ArcheoLogica Data 5.1/2025

This paper discusses ceramic assemblages dating between the later Middle Ages and the early Modern era (13 th -19th centuries), which were retrieved during preliminary archaeological investigations carried out in 2020 (August-September) in the context of a project of urban redevelopment promoted by Piazza Armerina City Council. The area of interest is located along the northern slopes of the historic town centre, close to medieval monuments and buildings. Although the ceramic record documented for the 13 th -15 th century is thin, the few sherds identified stand as the only material evidence currently available in secondary literature with regard to this medieval town. The volume of finds dating to the 16th -17th centuries rises dramatically in the ceramic record documented, mirroring the coeval demographic and economic growth of the medieval town into a more extensive civitas in the Renaissance period. A small domestic dump-pit of the 18th -19th century was documented during a stratigraphical pit test, offering a snapshot into an household of the period.