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Grossi, Paschoal Coelho. "Revisão taxonômica e filogenia de Sclerostomini Benesh, 1955 (Coleoptera, Lucanidae, Lucaninae)." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFPR, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1884/48431.
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Orientadora : Profa. Dra. Lúcia Massutti de AlmeidaCo-orientador : Prof. Dr. Fernando Zagury Vas de Mello
Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciencias Biológicas (Entomologia). Defesa: Curitiba, 21/02/2011
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Área de concentração: Entomologia
Resumo: O presente trabalho é um estudo de Sclerostomini (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) pertencente à subfamilia Lucaninae. Este estudo inclui por meio de análises filogenéticas com representantes da tribo e demais gêneros de Lucaninae da América do Sul e região Australiana de Lucaninae, excluindo-se os pertencentes à Chiasognathini, Casignetini e Brasilucanini. Com as análises foi possível definir quais táxons permaneceriam em Sclerostomini como um grupo monofilético. Os gêneros excluídos foram provisoriamente mantidos em Lucaninae incertae sedis e Macrocrates Burmeister transferido para Lucanini. Posteriormente foi realizada uma sinopse da tribo com chave para os gêneros, descrição dos mesmos, lista das espécies e material examinado. Dos 11 gêneros incluídos na tribo, seis são descritos como novos. Lectótipos, paralectótipos e um neótipo são designados, novos status para dois subgêneros de Sclerostomus Burmeister são propostos e novas combinações para 12 espécies são feitas. Scortizus Westwood é revisado e três das quatro espécies incluídas são transferidas para um gênero novo e é apresentada uma chave de identificação para as mesmas. Este gênero é provisoriamente alocado em Lucaninae incertae sedis e possui afinidades com outros táxons da região Andina.
Abstract: This is a study of the tribe Sclerostomini (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) which belongs to Lucaninae. A phylogenetic analysis with the representatives of the tribe and all Lucaninae genera from South America and Australia region was performed, excluding that of Chiasognathini, Casignatini and Brasilucanini. It was possible to define Sclerostomini as a monophyletic group and the genera which belong to the tribe. The genera excluded were leave provisionally in Lucaninae incertae sedis and Macrocrates was transferred to Lucanini. A synopsis of Sclerostomini was made with key for the genera, descriptions, species list and examined material. From the 11 genera, six were described as new. Lectotypes, paralectotypes and on neotype are designated, to subgenera reeived genera status, new status and 12 new combinations are presented. The genus Scortizus is revised, and three of the four species included in it are transferred to a new genus and a key for them is included. This new genus is provisory maintened in as Lucaninae incertae sedis and shares some characters with other Andean genera that are dicussed.
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Ferreira, Pedro Miguel Dias. "Plataforma web como instrumento promotor da participação do cidadão-cientista: o caso da vaca-loura em Portugal." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/23431.
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Mestrado em Comunicação e MultimédiaNesta dissertação é descrito todo o processo de implementação da plataforma WEB de promoção da participação do cidadão-cientista na preservação da Vaca-Loura. Esta plataforma servirá de instrumento de monitorização da Vaca-Loura e será utilizada pela Associação BioLiving, que anteriormente já detinha um outro sistema WEB, mas devido às suas limitações, requereu a sua reformulação. A Associação BioLiving é a entidade promotora do projeto de monitorização da Vaca-Loura em Portugal (apelidado de “Vacaloura.pt”). Este, tem como objetivo principal, conhecer qual a distribuição da Vaca-Loura, qual a sua variação populacional ao longo dos anos e quais as áreas que carecem de maior atenção para com a sua conservação, uma vez que se trata de uma espécie protegida.
This dissertation describes the whole implementation process of a Citizen Scientist participation website in promotion of the Stag Beetle preservation. This platform will serve as a monitoring tool for the Stag Beetle and will be used by Associação BioLiving, which had already owned another WEB system, but due to its limitations, required its reformulation. Associação BioLiving is the promoter of the project to monitor the Stag Beetle in Portugal (known as "Vacaloura.pt"). This, has its main objective of knowing the distribution of the Stag Beetle, its population variation over the years and which areas need more attention with its preservation, since it is a protected species.
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Mandic, Josipa. "Entre oenotres et romains : la mesogaia lucanienne de la fin du Ve au IIIe siècle av. J.-C. : la documentation archeologique de S. Brancato di Sant'Arcangelo (Fouilles 1980-2004)." Thesis, Rennes 2, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018REN20032.
