Luigi Finocchietti
2017: Independent researcher.
2015 (January) - 2016 (January): Université François-Rabelais de Tours (France). Laboratoir CETHIS. Post-doc in Archaeology. Research Project entitled: “Vivants et morts aux pieds des murs : les pratiques funéraires, commerciales et artisanales dans le périurbain des cités de l’Italie préromaine (IVe -Ier s. a.C.) et l’étude de leurs interconnexions” (Supervisor: Natacha Lubtchansky).
2010 (December) - 2014 (November): University of L’Aquila (Italy), Department of Human Sciences. Postdoc. Research project : “Topografia storica della Daunia dalla conquista romana all’età tardo-antica” (Roman History). International program: “Japan-Italy friendship scholarship”.
2007-2009: University of L’Aquila (Italy). PhD in Archaeology (XXII cycle; tutor: Prof. Angelo Russi). Thesis entitled: “Paesaggi urbani e rurali del Molise tardo-antico (metà III – metà VI d.C.)”; defended on 30 April 2010.
2004-2007: University of Salerno (Italy). Specialization in Classical Archaeology (Postgraduate School). Thesis in Greek Archaeology (Prof. Angela Pontrandolfo) entitled: “Paesaggi del territorio tarantino”; awarded on 29 March 2007.
2007; 2008: Orvieto (Italy). ‘Claudio Faina’ Museum Foundation, course entitled: “Scuola di Etruscologia e Archeologia dell’Italia Antica”, August/September 2007; March 2008.
2003: École française de Rome. Stage doctoral: “L’iconographie antique: outils épistémologiques, historiographiques et informatiques”, 1 – 19 December.
2000-2001: University of Rome II “Tor Vergata” (Italy). Postgraduate course: “Musealizzazione, tutela e valorizzazione dei beni archeologici”, March 2000 – March 2001.
1999: University of Rome II “Tor Vergata” (Italy). Postgraduate course: “ARCHEOLOGIA E TERRITORIO: Analisi e politiche di gestione dei beni archeologici e architettonici”, February-July.
1998: University of Rome I La Sapienza (Italy). Classical Degree (M.A.) in "Lettere" , with thesis in Classical Archaeology (Prof. Andrea Carandini) entitled: “Paesaggi del suburbio settentrionale: le Tenute di Santa Colomba e Santa Lucia nel territorio di Roma”.
Professional experience
1998-2017: Scientific collaboration with:
Sapienza University of Rome;
University of L’Aquila;
LUMSA;
Ministry of Heritage and Cultural Activity, Associated organs: Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma and Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Puglia;
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice;
Centre Jean Bérard de Naples;
Université de Tours;
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce.
1993-2007: Archaeological excavation activities, in collaboration with:
- Sapienza University of Rome (Rome, northern slopes of the Palatine hill; Pompeii: Triangular Forum and House of Emperor Joseph II - VIII, 2, 39 -, scientific director prof. A. Carandini);
- Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (site of Shayzar – Syria, scientific director dr. C. Tonghini);
- University of Salerno (Etruscan site of Fratte, scientific director prof. A. Pontrandolfo; castle of Mercato San Severino, scientific director prof. P. Peduto; Etruscan site of Pontecagnano, scientific director: prof. L. Cerchiai);
- University of L’Aquila (site of Pesatro, Calascio/Ofena – AQ, scientific director prof. G. Messineo).
1996-2002: Archaeological field surveys. Collaboration with:
- Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Puglia (site of Castle of Dragonara, Castelnuovo della Daunia – FG, Italy).
- La Sapienza, University of Rome and Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma (suburbs of Rome, Estate S. Colomba and S. Lucia).
2015 (January) - 2016 (January): Université François-Rabelais de Tours (France). Laboratoir CETHIS. Post-doc in Archaeology. Research Project entitled: “Vivants et morts aux pieds des murs : les pratiques funéraires, commerciales et artisanales dans le périurbain des cités de l’Italie préromaine (IVe -Ier s. a.C.) et l’étude de leurs interconnexions” (Supervisor: Natacha Lubtchansky).
