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Excavation

  • Diocletianopolis
  • Hisar
  • Diocletianopolis
  • Bulgaria
  • Plovdiv
  • Hisarya

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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)

  • EXPLORATIONS IN DICOLETIANOPOLISSQUARES 33–34 (Mitko Madzharov – m_madjarov@abv.bg, Dimitrinka Tancheva) The site is located near the eastern fortification gate of Diocletianopolis. An area of c. 500 sq. m was excavated. Remains of a late antique street and an adjoining building were discovered. The street is oriented northeast – southwest, its preserved width is 1.20 m and its explored length is 22.25 m. The street pavement consists of well cut stones arranged in lines. Foundation of a building was discovered and its southern room was explored. The walls were built of stones with a bonding medium of mud. A brick floor was discovered in the eastern and southern parts of the building. A round stone base of a post that supported the roofing was found close to the southern wall. A hearth was discovered in the western part of the building. Chicken bones and late antique sherds were found in the hearth. Fragments of tiles, charred timber, sherds of the 5th – 6th centuries AD, bottoms of dolia, an iron spatula, glass fragments of windows, fragments of glass cups, etc. were found during the excavations. An east – west oriented grave built of stones was discovered to the east of the building. A skeleton of a young woman was found in the grave. The grave goods include late antique sherds and a glass bead. Most likely, the street and the building were constructed after the mid 5th century AD, during the reconstruction of Diocletianopolis that followed the inrushes of the Chuns. The building was inhabited during the entire 6th century AD and most likely, it was demolished by the Slavs.

Director

  • Dimitrinka Tancheva - Archaeological Museum – Hisar
  • Mitko Madzharov - Archaeological Museum – Hisar

Team

Research Body

  • Archaeological Museum – Hisar

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