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Les preuves archéologiques, découvertes entre 1980 et 2004 lors des fouilles dans la ville de Sant'Arcangelo (Potenza, Basilicate- Italie), sont concentrées dans le quartier nouvellement construit de San Brancato, situé à environ 280 m au-dessus du niveau de la mer sur la terrasse inférieure de la colline qui domine la vaste vallée de la rivière Agri. Les fouilles ont découvert, dans la partie orientale de la terrasse, les traces de l’ établissement et, vers l'ouest, les zones de la nécropole qui compte plus de 500 de l'époque lucanienne, que sont l’ objet de cette recherche. Ce grand nombre de sépultures et leurs riches mobiliers montrent que cette nécropole devait être liée à un important établissement qui a été formé au moment de la «crise», lorsque les centres enotriens disparaissent. Ce projet de recherche proposait de réunir toutes les données issues de l’analyse de la documentation d’archive réalisée lors des campagnes de fouilles des contextes archéologiques de San Brancato entre 1980 et 2004, relatives à la période située entre la fin du Ve et le IIIe s. av. J.-C. En ce qui concerne la nécropole, nous avons proposé de confronter toutes les données du mobilier funéraire déjà étudié et intégral, dans ce travail, avec le mobilier restauré restant des tombes non publiées et autant que possible, avec certains non restaurés. À travers la documentation de fouilles et cartographique, nous avons en outre aussi proposé d’identifier précisément les points exacts où a été découvert le matériel inédit relatif à d’autres types de contextes (structures, fosses et un four), aujourd’hui conservé au Musée Archéologique National de la Siritide à Policoro, qui est actuellement le seul témoignage d’un établissement plusieurs fois cité dans les publications . À travers l'étude topographique et l'analyse de la culture matérielle, des rituels et des pratiques funéraires, nous avons cherché à comprendre la communauté qui a vécu dans ce établissement, encore peu exploré, et nous avons eu pour but de fournir un cadre détaillé de la situation historico-archéologique de San Brancato en rapport avec les autres centres de la Lucanie antiqueArchaeological evidence, brought to light between 1980 and 2004 during the excavations in the town of Sant’Arcangelo (Potenza, Basilicata- Italy) are concentrated in the newly built district of San Brancato, located about 280 m above sea level on the lower terrace of the hill that dominates the wide valley of the Agri river. The excavations discovered, in the eastern part of the terrace, traces of the settlement and, toward west, the necropolis areas that counts about 600 burials: 60 are related to the Iron Age and more than 500 dating from the Lucanian period, which is the object of this research. This large number of burials and their rich grave goods shows that this necropolis was to be linked to an important settlement that was formed at the time of "crisis", when the Enotrian centers disappear, such as the nearby site Alianello located on the opposite bank of the Agri river. The aim of this research was to gather all the data obtained from the analysis of the archive documentation carried out during the excavation campaigns of the archaeological contexts of San Brancato dated between the end of the 5th and the 3rd century. B.C. For the necropolis, all the data of the already published grave goods were confronted and integrated with the remaining unpublished tombs. Through the excavation and cartographic documentation, we have also proposed to precisely identify the exact points where all the unpubblished material, now hosted at the National Archaeological Museum of Siritide in Policoro and related to other types of contexts - currently the only testimonies of an settlement that has been quoted several times in the publications- were discovered. Through the topographic study and analysis of funerary rituals, burial practices and material culture, we aimed to understand the community that lived in this settlement, still little explored, and we aimed to provide a detailed framework of the historicalarchaeological situation of San Brancato in relation to the other centers of ancient Lucania
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Isayev, Elena. "Inside ancient Lucania : Dialogues in history & archaeology /." London : Inst. of Classical Studies, 2007. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=015512325&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Brosgill, Abigail Reibman. "Food and identity in 4th to 2nd century BC Lucania." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/16877.
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Identifying the ‘Lucanians’ has long been a complex issue. Myriad approaches have sought to correlate the archaeological record with ancient Greek and Roman narrative, while others have attempted to analyse aspects of warfare, burial rituals, grave goods and architectural typologies from a ‘Lucanian’ perspective. However, one fundamental aspect of cultural identity has hitherto been neglected: food-ways and the domestic food system in particular. Within the discussion of household knowledge, Aristotle notes ‘men must all have food, and the differences in their food have made differences in their way of life’. Despite the incompatibility of hierarchical organisation and the city-state model for ancient ‘Lucania’, the household remains the smallest unit upon which socio-political organisation of any type is rooted; the analysis of food preparation and cooking, beginning at the household level, is therefore essential for the study of ancient identity. Utilising the domestic food system methodology – spatial analysis on food preparation and cooking spaces, artefact analysis related to food-ways and both zooarchaeological and palaeobotanical evidence – this thesis reinvestigates 4th-2nd century BC habitation structures, drawing previously unseen patterns to the fore: 1) a female domestic area inclusive of food preparation, cooking and textile production; 2) an architectural distinction between domestic and ritual food preparation and cooking areas; and 3) communal dining that rejects elite banqueting rituals. That the artefact is an integral dimension of culture is axiomatic. Yet, scholarly approaches to ‘Lucanian’ cultural identity have failed to investigate the behaviour patterns and social interactions imbued within the objects that form the domestic food system. The intrinsic connection to identity encompassed in cookware ceramics, zooarchaeological evidence and domestic assemblages – and, in the relationships to both each other and to the interior space – creates a cultural boundary that provides invaluable information for the study of ‘Lucanian’ identity and, further, facilitates comparative research with similar groups of peoples. The domestic food system procures the baseline upon which shifts in socio-economic and political organisation can be overlaid, thus furthering the overall objective of this thesis: to recognise emerging patterns of cultural resilience and identity related to food practices.
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Simelon, Paul J. "Etude de la propriété en Lucanie romaine depuis les Gracques jusqu'aux Flaviens." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/213112.
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Maggi, Cosmiana <1979>. "Detailed study of the seismotectonic setting in the Lucanian Apennines and surrounding areas (Southern Italy)." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2011. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/3524/.
