Perchement et Réalités Fortifiées en Méditerranée et en Europe, Vème-Xème Siècles
Fortified Hilltop Settlements in the Mediterranean and in Europe (5th-10th centuries)
Gabriele Castiglia editor Philippe Pergola editor Elie Essa Kas Hanna editor Ilaria Martinetto editor Jean-Antoine Segura editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Archaeopress
Published:6th Apr '23
Should be back in stock very soon

Perchement et Réalités Fortifiées en Mediterranee et en Europe, Vème-Xème Siècles / Fortified Hilltop Settlements in the Mediterranean and in Europe (5th-10th centuries) is the result of the International Congress held in October 2019 in Roquebrune-sur-Argens about the fortified hilltop settlements of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. The congress brought together many of the most prominent scholars in the field (principally archaeologists) to present both brand new data and syntheses on wide contexts throughout the European continent, the Mediterranean basin and beyond. The book stands as the most recent and comprehensive update on the ‘perchement’ (i.e. the fortified hilltop settlement) and it will represent a benchmark for scholars working on this topic for decades to come.
‘Il volume istantanea in grado di farci apprezzare, nella singolarità dei casi analizzati, lo sviluppo raggiunto, a volte anche la raffinatezza e qualità metodologica, compiuti in tutti questi anni più recenti dalla ricerca archeologica sul Medioevo, e sull’alto Medioevo nello specifico. … Così, … il risultato finale del volume è sicuramente positivo, in grado, con tonalità di accenti differenti, di rappresentare una sorta di istantanea di fenomeni che si traducono in realtà materiali molto simili tra di loro.’ [translated] ‘The volume under review succeeds in providing something akin to a snapshot of much of the current European research on these themes. This snapshot allows us to appreciate, through the uniqueness of the case studies presented, the progress achieved – sometimes even the methodological refinement and quality – … that archaeological research on the Middle Ages, and specifically the Early Middle Ages, has reached in recent years. … Thus, … the overall result of the volume is certainly positive. It manages, with varying emphases, to represent a kind of snapshot of phenomena that manifest in materially similar ways.’ – Sauro Gelichi (2024): ARCHEOLOGIA MEDIEVALE 51
ISBN: 9781803272412
Dimensions: 290mm x 205mm x 20mm
Weight: 2160g
474 pages