Archaeological Landscapes in South Eastern Sicily: The case studies of San Lorenzo and Calicantone

As a multi-layered concept, landscape archaeology can refer to different approaches, now aiming at reconstructing past environment, now to reconstruct its symbolic meaning and its perception. In our paper we will focus on the last aspect through two case studies situated in the South-eastern Sicily: the stratified complex of San Lorenzo Vecchio near Pachino, and the Bronze Age site of Calicantone, Modica. The first will be used as a paradigm of how the role of the same area within the landscape can change along the centuries, the second as a way to reconstruct a funerary landscape of the past.