Books by Gianluca Melandri
Il volume raccoglie una serie di ritratti di studiosi dai cinque Continenti e dai più disparati a... more Il volume raccoglie una serie di ritratti di studiosi dai cinque Continenti e dai più disparati ambiti di ricerca, che hanno profondamente segnato i percorsi dell’archeologia del Novecento. Gli itinerari della vita personale di ognuno emergono sullo sfondo della compagine sociale e politica dell'epoca e si incrociano con le scelte di pensiero che ne hanno contraddistinto le teorie, le inclinazioni metodologiche, le soluzioni speculative. Il concetto di biografia scientifica viene qui rivisitato in chiave umana ed esperienziale, con la finalità di restituire tridimensionalità alle singole stature, affiancando alle personalità più celebri e note alcune figure meno conosciute, ma di altrettanta rilevanza, per l'evoluzione dell'archeologia mondiale.
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In this extensive study, the author aims at a comprehensive analysis of funerary archaeological e... more In this extensive study, the author aims at a comprehensive analysis of funerary archaeological evidence in Early Iron Age Capua, the ancient city in the modern province of Caserta, Campania, southern Italy, situated some 25 km north of Naples. The main difficulty results from the entity of the burials, which includes different burial grounds belonging to three different cemeteries, in turn investigated by different methods and times; the information about them is often incomplete and that conditions the critical interpretation. Another problem is that the sample is composed of a majority of 2nd local phase burials and this condition might alter the outline with a faked underrepresentation of the tombs of the 9th century BC: in fact, only in 2005-2006 most of “Nuovo Mattatoio” necropolis, the main first Capuan phase graveyard, was excavated and works (excavation and restoration) are ongoing. However, the examined 1st phase graves well symbolize the development of community in the pre-protourban period. Among the main goals of this research is a comprehensive re-examination of relative and absolute chronology for the early Capuan phases. Another goal is to shed some light on our knowledge of the amount of archaeological contexts identified over the last fifty years by subjecting the material to statistical analysis, which necessitated an alternative reading of the problem of diachronic and synchronic development in the society investigated.
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Il volume raccoglie una serie di ritratti di studiosi dai cinque Continenti e dai più disparati a... more Il volume raccoglie una serie di ritratti di studiosi dai cinque Continenti e dai più disparati ambiti di ricerca, che hanno profondamente segnato i percorsi dell’archeologia del Novecento. Gli itinerari della vita personale di ognuno emergono sullo sfondo della compagine sociale e politica dell'epoca e si incrociano con le scelte di pensiero che ne hanno contraddistinto le teorie, le inclinazioni metodologiche, le soluzioni speculative. Il concetto di biografia scientifica viene qui rivisitato in chiave umana ed esperienziale, con la finalità di restituire tridimensionalità alle singole stature, affiancando alle personalità più celebri e note alcune figure meno conosciute, ma di altrettanta rilevanza, per l'evoluzione dell'archeologia mondiale.
