Approccio metrologico preliminare allo studio delle produzioni dei mattoni cotti a Reggio Calabria tra l’età ellenistica e la prima età romana

The richness of brick production in southern Calabria represents one of the most significant aspects of Calabrian Hellenistic cities. The intense building activity, which manifests itself mainly with public building yards but also with private buildings, leads to the development of standardized and peculiar bricks, whose measurements allow in some contexts to determine a modularity. The data coming from the study of fired brick architecture in southern Calabria, in particular between Rhegion/Regium Iulium, its neighboring territories and the Mètauros valley, allow the statistical investigation method to be applied advantageously. From this perspective, the present work aims to analyze the brick supply, and yard systems between the 4th century BC. and the early Roman age through the detailed study of the evolution over time of the thicknesses and modules of the bricks, the result of the interactions between the artisans who work the clay and the sharing of savoir-faire.