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Excavation

  • Acquarica di Lecce – Pozzo Seccato
  • Vernole
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  • Italy
  • Apulia
  • Provincia di Lecce
  • Vernole

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  • The Italian Database is the result of a collaboration between:

    MIBAC (Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Direzione Generale per i Beni Archeologici),

    ICCD (Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione) and

    AIAC (Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica).

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Summary (English)

  • These excavations concentrated on the area to the west of Building D. The archaeological levels were uncovered, in particular the beaten earth floor level (US 1212) adjacent to the west side of building D (interpreted as a tower) was cleaned off and extended towards the west, by about 2 m. Preceding investigations in this area had already uncovered a row of stone blocks (fig. 2, US 1219) on an E-W alignment. Its maximum length was c. 4 m and it was constituted by blocks of soft local limestone, heavily cut by agricultural work. In the immediate vicinity of the wall, there was a substantial rock outcrop that presented clear traces of working. The excavation revealed a series of aligned cuts that were at a right angle to the wall, and probably represent the cuts for housing the stone blocks forming the west wall to another room perhaps belonging to a different building (building G). This suggestion is supported by the discovery of several fragments from blocks, interpretable as the remains of the west side of the room. In this area, the excavation of the levels overlying the rocky outcrop recovered residual fragments of impasto pottery, confirming a proto-historic occupation of the area. The excavation of the agricultural terrain east of the stone block wall (US 1219) intercepted a concentration of tufa fragments that seemed to represent what survived of the same wall’s continuation, which was probably delimited by the west side of building D. The partial excavation of the levels underlying the wall produced pottery fragments datable to the Hellenistic period, characterised by a large amount of plain ware, occasional fragments of black glaze, some fragments from large containers and numerous tiles. A concentration of baked clay was excavated along the northern edge of the beaten earth floor (US 1212); probably part of a dump of material used to fill a hole in the floor itself. Based on the new evidence it is possible to hypothesize the partial plan of room G, both to the west and east, with a maximum length of c. 10m. At present it is not possible to suggest how this room was used.

  • Corrado Notario - Università del Salento 

Director

  • Caterina Mannino - Università del Salento

Team

  • Laura Masiello - Soprintendenza Archeologica della Puglia

Research Body

  • Università del Salento

Funding Body

  • Università del Salento

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