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Siena in the early Middle Ages: new data from the excavation at Santa Maria della Scala
Author(s) -
Cantini Federico
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
early medieval europe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1468-0254
pISSN - 0963-9462
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0254.2007.00207.x
Subject(s) - ninth , excavation , middle ages , settlement (finance) , archaeology , period (music) , ancient history , geography , history , art , physics , world wide web , computer science , acoustics , payment , aesthetics
The data from excavations around the hospital of Santa Maria in Siena help to build a picture of the city in the early Middle Ages. Comparison is made with the rural site of Montarrenti, and significant differences between the economic development in the town and country are observed, although both suffered decline. Settlement, and economic activity in the city of Siena are seen to go into recession in the post‐Roman period, but signs of growth become visible from the ninth century onwards.