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"This paper deals with a burial area of 64 graves excavated in Bazzano (AQ). It is chronolog... more "This paper deals with a burial area of 64 graves excavated in Bazzano (AQ). It is chronologically uniform, extending over a brief range from the last quarter of the 7th to the early 5th century BC and it is conceived in a family logic which is expressed with a well-defined planimetric feature (sub-rectangular shape). Nevertheless, you can identify a preliminary use of limited family group graves for the Otefal “Rectangle” (from the last quarter of the 7th century BC), that act later by poles of attraction for the structuring pattern of the burial area. Around the 2nd quarter of the 6th century BC with the expansion of the cemetery, the area shows a real planning for the funerary space: it is demonstrated by some visible structures defining boundaries and by a strong change of orientation (from E-W to N-S) to exploit completely the limited ground, giving the cemetery its last shape. The clan membership is stressed by the relationship between the individual tomb and the funerary space, linking more burial groups and, since the 2nd half of the 6th century BC, overlapping different graves: these deceased may have direct familiar ties. The physical depletion and the end of the funerary area seems to coincide with the late 6th or early 5th century BC, as is so often the case for other Etruscan-Italic cemeteries “structured” in the same way (Bazzano, Arcobaleno; Alfedena; Pontecagnano, Piazza Risorgimento, …). The analysis of grave goods also shows homogeneity: there are more metal objects (especially weapons and decorative elements, such as brooches and pendants) than pottery, conversely well found in the rest of the necropolis. The overall cultural framework reveals the existence of an ideology celebrating unity, cohesion and substantial continuity of the clan, even if it is not possible recognizing conflicting elite groups of people, but rather socially differentiated individuals. "
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in Le vite degli altri. Ideologia funeraria in Italia centrale tra l’età del Ferro e l’Orientalizzante Giornata di studio in ricordo di Luciana Drago Troccoli, Scienze dell'Antichità 24.2, 2018, pp. 131-147, 2018
The purpose of this study is to analyze the evolution of funerary practices in Capua during the 8... more The purpose of this study is to analyze the evolution of funerary practices in Capua during the 8th and 7th centuries BC. The hereby considered data set is composed by partially unpublished burials investigated in the necropolis of Fornaci, Cappuccini, Quattordici Ponti and Starza-Cuparella. The examined parameters are: ritual (incineration, inhumation), gender balance, grave structure (burial place, framework and complexity), grave goods (associative analysis, burial arrangement and objects distribution), and age classes ratio.
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in F. Sirano, C. Rescigno ( a cura di), Immaginando città. Racconti di fondazioni mitiche, forme ... more in F. Sirano, C. Rescigno ( a cura di), Immaginando città. Racconti di fondazioni mitiche, forme e funzioni delle città campane, catalogo della mostra, Napoli 2014, pp. 99-101
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in Maria Bonghi Jovino, Federica Chiesa (a cura di), Le sembianze degli Dei e il linguaggio degli... more in Maria Bonghi Jovino, Federica Chiesa (a cura di), Le sembianze degli Dei e il linguaggio degli uomini. Studi di lessico e forma degli artigiani capuani, Mimesis Adamas, Sesto San Giovanni (MI) 2016, pp. 195-210
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In the beginning of the Early Iron Age in the Eastern Mediterranean the old systems of fixed rati... more In the beginning of the Early Iron Age in the Eastern Mediterranean the old systems of fixed ratios structured around a shekel of 9.4 g collapsed. the dominant unit became the 11.6 g weight standard: evidence of this change can be identified in the copper ingots reaching the West (Sardinia). In Southern Palestine the unit of 7.7 g is still dominant. later it will be adopted by the Phoenicians and would spread to the far West (Iberia). In the Western Mediterranean, two quite distinct areas were identified: the tyrrhenian region affected by the 11.6 g standard and the Balearic Sea zone dominated by the 7.7 g unit. The authors discuss the framework of this new condition, how an increasingly complex network required looking for an exchange ratio between the measures, and how a proportional value of 2:3 was finally settled on for that ratio.
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Conceptualising early colonisation, 2016
The paper offers an overview of Orientalia and Greek cups in Capua. The vast majority of oriental... more The paper offers an overview of Orientalia and Greek cups in Capua. The vast majority of orientalia in the 8th and 7th centuries B.C. was made up by scarabs, although Cypriot and Levantine artifacts appear sporadically as early as the 9th century. Their stylistic homogeneity fits the trade framework between the Near-East, Aegean world and Campania coherently. Pithekoussai played a central role in assimilating the magical-religious message that moved along these lines. Pontecagnano displays a diverging picture: the MGII skyphoi are present from the first quarter of the 8th century and imitations are produced simultanuously, from the second quarter of the 8th c. B.C. Imports are more strongly resumed only from the local stage IIC onwards.
