Contributo alla definizione del potenziale archeologico del territorio di Specchia (Le). Lo scavo in località Verardo

The territory of the the municipality of Specchia (Lecce), located in central-southern Salento, despite a certain density of evidence documenting several phases of occupation, relating to different chronological phases, does not appear to have been the subject of systematic studies over the years. This circumstance has given rise to a lack of knowledge of the territory and its settlement dynamics, which a few studies and investigations have attempted to remedy, which have nevertheless remained exceptional in nature. The present work fits into this incomplete framework of knowledge for this strip of the Salento peninsula, and documents a complex of evidence, consisting mainly of cuts in the rocky bank, some of which describe pit burials which, subjected to stratigraphic excavation, have not failure to return important information. This preliminary study allowed to systematically investigate only some of the evidence recognized in the area, while numerous contexts remain documented but waiting to be studied, making further interventions extremely desirable that allow us to deepen our knowledge of the emergencies observed.