The fortified settlement of Monte Croce Guardia (Arcevia - Ancona). A strategic Late Bronze Age political centre in central Italy Apennine.
| Componente | Categoria |
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| Giulia Recchia | Componenti strutturati del gruppo di ricerca / Structured participants in the research project |
| Melissa Vilmercati | Dottorando/Assegnista/Specializzando componente non strutturato del gruppo di ricerca / PhD/Assegnista/Specializzando member non structured of the research group |
| Elisabetta Petrucci | Componenti strutturati del gruppo di ricerca / Structured participants in the research project |
| Cristiano Vignola | Dottorando/Assegnista/Specializzando componente non strutturato del gruppo di ricerca / PhD/Assegnista/Specializzando member non structured of the research group |
| Elisa Fraulini | Dottorando/Assegnista/Specializzando componente non strutturato del gruppo di ricerca / PhD/Assegnista/Specializzando member non structured of the research group |
| Componente | Qualifica | Struttura | Categoria |
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| Marco Bettelli | Dirigente di Ricerca | CNR-ISPC | Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships |
| Andrea Di Renzoni | Ricercatore | CNR-ISPc | Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships |
| Ilaria Venanzoni | Funzionario Archeologo | SABAP - MARCHE | Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships |
| Alberto Cazzella | Professore ordinario in quiescienza | Università Sapienza | Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships |
| Lucci Enrico | Archeologo Dottore di Ricerca | Università Sapienza | Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships |
| Wieke de Neef | Post Doc | Università of Gent (Belgium) | Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships |
| Lorenzo Cardarelli | Dottorando | Università Bari | Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships |
| Jacopo De Grossi Mazzorin | Professore associato | Università del Salento | Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships |
| Claudio Cavazzuti | Ricercatore A | Università d Bologna | Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships |
The fortified Late Bronze Age settlement at Monte Croce Guardia (Arcevia - Ancona) is located on a naturally defended plateau of the Apennine ridges at 650/670 above s.l., with excellent territorial control.
The Sapienza University's excavations (2015-2020) have provided remarkable data: 1) the extraordinary extension of the settlement (ca. 25 ha.) has been ascertained; 2) three distinct chronological phases belonging to the Late Bronze Age (12th -10th centuries BC) have been defined and a steady occupation of the site during the Copper Age has been recognised; 3) it is now clear that the foundation of Monte Croce Guardia hillfort is related to the abandonment of various predating settlements located in the near lower areas; 4) several large rectangular houses (90/120 sqm) have been unearthed; 5) significant traces of metallurgical activities and other specialized craft evidence have been found; 6) Geomagnetic investigations have highlighted the occurrence of a number of hidden large huts and other functional structures.
Thus, the excavation at Monte Croce Guardia has become strategic to understand the organisation of the villages and societies during the crucial phase of the Late Bronze Age, which paved the way for the deep historic transformations that occurred in the early 1st millennium BC: the formation of large proto-urban communities and cultural and ethnic entities characterising pre-Roman Italy.
Archaeological research at Monte Croce Guardia has considerable importance as regards the third mission activities promoted by the Department of Antiquity Sciences and the Sapienza University. With the financial support of Regione Marche and a specific agreement with the Arcevia Municipality the Department is committed in the planning and development of an archeological park on the site, the musealization of archaeological finds and the realization of a footage including virtual reconstructions of the Bronze Age village and its dwelling structures.