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In this research work I analyzed the instrumental seismicity of Southern Italy in the area including the Lucanian Apennines and Bradano foredeep, making use of the most recent seismological database available so far. I examined the seismicity occurred during the period between 2001 and 2006, considering 514 events with magnitudes M ≥ 2.0. In the first part of the work, P- and S-wave arrival times, recorded by the Italian National Seismic Network (RSNC) operated by the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), were re-picked along with those of the SAPTEX temporary array (2001–2004). For some events located in the Upper Val d'Agri, I also used data from the Eni-Agip oil company seismic network. I computed the VP/VS ratio obtaining a value of 1.83 and I carried out an analysis for the one-dimensional (1D) velocity model that approximates the seismic structure of the study area. After this preliminary analysis, making use of the records obtained in the SeSCAL experiment, I incremented the database by handpicking new arrival times. My final dataset consists of 15,666 P- and 9228 S-arrival times associated to 1047 earthquakes with magnitude ML ≥ 1.5. I computed 162 fault-plane solutions and composite focal mechanisms for closely located events. I investigated stress field orientation inverting focal mechanism belonging to the Lucanian Apennine and the Pollino Range, both areas characterized by more concentrated background seismicity. Moreover, I applied the double difference technique (DD) to improve the earthquake locations. Considering these results and different datasets available in the literature, I carried out a detailed analysis of single sub-areas and of a swarm (November 2008) recorded by SeSCAL array. The relocated seismicity appears more concentrated within the upper crust and it is mostly clustered along the Lucanian Apennine chain. In particular, two well-defined clusters were located in the Potentino and in the Abriola-Pietrapertosa sector (central Lucanian region). Their hypocentral depths are slightly deeper than those observed beneath the chain. I suggest that these two seismic features are representative of the transition from the inner portion of the chain with NE-SW extension to the external margin characterized by dextral strike-slip kinematics. In the easternmost part of the study area, below the Bradano foredeep and the Apulia foreland, the seismicity is generally deeper and more scattered and is associated to the Murge uplift and to the small structures present in the area. I also observed a small structure NE-SW oriented in the Abriola-Pietrapertosa area (activated with a swarm in November 2008) that could be considered to act as a barrier to the propagation of a potential rupture of an active NW-SE striking faults system. Focal mechanisms computed in this study are in large part normal and strike-slip solutions and their tensional axes (T-axes) have a generalized NE-SW orientation.
Thanks to denser coverage of seismic stations and the detailed analysis, this study is a further contribution to the comprehension of the seismogenesis and state of stress of the Southern Apennines region, giving important contributions to seismotectonic zoning and seismic hazard assessment.
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Isayev, Elena. "Indigenous communities in Lucania : social organization and political forms, fourth to first century BC." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.343595.
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Marcum, Pamela C. "Population Modeling of the Rainwater Killifish, Lucania parva, in Florida Bay Using Multivariate Regression Trees." NSUWorks, 2013. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_stuetd/159.
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Modeling is a powerful tool that can be used to identify important relationships between organisms and their habitat (Guisan & Zimmermann, 2000). Understanding the dynamics of how the two relate to one another is important for conserving and managing ecosystems, but the extreme complexity of those ecosystems makes it very difficult to fully diagram. Unlike many other modeling techniques, Multivariate Regression Trees (MRTs) are not limited by a prior assumptions, pre-determined relationships, transformations, or correlations. MRTs have the power to provide both explanation and prediction of ecological data by producing simple models that are easy to interpret. This study proposed to use MRTs to evaluate and model relationships between Lucania parva and the environment and habitat of Florida Bay. Counts were transformed to presence-absence and abundance groupings. Models were first run using a variety of combination of response variables and all explanatory variables. Results of these models were used to select the best combination of response and explanatory variables in an effort to create a best fit model. Models indicated that Lucania parva populations are found in the dense (cover ≥50%), shallow water (<1.8 m) grass beds that occur in the western portion of Florida Bay. A best fit model was able to explain 63.7% of the variance with predictive error of 0.43.
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Trice, Robert. "An interpretation of the sedimentary sucession within the Lucanian Cretaceous to Cenozoic platform carbonates, Southern Appenines, Italy." Thesis, Birkbeck (University of London), 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.248025.
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Tomoleoni, Joseph Armindo. "Patterns of Abundance, Distribution, and Size Composition of the Rainwater Killifish (Lucania parva) in a Subtropical Bay." Scholarly Repository, 2007. http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_theses/81.
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A throw-trap survey of the nearshore flora and fauna of Biscayne Bay, Florida, USA, was conducted in the shallow open-water area along the western shoreline of South Biscayne Bay (Matheson Hammock to Turkey Point) in 2005, in order to gain an understanding of fish and invertebrate species structure and assemblages of this habitat. The rainwater killifish (Lucania parva), was the most abundant species in our samples and was examined in relation to biotic and abiotic factors that might influence the distribution of this species. Individual fish were counted, weighed, and measured, while salinity, temperature, and depth were recorded at the site, and the benthic habitat was quantified on site using the Braun-Blanquet method. This survey yielded 1,990 individuals over the course of two sampling seasons that were designated as wet (August) and dry (February) seasons. Forty-seven sites were sampled each season. A length-weight relationship was generated, and density, biomass, and other abundance indices were generated. The density of L. parva at our sites was much higher than other reported densities for this species, and there was a clear seasonal trend in the abundance of rainwater killifish, with twice as many individuals in the wet season. The proportion of juveniles in the samples suggested that reproduction occurred at least twice a year, prior to both sampling periods. Salinity and density of L. parva varied inversely. Using a model developed by Diego Lirman (2007), segments of the mainland shoreline were identified as clusters having similar salinity regimes. Density and size composition varied significantly between salinity clusters. More juveniles were observed in the wet season and in cluster 2, defined by its moderate salinity and relatively low salinity variability. Significantly fewer killifish were observed within cluster 3, a cluster characterized by a high amount of canal discharge and salinity variability. Canopy height of the seagrass was the most significant factor affecting the abundance of L. parva. Coverage of Thalassia testudinum and mixed algae also appeared to play a role in the abundance of this species. Together, canopy height and salinity formed the strongest relationship with L. parva abundance. Results suggest that salinity and certain habitat variables may be accurate predictors of the abundance and distribution of this species along the mainland shoreline of Biscayne Bay. There are a number or regulations already in place that protect the mangrove habitat in which L. parva resides. Fewer regulations address critical seagrass habitats. The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan aims to correct decades of destructive modifications to the hydrology of South Florida by creating a more natural sheetflow and minimizing point source freshwater discharge into Biscayne Bay. These alterations are likely to have consequences for the flora and fauna of the Bay, but will ultimately have a positive impact on many species that reside in Biscayne Bay, including the rainwater killifish.
