Summary (English)
The campaign 2013 has been ten day long and research concentrated in the extention of Trench 21, already investigated in 2011. Aim of the sample was to collect more information concerning the building erected along the glareata road identified in 2012 after a geophysical survey.
The sample was 5 m by 7 m and was opened in the north/east side of the road. Below the plough soil and removed context 2017 (a deposit very rich in finds that was formed in the final phase of the settlement) were uncovered floor levels of mortar and clay and a line of postholes belonging to walls or partitions. Floors and postholes belong to a late antique phase – most probably occurred between the fifth and the sixth century AD – following the pulling down of the building generally interpreted as mansion .
The collected pottery and glass assemblages were poor and finds were particularly fragmented. Few coins spanning from the first to the fifth century AD have been collected in late antique contexts connected with the demolition of the mansio.
A survey with magnetometer helped in expanding our understanding of the boundaries of the settlement. In particular data from the magnetometer seem to indicate the presence of two further building – smaller than the mansion – along the road.
- Denis Sami - School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester 
Director
- Neil Christie - School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester
Team
- Anna Booth (British Museum, Portable Antiquity Scheme, University of Leicester)
- Luana Toniolo - Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia
- Saúl Martín González - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- Sergio Gonzalez Sanchez - University of Leicester
Research Body
- School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester
Funding Body
- Comune di Cesenatico
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