{"title":"Churches at a Crossroads: Assessing a Rural Sacred Landmark in Central Sicily (Sixth to Twelfth Centuries AD)","authors":"Margherita Riso, M. Randazzo, Andrea E.L. Arena","doi":"10.1080/14662035.2022.2176475","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT\n Archaeological research conducted in Sicily is increasingly turning to the study of the Medieval settled landscape and its road networks. However, the study of Late Roman/Early Medieval rural churches, and how they fit and figure in the landscape, remains a theme underdeveloped in comparison with other Mediterranean islands, where the theory of ‘landmark churches’ has been forged through the combination of archaeological, environmental, and spatial analyses. This study aims to apply a similar approach to Sicily, using the newly discovered church of San Nicola and its surrounding settled landscape as a case-study. It will be argued that this monument functioned as a physical and likely symbolic landmark in this wider settled landscape, acting as a means of orientation along the roads of the island interior, and influencing settlement patterns in specific historical periods of rural settlement growth and/or crisis.","PeriodicalId":38043,"journal":{"name":"Landscapes (United Kingdom)","volume":"23 1","pages":"103 - 122"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Landscapes (United Kingdom)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14662035.2022.2176475","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"Arts and Humanities","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Archaeological research conducted in Sicily is increasingly turning to the study of the Medieval settled landscape and its road networks. However, the study of Late Roman/Early Medieval rural churches, and how they fit and figure in the landscape, remains a theme underdeveloped in comparison with other Mediterranean islands, where the theory of ‘landmark churches’ has been forged through the combination of archaeological, environmental, and spatial analyses. This study aims to apply a similar approach to Sicily, using the newly discovered church of San Nicola and its surrounding settled landscape as a case-study. It will be argued that this monument functioned as a physical and likely symbolic landmark in this wider settled landscape, acting as a means of orientation along the roads of the island interior, and influencing settlement patterns in specific historical periods of rural settlement growth and/or crisis.
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The study of past landscapes – and their continuing presence in today’s landscape - is part of one of the most exciting interdisciplinary subjects. The integrated study of landscape has real practical applications for a society navigating a changing world, able to contribute to understanding landscape and helping shape its future. It unites the widest range of subjects in both Arts and Sciences, including archaeologists, ecologists, geographers, sociologists, cultural and environmental historians, literature specialists and artists.
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