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Excavation

  • Theatre of Hadrianopolis
  • Sofratike
  • Hadrianopolis/Ioustinianoupolis
  • Albania
  • Gjirokastër County
  • Bashkia Dropull
  • Komuna e Dropullit i Poshtëm

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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 excavations of the year 2006 in the theatre were located on the outer side of the cavea, near by its foundation level. The excavations intended to verify the building characteristics and define the construction phases of the theatre. A sondage measuring to 3, 7 × 2, 0 m was carried out under the eastern entrance of the seating area. The cleaning revealed the archaeological levels that relate to the structure. The excavation demonstrated that the outer wall is set on a clay layer, used probably as a foundation level. While the staircase that provided access, though abutting the wall, relates probably to the earliest construction phases of the theatre. The archaeological material discovered consists of a few finds, mainly pottery fragments painted in black varnish, etc., which date to the 2nd century A.D. During this season was also cleaned the surface area of the cavea.

Director

  • Apollon Baçe - Albanian Institute of Monuments
  • Gianfranco Paci - Dipartimento di Scienze Archeologiche e Storiche dell’Antichità dell’Università degli Studi di Macerata
  • Neritan Ceka
  • Roberto Perna - Università degli Studi di Macerata

Team

Research Body

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

Funding Body

  • Ford Foundation
  • Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali

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