Abstract
In the 1890s, the Dominican Father Peter Paul Mackey located the remains of the protohistoric settlement of Crustumerium, on a small hill ca. 15 km north of Rome crowned by picturesque ruins, amongst which the medieval so-called Torretta (tower) della Bufalotta. His identification was close yet incorrect. As was shown in the 1970s, Crustumerium lay some 450 m to the northwest. In this article, we delve into the remains of this torretta – which in fact was never a tower – and its surrounding surface materials which, taken together, testify to a complicated history spanning more than 2000 years.
| Translated title of the contribution | La Torretta della Bufalotta: Silent witness to a lost landscape |
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| Original language | Other |
| Pages (from-to) | 31-38 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Paleo-Aktueel |
| Volume | 30 |
| Publication status | Published - 12 Dec 2019 |