The Upper Simeto Valley Project: An Interim Report on the First Season

Leone, A.; Witcher, R.E.; Privitera, F.; Spigo, U.

The Upper Simeto Valley Project: An Interim Report on the First Season

Leone, A.; Witcher, R.E.; Privitera, F.; Spigo, U.

Authors

A. Leone

Dr Robert Witcher r.e.witcher@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

F. Privitera

U. Spigo

Contributors

M. Fitzjohn
Editor

Abstract

This paper introduces a new survey project, located on the north-west flank of Etna, and presents the preliminary results of the first season of fieldwork (2006). The project research area includes the territories of the comuni of Bronte, Maletto and Maniace (Catania) in the upper valley of the river Simeto. Many individual archaeological sites and features have been identified in this area in the past, but there has been no systematic survey coverage. The long-term aim of the project is to investigate the transformation of the human and physical landscapes of this upland area from prehistory to modern times. But in contrast to many approaches to Sicily which have conceived of cultural change in terms of a series of external conquests, this project aims to use settlement and material culture to assess the changing human and physical landscapes of Sicily from the 'inside out'.

Citation

Leone, A., Witcher, R., Privitera, F., & Spigo, U. (2007). The Upper Simeto Valley Project: An Interim Report on the First Season. In M. Fitzjohn (Ed.), Uplands of Ancient Sicily and Calabria : the archaeology of landscape revisited (49-58). Accordia Research Institute, University of London

Publication Date	Dec 1, 2007
Deposit Date	Mar 31, 2009
Publicly Available Date	Sep 7, 2012
Publisher	Accordia Research Institute, University of London
Pages	49-58
Book Title	Uplands of Ancient Sicily and Calabria : the archaeology of landscape revisited.
Keywords	Sicily, Etna, Field survey.
Publisher URL	http://www.ucl.ac.uk/accordia/italypub-details.htm#italy13
Additional Information	Deriving from fieldwork funded by a British Academy Small Grant.