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Excavation

  • Triconch Palace Butrint
  • Butrint
  • Buthrotum
  • Albania
  • Vlorë County
  • Bashkia Konispol
  • Xarre

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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)

  • This season saw the uncovering of the mosaic in the long southern gallery and its re-covering with a mesh and 30 cm of sand for protection until it could be conserved. The courtyard area was entirely excavated along with the northern portico of the peristyle. Beaten earth floors were found in the portico, where mosaics had been removed, supporting the idea that the rebuild was not finished. Several eastern rooms were also excavated including a small vestibule with a fine mosaic, which allowed access from outside the Triconch into the long gallery. The walls of the vestibule depicted a colonnade and a garden beyond. Excavations in the west of the Triconch showed that the colonnaded room of the earlier domus (phase 2) was blocked by a series of small walls. A massive threshold block to the north of the phase 3 triclinium indicated that the main entrance way had moved to there working in tandem with the double apsed vestibule. The vestibule, found in 2000, was built directly on top of the unpaved street, which ran along side the early domus. Excavation of the southern wing revealed that the westernmost room may have been used for domestic purposes. A large storage jar was found set in the floor and five complete oil lamps were found against one of the walls with two bone gaming pieces. Further burials including infant amphora burials were found. One of the rooms in the western wing was found to contain a circular structure which filled the room entirely and was probably used for storage. High denomination coins, including a gold coin of Basil II, from the 9th to 12th centuries were found, suggesting commercial activity. Further, postholes indicting several post built structures also suggested that the Triconch was not deserted during the early medieval period.

  • Andrew Crowson - ICAA-International Center for Albanian Archaeology / IWA-Institute of World Archaeology, University of East Anglia 

Director

  • Ilir Gjipali - Instituti i Arkeologjisë Tiranë, Departamenti i Prehistorisë (Albanian Institute of Archaeology, Department of Prehistory)
  • Richard Hodges - ICAA-International Center for Albanian Archaeology / IWA-Institute of World Archaeology, University of East Anglia
  • William Bowden - School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Department of Archaeology, University of Nottingham

Team

  • Karen Francis - CgMs-Consulting Planning and Development, Archaeology and Historic Buildings
  • Ylli Cerova - Universiteti "Aleksandër Xhuvani"

Research Body

  • IWA - Institute of World Archaeology, University of East Anglia
  • Instituti Arkeologjik Tiranë (Albanian Institute of Archaeology)

Funding Body

  • Butrint Foundation
  • Packard Humanities Institute

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