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Insediamento e spazio sacro tra la protostoria e l’età coloniale. Il caso del Timpone della Motta

Authors: P. Brocato, L. Altomare, C. Capparelli

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The contribution examines the Oenotrian settlement of Timpone della Motta in Francavilla Marittima (CS), with particular reference to Building V on its summit, tracing its architectural and typological transformations from the protohistoric period to the Archaic age. Through a re-evaluation of the stratigraphy and associated material culture, the study reconstructs the phases of occupation, ritual dynamics, architectural layout, and functional aspects of the structure. The analysis highlights the site’s complexity as an expression of an internally stratified and culturally dynamic society, whose development reflects processes of interaction and reinterpretation of Greek influences within a broader framework of progressive integration between local traditions and external models.

Residenze per l’élite enotria o templi greci nell’insediamento del Timpone della Motta (VIII-VII sec. a.C.) a Francavillla Marittima?

Author: P. Brocato

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The settlement of the Timpone della Motta (Cs-IT) represents one of the most important sites of the Oenotrian culture of the Ionian coast. The pre-colonial phase demonstrates a close contact with the Greek world which then intensified with the foundation of Sybaris and the progressive Hellenization. The research concerns three dwellings, identified in the excavations conducted by M. W. Stoop and M. Kleibrink on the top of the settlement, generally interpreted as temples. The architecture of the most ancient phases (8th-7th century BC) is examined in detail, providing new reconstructive elements also through comparisons with similar structures. Therefore a different interpretation of the stratigraphic and structural sequence and their functions is proposed.

Francavilla Marittima (CS): indagini archeologiche nell’abitato del Timpone della Motta (2017-2019)

Authors: P. Brocato, L. Altomare, M. Canonaco, C. Capparelli, B. Carroccio, G. Ferraro, G. Lucarelli, M. Perri, A.A. Zappani

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In 2017 the Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici of the Università della Calabria started new archaeological investigations in the ancient settlement of the Timpone della Motta in Francavilla Marittima (CS). The research, which is still in progress, has the aim of extensively defining the organization of the site. Currently, there are interventions in two different areas of the ancient settlement (plateau I and II). This work analyses previous investigations in these areas and illustrates the preliminary findings of the new research. The excavations have found various housing structures, relating to wooden huts and stone buildings. The discoveries attest the frequentation from the Middle Bronze Age up to the 4th century B.C.