Archeologia dei paesaggi montani in Basilicata: una ricerca integrata nel territorio di Calvello, PZ (Basilicata)

In the territory of Calvello (Potenza), Basilicata, a new archaeological research project covered the northern slopes of Mount Volturino (Lucanian Apennines), aims to understand the dynamics of exploitation of a mountainous area between antiquity and Middle Age, marked by the foundation of the monastery of St. Peter in Cellaria. Most areas are datable between 4th and 3rd centuries. B.C. and are characterized by a network of rural sites, related to agricultural and pastoral activity. The project focuses the close relationship between the distribution of rural units, the wellsprings concentration and the sheep tracks used until now. The project for the Middle Ages takes into account the area occupied by the monastery of St. Peter, tied to the Pulsanese Congregation. Survey campaigns and walls analysis and documentation were followed by an intense campaign of archeogeofi sics prospecting, aimed to discover buried elements.