Evoluzione di un paesaggio alpino alle sorgenti del Brembo (Carona, BG)

he paper gives some insights of the data collected in the area of Carona (province of Bergamo, Italy) within the framework of the author’s PhD thesis. The main objective of the project is to understand the diachronic evolution of a mountain landscape shaped by human-environment interaction. The area was exploited for mining and pastoral activities from early medieval times; we also know that some kind of human occupation occurred in the area during the late Iron Age and the early Roman Age. The data collected through field survey, cartography, and archive study have been implemented through GIS and statistical analysis. The main type of evidence detected are the mountain huts (baite), along with pastoral structures, charcoal production sites and mining assemblages. The analysis of structural decay and cartographic presence of baite lead to the definition of a built landscape chronology. The main outcome is the reconstruction, at different levels of accuracy, of the landscape evolution from Iron Age to the present time. The proposed methodology, as a synthesis of different research experiences in the mountain environment, could lay the foundations for a broader reflection on possible shared and common approaches to “mountain archaeology” as an autonomous archaeological field of research.

Il volume raccoglie una serie di contributi presentati nell’ambito del corso di alta formazione “Montagne e Archeologie”, organizzato come attività congiunta dei Corsi di Dottorato “Culture d’Europa”. Ambiente, spazi, storie arti, idee” (Università di Trento) e “Scienze archeologiche, storico-artistiche e storiche” (Università di Verona), a cura di Diego E. Angelucci, Enrico Croce, Mara Migliavacca e Fabio Saggioro. I casi-studio ricadono nell’ambito della cosiddetta “archeologia di montagna” e offrono esempi del lavoro archeologico alle alte quote o nelle aree vallive, significativi per suscitare sia la discussione metodologica sia la riflessione sulla presenza umana negli ecosistemi montani.