Il volume, pubblicato come "Quaderno della Soprintendenza archivistica per la Puglia" raccoglie le relazioni di un Seminario di Studi e le schede di una Mostra frutto di una collaborazione della Soprintendenza con l'UDI Macare di Lecce, con il CNR e l'Università di Bari. E' a cura della dr.ssa Manchisi.

T.He.T.A. Project funded under the European Territorial Cooperation Programme "Greece-Italy 2007-2013" was developed with the goal of improving and enhancing the cultural heritage, in order to make it more accessible to the large international tourism through the promotion of archaeological sites in Apulia and Greece, such as Sannace Monte (Bari - Italy) and Paleopolis (Corfu - Greece). Among the project main activities, very important is the improvement of the services network and the preservation of some archaeological complexes at risk in Monte Sannace and Paleopolis parks through conservation and targeted protection actions.

Research findings of microbial monitoring at the archaeological site of Monte Sannace have indicated high levels of bacteria, especially on the inner walls of the painted tombs, as tomb no. 8. Tomb no. 105 was rich in organic matter, organic carbon and biological growth was not very high. Research findings have demonstrated that deterioration in each kind of tomb was very different. In no. 8 deterioration was caused by natural agents and, at the same time, by anthropogenic factors: the roof as well as chemical products used for conservation has helped speed microorganism growth. Principal aim of this study was to provide information on the degradation processes and to predict areas at risk in conservation. We also studied potential risk of biological colonisation of newly exposed rock samples. Surveys were performed in three stages: before, during and after restoration.

MONTE SANNACE. Le tombe dipinte dei Peucezi: le indagini su questa collina della provincia di Bari hanno restituito l'esempio meglio conservato di una città della Puglia preromana, ma per capire il livello di civiltà e i rapporti culturali delle genti peucezie che vi si insediarono rivestono particolare importanza le pitture di alcune tombe monumentali appartenute alle élites aristocratiche del luogo.

Tombe aristocratiche dall'acropoli di Monte Sannace. Indagini sulle strutture, sui contesti e sulle decorazioni dipinte