The Roman and Medieval Settlement in the Pisa Plain: The Reconstruction of an Ancient Landscape and its Evolution

In the plain of Pisa, located in the valley of the river Arno, the traces of the pisan centuriation, whose original structure dates back to Roman times, are still visible. The present work focused on the problem of the centuriation's transmission and transformation over the centuries, and intends to answer some questions such as: why this "ancient" agrarian system is it still visible in the present landscape, and in which way environmental and hydrographical features, as well as human settlements, have influenced this process? The methodological approach and the preliminary results of the PhD research are presented.