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Baker, J. Shawna. "The effects of hydroperiod on the life-history parameters of Lucania goodei (fundulidae) in the Florida Everglades." FIU Digital Commons, 2004. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1376.
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In aquatic ecosystems, hydrological fluctuation may generate a gradient of lifehistory responses associated with marsh drying. This study was conducted in the Florida Everglades to document spatial and temporal variability in growth and survivorship of the bluefin killifish (Lucania goodei) from six populations along a hydroperiod gradient. The otolith-microstructure analysis of field-collected fish was used to estimate growth rate and those data were combined with field-density estimates for survivorship analysis.
Otolith analysis revealed that L. goodei is extremely short-lived with no variation in growth rates and very little spatial or temporal variation in survivorship. These results suggest that bluefin killifish populations experience similar life histories across a diversity of hydroperiods either through well-mixed populations homogenizing these vital rates, or more likely, that a multitude of factors force L. goodei to respond to these "stressors" in a similar fashion across hydroperiod gradients.
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Bernardi, Jeremy. "L’armement, la figure du combattant et le combat dans les peintures funéraires pariétales et vasculaires de Campanie et de Lucanie (fin Ve – début du IIIe siècle avant J.-C.)." Thesis, Paris, EHESS, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020EHES0173.
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Cette thèse porte sur les armes et les combattants représentés dans la peinture funéraire vasculaire et pariétale de Campanie et de Lucanie, dont la production commence dans la seconde partie du Ve siècle et s’éteint au début du IIIe siècle avant J.-C. Nous entendons montrer ici l’existence d’une idéologie élitaire particulière, dont les représentations permettent de discerner la trame et qui se situe à l’articulation des sphères religieuse (eschatologique), militaire et sociale. Cette idéologie militaire est construite autour de l’exploit militaire individuel, porté aux nues par la composition du « retour du guerrier », figurant un cavalier rapportant les dépouilles (spolia) de son ennemi vaincu, élément-clé permettant au combattant défunt d’accéder à l’immortalité. Les techniques de combat représentées dans ce contexte sont principalement celles du duel, qui constitue le mode d’affrontement le plus à même de permettre au vainqueur de se saisir des dépouilles de son adversaire. Les peintures étudiées révèlent ainsi une structure particulière de la bataille, qui relève d’un mode de guerre archaïque où les enjeux diffèrent de ceux de la guerre moderne de type clausewitzienne. L’examen des peintures permet également de confirmer les bouleversements militaires, sociaux et institutionnels connus par les textes qui ont lieu en Italie centrale et méridionale au cours du dernier tiers du IVe siècle, comme le rapprochement romano-campanien, la réforme d’Appius Claudius et les guerres samnitesThis thesis investigates the weapons and combatants depicted in the vascular and parietal funerary paintings of Campania and Lucania, whose production began in the second half of the fifth century and died out at the beginning of the third century BC. We intend to show that we can identify a particular military ideology visible through the paintings, which is situated at the confluence of the religious (eschatological), military and social spheres. The individual military exploit is celebrated through the composition called the "Return of the Warrior", depicting a horseman bringing back the spoils (spolia) of his defeated enemy, a key element allowing the deceased combatant to attain immortality. We will also see that the fighting techniques are focused on dueling. Single combat is the most likely to allow the victor to seize the spoils of his defeated opponent. The specifics of the battle as it is represented is characteristic of archaic warfare, which differs in substance from modern warfare. The paintings studied thus reveal a particular structure of the battle, characteristic of archaic warfare, which differs in substance from modern warfare. We will also be able to confirm the military, social and institutional upheavals known from ancient sources that took place in central and southern Italy during the last third of the fourth century, such as the Roman-Campanian rapprochement, the reform of Appius Claudius and the Samnite wars
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Fabris, Clarissa. "Tratti Arcaici nei dialetti calabro lucani: l’area Lausberg." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2014. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/7183/.
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In questo elaborato ho tentato di dare un quadro generale dei dialetti arcaici calabro-lucani: l'area Lausberg. Nella prima parte del mio elaborato ho tentato di ricostruire la storia dialettale della Calabria, dai Bruzi ai Romani, individuando le quattro aree dialettali che si sono venute a formare. In seguito, nella seconda parte mi propongo di enumerare i fenomeni fonolinguistici che si verificano nell’area Lausberg. Per ultimo mi sono occupata di analizzare un'opera di teatro in dialetto cassanese mettendo in evidenza le componenti lessicali, i fenomeni fonetici e le tradizioni salienti.
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Byström, Emelie. "Poseidonia-Paestum revisited : Tracing aspects of place attachment in an ancient context." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens kultur, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-158800.