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This paper deals with a burial area of 64 graves excavated in Bazzano (AQ). It is chronologically... more This paper deals with a burial area of 64 graves excavated in Bazzano (AQ). It is chronologically uniform, extending over a brief range from the last quarter of the 7th to the early 5th century BC and it is conceived in a family logic which is expressed with a well-defined planimetric feature (sub-rectangular shape). Nevertheless, you can identify a preliminary use of limited family group graves for the Otefal “Rectangle” (from the last quarter of the 7th century BC), that act later by poles of attraction for the structuring pattern of the burial area. Around the 2nd quarter of the 6th century BC with the expansion of the cemetery, the area shows a real planning for the funerary space: it is demonstrated by some visible structures defining boundaries and by a strong change of orientation (from E-W to N-S) to exploit completely the limited ground, giving the cemetery its last shape. The clan membership is stressed by the relationship between the individual tomb and the funerary space, linking more burial groups and, since the 2nd half of the 6th century BC, overlapping different graves: these deceased may have direct familiar ties. The physical depletion and the end of the funerary area seems to coincide with the late 6th or early 5th century BC, as is so often the case for other Etruscan-Italic cemeteries “structured” in the same way (Bazzano, Arcobaleno; Alfedena; Pontecagnano, Piazza Risorgimento, …).
The analysis of grave goods also shows homogeneity: there are more metal objects (especially weapons and decorative elements, such as brooches and pendants) than pottery, conversely well found in the rest of the necropolis. The overall cultural framework reveals the existence of an ideology celebrating unity, cohesion and substantial continuity of the clan, even if it is not possible recognizing conflicting elite groups of people, but rather socially differentiated individuals.
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in C. Chiaramonte Treré et al. (a cura di), Interpretando l’antico. Scritti di archeologia offerti a Maria Bonghi Jovino, Milano 2012, pp. 483-509
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For this meeting, we used an upgraded set of the tools we presented last year. The website Ediarc... more For this meeting, we used an upgraded set of the tools we presented last year. The website Ediarché still has a main role in the online publication of posters and in the Forum. Our Facebook profile was then used to launch the call for posters, creating strong networking action within leading archeology/anthropology sites and blogs. Moreover, we added a video channel on YouTube, dedicated to extracts from the two conference editions: statistics stress the good reception of this new promotional tool. The online publication of posters is becoming for us a trial field for a new way of communicating scientific content and can be an investigative object itself.
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NB THE SERIATION MATRICES IN THE BOOK CD (APP. CAP. 2g-3a) ARE READABLE ONLY IN CDR FORMAT (THE PDF FILE IS CORRUPTED). FOR GREATER COMFORT AND USE, I PROVIDE HERE A READABLE PDF FILE.
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The analysis of grave goods also shows homogeneity: there are more metal objects (especially weapons and decorative elements, such as brooches and pendants) than pottery, conversely well found in the rest of the necropolis. The overall cultural framework reveals the existence of an ideology celebrating unity, cohesion and substantial continuity of the clan, even if it is not possible recognizing conflicting elite groups of people, but rather socially differentiated individuals.
NB THE SERIATION MATRICES IN THE BOOK CD (APP. CAP. 2g-3a) ARE READABLE ONLY IN CDR FORMAT (THE PDF FILE IS CORRUPTED). FOR GREATER COMFORT AND USE, I PROVIDE HERE A READABLE PDF FILE.
The analysis of grave goods also shows homogeneity: there are more metal objects (especially weapons and decorative elements, such as brooches and pendants) than pottery, conversely well found in the rest of the necropolis. The overall cultural framework reveals the existence of an ideology celebrating unity, cohesion and substantial continuity of the clan, even if it is not possible recognizing conflicting elite groups of people, but rather socially differentiated individuals.
Abstract - With the beginnings of the Early Iron Age in the Eastern Mediterranean the old systems of fixed ratios structured around a shekel of 9.4 g collapsed. Now the dominant unit is the 11.6 g weight standard: an evidence of this change can be identified in the Copper Ingots reaching the West (Sardinia). In southern Palestine the unit of 7.7 g still remains preponderant: later it will be taken over by the Phoenicians and will spread to the Far West (Iberia).
In the western Mediterranean, two quite distinct areas are thus constituted: the Tyrrhenian region affected by the 11.6 g standard the Balearic Sea zone dominated by the 7.7 g unit. The framework of this new condition and an increasingly complex network require looking for an exchange ratio between the measures, finally settled according to the proportional value of 2:3.
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