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Towards a phenomenology of Samnite fortified centres

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

E. H. Bispham ,
G. J. Bradley ,
J. W. J. Hawthorne  and
S. Kane
E. H. Bispham
Affiliation:
Brasenose College, Oxford OX1 4AJ, England, [email protected]
G. J. Bradley
Affiliation:
School of History & Archaeology, University of Wales Cardiff, PO Box 909, Cardiff CF1 3XU, Wales, [email protected]
J. W. J. Hawthorne
Affiliation:
The Archaeological Practice, Department of Archaeology, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle NE1 7RU, England, [email protected]
S. Kane
Affiliation:
History of Art Department, Oberlin College, Oberlin OH 44074–1193, USA, [email protected]
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The Sangro Valley Project was established in 1994 by John Lloyd, Neil Christie and Amalia Faustoferri. Its aim was to study anthropogenic change in society, economy and settlement between the Bronze Age and the Middle Ages, within the context of a Mediterranean river valley system (see Lloyd et al. 1997; Lloyd & Faustoferri 1998). Part of this research has integrated field survey between the Sangro river and Monte Pallano with excavations conducted by the Soprintendenza on the mountain itself. Monte Pallano is best known for its fine megalithic walls (Oakely 1995: 84-7), marking a putative oppidum site. Recent Italian excavations [with Anglo-American support] have aimed at clarifying the situation at a substantial public buildinghilla complex on the mountain. This work has been fruitful in its initial phases; much, however, remains to be done.

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Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 283 , March 2000 , pp. 23 - 24
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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