These are the reading key of our work: 

• bibliographical search

• archival search 

In the State Archive of Milan and Como, parochial archives of Ossuccio, National Library Braidense, and other communal archives.

• analysis of the land register

From the first italian land register ever (Catasto Teresiano, 1722 - Catasto Lombardo Veneto, 1859 - Catasto Terreni 1905) to understand land evolution until now.

• material culture

An archaeological culture is a recurring assemblage of artifacts from a specific time and place, which are thought to constitute the remains of the material culture or material history of a particular past human society. By definition, pre-historical societies did not have writing to record personal or group histories, nor ephemeral aspects of culture, such as language, music, daily work and recreational practices, religion, and social organization. This leaves the physical artifacts as the only record of the civilization, and these are used to associate a given site and time period with a given society.