حومه و مناظر روستایی در سیسیل قرون وسطی

Suburbia and Rural Landscapes in Medieval Sicily presents the results of the main ongoing archaeological and historical research focusing on medieval suburbia and rural sites in Sicily. It is thus intended to update traditional views regarding the evolution of this territory from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages by bringing into the picture new data from archaeological excavations undertaken at several sites across Sicily, new information from surveys of written sources, and new reflections based on the analysis of both material and documentary sources. The volume is divided into thematic areas: Urbanscapes, suburbia, hinterlands; Inland and mountainous landscapes; Changes in rural settlement patterns; and Defence and control of the territory. The essays underline the fundamental contribution of archaeological research in Sicily to the debate on the formation of early medieval landscapes at the crossroads between the Byzantine and Islamic worlds. A comparison with other research areas and constant dialogue with historical sources constitute essential elements for advancing our knowledge of the rural and suburban world of Sicily as a case study illustrating wider Mediterranean dynamics. Cover 1 Title Page 3 Copyright page 4 Contents Page 9 Introduction 11 Angelo Castrorao Barba1, Giuseppe Mandalà2 11 I - Urbanscapes, Suburbia, Hinterlands 19 1. The Topographical Context of Palermo in the Islamic Age: New Archaeological Research 21 2. The King’s Hospital in Norman Palermo: San Giovanni dei Lebbrosi in Context 30 Giuseppe Mandalà1, María de los Ángeles Utrero Agudo2 30 3. The Process of the Creation and Decline of the Local Religious and Economic Centres 48 Sławomir Moździoch1, Barbara Szubert2, Ewa Moździoch3 48 4. A Pattern of Changes in Southern Sicily 62 Maria Serena Rizzo 62 II - Inland and Mountainous Landscapes 77 5. Contessa Entellina: Rural vs. Urban Medieval Landscapes in Inner Western Sicily 79 Alessandro Corretti1, Claudio Filippo Mangiaracina2 79 6. The Settlement of Contrada Castro (Corleone, Palermo) between the Byzantine and Islamic Periods 95 Angelo Castrorao Barba1, Roberto Miccichè2, Filippo Pisciotta3, Claudia Speciale4, Carla Aleo Nero5, Pasquale Marino6, Giuseppe Bazan7 95 7. The Madonie Mountains Area During the Norman Age: from al-Idrīsī to Archaeology 112 Rosa Maria Cucco 112 8. Water Management, Territorial Organisation and Settlement in Calatafimi (Trapani, Western Sicily) 122 José María Martín Civantos1, Rocco Corselli2, Maria Teresa Bonet García3 122 9. Late Antique and Early Medieval Settlement Patterns in the Inland Landscape of the Erei Upland 135 Francesca Valbruzzi 135 III - Change in Rural Settlement Patterns 157 10. Historical and Archaeological Data for the Ancient Road Network in Western Sicily 159 Aurelio Burgio1, Alessandra Canale2 159 11. The End of Antiquity and the New Point of Departure in the Medieval Settlement System 175 Johannes Bergemann 175 12. After the Late Roman Villa of Piazza Armerina: the Islamic Settlement and Its Pits 190 Patrizio Pensabene1, Paolo Barresi2 190 13. Etna’s Northwestern Slopes Between Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages 205 Andrea Maria Gennaro 205 IV – Defence and Control 227 14. The Making of the Frontier in the 9th Century. Rocchicella Di Mineo (CT) and Rural Landscapes 229 Lucia Arcifa 229 15. Byzantine and Islamic Villages, ‘Rupestrian Settlements’ and Fortifications in Southeastern Sici 246 Giuseppe Cacciaguerra 246 Back Cover 272 medieval archaeology,settlement patterns,churches,Byzantine Sicily,Islamic Sicily,Norman Sicily,excavations