This book is the result of the processing of the excavation data
and of the pottery coming from the stratigraphy underneath the
cathedral of Siena. The surveys were conducted between August 2000
and May 2003 by the Department of Archaeology and History of Arts
of the University of Siena, with the scientific coordination of
Prof. Riccardo Francovich and Prof. Marco Valenti and the
collaboration of the Opera del Duomo di Siena. The ultimate goal is
to trace a view of the settlement types and economic framework that
has affected the hill of the Cathedral from the Classical age to
the late Middle Ages, combining stratigraphic data and the study of
materials. The limited planimetric extension of the excavations
(often physiological to urban contexts) did not allow an
investigation in open area, so the findings have often been
compared with those coming from the deposits investigated in the
immediate vicinity, both in front and below the Santa Maria della
Scala, in order to obtain a more complete and articulated
perspective on a diachronic context. The stratigraphy is developed
over a time span ranging from the 7th century BC until the 20th
century AD, unearthing a very structured sequence that represents a
significant view in understanding the evolutionary dynamics of the
urban fabric of Siena: in this regard, it is important to emphasize
the fact that the chronological junction on which most attention is
focused on is between the Augustian Age and the end of the 14th
century, since the survey revealed that the archaeological deposit
is better preserved in the time period between the two phases
mentioned above and, as a result, the restitution of ceramics has
been more complete. The settlement/economic dynamics developed over
this extended period in different ways and this is what we are
going to analyse: the goal is to develop a dialogue between
stratigraphic deposit and material culture, with the aim of
understanding the evolution of an urban reality, especially in
those phases that led to the crisis of the "classical" city and its
consequent transformation and reconfiguration between Late
Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.
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