A06_P04

Archaeological site of Vetricella: chronology and anthropic and natural landscapes

Di Cicco M¹, Mantile N¹, Marasco L², Bianchi G², Altieri S¹, Vetromile C¹, Lubritto C¹

¹University Of Campania, Caserta, Italy, ²University of Siena, Siena, Italy

In this paper we show results concerning the chronological and landscape reconstruction of Vetricella (Scarlino, GR) archaeological site,  situated in the centre of the coastal plain crossed by the river Pecora, near Scarlino Castle. The research work  is  based on a multidisciplinary strategy:  the high variety of material remains discovered, as numismatic, ceramics and vitreous finds; archeometallurgical, archeozoological and archaeobotanical studies,  radiocarbon dating and stable isotope analyses permitted to reconstruct the economic and productive activities, datable from at least the 7th to the 11th century. In particular radiocarbon dating of organic remains and mortar sample permitted to recognize the signs of 4 distinct periods of presence, which can be divided into a chronological period between the 7th - 8th century and the first half of the 11th century, due the type of the recovered finds.

Moreover the multi-analytical study permitted to discover the reduced time frame within which the "birth" and the greater development of the site are allocated, corresponding to the end of the 9th and the end of the 10th century.

The project has been realized in the framework  of the ERC (European Research Council) research project “ nEU-Med: Origins of a new Economic Union (7th to 12th centuries): resources, landscapes and political strategies in a Mediterranean region”.