Conference Presentations by Martina Cecilia Parini
Workshop Anchoring Ancient Colonization, 1-2 December 2022, Groningen, 2022
This paper presents part of my ongoing PhD project, related to the changes in the settlement patt... more This paper presents part of my ongoing PhD project, related to the changes in the settlement patterns in the Sibaritide region (northern Calabria, Italy) between the 4th century BCE and the 5th century CE. Characteristics of the territorial organization following the Roman colonization are compared with the Hellenistic period. This work is primarily based on data collected from different field survey projects carried out since 2000 by the University of Groningen and the University of Calabria, and on legacy survey data. These datasets refers to the inland hinterlands of the colonial territory, the basins of the Raganello and Coscile rivers: the various landscape units (lower parts of the Pollino mountains, foothills, and fluvial and marine terraces) providing a good overview of the agrarian exploitation both by the colonies and by the local population of Bruttii.
On the Ionian coast, three colonies were sequentially founded during the 1st millennium BC: Sibari (ca. 720 BC), Thurii (444/3 BC), and the Latin colony of Copia (194 BC). Various changes in the rural structure and in the agrarian landscape followed each foundation. As in other Italian regions, from the 4th century BC, a rural infill took place with numerous farms, a few villages, and intense land use. By the end of the 3rd century BC, the number of sites dropped until the 1st century BC, when villae and farms again populated the territory, with a much less dense pattern than the previous centuries. The majority of the Roman sites were established in areas already occupied during the Hellenistic period. This paper discusses which elements may have anchored the continuity of these settlements, for example communication routes or natural resources and the discontinuity from an intensive to an extensive type of agrarian exploitation.
28th EAA Annual Meeting, session 273, 2022
38th International Mediterranean Survey Workshop. 29-30 November 2019, Groningen.
I recently started a PhD project aiming to analyze the socio-economic structure of South Italian ... more I recently started a PhD project aiming to analyze the socio-economic structure of South Italian landscapes during the Hellenistic and Roman period. It will use a supra-regional comparative perspective, based both on legacy survey data and on data from recently completed projects. In this paper, I will present the project outline and I will stress some of the methodological issues to be addressed.
For Southern Italy, some long-term survey research projects have produced high-quality data about past human occupation of various territories. These data have been generally interpreted at a local and a regional level, but fewer attempts have been made to compare data from different regions. To achieve this supra-regional comparison, this project will merge datasets from different areas in an overarching database, so it will be possible to analyze the settlement dynamics in rural areas with a broad perspective. My primary goal is to identify and to explain the large-scale diachronic patterns, comparing regional variations and similarities that characterized the countryside organization between the IV century BC and the II century AD.
International Mediterranean Survey Workshop. 26-27 February 2017, Athens.
Papers by Martina Cecilia Parini
V. Mayoral Herrera, I. Grau, J. P. Bellòn (Eds.), Arqueología y Sociedad de los espacios agrarios: en busca de la gente invisible en la materialidad del paisaje. ANEJOS DE ARCHIVO ESPAÑOL DE ARQUEOLOGÍA; Vol. XCI, CSIC, Madrid (pp. 61-78), 2021
This paper shows the background and current situation of a long-term project developed by the Ins... more This paper shows the background and current situation of a long-term project developed by the Institute of Archaeology on the evolution of the agrarian landscape and the characteristics of the Romanization process in the region of La Serena (Badajoz). Initially, most of the attention was focussed on the recording of specific settlement types (fortifications and cyclopean enclosures). The objective of contextualizing these sites in the Roman rural landscape is now becoming increasingly important. Through the integrated use of intensive survey, photointerpretation and analysis of LIDAR data, we are now obtaining a high-resolution image of these forms of occupation. This contribution presents the methodology and preliminary results of our current research in the area south of Zalamea de la Serena. The choice of this zone is due to the need to contrast previous ideas about the territorial organization of this area between the Late Republican and the Imperial times. We hope this increasing knowledge will be useful for an assessment of the importance of negotiation processes and integration of local communities, and the rhythm of the consolidation of the urban model.
T. D. Stek, A. Carneiro (Eds.), The Archaeology of Roman Portugal in its Western Mediterranean Context, Oxbow (pp. 221-238), 2022
J. Bermejo Tirado, I. Grau Mira (eds.), The Archaeology of Peasantry in Roman Spain (pp. 114-142), 2022
Florentia. Studi di archeologia IV, 2019
This paper presents a summary of the activities carried out in the Spanish region of La Serena du... more This paper presents a summary of the activities carried out in the Spanish region of La Serena during the author's internship at the Institute of Archaeology of Mérida and for the dissertation of the School of Specialization in Archaeological Heritage (University of Florence).
During the last decade this region, located in the south-eastern part of Extremadura, has been the focus of research projects promoted by the Instituto de Arqueología de Mérida (CSIC - Junta de Extremadura), concerning the transformation of the agrarian landscapes from the Protohistoric period to the Roman times.
In this essay the attention is focussed on the territory of Zalamea de La Serena, and, on a wider scale, on the roads network of the region. The role of the main settlement identified during field survey (Fuente de La Pizarra) is discussed, together with the hypotheses on the path of the Imperial road that connected Corduba and Emerita Augusta through this area.
