13/08/2026
It is with great pleasure that we announce the publication of ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฒ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ. ๐๐ of our KNIR Fellow, Dr Dario Monti. ๐ฅณ
The book, ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ: ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด (Quasar), is based on Darioโs PhD dissertation, which he defended in 2024 at the Universitรฉ catholique de Louvain. His doctoral research, centred on the inland region of Sabina in the central Apennines, explored how ancient mountain communities organised their settlement systems, economies, and social structures in relation to both environmental constraints and cultural choices. Moving beyond traditional narratives that frame upland regions as marginal or underdeveloped, it approached these communities as dynamic and adaptive, shaped through ongoing socio-ecological interactions and historically specific trajectories.
For those of you who are interested in Dario's work and would like to have something interesting to read during the summer, Dario's KNIR Papers vol. 75: ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ: ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด can be ordered from Edizioni Quasar or any regular bookstore and is also available in open access.
Edizioni Quasar: https://edizioniquasar.it/products/inner-sabina
open access: https://books.ugp.rug.nl/ugp/catalog/book/283
โน https://www.rug.nl/knir/research/publications/papers/inner-sabina-before-rome