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Excavation

  • Thesauros of Phoinike
  • Finiq
  • Phoinike
  • Albania
  • Vlorë County
  • Bashkia Finiq
  • Komuna e Finiqit

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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)

  • The excavation of the year 2001 in the prostyle temple (thesaurus) aimed mainly at the cleaning of the whole area from the artificial fillings, in order to reach to the archaeological levels excavated by Ugolini. The finds from the first layer date to the modern period and are represented mainly by glass and iron objects. The excavation of the other layers revealed four wall lines of the temple. Another area of interest was the foundation of the entrance which was constructed by stone slabs bounded with grey mortar.
    A sondage was undertaken to the southern part of the area. The cleaning of the wall filling layer revealed traces of Byzantine period. At the end of the excavations, some conservation and restorations works were undertaken. Weeds and the remnants on the slab surface were eliminated, whereas the broken slab pieces were joined together. The final step was the covering of the area by a shelter to assure a better conservation from atmospheric factors.

Director

  • Sandro De Maria - Università degli Studi di Bologna, Dipartimento di archeologia
  • Shpresa Gjongecaj - Albanian Institute of Archaeology

Team

  • Mirco Zaccaria

Research Body

  • Instituti Arkeologjik Tiranë (Albanian Institute of Archaeology)
  • Università degli Studi di Bologna

Funding Body

  • Ministero degli Affari Esteri, Italia

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