Riflessioni preliminari sull’impiego del mattone crudo nell’edilizia della Magna Grecia tra VII e III secolo a.C.

In Magna Graecia, the study of ancient architecture has led to the discovery that mudbricks made from local clays are used as building materials. From the mudbricks it is possible to infer information about their extraction and production processes. These processes testify to the knowledge of raw materials available in southern Italy, and to the technological development in relation to the paleo-environmental situations. The implementation of adobe, between the 7th and 3rd centuries B.C., can be observed through the examination of numerous architectures that redefine the concept of buildings made exclusively with geogenic material. The excavation data allow us to observe how the needs of the site, the abundance of clay quarries and the favorable hydrogeological conditions favored the system of mudbricks. An attempt will be made to reconstruct their diffusion and production techniques, as well as how the workers were able to associate them with other materials.