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The city of Poseidonia-Paestum on the Italian peninsula has a long and manifold history throughout Antiquity. The city was founded by Greek settlers in the seventh century BC, put under Lucanian rule around 400 BC, and was finally colonized by the Romans in the year of 273 BC. This study aims to connect the tangible traces of history to the intangible feelings for a place and explore how these elements give rise to the psychological process of place attachment. The concept holds and interdisciplinary potential and thus is possible to apply to the ancient material from Poseidonia-Paestum. The Greek agora, the Roman forum and the extramural Sanctuary of Santa Venera is approached and analysed from this perspective. A close reading of previous research on place attachment in combination with the archaeological record from Poseidonia-Paestum has formed the basis for analysing the material. This study has shown that it is possible to contextualize the theoretical framework of place attachment in an ancient material by pointing out the semiotic potency of the material remains from Poseidonia-Paestum. Through this perspective new questions have been raised and interpreted. Ultimately, a deeper understanding of the attitudes and ideas that formed the basis of human actions and decisions in the ancient city of Poseidonia-Paestum has been reached.
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Vita, Cesare. "Les nécropoles de Volcei : archéologie et identité d'un centre nord-lucanien entre le VIIe et le Ve siècle avant J.-C." Thesis, Rennes 2, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018REN20031.
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Ce projet de recherche se propose d'analyser l'exceptionnel patrimoine archéologique de l'ancienne Volcei (l'actuelle cité de Buccino, dans la province de Salerne, Italie) dont les vestiges, découverts dans les années 1980 durant la reconstruction de la ville après le grand tremblement de terre qui frappa la Campanie et la Basilicate, montrent une fréquentation ininterrompue du site du VIIIème siècle avant J.C. au IIème siècle après J.C.. L'arc chronologique pris en compte s'étendra du VIIIème au Vème siècle avant J.C.Le travail consistera d'abord à étudier les vestiges découverts en contexte funéraire dans les structures d'habitat puis en suivant de manière diachronique les développements et les évolutions de la culture dite "nord-lucanienne", à chercher à mettre en évidente les dynamiques de contact entre les "indigènes" et les populations allogènes, ainsi que les processus fondamentaux qui ont conduit à la formation du peuple lucanienAfter the destructive earthquake that took place in 1980 in many localities of the Irpinia and the Basilicata, even the territory of the city of Buccino (Campania) former center of the ancient city of Volcei, was involved in the construction of new residentialblocs. During the reconstruction, the excavations of the Archeological Superintendence of Campania brought to light, all around of the hill on which the town is settled, about 270 burials dated from the mid VII and the III century BC. The study of the grave goods and burial practices as well as the analysis of the topography of the two necropolis area - in Braida and Santo Stefano localities - allowed us to get some important informations about the burials spatial organization, funeraryrituals, the material culture and about changes of the burial ritual after the arrival of the new population, of the Osco-Sabellian origin, in the delicate passage between V and IV century BC
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Weiss, Emmanuel. "Les parlers grecs anciens d'Italie du Sud : de Rhégion à Tarente, à partir des témoignages épigraphiques." Nancy 2, 2005. http://www.theses.fr/2005NAN21030.
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La documentation épigraphique du sud de la Grande-Grèce avant la conquête romaine est très dispersée dans l'espace et le temps. Des textes complexes comme les Tables d'Héraclée ou les Tablettes de Locres voisinent avec des inscriptions fragmentaires rédigées, pour les plus anciennes, en alphabet épichorique ou, après 400 av. J. -C. , en alphabet ionien. L'examen des témoignages épigraphiques montre une grande proximité linguistique entre les différentes cités, en dépit de la diversité de leurs métropoles. On est donc fondé à parler, en tout cas après 400 av. J. -C. , d'un unique dialecte sud-italique relevant de la Doris severior, ayant subi l'influence du dorien de Sicile puis de la koinè. Seule Rhégion, de fondation chalcidienne, se détache de ce continuum linguistique et relève du domaine ionien. La langue des Tables d'Héraclée présente de son côté de nombreuses particularités, phénomènes d'hyperdialectisme ou créations analogiquesThe epigraphical documentation of southern Magna Graecia before the Roman conquest is very scattered in space and time, including complex texts, such as the Tables of Heraclea and the Tablets of Epizephyrian Locri and fragmentary inscriptions written, for the oldest, in epichoric alphabets and, after 400 B. C. , in the Ionic alphabet. The study of epigraphical testimonies shows a close linguistic similarity between the different cities, in spite of the diversity of their metropoleis. Therefore we can talk about a single southern-italic dialect (in any case after 400 B. C. ), belonging to the Doris severior, which was influenced by the Sicilian Doris and then by the koine. Only Rhegion, founded by the Chalcidians, stands out from this linguistic continuum and belongs to the Ionic dialect. The speech of the Tables of Heraclea has many peculiarities, results of hyperdialectism or analogical creations
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Attia, Alexandra. "Étude et contextualisation des ateliers à figures rouges du "Lucanien récent" (2ème moitié du IVè siècle av. J.-C.) : le cas du Peintre du Primato." Thesis, Paris 1, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PA01H107.