2010 (December) - 2014 (November): University of L’Aquila (Italy), Department of Human Sciences. Postdoc. Research project : “Topografia storica della Daunia dalla conquista romana all’età tardo-antica” (Roman History). International program: “Japan-Italy friendship scholarship”.
2007-2009: University of L’Aquila (Italy). PhD in Archaeology (XXII cycle; tutor: Prof. Angelo Russi). Thesis entitled: “Paesaggi urbani e rurali del Molise tardo-antico (metà III – metà VI d.C.)”; defended on 30 April 2010.
2004-2007: University of Salerno (Italy). Specialization in Classical Archaeology (Postgraduate School). Thesis in Greek Archaeology (Prof. Angela Pontrandolfo) entitled: “Paesaggi del territorio tarantino”; awarded on 29 March 2007.
2007; 2008: Orvieto (Italy). ‘Claudio Faina’ Museum Foundation, course entitled: “Scuola di Etruscologia e Archeologia dell’Italia Antica”, August/September 2007; March 2008.
2003: École française de Rome. Stage doctoral: “L’iconographie antique: outils épistémologiques, historiographiques et informatiques”, 1 – 19 December.
2000-2001: University of Rome II “Tor Vergata” (Italy). Postgraduate course: “Musealizzazione, tutela e valorizzazione dei beni archeologici”, March 2000 – March 2001.
1999: University of Rome II “Tor Vergata” (Italy). Postgraduate course: “ARCHEOLOGIA E TERRITORIO: Analisi e politiche di gestione dei beni archeologici e architettonici”, February-July.
1998: University of Rome I La Sapienza (Italy). Classical Degree (M.A.) in "Lettere" , with thesis in Classical Archaeology (Prof. Andrea Carandini) entitled: “Paesaggi del suburbio settentrionale: le Tenute di Santa Colomba e Santa Lucia nel territorio di Roma”.
Professional experience
1998-2017: Scientific collaboration with:
Sapienza University of Rome;
University of L’Aquila;
LUMSA;
Ministry of Heritage and Cultural Activity, Associated organs: Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma and Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Puglia;
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice;
Centre Jean Bérard de Naples;
Université de Tours;
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce.
1993-2007: Archaeological excavation activities, in collaboration with:
- Sapienza University of Rome (Rome, northern slopes of the Palatine hill; Pompeii: Triangular Forum and House of Emperor Joseph II - VIII, 2, 39 -, scientific director prof. A. Carandini);
- Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (site of Shayzar – Syria, scientific director dr. C. Tonghini);
- University of Salerno (Etruscan site of Fratte, scientific director prof. A. Pontrandolfo; castle of Mercato San Severino, scientific director prof. P. Peduto; Etruscan site of Pontecagnano, scientific director: prof. L. Cerchiai);
- University of L’Aquila (site of Pesatro, Calascio/Ofena – AQ, scientific director prof. G. Messineo).
1996-2002: Archaeological field surveys. Collaboration with:
- Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Puglia (site of Castle of Dragonara, Castelnuovo della Daunia – FG, Italy).
- La Sapienza, University of Rome and Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma (suburbs of Rome, Estate S. Colomba and S. Lucia).
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Monographic Essay by Luigi Finocchietti
The analysis was conducted by collecting published archaeological data and comparing their “morphological” characteristics (geographical extent, position, archaeological context) with any references in the written sources. For example, all the settlements that presented characteristics similar to those of a centre, defined in the texts as urbs or civitas, have been interpreted as “primary centres.” The classification of the sites is thus: ‘Primary centre’, ‘Minor settlement’, ‘House-farm’, ‘Farm’, ‘Farm-cemetery’, ‘Large farm’, ‘Farm/cult building’, ‘Tomb- cemetery’, ‘Villa’, ‘Villa-cemetery’.
