Dark Earth, urban refuse and the uses of waters in medieval Naples
Journal title SOCIETÀ E STORIA
Author/s Leonardo Carriero
Publishing Year 2015 Issue 2014/145
Language Italian Pages 26 P. 433-458 File size 584 KB
DOI 10.3280/SS2014-145001
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The city of Naples between the tenth and the twelfth century is characterized by infrastructural complexity. The late Roman sewage system remained in use in the following centuries and was supplemented by new structures, designed to connect peripheral areas to the cloaca maxima. New kinds of services were built by private enterprise alongside public baths and diaconiae. Outhouses (latrinae) located in empty areas of the city became an important part of the urban network. The accumulation and disposal of urban waste were controlled by public authorities by means capable of solving the problems posed by the economic and commercial growth of the city.
Keywords: Medieval water system; medieval drain system; baths in the Middle Ages; medieval latrin; Middle Ages garbage disposal; medieval Naples.
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Leonardo Carriero, Dark earth, rifiuti urbani e uso delle acque a Napoli tra x e XII secolo in "SOCIETÀ E STORIA " 145/2014, pp 433-458, DOI: 10.3280/SS2014-145001