The phases of anthropization of the territory described in Civilità e territorio (1967) by Saverio Muratori (1910-1973), an Italian pioneer of type-morphological research of urban form, are certainly and essentially linked to topography, as described by his followers. The slow process of transformation that led to the formation of proto-urban and urban centers, as well as the underlying historical and cultural developments, has its genesis in the physical constitution of the territory. In this intervention, however, we intend to demonstrate that these muratorian phases are equally and intimately linked to Man's relationship with food collection, production and distribution. To verify it, it is enough to think about the interpretation of Gianfranco Caniggia and Gian Luigi Maffei, who explain in the book Composizione architettonica e tipologia edilizia. Lettura dell'Edilizia di base, that the first three phases of anthropization – routes, settlements and production areas – correspond unequivocally to the Neolithic period. And that the basic needs that man sought to supply at that time were precisely and closely linked to obtaining food. In order to demonstrate the close relationship between food management and the muratorian theory of anthropization of the territory, we start not only from a detailed analysis of Civiltà and Territorio, but also from a preparatory drawing and from one of the seventeen unpublished print proofs of the unfinished atlas Studi per una operante storia del territorio, where Muratori represented the settlements of nomadic hunter-gatherers and peoples dedicated to pastoralism and agriculture.

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Architecture,Food,territory,Food Collection,Food Production,Food Distribution,Type-Morphological Research,Saverio Muratori