Community Archaeology

DiscoVereto is a participatory archaeology project: it is not limited to excavating the site and studying the finds, but aims to share questions, methods and findings with the community, encouraging awareness of conservation issues and active participation in the informed promotion of our collective heritage.

Public meetings, workshops, field visits and citizen science initiatives will help residents, students and visitors to understand the social role of archaeology: why a particular area is chosen, how a stratum is identified, what a fragment reveals, and how a topographical survey can alter our interpretation of a landscape.

This approach is consistent with the spirit of the Faro Convention: cultural heritage is not merely something to be preserved, but a resource for communities. Vereto thus becomes an open laboratory bridging research, conservation and participation. 

The project thus aims to highlight an area hitherto marginal in archaeological studies, placing it within an international perspective on the dynamics of contact in the ancient Mediterranean, whilst at the same time building a model of open and inclusive research, in which the historical memory of Capo di Leuca becomes a living resource for the community.