From 1974 to the present, the Institute of Classical Archaeology
(ICA) at the University of Texas at Austin has carried out
archaeological excavations and surveys in ancient territories
(chorae) in southern Italy. This wide-ranging investigation, which
covers a large number of sites and a time period ranging from
prehistory to the Middle Ages, has unearthed a wealth of new
information about ancient rural economies and cultures in the
region. These discoveries will be published in two multivolume
series (Metaponto and Croton). This volume on the Neolithic
settlement at Capo Alfiere is the first in the Croton series.
The Chora of Croton 1 reports the excavation results of a
remarkable Neolithic site at Capo Alfiere on the Ionian coast. Capo
Alfiere is one of a very few early inhabitation sites in this area
to have been excavated extensively, with a full team of scientific
specialists providing interdisciplinary studies on early farming
and animal husbandry. It provides comprehensive documentation of
the economy, material culture, and way of life in the central
Mediterranean in the sixth and fifth millennia BC. Most notable are
the remains of a wattle-and-daub hut enclosed within a massive
stone wall. Unique for this area, this well-preserved structure may
have been used for special purposes such as ritual, as well as for
habitation. The presence of Stentinello wares shows that the range
of this pottery type extended further east than previously thought
and casts new light on the development of ceramics in the area.
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