Water, Wood, and Clay. The Archeology of the Venetian Lagoon | 1st - 10th century A.D., 5 pm

30.11.2021

Venice can be explained by bringing together Carolingian, Lombard, Islamic, Post-Roman, Byzantine traditions, its unique landscape: water, mud, and wood are the reasons by which Venice was built.
Comparisons with other contemporary lagoon sites permit a tentative material reconstruction of early Venice. A comprehensive environmental approach will help to define the sustainability of the sites and the reasons for their abandonment. 

And Before Venice? Archaeology has provided data to stress how the link between humans and the environment should be the proxy to evaluate the peculiar system of infrastructure that characterizes the costal-lagoon area of Altino.
How can modern archaeology provide holistic research around a central site of medieval Europe?  Modeling activities will encourage the reconstructions of the settled areas and ideas about the social structure of the first Venetian communities. An anthropological and sociological reassessment of the political narratives will shed light on the interpretation of old archaeological excavated material.

The lecture proposed by the Venice International University takes place on December 6, 2021, at 5 pm (CET) and will be held in dual format

Guest speaker: Diego Calaon, researcher of Ancient Topography at Ca' Foscari University of Venice.

The online event is open to the public. Registration is required, the zoom link will be provided before the lecture, on Monday morning.

VIULectures is a series of talks on topical issues of interest to the VIU Community.