Archeologia e montagna: i nodi critici rilevati dal progetto "Oltre il confine" (Recoaro Terme, VI)

Abstract: In the first part of the paper, motivations, methods used and initial results obtained from the “Oltre il confine” Project held in Recoaro Terme (VI) in the years 2019-2021 are presented. In the second part of the paper, the excavation of three shelters is discussed, underlining their membership in larger systems. In the 15th-18th centuries they were subject of interest for the close mountain communities, but also for the aristocratic families residing further afield and for the policies of the Republic of Venice. During the Recent and Final Bronze age the shelters and, more widely, the findings in these high pastures, often prestigious ones, hint at pastures, travel routes, exchanges, boundaries and rituals. In the final part of the paper, some method consideration about the archaeological work in the high quotes are presented.