area (

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Published in:Antiquity 2024-12, Vol.98 (402), p.1558-1575
Main Authors: Fontana, Giacomo, de Neef, Wieke
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal husbandry
Masonry
Medieval period
Soil erosion
Vegetation
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Summary:During the second half of the first millennium BC, hundreds of hillforts dotted the central Italian Apennines. Often interpreted as ‘proto-towns’, the authors present results of investigations at Monte Santa Croce-Cognolo that challenge this idea. Previous studies identified a small area (
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.15184/aqy.2024.157