Per una storia agraria di Leopoli-Cencelle. Gli attrezzi agricoli (XIII-XV secolo)

The civitas of Leopoli‑Cencelle, founded by Pope Leo IV (9th c.), is located in the Tolfa Mountains on the northern edge of the Province of Rome. The site has been the object of archaeological research directed by the Chair of Medieval Archaeology at Sapienza University of Rome. The paper focuses on an analysis of about thirty agricultural artefacts (hoes, sickles, billhooks and axes) originating from stratigraphic contexts corresponding to the town’s communal facies (13th‑15th c.). The interpretation of the material properties of these tools, resulting from a synthesis of data from written sources, iconography, science applied to archaeology and the artefacts’ contexts of recovery, allowed us to shed light on several social aspects of the agricultural production cycle at Leopoli-Cencelle.