The archaeological site Monte S. Martino is near Riva del Garda at an altitude between 600 and 850 m. Its position is strategic for communications and trade between Lake Garda and the Ledro Valley, from the Chiese Valley towards Brescia and the External Giudicarie towards the Non Valley. The faunal remains examined were found during excavations between 1996 and 2021 and represent a sample that lends itself to being analyzed from a diachronic point of view. The site was a sanctuary during the Second Iron Age and the Roman Age, but it became a residential site during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Sheep and goats are the most common domestic animals, followed by cattle, pigs and poultry, which have different percentages over time. The dog was present only in late antiquity and during the high and low Middle Ages; equids only in late antiquity; the rabbit in late antiquity and late Middle Ages. Among wild animals, the deer is the most attested animal in all periods, while the chamois, roe deer, bear and squirrel only in late ancient times; the dormouse in late antiquity and the late Middle Ages and the rat only in the late Middle Ages.
Monte S. Martino è ubicato presso la frazione di Campi ad una quota compresa tra 600 e 850 m. La sua posizione è strategica per le comunicazioni e i commerci tra Lago di Garda e valle di Ledro, dalla valle del Chiese verso Brescia e dalle Giudicarie esteriori verso la valle di Non. I reperti faunistici esaminati sono stati rinvenuti durante gli scavi intercorsi tra 1996 e 2021 e rappresentano un campione che si presta ad essere analizzato dal punto di vista diacronico. Sono testimoniate, infatti varie fasi di vita del sito, sia cultuali durante la seconda età del Ferro e l’età romana, che abitative dall’epoca tardoantica al basso medioevo. I caprovini sono i domestici più presenti, seguiti da bovini, suini e dal pollame con percentuali differenti nel corso del tempo. Il cane è presente solo nel tardoantico e durante l’alto e il basso medioevo; gli equidi solo in età tardoantica; il coniglio in età tardoantica e durante il basso medioevo. Tra i selvatici il cervo è l’animale più attestato in tutti i periodi, mentre camoscio, capriolo, orso e scoiattolo solo in età tardoantica; il ghiro in età tardoantica e nel basso medioevo e il ratto solo nel basso medioevo.
Monte S. Martino a Campi di Riva del Garda (TN): la fauna tra l’Età del Ferro e il Basso Medioevo
Silvia Bandera
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
2024-01-01
Abstract
The archaeological site Monte S. Martino is near Riva del Garda at an altitude between 600 and 850 m. Its position is strategic for communications and trade between Lake Garda and the Ledro Valley, from the Chiese Valley towards Brescia and the External Giudicarie towards the Non Valley. The faunal remains examined were found during excavations between 1996 and 2021 and represent a sample that lends itself to being analyzed from a diachronic point of view. The site was a sanctuary during the Second Iron Age and the Roman Age, but it became a residential site during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Sheep and goats are the most common domestic animals, followed by cattle, pigs and poultry, which have different percentages over time. The dog was present only in late antiquity and during the high and low Middle Ages; equids only in late antiquity; the rabbit in late antiquity and late Middle Ages. Among wild animals, the deer is the most attested animal in all periods, while the chamois, roe deer, bear and squirrel only in late ancient times; the dormouse in late antiquity and the late Middle Ages and the rat only in the late Middle Ages.
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