Cette recherche d’archéologie médiévale a pour objet l’incidence des pouvoirs locaux et régionaux sur l’occupation du territoire du pays de Forcalquier et sur son architecture. Nous nous sommes proposé d’éclairer les évolutions de l’occupation de ce territoire sur une séquence chronologique allant du IXe au XIIIe siècle. Cette période permet d’appréhender les implications des pouvoirs locaux tant politiques que religieux et de percevoir les mutations sociales, culturelles et matérielles communes à l’Occident médiéval. Les espaces religieux et les espaces politiques ont formé autour de Forcalquier une véritable mosaïque de terroirs dont la diversité de l’institution qui la dominait apparaît par le biais du vestige matériel. L’étude souhaite apporter sa contribution à une meilleure connaissance de la Provence médiévale. / This research on medieval archaeology focuses on the influence of local and regional powers on the territory occupation of the village of Forcalquier and on its architecture. Our purpose is to clarify the evolution of the occupation of this territory in the period going from IX to XIII century. This period gives us the opportunity to understand the implications of the local political and religious powers and to perceive the social, cultural and material changes which are common to the medieval West. The religious spaces and the political spaces created around Forcalquier a real mosaic of territories, where the diversity of the dominating institutions is shown by material vestiges. This study hopes to contribute to a deeper knowledge of the medieval Provence.

Cette recherche d'archéologie médiévale a pour objet l'incidence des pouvoirs locaux et régionaux sur l'occupation du territoire du pays de Forcalquier et sur son architecture. Nous nous sommes proposé d'éclairer les évolutions de l'occupation de ce territoire sur une séquence chronologique allant du IXe au XIIIe siècle. Cette période permet d'appréhender les implications des pouvoirs locaux tant politiques que religieux et de percevoir les mutations sociales, culturelles et matérielles communes à l'Occident médiéval. Les espaces religieux et les espaces politiques ont formé autour de Forcalquier une véritable mosaïque de terroirs dont la diversité de l'institution qui la dominait apparaît par le biais du vestige matériel. L'étude souhaite apporter sa contribution à une meilleure connaissance de la Provence médiévale.

Si è esaminato il fenomeno dell’incastellamento in Oltrepò Pavese (X sec. - inizi epoca moderna) con una visione globale e diacronica. La ricerca ha previsto l’integrazione di differenti metodologie di indagine: l’analisi della cartografia storica, lo scavo archeologico del sito fortificato di Monte Pico (PV), lo studio della cultura materiale di alcuni contesti, la ricognizione di superficie e la lettura degli elevati. Tali dati sono stati contestualizzati storicamente ricostruendo le vicende dei poteri locali che si sono susseguiti nella gestione del territorio dell’Oltrepò; il dato materiale è stato fatto dialogare con i dati documentali estrapolati dalla documentazione storica e dalle fonti cartografiche. E’ stato svolto un lavoro analitico su contesti castrensi e su borghi stradali mercantilei che ha portato a una sintesi sulle maestranze e le tecniche edilizie che hanno caratterizzato la storia materiale dei siti indagati. Il lavoro ha quindi mostrato come il comparto territoriale abbia costituito un importante collegamento tra i ricchi porti liguri affacciati sul Mediterraneo e la pianura padana, offrendo nuovi e sistematizzati dati su un’areale geografico fino ad ora poco indagato archeologicamente e storicamente. / The phenomenon of encastellation in Oltrepò Pavese (X century - Early Modern Age) has been examined with a global and diachronic vision. The research envisaged the integration of different survey methodologies: the analysis of historical cartography, the archaeological excavation of the fortified site of Monte Pico (PV), the study of the material culture of some contexts, surveys and reading of the masonry. These data have been historically contextualized by reconstructing the vicissitudes of local powers that have followed in the management of the territory of Oltrepò; the material data was made dialog with the documentary data extrapolated from the historical documentation and cartographic sources. An analytic work was carried out on fortified contexts and on mercantile roads villages which led to a synthesis of the craftsmen and building techniques that characterized the material history of the sites investigated. Then the work showed how the territorial compartment was an important link between the rich Ligurian ports overlooking the Mediterranean and the Padana plain, offering new and systematised data on an archaeological and historical geographic area till now not investigated.

Il lavoro si occupa dell'evoluzione diacronica del sito incastellato di Monte Copiolo (Italia, regione Marche, provincia di Pesaro e Urbino) tra X e XVI secolo. / The work deals with the diachronic evolution of the Monte Copiolo’s castle, in Montefeltro (Italy, Marche region, province of Pesaro and Urbino) between X and XVI century.