The romanized cities of the Daunia (with their associated territories) mentioned in this study include: Teanum Apulum, Luceria, Arpi, Uria, Vibinum, Ausculum, Herdoniae, Salapia, Canusia, Lavello and Venusia.
After the chapter devoted to methodology, the archaeological synthesis exploits the study of the sites interpreted according to the aforementioned classification, all of which are divided into the chronological phases in which the most important changes are documented. The chronological phases are outlined as follows:
Phase 1. From the politics of alliance to the colony of Luceria (Last quarter of the 4th Century BC.)
Phase 2. From the colony of Luceria until the consequences of the Hannibalic war (End of 4th-begining of the 2nd Century BC.)
Phase 3. From the colony of Sipontum to the new territorial gains (194-second half of the 2nd Century BC.)
Phase 4. From the reforms of Gracchi until the Social War (Last quarter of 2nd-early 1st Century BC.)
Phase 5. From the Civil Wars until the end of the Republic (from the first decades of the 1st Century until 31 BC.)
The first general reflection concerning this type of reconstruction of the ancient landscape of northern Puglia is the fragmentary nature of the data at our disposition which is liable to influence our interpretation. Notwithstanding these limits, the results are interesting and reveal the existence of a hierarchy of settlements as early as the 4th Century BC and a clear difference between the territories of the first Latin colonies (Luceria e Venusia) and the rural areas of the other centres still remaining indigenous. An example is the decrease in number of the indigenous villages in the colonial territories during the first phase, a change that might perhaps be linked to the arrival of the Romans. The same trend can be seen in the position of the farms, which are often substituted and moved, either in to the territory of the first colonies or anywhere after the Hannibalic war and the redistribution of land under the Gracchi.
The effects of the new Roman presence might thus be understood as early as the first phases even in the organization of the countryside, rather than that of the cities. This new organization however takes place with different strategies and time scales, using the new colonies as a cultural and economic tool with which to better control the entire region.
Papers by Luigi Finocchietti
I testi riuniti in questo volume della collezione Cahiers du Centre Jean Bérard de Naples sono il frutto di una giornata di studio organizzata a conclusione di un programma di ricerca sull’area periurbana nei centri urbani dell’Italia meridionale condotto dal Centre Jean Bérard e dal CeTHiS dell’Università di Tours. Attraverso un approccio multiculturale e diacronico, diversi casi di studio greci, italici, etruschi e romani forniscono una visione delle varie testimonianze di attività funerarie, artigianali, commerciali e religiose, e delle loro interconnessioni negli spazi periurbani di diverse città dell’Italia meridionale tra l’VIII secolo a.C. e il I secolo d.C. Questo saggio esplorativo, che segue le orme degli innovativi studi francesi sull’area periurbana antica, intende proporre nuovi approcci, in termini di vocabolario e interpretazione, per prendere in considerazione quest’area geografica, molto densa di resti archeologici, alla periferia delle città antiche dell’Italia meridionale.
the pertinent historical and archaeological data
pertaining to the presence of Saint Jerome in
Rome, and in particular his activities, his places
of residence and his social contacts within the
Roman aristocracy. As assistant and secretary
to Pope Damasus, Jerome worked in archives,
situated on the western reaches of the Field
of Mars. This study explores the literary and
topographical evidence with regard to the block
of San Girolamo della Carità, situated in the
Western Campo Marzio, which is currently the
site of the eponymous church.
Questo articolo analizza parte di un affresco facente parte di un calendario dipinto rinvenuto a Roma sull’Esquilino, al di sotto della Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. La realizzazione di recenti restauri conservativi ha favorito lo sviluppo di una nuova analisi della parte del pannello pittorico connesso con il mese di settembre raffigurante una scena di vita rurale. Alcune caratteristiche riscontrabili nell’affresco, infatti, risultano essere utili allo studio di alcune tipologie abitative e di pratiche agricole nelle campagne in età romana, e dei contesti pittorici riferibili al periodo che va dal II al III secolo d.C.
