Ricerc@Sapienza

In this paper the main cultural aspects that characterise Apulia between the Early and the Late Bronze Age are taken into consideration. The detailed chronological sequence related to this region and specific local differences are highlighted, in particular the differentiation between central-northern and central-southern Apulia. Authors analyse then the available data to figure out the social and economic organisation of these Bronze Age communities.

Given the extension of the region and the local variabilities, a summary of the data split into wide areas, homogeneous in terms of geomorphology, is proposed. however, it seems possible to identify from north to south, despite the heterogeneity of aspects difficult to set into sequences, some uniformities regarding some of them, both in the earliest phases (Macchia a Mare - zinzulusa) and in the most recent one (Late Laterza), more sensitive the latter to the movement of goods and contacts with the Aegean-balkan area.