nEU-Med day in Maremma: a first report

On october 31st the first nEU-Med day in Maremma took place.

It was an event of great importance for the project, aimed at presenting to the public the data collected in the first three years of research. Unfortunately the bad weather did not allow the visit to the site of Vetricella scheduled in the morning programme, but this did not prevent the continuation of other activities that took place in the municipal building of Scarlino, in whose territory the key excavation of the project is located.

Among these, the research tables (Fig.1) were of great success with significant public attendance, these consisting in six stands at which by way of videos, photographs and different types of finds (from ceramics to the natural sediment cores) the young researches of the interdisciplinary team met the public and had the chance to illustrate their researches and the different methodologies applied in the project (Fig. Gallery).

(Fig.1) The public meet the nEU-Med researchers

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At the same time, in the rooms of the Town Hall the conference-meeting took place, introduced by the Mayor of Scarlino Marcello Stella, the coordinator of the nEU-Med project Prof. Richard Hodges (Fig.2) and Prof. Giovanna Bianchi (Fig.3), who explained to the audience the results and aims of the research in a Mediterranean and European prospective. The architects Giuseppe Bartolini and Simonetta Fiamminghi (Fig.4) presented the preliminary development projects not olny for the site of Vetricella and it’s surrounding territory, but also of the historical center of Scarlino.

(Fig.2) P.I of the nEU-Med project Prof. Richard Hodges

(Fig.3) Prof. Giovanna Bianchi explained the objectives of the nEU-Med project

(Fig.4) Presentation of the preliminary development projects by the architect Giuseppe Bartolini

The relevance of the nEU-Med project in the research context of the Università di Siena and in the wider European panorama as well as the strong commitment of the research team to rielaborate the results acquired in the project for future public fruition, justifies the important presence, in this initiative, of the President of the Università di Siena prof. Francesco Frati (Fig.5) , who in his speech, recalled the importance of combining research with strategies for the development of the territory, a central theme of the so-called “third mission” of the University institutions.

(Fig.5) The President of the Università di Siena Prof. Francesco Frati

As a corollary of these events, which were also attended by many rappresentatives of the nearby municpal administrations, and the Val di Cornia Parks, along with it’s President, the volume: “Origins of a new economic union (7th- 12th centuy). Preliminary results of the nEU-Med project October 2015, march2017, was presented. The volume in italian and english, edited by Giovanna Bianchi and Richard Hodges, can be freely downloaded at the following link:

https://www.insegnadelgiglio.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Progetto-Neu-Med.pdf

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