摘要：Historically, the upper Agri valley is one of the most important connecting routes between the Ionian coast, the interior,
and the Tyrrhenian coast. One of the aims of this project is to study the context extensively , in particular the
landscape produced by a series of historical events. In addition we will aim to identify the reciprocal influences between
geomorphology and ancient settlements, and to reconstruct the historical evolution of the landscape. Finally, we intend
to create a ‘Map of Archaeological Potential’, which can be interpreted as an “Archaeological Risk Map”. This
reconstruction has demonstrated that in the Lucanian period the distribution of settlements was very dense. A similar
network of settlements was present during the Roman Republican period in relation to the establishment of Grumentum
followed by the Gracchan centuriation. Finally, after the process of “Romanization” was complete, the modes of
land use changed again.
