A systematic revision and re-examination of the archaeological data available for the Early and Middle Bronze Age settlements of Campania allowed an estimation of the territorial impact of the Vesuvius 'Pomici di Avellino' eruption (20th-19th centuries BC). Before the eruption the region was very densely inhabited. The research demonstrated that after the eruption begun a protracted period of depopulation of the area affected by the by-products of the eruption. A complete reoccupation only occurred at the end of the Middle Bronze Age, about five centuries after the eruption.
The impact of the Pomici di Avellino Plinian eruption of Vesuvius on Early and Middle Bronze Age human settlement in Campania (Southern Italy) / Halinka Di, Lorenzo; Mauro Antonio Di, Vito; Pierfrancesco, Talamo; Jim, Bishop; Nicola, Castaldo; Sandro de, Vita; Rosella, Nave; Pacciarelli, Marco. - (2013), pp. 253-265.
The impact of the Pomici di Avellino Plinian eruption of Vesuvius on Early and Middle Bronze Age human settlement in Campania (Southern Italy)
PACCIARELLI, MARCO
2013
Abstract
A systematic revision and re-examination of the archaeological data available for the Early and Middle Bronze Age settlements of Campania allowed an estimation of the territorial impact of the Vesuvius 'Pomici di Avellino' eruption (20th-19th centuries BC). Before the eruption the region was very densely inhabited. The research demonstrated that after the eruption begun a protracted period of depopulation of the area affected by the by-products of the eruption. A complete reoccupation only occurred at the end of the Middle Bronze Age, about five centuries after the eruption.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
