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Excavation

  • Pietrabbondante
  • Calcatello
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  • Italy
  • Molise
  • Province of Isernia
  • Pietrabbondante

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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)

  • Work continued in the zone of the tabernae, where the original layout, pre-dating the construction of Temple A, began to emerge, with the presence of constructions with the characteristics of cult buildings. Some had been destroyed by a lightning bolt. A sondage revealed the presence of another temple, already in use at the time of the Samnite wars, situated about 100 m east of Temple A.
    The excavations in the domus publica defined the layout of the slaves’ quarters and the building’s various phases.

    Phase one (120-30 B.C.: domus publica of the sanctuary). The building occupied a terrace of 110 m south-west of the temple and theatre. From this terrace the sacred area was accessed through a large opening in the enclosure wall that led directly to the space between the theatre and the temple. The size and architectural characteristics are those of the great Italic-Roman aristocratic houses of Republican date, with an atrium, impluvium, tablinium and alae. The domus stood in an open space with a double-aisled portico that had nine columns at the front where the offerings were placed. Following the Social War, the entire complex of Temple B and the theatre were no longer used as public cult structures. The complex was neither destroyed nor abandoned but preserved as part of the public patrimony, although no maintenance was carried out on the structures for at least fifty years. During this period, the buildings decayed and were damaged. In particular, most of the rear portico of the domus collapsed and was never rebuilt.

    Phase two (30 B.C. – mid 2nd century A.D.: farm villa). In the Augustan period, the sanctuary’s properties were assigned to veterans: a fundus became the property of the Socelli, who installed themselves in the ex domus publica; in the nearby locality of Arco another fundus, already owned by the sanctuary, was assigned to the Munatii. In this phase, the domus underwent a number of transformations, with the creation of a bath suite and a direct passageway between the space in front of the building and the service area. The link with the sanctuary buildings was maintained and maintenance work on the roof of Temple B began but was not completed. During the 1st century A.D., the temple began to fill with earth and the terracottas from the roof fell down.

    Phase three (mid 2nd cent. A.D. – 3rd cent. A.D.). Production activities underwent a radical transformation with the creation of kilns and metalworking structures. The demolition of Temple B began in order to recover the metals in the structure. The opening between the domus terrace and the sanctuary was blocked. The platform on which the portico to the left of Temple B stood was used as a cemetery area.

    Phase four (first half of the 4th cent. A.D.). Decline in production activities, now limited to stock raising. There was evidence of large scale occupation in the tabernae situated between the theatre and Temple A. Part of the domus was in ruins and only occasionally occupied, perhaps by shepherds.

  • Adriano La Regina - Istituto Nazionale di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte 

Director

Team

  • Luigi Scaroina - Istituto Nazionale di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte
  • Rachel Van Dusen - Florida State University
  • Federico Porcari - .
  • Massimo Notaro - Comune di Pietrabbondante
  • D. Quaranta - Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Molise
  • Paola Quaranta - Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma

Research Body

  • Istituto Nazionale di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte
  • Regione Molise

Funding Body

  • Comune di Pietrabbondante

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