Valmadrera (LC), località Corno di Birone, Cornello Alto. Rilievo di strutture insediative. Relazione preliminare

Authors

  • Matteo Dolci Università degli Studi di Milano
  • Stefano Pruneri l’Università degli Studi di Lecce - Università degli Studi di Milano

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13130/2035-4797/129

Keywords:

Lombardy, Archaeological diggings, Early Medieval, Archaeological Survey

Abstract

Early medieval settlement in Corno di Birone, Cornello Alto (Valmadrera – LC), has been found in survey activities, in Ancient Topography Project “Geografia della Difesa” of the University of Milan.Cleaning and reliefing survivor structures, have been evidenced four rooms on a natural terrace to 600 m slm, two of which partially dug in the cliff, and some terrace-works for regularization of natural geomorphology. In absence of archaeological diggings, the dating of the site to early medieval age it’s proposed on the strait relationship with close site of Monte Barro, and looking to its probable function of road control.

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Author Biographies

Matteo Dolci, Università degli Studi di Milano

Matteo Dolci achieved the PhD title in Ancient Topography at the Università degli Studi di Salerno during the academic year 2002-2003. In 2004 he got a Research Grant for the Chair of Ancient Topography of the Università degli Studi di Milano. In detail, he studies settlements and road structures of Roman and Early Mediaeval ages in Transpadana, and directs survey projects in Southern Tuscany, Friuli Venezia Giulia and north-western Lombardy.

Stefano Pruneri, l’Università degli Studi di Lecce - Università degli Studi di Milano

Stefano Pruneri is Doctor in Letters and Philosophy in University of Milan. From 2005 he is PHD student in Ancient Topography in University of Lecce. He has also directed and directs numerous archaeological diggings for Soprintendenza ai Beni Archeologici per la Lombardia.

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Published

2008-05-05

Issue

No. 1 (2008)

Section

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AND RESEARCHES