Perchement et Réalités Fortifiées en Méditerranée et en Europe, Vème-Xème Siècles

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Philippe Pergola is Full Professor and Dean at the Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana (Rome) and Professor Emeritus at the University of Nice. His main research interests deal with the Early Christian topography of cities and rural areas in the Mediterranean. He has directed more than 150 archaeological missions in the Mediterranean and in the Horn of Africa and has authored hundreds of publications on these topics.

Gabriele Castiglia gained his PhD from the Pontificio Istiuto di Archeologia Cristiana (Rome) where he is Assistant Professor. He has worked for twenty years in archaeological missions in Italy and in Eastern Africa and has authored many publications on these topics.

Elie Essa Kas Hanna began his university studies in Syria, where he completed a master's degree in archaeology at the University of Aleppo in 2007. He obtained his PhD from the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology in Rome in 2017, and is currently visiting professor at the Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome.

Ilaria Martinetto is an independent researcher.

Jean-Antoine Segura (Université de Caen Normandie) completed a masters in archaeology at the University of Aix-en-Provence and is currently a PhD candidate in medieval archaeology at the University of Caen Normandy (CRAHAM lab). His research focuses on early medieval fortifications (5th-9th c. A.D.)

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‘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