Research introductions by Martina Cecilia Parini
TMA64, 2020
PhD research (University of Groningen)
Books by Martina Cecilia Parini
L'opera copre la monetazione da Emiliana a Vittorino, catalogando gli esemplari del monetiere del... more L'opera copre la monetazione da Emiliana a Vittorino, catalogando gli esemplari del monetiere del Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze. In totale sono presenti oltre 800 esemplari, con una grande abbondanza di antoniniani in argento. Prefazione dei dott.ri Mario Iozzo (Direttore del Museo Archeologico) e Stafano Casciu (Direttore Regionale dei Musei della Toscana).
Ministero della Cultura
Direzione regionale musei della Toscana
Edizioni D’Andrea
© Direzione regionale musei della Toscana
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze
Via della Pergola, 65, 50121, Firenze
ISBN 978- 88- 98330-53-9
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Conference Presentations by Martina Cecilia Parini
On the Ionian coast, three colonies were sequentially founded during the 1st millennium BC: Sibari (ca. 720 BC), Thurii (444/3 BC), and the Latin colony of Copia (194 BC). Various changes in the rural structure and in the agrarian landscape followed each foundation. As in other Italian regions, from the 4th century BC, a rural infill took place with numerous farms, a few villages, and intense land use. By the end of the 3rd century BC, the number of sites dropped until the 1st century BC, when villae and farms again populated the territory, with a much less dense pattern than the previous centuries. The majority of the Roman sites were established in areas already occupied during the Hellenistic period. This paper discusses which elements may have anchored the continuity of these settlements, for example communication routes or natural resources and the discontinuity from an intensive to an extensive type of agrarian exploitation.
For Southern Italy, some long-term survey research projects have produced high-quality data about past human occupation of various territories. These data have been generally interpreted at a local and a regional level, but fewer attempts have been made to compare data from different regions. To achieve this supra-regional comparison, this project will merge datasets from different areas in an overarching database, so it will be possible to analyze the settlement dynamics in rural areas with a broad perspective. My primary goal is to identify and to explain the large-scale diachronic patterns, comparing regional variations and similarities that characterized the countryside organization between the IV century BC and the II century AD.
Papers by Martina Cecilia Parini
During the last decade this region, located in the south-eastern part of Extremadura, has been the focus of research projects promoted by the Instituto de Arqueología de Mérida (CSIC - Junta de Extremadura), concerning the transformation of the agrarian landscapes from the Protohistoric period to the Roman times.
In this essay the attention is focussed on the territory of Zalamea de La Serena, and, on a wider scale, on the roads network of the region. The role of the main settlement identified during field survey (Fuente de La Pizarra) is discussed, together with the hypotheses on the path of the Imperial road that connected Corduba and Emerita Augusta through this area.
Research introductions by Martina Cecilia Parini
Books by Martina Cecilia Parini
Ministero della Cultura
Direzione regionale musei della Toscana
Edizioni D’Andrea
© Direzione regionale musei della Toscana
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze
Via della Pergola, 65, 50121, Firenze
ISBN 978- 88- 98330-53-9
On the Ionian coast, three colonies were sequentially founded during the 1st millennium BC: Sibari (ca. 720 BC), Thurii (444/3 BC), and the Latin colony of Copia (194 BC). Various changes in the rural structure and in the agrarian landscape followed each foundation. As in other Italian regions, from the 4th century BC, a rural infill took place with numerous farms, a few villages, and intense land use. By the end of the 3rd century BC, the number of sites dropped until the 1st century BC, when villae and farms again populated the territory, with a much less dense pattern than the previous centuries. The majority of the Roman sites were established in areas already occupied during the Hellenistic period. This paper discusses which elements may have anchored the continuity of these settlements, for example communication routes or natural resources and the discontinuity from an intensive to an extensive type of agrarian exploitation.
For Southern Italy, some long-term survey research projects have produced high-quality data about past human occupation of various territories. These data have been generally interpreted at a local and a regional level, but fewer attempts have been made to compare data from different regions. To achieve this supra-regional comparison, this project will merge datasets from different areas in an overarching database, so it will be possible to analyze the settlement dynamics in rural areas with a broad perspective. My primary goal is to identify and to explain the large-scale diachronic patterns, comparing regional variations and similarities that characterized the countryside organization between the IV century BC and the II century AD.
During the last decade this region, located in the south-eastern part of Extremadura, has been the focus of research projects promoted by the Instituto de Arqueología de Mérida (CSIC - Junta de Extremadura), concerning the transformation of the agrarian landscapes from the Protohistoric period to the Roman times.
In this essay the attention is focussed on the territory of Zalamea de La Serena, and, on a wider scale, on the roads network of the region. The role of the main settlement identified during field survey (Fuente de La Pizarra) is discussed, together with the hypotheses on the path of the Imperial road that connected Corduba and Emerita Augusta through this area.
Ministero della Cultura
Direzione regionale musei della Toscana
Edizioni D’Andrea
© Direzione regionale musei della Toscana
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze
Via della Pergola, 65, 50121, Firenze
ISBN 978- 88- 98330-53-9