Summary (English)
Teanum Sidicinum (modern Teano) is situated on a rock outcrop on the slopes of the extinct volcano of Roccamonfina, about 30km to the north west of Caserta in Campania, Italy. Geophysical survey in the form of magnetometer survey was undertaken at the Roman town by teams from The British School at Rome and The University of Southampton over a period of 5 consecutive seasons, starting in 2002. The project was commissioned by Soprintedenza Archaeologica di Caserta e Benevento, in particular Dott. Francesco Sirano and funded by the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, the University of Cambridge Faculty of Classics, the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies and Southampton University. Three main areas were surveyed.
At the sanctuary site of Loreto, a small temple was discovered in the first season with further work in the next seasons locating a street grid system with buildings as well as a potential temple or sanctuary compound with processional way. A striking oval feature, the remains of an amphitheatre was located (Have taken this out because we are not sure what they are and we do not want too much interest in them before we are sure. Sounds a little odd but we are trying to protect them in case they are and stops tomb raiders). The survey undertaken around the extant remains of the theatre revealed insights to the town plan immediately surrounding it, with various buildings and building complexes being identified. At La Trinitá, a complex townscape with a dual grid system was established by the divergent alignments of roads, with structures aligned along both orientations along the road network.
See also http://www.fastionline.org/micro_view.php?)item_key=fst_cd&fst_cd=AIAC_1868.
- Paul S. Johnson - University of Southampton 
- Kristian Strutt - Archaeological Prospection Services of Southampton 
- Eamonn Baldwin - The British School at Rome 
- Sophie Hay - Archaeological Prospection Services of Southampton 
- Simon Keay - University of Southampton 
- Martin Millett - University of Cambridge 
- Robert Fry 
- Giles Richardson - The British School at Rome 
Director
- Francesco Sirano - Soprintendenza per i beni Archeologici delle Province di Napoli e Caserta
Team
- Emily Hussain
- Kristian Bonavita
- Mark Tibble
- Nisha Doshi
- Rose Ferraby - The British School at Rome
- Tim Sly - University of Southampton
Research Body
- Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici delle Province di Napoli e Caserta
- The British School at Rome
- University of Cambridge
- University of Southampton – Archaeological Prospection Services of Southampton
Funding Body
- McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
- Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
- The University of Cambridge, Faculty of Classics
- University of Southampton
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