Multidisciplinair onderzoek naar Late-Bronstijd vindplaatsen op de Contrada Damale (Calabrië, Italië)

Samenvatting

Multidisciplinary research on Late Bronze Age sites in the Contrada Damale (Calabria, Italy). The Rural Life project applies a multidisciplinary approach to the investigation of small protohistoric surface scatters in northern Calabria, Italy. Non-invasive and invasive methods, including fieldwalking surveys, geophysics, coring and test pits, are used for collecting surface and subsurface data about representative examples of different site types. Combining these different data sets, the project aims at a better interpretation of surface scatters and site formation processes, and at refining archaeological detection methods. In 2011, two site types were investigated: sites with fragments of storage vessels of depurated ware, and sites with small amounts of protohistoric handmade pottery. The multidisciplinary approach is illustrated by two case studies.