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The Urban Dimensions of Mountain Society in Late-First Millennium BC Italy: Monte Vairano in Samnium

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  • Scopacasa, Rafael

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The mountain communities of late-first millennium BC Italy have been regarded as non-urban societies that reverted to city life mainly owing to Roman intervention. A growing body of archaeological evidence is uncovering the diversity of settlement forms and dynamics in the region’s pre-Roman past, which included sites encompassing a range of functions and social agents. This article presents an indepth, microscale analysis of one such site, Monte Vairano in Samnium, drawing on perspectives from comparative urbanism. Monte Vairano developed urban characteristics such as a complex socioeconomic profile and political cohesion, as well as potentially more unique features such as an apparently balanced distribution of wealth. These results can shed further light on the diversity of ancient urbanization and its sociopolitical implications in late-first millennium BC Italy and the Mediterranean.

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  • Scopacasa, Rafael, 2024. "The Urban Dimensions of Mountain Society in Late-First Millennium BC Italy: Monte Vairano in Samnium," SocArXiv fkh4d, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:fkh4d
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/fkh4d
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