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La céramique du « Lucanien récent » - désignant la céramique à figures rouges produite en Lucanie à partir des années 360-340 av. J.-C jusqu'à ce qu' A.D. Trendall appelle la «barbarisation» du style, vraisemblablement dans les dernières décennies du IVe siècle av. J .-C. -, n'a fait l'objet d'aucune étude approfondie depuis la classification stylistique proposée par le savant néo-zélandais en 1967. Les zones d'ombres persistantes quant à la localisation et l'articulation de ces ateliers de production, que la seule orientation stylistique ne permet pas d'éclairer, et le grand nombre de vases exhumés récemment en Basilicate et dans la région des Pouilles, nécessitaient la mise en œuvre d'une nouvelle étude. Ce travail de recherche, mené à partir du corpus stylistique initial attribué au Peintre du Primato, dresse un état des lieux et en propose une nouvelle lecture basée sur la pluridisciplinarité des approches, de l'archéologie contextuelle à l'archéologie de la production. Le matériel est envisagé dans ses aspects formel, iconographique, stylistique et technologique, et interprété à la lumière de nouveaux contextes comme réponse à la demande d'une clientèle indigène : de Basilicate. La prise en considération de réalités productives contemporaines, celle du Peintre de Naples 1959 et de ses collaborateurs autour desquels semble s'articuler la fin de la production lucanienne, et celle du Peintre de Lycurgue, peintre apulien avec lequel il a entretenu des liens privilégiés, contribuent à mettre en évidence la spécificité de son langage autant que les réseaux de contacts et d'influences accompagnant la création d'une culture d'atelierSince 1967 and New Zealander's A.D. Trendall 's stylistic classification of Late Lucanian vases -designating South-italian red-figure vases produced in Lucania around the second half of the 4th century B.C. until its so-called «barbarization» presumably occuring in the last decades of that same century -this field of research has not expanded. To overcome persistent shadows regarding the location and articulation of these workshops' production and in the face of numerous recent archeological finds in Basilicata and Puglia, this research offers a new awaited methodological study. Multidisciplinary, it encompasses the initial stylistic corpus, an updated inventory, and new approaches informed by contextual archeology and archeology of production. Focusing on late Lucanian vases attributed to the Primato Painter and his colleagues, considered in their formal, iconographic, stylistic, and technological aspects, the scope interprets the established new contexts while responding to a local demand, from italic people of ancient Lucania. The analysis of contemporary productions both Lucanian, with the Painter of Naples 1959 and his followers in an era of decline of Lucanian wares, and Apulian, with the Lycurgus painter from whom the Primato sourced his main inspiration, contributes to highlight the specificities of his “language”, as well as his networks of contacts and influences that accompanied the emerging of a workshop culture
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Switala, Angelika Katrin. "Systematics and conservation of Colophon Gray (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/32951.
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The flightless Cape High-mountain stag beetle genus Colophon (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) is studied. Represented by 17 species, which are restricted to the highest mountain peaks of the Cape Floristic Region in the Western Cape, South Africa, and show a strict association with the fynbos biome. The study aimed to determine the specific and phylogenetic status of the described species of Colophon and to determine the main factors driving their evolution by testing hypotheses of relationship and of a lowland origin. This was achieved by analysing DNA sequence data from three gene regions, the mitochondrial COI and 16S rRNA and the nuclear CAD, using a Maximum Likelihood (ML) and Bayesian approach. Timing of key biogeographical events in the diversification of Colophon was estimated in BEAST. The study also undertook to determine diagnostic larval characters for Colophon species and also to determine their phylogenetic implications for the sub-familial placement of the genus. Lastly, the study aimed to collate biological information on Colophon species so as to make suggestions for their revised conservation status in terms of IUCN and ToPS criteria.
Most species of Colophon showed an allopatric distribution, although contact zones between geographically adjacent species are likely. Climate seems to be the main driving factor behind Colophon evolution and the hypothesis of a lowland origin appears to be supported. Larvae are soil-living and feed on humus, a habit unique to the family. There are only small inter-specific differences between larvae, with larval characters contributed little equivocal information from which phylogenetic support for family placement of Colophon could be deduced. The main threats to Colophon survival include overexploitation by commercial collectors, decline in habitat quality and habitat loss due to projected changes in climate. It is suggested that out of the 17 currently described species, eight should be listed as Critically Endangered, seven as Endangered, two as Data Deficient.
Lastly, in light of this project‟s findings, it is suggested that future considerations in terms of Colophon research should focus on obtaining more information on their biology, behaviour and population size and in so doing contribute knowledge for the effective conservation management of each species. A taxonomic revision of the species, focusing on the C. stokoei varieties and C. eastmani subspecies, should be done and a complete taxonomic key of all described species compiled. Future fieldwork should focus on sampling the five species that remained elusive during the project, to eventually be included in phylogenetic analyses.Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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Huang, Chung-Hsing, and 黃崇鑫. "Nutritional Condition and Fluctuating Asymmetry of Morphological Traits of a Stag Beetle, Cyclommatus mniszechi (Coleoptera, Lucanidae)." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/20524279947840429454.
