Elea-Velia: l’abitato della città bassa nella progettazione urbana tra il VI e il V sec. a.C.

The article started from the study of two domestic units that
emerged in the lower town of Elea during the archaeological excavations
conducted by F. Krinzinger, between 1987 and 1994, under the Augustan
triporticus of the Insula II. During the explorations, two mud brick houses
came to light: they had been built in the second quarter of the fifth century
BC, near the coast line, in an area already occupied by wooden houses
and reeds. These houses were destroyed twice by land slides detached from
the overhanging hillsides. The review of the settlement nucleus has made it
possible to highlight elements that allow domestic structures to be included
in a regular urban planning organization. For the overall framing of the
housing units in their topographic context, and for a proposal for an urban
restitution, a brief summary of the main hermeneutical issues related to the
late-archaic and classical settlements of the city (late sixth-fifth century BC)
is presented preliminarily.