Abellinum, ricerche e studi sull’antico centro dell’Irpinia. Un quadro di sintesi per nuove prospettive di ricerca.

This paper aims to make a reasoned summary of the data collected during decades of research in Irpinia and to launch new research perspectives starting from the results of the Abellinum. Piano per la conoscenza, la tutela e la valorizzazione dell’antico centro irpino project, which is an example of fruitful cooperation between different institutions. The territory analysed corresponds to the western part of the Irpinian region and includes the upper and middle valley of the Sabato river. A synthesis and preliminary re-reading of previous studies provides a solid starting point, which is implemented with new emerged data. This research has allowed us to refine the dynamics of rural and urban structuring and settlement between the Republican age and Late Antiquity.