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Fluctuating asymmetry (FA), random deviation of bilaterally symmetrical traits, is considered as an effective indicator of developmental stability (DS) which can be affected by environmental or genetic stress. However, there is an ongoing debate of whether FA of phenotypic traits can reliably reflect developmental stress. The variation of phenotypic traits can be maintained by two major processes: canalization and DS. Canalization reduces among-individual phenotypic variation, whereas DS reduces within-individual variation of traits. Phenotypic traits under natural and sexual selection had been hypothesized to generate different patterns of trait variation and FA. But whether canalization and DS share the same mechanism to regulate overall variation of traits was not clear. The stag beetle, Cyclommatus mniszechi, was reared in high and low nutritional treatments to investigate three questions: (1) Does environmental stress of low larval nutrition cause elevated FA of adult morphological traits? (2) Does DS share a common mechanism with canalization? (3) Do traits under directional and stabilizing selection show predicted patterns of FA and trait variation? The results showed that for C. mniszechi the size of the mandible, head, thorax, elytra and femur of the foreleg were all significantly larger for beetles in high nutritional treatment. However, the level of signed FA of all measured traits did not differ between the two nutritional treatments. No consistent relationship of variance of morphological traits and their FAs suggested that the mechanism of canalization and DS of C. mniszechi were not the same, and DS may be trait-specific in C. mniszechi. As predicted, two sexual traits, the mandible and head, showed greater FA and trait variation than that of non-sexual traits. The elytra, which was expected to be largely under natural selection for protection and flight, showed smaller FA and trait variation. Earlier behavioral studies of the male-male fighting in C. mniszechi suggested that both thorax and foreleg were involved in territorial contests. This study supported that, in addition to natural selection, these two structures were partly under strong sexual selection and showed similarly small trait variation but greater FA than that of elytra.
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Kuan, Che-Yun, and 關哲昀. "To Win “Big”: Determining factors and sequential analyses in male-male combats of a stag beetle, Cyclommatus mniszechi (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/03422009453433851236.
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Males of conspecific species often used secondary sexual traits such as weapons to compete for mates, territories and food. Understanding the fighting mechanism and determinants of conflict resolution are important in explain the evolution of secondary sexual traits. Insects in the stag beetle family, Lucanidae, have enlarged and highly variable mandibles used for conspecific competition. We examined the fighting sequences of a stag beetle, Cyclommatus mniszechi using sequential analyses and the factors affecting fighting outcomes. Our study suggested that males of C. mniszechi followed eleven distinct behaviors and three main fighting routes. The behaviors included initiation (I), walk (W), approach (A), and encounter (E), clamp (C), body raising (B), tussle (T), pressure and push (Pr), stand still (S), pursue (U), and retreat (R). The two males stood head to head in encounter (E). After this behavior, males can either directly clamp opponents and throw them off the branch (first route), or use mandibles to pressure or push the opponent (second route). When mandible and body size differences between contestants were small, two males proceeded to escalated fights until one male was flipped up by the other male or one male retreated (third route). The results demonstrated that the winner used three strategies to defeat their opponents and the males may assess the strength of opponents through mandibles in tussling stage. The fighting duration was negatively correlated with differences of mandible and body size of the opponents. The mandible size was a more important factor in determining the fighting outcomes than the body size (elytra length) and families (genealogies). Key words: Secondary sexual trait, intraspecific sexual selection, weapon, mandible, stag beetle, Lucanidae
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Tsai, Cheng-Lung, and 蔡正隆. "Genetic variation of stag beetles (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in Taiwan: subspecific differentiation events of endemic montane stag beetles and phylogeography of Neolucanus swinhoei complex." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/71886877652893006546.
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Evolutionary history of Taiwanese biota has significantly affected by the climatic oscillation in Pleistocene and vicariance events of the Central Mountain Range (CMR). With the influence of glaciation events and the mountain hindrances, issues upon genetic differentiation, speciation, and taxonomic recognition of nine endemic stag beetles have been appealing in Taiwan. Several taxonomic debates have been carrying on for decades over Taiwanese stag beetles, which consist of a high proportion of endemic species and subspecies, i.e. about 87%, featuring morphological variations associated with local adaptation. Phylogeographic studies involving population structure, genetic differentiation, molecular dating, and dispersal routes of Taiwanese organisms could be applied to resolve the evolutionary processes of extant taxa. The study herein is to survey genetic variations of Taiwanese stag beetles and to unravel the evolutionary history of several montane stag beetles. Phylogenetic inferences based on COI+16S rDNA+28S rDNA of 48 Taiwanese lucanid species have confirmed most species are monophyletic groups; and the intraspecific (<2%) and interspecific (>2%) genetic distances of the two mitochondrial genes could be applied concordantly for taxonomic identification. COI and 16S rDNA have also confirmed the two subspecific status each for Lucanus ogakii, L. kanoi, and Prismognathus davidis which are congruent with their geographic distribution in this island and their subspecific split events might have occurred 0.7-1 million years ago (Mya). Moreover, genetic differentiation including introgression/hybridization events might have occurred among L. ogakii, L. kanoi, and L. maculifemoratus. About the more complicated evolutionary story in a 90-year controversy of Neolucanus swinhoei complex, a group of stag beetles with overlapping morphological characteristics, limited/weak flight capability, and two-week adult lifespan, nine morphological characteristics and four molecular amplicons, i.e. COI, 16S rDNA, 28S rDNA, and wingless, are exploited to address their taxonomic status and genetic differentiation. Phylogenetic inferences based on COI+16S rDNA+wingless showed one eastern and three western lineages, with the latter consisting of one low-hill Widespread and two montane lineages. The differentiation events of western and eastern lineages might have occurred ca. 1 Mya and the differentiation in western ones happened approximately 0.50-0.75 Mya. In consideration of these stag beetles have shared phylogeographical history, overlapping morphological characteristics, and intermingled DNA sequences from different populations within each lineage, all of these stag beetles should be regarded as Neolucanus swinhoei Bates, 1866. To further elucidate the evolutionary history of N. swonhoei complex, more individuals were collected from different altitudinal populations of the northwestern (NW) areas and across Taiwan Island. Results showed the coexistence of both NW-CMR and Widespread Lineage in many altitudinal populations, and Widespread Lineage existed all over Taiwan Island. Calibration dating showed that these two lineages might have originated prior to 0.64 Mya and differentiated during 0.45-0.64 Mya. In NW-CMR Lineage, four major clades are corresponding to their geographic distribution and their diversification events could be dated back to 0.25-0.48 Mya in Riss/Mindel glaciations. Similar genetic compositions are found among montane populations in the same muntain area and the demographic analysis showed a dispersal trend from hill to montane areas which would facilitate the genetic exchanges among different montane populations. Finally, to understand the origination of eastern populations of the Widespread Lineage would be helpful to elucidate the effect of the CMR hindrance. Phylogenetic inference, on the basis of COI and 16S rDNA, showed a tendency of north-south genetic differentiation and high variance components within populations. Meanwhile, molecular dating shown major diversifications were associated with Riss glaciations, while the subsequent forming lineages were in correlation to the Last Glacial Maximum. Both genes revealed that major haplotypes across all populations might be resulted by ancestral polymorphisms and the possible expansion events during glacial cycles. Although the CMR did play a vital effect on their dispersal, the eastern populations might have originated via lower mountain areas of northern and southern CMR. Thus, geological effects of mountain hindrance accompanied by periodical glaciations could have been vital impact leading to the genetic differentiation of these limited/weak flight capability, two-week adult lifespan, and montane-adaptive stag beetles.
