Svelare i paesaggi del mondo rurale greco tra agricoltura e produzioni ceramiche

This contribution aims to analyse and re-evaluate the role of ceramic production in Greek rural settings and, in particular, how it intertwines with agriculture to outline the overall landscape of activities, or taskscape. Through the analysis of two case studies from Greece and southern Italy, the different ceramic productions have been considered to evaluate their distribution in the territory. In addition, the combination of archaeological and palaeoenvironmental data have been modelled on GIS using spatial analysis techniques, such as cost path surfaces and least-cost paths. GIS allowed the author to create experiential models of human movement in the landscape, investigate the connection between pottery production sites, rural nucleated settlements and isolated farmhouses and understand the use of the rural landscape within the pottery production operative chain. The calculations of the energetics of the transportation of the agricultural waste as fuel for the kilns enrich the reconstruction of an active landscape built by the work of the rural communities, which are now invisible.