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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF REGIME CHANGE - Sicily in Transition 6
th to 13th century
Byzantine –
Afghlabid
-
Kalbid
- Norman -
SwabianSlide2
See
Med. Arch
.
59 (
2015)
Odinic
Celtic Christian
Western Roman Christian
Umayyad Islam
Eastern Roman Christian
Context: the ideological theatre in Europe 6th to 10th century
Abbasid Islam
Fatimid Islam
Centre stage is SicilySlide3
Calatafimi
Segesta
Monte Iato
Entella
Sofiana\Villa del Casale
Kaukana
Cefalu
,
Kassar
and
Enna
surrendered to the Arab forces in 858-
9;
Syracusa
in 878
CASTRONOVO
Agrigento
Palermo
Enna
Selinunte
Syracusa
Val di
Mazara
Val Demone
Val di Noto
GREEK/BYZANTINE
ARAB/ISLAMIC
Cefalu
SICILY IN
TRANSITION
Arab forces
Byzantine forces
Byzantine 6-8
th
c ----
Aghlabid
(
S
unni) 9
th
c ------
Kalbid
(Shi-
ite
) 10-11
th
c----Norman 12
th
c ---
Swabian
13
th
cSlide4
Main excavation
CASTRONOVO
OUR SOURCES
Previous excavationsSlide5
Investigations atCastronovo
Previous early medieval excavations in Sicily
Settlement sequence
C
eramic types
and contents
cemeteriesType and use of animalsDietPlace of originPlant regimesdemographyAgricultural economy
Industrial economy
Trade and contact
Area surveys
What happens to communities when a regime changes?
REGIME CHANGE:
Byzantine
Aghlabid
Kalbid
Norman
Swabian
800
900
1000
1200
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STRUCTURE of the
ARGUMENTSlide6
ADVISORS
Lucia Arcifa (Catania)Giuseppe Barbera
(Palermo)
Eduardo
Manzano (Madrid)
Annelies Nef
(Paris)Stefano Vassallo (Palermo)Chris Wickham (Oxford)Martin Carver (York)PIJo Tozer (York)ManagementAlessandra Molinari (Rome)Co-director
Ol
CraigResiduesMichelle AlexanderIsotopesCamilla SpelleraDNAJane Thomas-OatesAnalytical chemistryMalin Holst
Human bone
Veronica AnicetiAnimal BoneHelen Goodchild GeophysicsMadeleine HummlerEditor/SupervisorEmanuele VaccaroSurvey
Vivien
PrigentCoins & seals
Fabio
GiovanniniSupervisor
Paola
Orrechioni
Records/Supervisor
Nicoletta
Giannini
Buildings research
Girolamo
Fiorentino
PaleoecologyMilena PrimaveraPlant remains
YORK
ROMESALENTO
OUR TEAM 2016Antonino MeoSupervisorSlide7
Stefano
Alessandra
Nicoletta
Paola
Volunteers
…......
Emanuele
Some SICTRANSITEERS
MartinMadeleineClaudio
Ol
MichelleCamillaMilena & GirolamoYORKROMESALEN
TO
OlSlide8
Website: http://sicilyintransition.org
THE ARCHAEOLOGY of REGIME CHANGE
Sicily in Transition 6
th
to 13
th
centuryByzantine-Aghlabid-Kalbid-Norman-SwabianDirected by Martin Carver (PI) and Alessandra MolinariSlide9
INTERIM RESULTS 2016Slide10
The four main sitesSlide11
Monte
KassarSlide12
House and
assembly pointExc 2015
Barracks?
HQ building
East gate
Church and
cemetery
West Gate?
Target sites on Monte
Kassar
Defensive wall
Monte
Kassar
Investigation
programme
2016Slide13
ON MONTE KASSAR. Defensive wall of the fortress with
steps, 7-9
th
centurySlide14
Steps onto parapet
House
Assembly area
Defensive wall
Buildings constructed against the defensive wall, 7-9
th
centurySlide15
CLEARING THE “CASERMETTA” SITE 2016Slide16
Building I
Building II
Floor of
cocciopesto
Tower
Entrance
windowThe Byzantine Headquarters Building. 7-9th century. Exc 2016, as seen from a droneSlide17
Monte
Kassar
hypothetical defensive
viewsheds
Colle
San Vitale
HeadquartersSlide18
“Casa
Emiro
”
SAN VITALE
*Citadel constructed by Arabs 9
th
century?*Thought to be an Islamic/Christian hybrid community 10th century*Captured and rebuilt by Normans 11th century*Re-fortified in 13-15th centurySlide19
Castronovo
– the old townSlide20
Underground system of irrigation, terraces and mills
discovered by Nicoletta Giannini Slide21
The historic buildings at
Casale
San
Pietro
on the Agrigento-Palermo road.
Monte Kassar in the backgroundSlide22
Casale
San
Pietro
Church/mosque/church?
Int
6
Int 5Int 8Excavation programme at Casale San Pietro
Byzantine
agri-townArab villageSlide23
Casale
San Pietro --- finale 2016
Norman wall 12
th
c
Arab wall 10th c
Arab hearthByzantine wall?Slide24
SECTION through Int 5
1000
aratura
21
st
c
1004
strada
18th c
1003
aratura
11/12
th
c
1005
crollo
10/11
th
c
1016
distruzione
9/11
th c
1019 piano d’uso (withResidual 6/7th c)
Stratified assemblages at
Casale San Pietro. Building the typology
Arab wallSlide25
Stratified pottery from
Castronovo
Casale
San
Pietro
, 10/11
th centuryLamps from Palermo, 10th centurySlide26
The 10°
century take off as seen
at
Casale San PietroSlide27
Arab g
lass drinking vesselsSlide28
Palermo, via
dei
Mille, 10
th
c
S
ugar comes to EuropePots for refining sugarSlide29
WORKFORCE