This is the first volume in a new series of Hypogean Archaeology aiming to promote the archaeological, architectonical, speleological and historical investigation of artificial cavities. This volume covers the first 55 index cards relating to the underground works registered in the Italian regions of Lombardy, Piedmont and Tusacany. Intended as an initial contribution to the classification and knowledge of artifical cavities, the cadastre includes a "Classification of artificial cavities by typology," essential for an understanding of the vast range of underground cavities.

This fourth volume in a series devoted to medieval topography looks at issues of urbanism in a number of Byzantine cities along the eastern frontier during the reign of Justinian (AD 527-565). Archaological and documentary evidence are cited for ten cities, including Palmyra, Antioch, Amida and Hierapolis, with details on their location, history, date, their walls, gateways and other structures. The book also includes lots of plans and photographs of any standing remains. An overview of the urban transformation of Syrian and Mesopotamian cities as a whole during the 6th century, is given at the end. Italian text.

TheninthvolumeofNotebooksonMedievalTopography(Documentaryandfieldresearch), givesmuchinputintoresearchaboutCulturalLandscape.Latium(MonteRomano;Viterbo), andBasilicata(provincesofPotenzaandMatera)aretheItalianlandschosentowhichmethods, instrumentsandanalyses, havebeenapplied.Researchfromgeology, archaeology, history, agronomy, historyofart, engineering, architecture, literature, photographyandcinemahaveallbeenusedtocontributetoabetteranalysisofCulturalLandcsape, ie.theSpaceaffectedbyTimeandHumanaction.ThewholeareaofBasilicatahasbeenstudied, especiallythenorthern, centralandeasternside(artisticandarchitecturalheritage).InLatiumtheprimaryareaofinteresthasbeenthevillageofMonteRomanoanditscounty.ThelandscapeevolutionhasbeenexaminedfromtheRomanperiod(IIIcent.B.C.)untilthecontemporaryone.ThelastpartdiscussesthoroughlytheeconomicconditionofthelandsalongtheriverMarta, betweenTuscaniaandCorneto(Tarquinia)inXVandXVIcent.Duringthisperiodtherewasorganizedcattlebreedingandanancientbovinerace(theMaremmana).Combiningsurvey, bibliographicandarchivalrecoveryofunpublisheddocuments, withoutneglectinganyaspect(suchasthecataloguingofsprings), theCulturalLandscapehasbeenexaminedfromdifferentperspectives, eventhosethatseemlessrelevant(cattle breeding, agriculturalandfood), butarestillaneconomicresource.Thustheyareveryimportanttoaculturaldevelopment.Theresearch, exploringafairlywiderangeofpossibilities, wantstobeastimulustothosewhowanttostudyacomplexandarticulaterealitylikeCulturalLandscape."

This collection of thematic chapters derives from inter-disciplinary research on the subject of Orte (Viterbo, Italy) from the earliest Etruscan occupation to the First Crusade in 1099. Written by scholars who have been heavily involved in excavations and conservation projects in Orte from the 1960s to 2003, the chapters examine the history and archaeology of the town in general, hydraulic systems, cemeteries, ceramics, metal and glass finds, bricks and brick-stamps and other finds. Italian text.

Results of research into fortified and unfortified settlements ( castra and Villae ) in a specific area of Umbria - Alta valle del Tevere. Italian text.

Between 1988 and 2000 a pot-holing project undertook an underground survey of the city of Tarquinia in Italy. This report comprises a catalogue of the man-made cavities that it found along with a discussion of methodology and an analysis of its findings from the Etruscan, Roman and medieval periods. The different types of man-made cavities included caves and mines, structures for conducting, holding, storing and conserving water, those for the disposal of water or sewerage, and those serving religious (crypts, catacombs etc), civil and military functions.

In this study Stefano del Lungo provides a detailed, year-by-year account of the history of Muslim presence in central and northern Tyrrhenian Sea in the High Middle Ages, 8th to 10th century. The final chapters discuss the town of Noba Leopolis in some detail, followed by a general synthesis of the history of Muslim occupation and of the topographical research upon which this study is based.