Pani, focacce e taralli: le più antiche evidenze archeologiche nel Salento antico

The paper presents the first archaeological evidences of bread and bread-like remains recovered in two important archaeological site of the Salento. After a review of the oldest bread findings from the Mediterranean and Europe, the work addresses the issue of analytical/contextual approaches used in the study of these remains and presents the two archaeological sites (that of Rocavecchia, dated to II millennium BC, and that of Oria - Monte Papalucio, dated to archaic/hellenistic period) where the first and most important bread-like remains were recovered;some of these products are typical of the current eating habits of the Salento.