Il castrum di Cuccuru Casteddu di Villamar: note preliminari
The castrum of Cuccuru Casteddu at Villamar: preliminary notes
Abstract
The article offers a first historical and archaeological approach of the ruin “Cuccuru Casteddu”. At the beginning it was probably a castle of the Byzantine Age, a fortress in the boundary between Marmilla and Trexenta. This was an area with intensive viability, already in Roman and Punic age, for the control of rich farming products. The ceramics refers to a continuity of the site from the third up to the eighth century and up to the thirteenth and the beginning of the fourteenth century. The sources relating to the “Giudicato” of “Arborea”, the relationship of the castle with the frontier of the Kingdom of Arborèa and the hypotheses on the causes of the disrepair of the castle, open the way to new theories and research perspectives.
Il contributo propone una prima lettura in chiave storica e archeologica del rudere di Cuccuru Casteddu. La sua origine potrebbe essere posta in relazione a un castello di età Bizantina, presidio situato al confine tra Marmilla e Trexenta, territori attraversati da vie di penetrazione già in età romana e punica, funzionali al controllo delle ricche produzioni agricole.La ceramica rimanda a una continuità abitativa del sito dal III fino all’VIII secolo e fino al XIII e agli inizi del XIV secolo. Le fonti relative alla fase giudicale arborense, il rapporto del castello con la frontiera del Regno di Arborèa e le ipotesi sulle cause dell’abbandono del castello, aprono la strada a nuove teorie e prospettive di ricerca.
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