Using the most recent archaeological data, and the historical and epigraphic sources, the analysis tackles three main questions.
The first involves the problem of the tracing of the territorial limits, a question tackled by using a methodology based upon the limits of the medieval dioceses, a historical element that has come down to the present day and that has often given rise to our modern administrative limits (communal, provincial and regional). The limits of the medieval dioceses have thus been compared with other topographical elements such as the road network traceable from aerial photographs and information coming from antique inscriptions.
The second question deals with the archaeological characteristics of the villages that are identifiable in the territory of Luceria, and how they were effected by the creation of a colony and the Second Punic War. Of the transformations that are documented, one notes, in effect, the decrease in the number of archaeological remains of villages as a whole, a phenomenon which at the end of the 4th Century may be connected to the changes in property and in organization of the defence. This phenomenon is difficult to study especially since the archaeological evidence itself is lacking. Much attention has been placed on the localization of the ancient site of Gereonium, a small settlement cited in the ancient sources as the site of several clashes between the Romans and Hannibal, before the great battle of Cannae. The author repeats with new arguments its position in the north western corner of the territory of Luceria (to the south of the River Fortore.), and its interpretation as a small fortified pre-Roman site; in fact, the ancient sources reveal that the latter was also used by Hannibal as a grain store and was easily defensible via the pitching of an external camp.
The third and last question concerns a proposed topographical reconstruction of the changes taking place in rural land holding between the republican period and the late antiquity. Such a reconstruction has been produced by comparing all fragmentary data and different information.
Talks by Luigi Finocchietti
The analysis was conducted by collecting published archaeological data and comparing their “morphological” characteristics (geographical extent, position, archaeological context) with any references in the written sources. For example, all the settlements that presented characteristics similar to those of a centre, defined in the texts as urbs or civitas, have been interpreted as “primary centres.” The classification of the sites is thus: ‘Primary centre’, ‘Minor settlement’, ‘House-farm’, ‘Farm’, ‘Farm-cemetery’, ‘Large farm’, ‘Farm/cult building’, ‘Tomb- cemetery’, ‘Villa’, ‘Villa-cemetery’.
The romanized cities of the Daunia (with their associated territories) mentioned in this study include: Teanum Apulum, Luceria, Arpi, Uria, Vibinum, Ausculum, Herdoniae, Salapia, Canusia, Lavello and Venusia.
After the chapter devoted to methodology, the archaeological synthesis exploits the study of the sites interpreted according to the aforementioned classification, all of which are divided into the chronological phases in which the most important changes are documented. The chronological phases are outlined as follows:
Phase 1. From the politics of alliance to the colony of Luceria (Last quarter of the 4th Century BC.)
Phase 2. From the colony of Luceria until the consequences of the Hannibalic war (End of 4th-begining of the 2nd Century BC.)
Phase 3. From the colony of Sipontum to the new territorial gains (194-second half of the 2nd Century BC.)
Phase 4. From the reforms of Gracchi until the Social War (Last quarter of 2nd-early 1st Century BC.)
Phase 5. From the Civil Wars until the end of the Republic (from the first decades of the 1st Century until 31 BC.)
The first general reflection concerning this type of reconstruction of the ancient landscape of northern Puglia is the fragmentary nature of the data at our disposition which is liable to influence our interpretation. Notwithstanding these limits, the results are interesting and reveal the existence of a hierarchy of settlements as early as the 4th Century BC and a clear difference between the territories of the first Latin colonies (Luceria e Venusia) and the rural areas of the other centres still remaining indigenous. An example is the decrease in number of the indigenous villages in the colonial territories during the first phase, a change that might perhaps be linked to the arrival of the Romans. The same trend can be seen in the position of the farms, which are often substituted and moved, either in to the territory of the first colonies or anywhere after the Hannibalic war and the redistribution of land under the Gracchi.
