Un esempio di archeologia dell'architettura su edifici mediaveli: la Pieve di S. maria di Diecimo (Lucca)

The medieval construction site, its organization, operating procedures, cultural and technical knowledge of architects, builders and masons, economic and social issues involving the construction company are being researched by many specialists (art historians, historians, archaeologists, architects), although often they work separately. The integration of art history and stratigraphic analysis, desired or experienced in important buildings, it can be more usefully applied in some less important works, which nevertheless are the widespread communication of the Middle Ages. The St. Mary’s church of at Diecimo (Lucca) architecture, already known for its sculptural furniture, has been dated at the time of Countess Matilda, with architectural survivals from before Mille. The application of stratigraphy to the walls, it identified a single major construction phase, contemporary with the sculptures, and allowed determine the manner to build the site and organization that has worked here.