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Mediterranean Mountains in the Iron Age Between Violence and Identity

Elena Scarsella (University of Cambridge), Mediterranean Mountains in the Iron Age Between Violence and Identity Abstract: The peculiar and fragmented human landscapes of the Mediterranean mountains are prone to a constant scarcity of resources and hence to a fierce competition over them. This forces the people inhabiting these landscapes to adapt constantly their social and economic strategies to maintain a critical balance in the availability and circulation of resources. In this frame, violence, both in its display and practice, plays the pivotal role of redistributing and facilitating the (not always consensual) circulation of materials and wealth. In doing this it is facilitated and legitimised by the progressive construction of a narrative around memory and ancestors. This is particularly true for the period between the 7th and the 5th century BC, when a widespread display of aggressive power is clear both on the landscape and the material culture. In this lecture the link between violence and identity will be explored through the case-study of the Aterno Valley during the Archaic period (7th to 5th century BC). Speaker bio: Elena Scarsella is a PhD Candidate at the University of Cambridge (Department of Archaeology) with a thesis on the formation of identity in the mountainous district of central Italy between the Iron Age and the Romanization. She earned a BA in Etruscology and a MA in Aegean Archaeology at La Sapienza, University of Rome. Elena has worked on many pivotal sites in Italy, including Veii, Populonia, Rome, and Fossa, for which she was Field Director in 2021. On a broader level, her research interests cover the archaeology of war and conflict, landscape archaeology and the anthropology of mountains. In her spare time, Elena is a mountaineer, a fencer, and an archer. Seminar Series & Date: Garrod Research Seminar, 3rd November 2022