The effects of the new Roman presence might thus be understood as early as the first phases even in the organization of the countryside, rather than that of the cities. This new organization however takes place with different strategies and time scales, using the new colonies as a cultural and economic tool with which to better control the entire region.
I testi riuniti in questo volume della collezione Cahiers du Centre Jean Bérard de Naples sono il frutto di una giornata di studio organizzata a conclusione di un programma di ricerca sull’area periurbana nei centri urbani dell’Italia meridionale condotto dal Centre Jean Bérard e dal CeTHiS dell’Università di Tours. Attraverso un approccio multiculturale e diacronico, diversi casi di studio greci, italici, etruschi e romani forniscono una visione delle varie testimonianze di attività funerarie, artigianali, commerciali e religiose, e delle loro interconnessioni negli spazi periurbani di diverse città dell’Italia meridionale tra l’VIII secolo a.C. e il I secolo d.C. Questo saggio esplorativo, che segue le orme degli innovativi studi francesi sull’area periurbana antica, intende proporre nuovi approcci, in termini di vocabolario e interpretazione, per prendere in considerazione quest’area geografica, molto densa di resti archeologici, alla periferia delle città antiche dell’Italia meridionale.
the pertinent historical and archaeological data
pertaining to the presence of Saint Jerome in
Rome, and in particular his activities, his places
of residence and his social contacts within the
Roman aristocracy. As assistant and secretary
to Pope Damasus, Jerome worked in archives,
situated on the western reaches of the Field
of Mars. This study explores the literary and
topographical evidence with regard to the block
of San Girolamo della Carità, situated in the
Western Campo Marzio, which is currently the
site of the eponymous church.
Questo articolo analizza parte di un affresco facente parte di un calendario dipinto rinvenuto a Roma sull’Esquilino, al di sotto della Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. La realizzazione di recenti restauri conservativi ha favorito lo sviluppo di una nuova analisi della parte del pannello pittorico connesso con il mese di settembre raffigurante una scena di vita rurale. Alcune caratteristiche riscontrabili nell’affresco, infatti, risultano essere utili allo studio di alcune tipologie abitative e di pratiche agricole nelle campagne in età romana, e dei contesti pittorici riferibili al periodo che va dal II al III secolo d.C.
Using the most recent archaeological data, and the historical and epigraphic sources, the analysis tackles three main questions.
The first involves the problem of the tracing of the territorial limits, a question tackled by using a methodology based upon the limits of the medieval dioceses, a historical element that has come down to the present day and that has often given rise to our modern administrative limits (communal, provincial and regional). The limits of the medieval dioceses have thus been compared with other topographical elements such as the road network traceable from aerial photographs and information coming from antique inscriptions.
The second question deals with the archaeological characteristics of the villages that are identifiable in the territory of Luceria, and how they were effected by the creation of a colony and the Second Punic War. Of the transformations that are documented, one notes, in effect, the decrease in the number of archaeological remains of villages as a whole, a phenomenon which at the end of the 4th Century may be connected to the changes in property and in organization of the defence. This phenomenon is difficult to study especially since the archaeological evidence itself is lacking. Much attention has been placed on the localization of the ancient site of Gereonium, a small settlement cited in the ancient sources as the site of several clashes between the Romans and Hannibal, before the great battle of Cannae. The author repeats with new arguments its position in the north western corner of the territory of Luceria (to the south of the River Fortore.), and its interpretation as a small fortified pre-Roman site; in fact, the ancient sources reveal that the latter was also used by Hannibal as a grain store and was easily defensible via the pitching of an external camp.
The third and last question concerns a proposed topographical reconstruction of the changes taking place in rural land holding between the republican period and the late antiquity. Such a reconstruction has been produced by comparing all fragmentary data and different information.