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Battiloro, Ilaria. "Lucanian sanctuaries. History and evolution from the fourth century B.C. to the Augustan age." Phd thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10048/1482.
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This work seeks to provide new insight into understanding how the Lucanian sanctuaries were conceived, built, and used during a chronological period which ranges from the fourth century B.C. to the first century A.D. Within this time, the end of the third century B.C. and the bloody events of the Hannibalic war represented a crucial turning point for the Lucanian communities, concomitant with more infiltration of the southern peninsula by Rome. The last two centuries B.C. are therefore generally neglected in literature as a period of decline.
The basic line of thought of this research is that changes in function and form of sanctuaries reflect political, socio-economic and cultural transformations and development of those communities who built and frequented them. The function of the sanctuaries went well beyond the merely religious, for they also functioned as gathering, political and economic centers.
The evidence used in this thesis was mainly archaeological, and therefore the analysis of the realia represents the starting point and grounds for historical reconstructions. Archaeological data are diachronically analyzed at different levels: topographic location and relationship of sanctuaries with inhabited settlements, architectural structure and spatial organization of the complexes, and systems of votive offerings.
During the fourth and the third centuries B.C. the picture of the Lucanian sanctuaries appears at a first glance quite homogeneous, as the cultural expressions of the Lucanian communities derived from the same models. However, archaeological evidence does not support the theory regarding the existence of a collective sanctuary which belonged to the Lucanians as a whole ethnos, as has been hypothesised for the Rossano di Vaglio sanctuary.
After the end of the third century B.C. archaeological evidence from the sites under scrutiny attests that the sanctuaries continued to be used, despite the abandonment of the surrounding inhabited settlements. Nevertheless, such continuity did not mean full frequentation of the sanctuaries, as the majority of them noticeably contracted. Thus the second century B.C. is greatly under-represented at the archaeological level, although in some cases a revival is attested during the first century B.C. In this scenario, the only sanctuary which experienced a phase of revitalization during both of the last two centuries B.C. was the Rossano di Vaglio complex, as it became the point of reference for a new, specifically Roman, territorial entity, the praefectura of Potentia. This analysis, therefore, is a further contribution to current studies concerning the transformations which occurred in Italy in conjunction with the rise of Roman power, the conquest of Italy, and the consequent diffusion of hegemonic culture.Classical Archaeology
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Fuller, Rebecca C. Travis Joseph. "The evolution of color patterns and color vision in the bluefin killifish, Lucania goodei." 2003. http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-08312003-234623.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2003.Advisor: Dr. Joseph Travis, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Biological Science. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 29, 2003). Includes bibliographical references.
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Molstad, Amanda Joelle. "Development of vision and the effect of spectral environment on the cone photoreceptor mosaic of the bluefin killifish, Lucania goodei." 2008. http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-08182008-120431.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Florida State University, 2008.Advisor: James M. Fadool, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Biological Science. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Feb. 6, 2009). Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 30 pages. Includes bibliographical references.
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Waňousová, Lucie. "Antické hudební nástroje s přihlédnutím k ikonografickým pramenům." Master's thesis, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-351956.
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This thesis deals with ancient string and percussion instruments with additional focus on a hydraulic organ, an instrument that is difficult to categorize. The first part of the thesis is a follow-up to the bachelor thesis Wind Instruments of Ancient Greece and Rome, which is devoted to wind instruments, and deals with the classification, description and evolution of the instruments of the other two instrumental groups. This is illustrated on the background of literary, archaeological and iconographic sources, especially on the vase painting. Vase painting well demonstrates the shape, evolution and regional occurrence of these instruments. In the second part of this thesis the Attic and southern Italy vase paintings will be used to compare musical culture in both of these areas. In Attic music scenes the chronological evolution of depicted instruments is examined, while in southern Italian scenes we will concentrate on the differences of depicted instruments in the regions of Campania, Lucania, Sicily, Paestum and Apulia. Finally, the Attic musical instruments are compared with the instruments of southern Italy. The results of the analyses will be entered into graphs. Keywords: ancient music, strings instruments, percussion instruments, Greece, Southern Italy, Campania, Lucania, Apulia, Sicily,...