Monte Torretta (Pietragalla, PZ) represents one of the most interesting and less known settlements of ancient Lucania. The site was investigated in the last 50 years by several archaeological activities, but no result has been published so far. In order to study and disseminate the archaeological value of the site, the Université Paris 1 Panthéon‐Sorbonne and the Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin has established the joint Pietragalla Project. The project is based on a multidisciplinary approach, which aims at studying the settlement and at recovering the lost information obtained by the previous archaeological works. The first geophysical activities conducted on the site offer important results, which increase the knowledge of the site and will help the archaeologists in their future investigation. Through the comparison and integration of different geophysical methodologies, including ground penetrating radar, electrical resistivity tomography and geomagnetic measurements, various information was obtained in proximity of the fortification walls and the two main gates of the site. Moreover, geological and geomorphological interpretations highlighted important information on the archaeological site. The obtained results show the importance of geophysical activities in a context strongly damaged by rural activities of the last century. From an archaeological point of view, the geophysical surveys conducted in 2017 and 2018 show a dense building activity within the area enclosed by the walls. Thanks to these results, we are now able to understand the settlement pattern in the longue durée, at the least for the western part of the infra‐muros area.
Le sanctuaire de Déméter à Vamiès (Itanos, Crète orientale) Topographie, architecture et petite plastique de terre cuite Hélène Brun, Alain Duplouy RÉSUMÉ La prospection du territoire d'Itanos a permis de repérer de nombreux sites, dont l'un fait l'objet du présent article : un petit sanctuaire situé en périphérie de la ville, à Vamiès, prospecté et nettoyé en 1996. Ces travaux avaient révélé les fondations d'un édifice rectangulaire et livré une abondante céramique ainsi qu'un lot de statuettes de terre cuite. Notre étude présente la topographie du sanctuaire et les statuettes qui y ont été recueillies. Ces dernières éclairent l'histoire du sanctuaire en donnant des pistes pour l'identification de la divinité qui y était vénérée (probablement Déméter). Leur étude stylistique qui fournit des indications sur l'origine de ces pièces invite aussi à les confronter aux autres dépôts découverts dans la région et à s'interroger sur la notion d'identité étéocrétoise appliquée à une production matérielle.
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