LOCAL APPLICATION OF THE TECHNIQUE VILLAGES WITH DITCHES 15

LOCAL APPLICATION OF THE TECHNIQUE

Technique: VILLAGES WITH DITCHES Local name: Daunia, Puglia Site: Daunia, Puglia Location Click the globe to see the techinique on Google Map Continent: Europe Country: Italy Site: Daunia Coordinates: Lat: 41.36 Long: 15.14 Description of the local variant of the technique The technique of drainage ditches was spread in this region 6000 years ago since the Neolithic peoples built over 3000 villages surrounded by crescent-shaped trenches. The study of these villages has shown that the drainage ditches were used to reclaim and bring to use the land (Tinè, 1983; Leuci, 1991). This area, situated at the foot of the Ridge of Gargano, responds to the characteristics of hydromorphic soils, near wetlands, soft and rich fertile soil, chosen by the early Neolithic. Moisture conditions have led to the digging of ditches to adjust the excess water. The moats then responded to environmental needs maintaining dry land for cultivation during the wet season and acting as troughs, water tanks and collectors of humus. Survival prospects Dead Technique  Images Types of Neolithic villages. The layout evidences the perimeter of ditches. The entrances always have an east-west orientation. Often the perimeters were not closed off, taking on the shape of a half-moon, or they have branches, demonstrating the use of the tunnels as being related to water resources and not for defensive purposes.  Deepening TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUE DATA Technique VILLAGES WITH DITCHES Icon Cathegory E - Settlements, architecture and movable handworks Identification code E3a Other Local applications of the technique RELATED TECHNIQUES E8a CIRCULAR HUTS A6 DRY STONE WALLS C12 EXCAVATION AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS E2e PIT HYPOGEA AND ROCKY WALL HYPOGEA A4 PLANT CULTIVATION AND ANIMAL DOMESTICATION E1 PREHISTORIC STRUCTURES AND SETTLEMENTS E8b SHELTERS FOR ANIMALS AND GRAIN STORAGE E8h VEGETABLES MATERIAL STRUCTURES Author: IPOGEA, www.ipogea.org Other authors: Reference: