Archaeological Landscapes of Late Antique and Early Medieval Tuscia - Research and Field Papers - Grand Format

This volume, the third in the series MediTo, investigates the changing landscapes of Tuscany during Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Through a selection of thematic case studies, presented initially during the second International workshop held in Paganico (Grosseto, Italy) in June 2019 and here further developed, the volume explores the concepts of settlement, economic, and societal changes in both Tuscany and its broader Mediterranean context over the course of several centuries.
Together, the contributions gathered here showcase how cities and rural settlements, when studied in their archaeological and historical context, shed light on a dynamic landscape in which natural resources played a crucial role in defining the success or later abandonment of sites. Tuscany, in the past half-century, has been the focus of extensive historical and archaeological research that has transformed our understanding of this region.
This timely series builds on these new developments by providing a home for dynamic new investigations into Mediterranean Tuscany and its wider environs in a period stretching from the Bronze Age up to the late Middle Ages. Hosting work by archaeologists, historians, art historians, and material culture specialists, this interdisciplinary series seeks to shed light on the settlement networks, economic trends and patterns, social dynamics, and cultural changes seen both in Central Italy, and in its wider relationships across the Mediterranean.
Proposals are invited for both monographs and thematic edited collections from across a range of fields, including landscape and survey archaeology, analysis and history of material culture, paleo-environmental reconstructions, editions of written sources, and works engaging with cultural heritage and public archaeology.