Alessandro Sebastiani

Podere Cannicci stands as an emblematic archaeological site nestled within the prestigious Monteverdi Estate, owned by the Giannuzzi Savelli family.

Its accidental unearthing in 1989 amid the installation of a gas pipeline marked the commencement of its archaeological exploration, a journey that gained momentum in 2017.

As excavations expanded, the site unveiled a tapestry of structures, each with distinct purposes, tracing back their origins to the 3rd century BC. Remarkably, the fire that ravaged the settlement in the early 1st century BC bestowed upon it an unparalleled state of preservation, allowing scholars invaluable insights into its evolution.

Podere Cannicci serves as a testament to the Roman conquest of this part of Etruria and encapsulates the tumultuous epochs of the Hellenistic era and the abrupt abandonment triggered by Sulla’s reprisals.

Read more about Podere Cannicci:

Sebastiani A., 2023. La Tomba della Corona presso Podere Cannicci. In Baldini G., Del Segato V., Marcocci A., Milletti M. (ed) Gli Etruschi di Casenovole. Passato Remoto di una Comunità. Catalogo della Mostra, Effigi, Arcidosso: 61-74.

Sebastiani A. 2022. A Late Etruscan Burial at Podere Cannicci (Civitella Paganico – Grosseto). Journal of Etruscan and Italic Studies, 25, 1-2: 173-197.

Fabbri A., Sebastiani A., and Maggiani A. 2022. Ager Saenenis vel Rusellanus. Podere Cannicci (Civitella Paganico-GR). Studi Etruschi LXXXIV: 242-247.

Sebastiani A. 2022. Un orcio pieno di funghi? Nota sulla comunità rurale di Podere Cannicci (IV-I secolo A.C.). In S. Bruni (ed) Studi in Onore di Giovannagelo Camporeale. ETS Edizioni, Pisa: 263-276.

Sebastiani A.  2022, Una sepoltura ellenistica da Podere Cannicci (Civitella Paganico – Grosseto). Riflessioni a margine tra vita e morte di un santuario e villaggio tardo etrusco e repubblicano. In A. Cristilli, F. de Luca, G. di Luca, A. Gonfloni (eds) Experiencing the Landscape in Antiquity 2, BAR Publishing, Oxford: 265-273.

Woldeyohannes E. and Sebastiani A. 2022, Violence, Memory and the Contours of Grief: Placing Identity in Affective Landscape(s) at the Rural Settlement of Podere Cannicci (Italy – GR). In A. Cristilli, F. de Luca, G. di Luca, A. Gonfloni (eds) Experiencing the Landscape in Antiquity 2, BAR Publishing, Oxford: 5-12.

Sebastiani A. and Megale C. (eds), 2021. Archaeological Landscapes of Roman Etruria. Research and Field Papers. Brepols, Turnhout. ISBN: 978-2-503-59139-1.

Sebastiani A. 2021. Digital Artifacts and Landscapes: Experimenting with Placemaking at the Impero Project, Heritage Journal, Special Issue: Cultural Heritage and Archaeology in a Digitalized World: Methods and Practices, Heritage 4, 1: 281-308.

Sebastiani A. 2021. The late Etruscan and Republican Settlement at Podere Cannicci (Civitella Paganico – GR). In Sebastiani A. and Megale C. (eds). Archaeological Landscapes of Roman Etruria. Research and Field Papers. Brepols, Turnhout: 219-235.

Sebastiani A., Vanni E., M. Brando, E. Woldeyohannes and M. McCabe III 2020. The third archaeological season at Podere Cannicci (Civitella Paganico – Grosseto), in Journal of Fasti Online, http://www.fastionline.org/docs/FOLDER-it-2020-491.pdf

Sebastiani A., Vanni E., G. Morelli, Woldeyohannes E. and M. Hobart, (2019). The second archaeological season at Podere Cannicci (Civitella Paganico – Grosseto), in Journal of Fasti Online, http://www.fastionline.org/docs/FOLDER-it-2019-451.pdf

Sebastiani A., Fabbri F., Trotta V. and E. Vanni 2018. The first archaeological season at Podere Cannicci (Civitella Paganico – Grosseto), in Journal of Fasti Online, http://www.fastionline.org/docs/FOLDER-it-2018-413.pdf