Proceedings of the 1st Seminar on Late Antique and Early Middle Ages in Southern Italy. Forty essays are accompanied by rich images and extensive bibliographies.  They address the transformations of the countryside between the end of antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages in the various southern regions (Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Puglia), with comparisons to other territories such as Abruzzo-Molise, Sicily and Sardinia, presenting both the results of recent excavations and extensive historical and archaeological syntheses.  Every essay is in Italian, but all have an English-language abstract.  An enormous heavy paperback volume of 720 pages.  A gift inscription from the editor appears on the title page, otherwise in good clean condition.  Cat No 4459