Edilizia residenziale e spazi del lavoro e della produzione nelle città di Puglia e Basilicata tra Tardoantico e Altomedieovo: riflessioni a partire da alcuni casi di studio

Residential buildings and spaces of work and production in the towns of Apulia and Lucania between Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages: reflections from some case studies The contribution focuses on the relationship between living spaces and places of work in the towns of southeastern Italy between Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages, in particular by verifying the existence of links between specific forms of housing and nature of production or work activities, checking the internal organization of spaces and their relationship with the urban topography, with the aim of assessing whether these aspects can also be considered light of more general processes (changes in living patterns, reorganization of economic and productive activities, transformation of urban society). Archaeological evidences of the area investigated witness a considerable frequency of the association between living spaces and places for work activities in the mid-level buildings, and in those high-ranking, with interesting aspects concerning the location of installations in the urban context, the overall design of the interior space and the relationship with the outside, the presence or absence of functional differences between the rooms. Also through this particular filter, it is possible to notice the emergence of new models of living in the city that in some cases announce trends typical of the early medieval housing architecture.