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Excavation

  • Roman Grave near by the Necropolis of Apollonia
  • Apollonia
  • Apollonia

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    Credits

    • 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)

    • From June 6 to 18th, 2005 the Albanian Rescue Archaeology Unit with the collaboration of the Institute of Archaeology of Tirana undertook a project which consisted in test-pits along the area where during December 2004 and January 2005 an intensive surface survey had been undertaken. The purpose of this survey was to explore the area where the national road Fier-Levan would pass, to identify archaeological monuments in this area and to estimate to what degree they would be affected by the new infrastructure.
      Test-pits were concentrated in the area between the villages of Pojan and Shën Pjetër till the Vjosë-Fier-Levan channel and in the area from southwest Pojan till the Lagja Bonjakët and further. In this area were included 6 tracts T058, T059, T060, T063, T064, T065 where a total of 40 pits were dug. The purpose was to locate the archaeological evidence rather than to carry out large scale excavations. In the tract T065 and exactly in the test pit S031 was found a grave that dates to the Roman Period. This grave had three stratigraphical layers: a) the first layer, the agricultural one, rich in finds, b) the second layer, the sandy one, with less finds, c) the third layer, and the clayey one, sterile. Inside and around the grave were found various pottery fragments.

    • Maria Grazia Amore - GSHASH – Grupi Shqiptar i Arkeologjisë së Shpëtimit (ARAU – Albanian Rescue Archaeological Unit) 

    Director

    • Vangjel Dimo - Insituti i Arkeologjisë Tiranë (Albanian Institute of Archaeology)

    Team

    • Ardit Miti - Future of Albania's Past Project, FTSH - Fondacioni Trashëgimia Shqiptare (AHF- Albanian Heritage Foundation)
    • Eglantina Serjani - Future of Albania's Past Project, QNASH - Qendra Ndërkombëtare për Arkeologjinë Shqiptare (ICAA- International Centre for Albanian Archaeology)
    • Ermelinda Hoxhaj
    • Sonila Meta
    • Surja Lela - Agjencia e Shërbimit Arkeologjik (Archaeological Service Agency)
    • a group of local workers

    Research Body

    • GSHASH – Grupi Shqiptar i Arkeologjisë së Shpëtimit (ARAU – Albanian Rescue Archaeological Unit)
    • Instituti Arkeologjik Tiranë (Albanian Institute of Archaeology)

    Funding Body

    • Packard Humanities Institute

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