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  • Masseria De Carolis
  • Masseria De Carolis
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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)

    • Most of the time and resources during the 2014 campaign were dedicated to the cleaning and restoration of the wall facings and finds recovered during this and previous campaigns. Particular attention was paid to a frescoed wall, found in a collapse, and stabilizing the area of the apodyterium.

      Excavation work took place in three areas: the opus signinum terrace south of the baths, the tepidarium, and the area at the edge of the villa in the south-eastern area of the site.

      The area of the opus signinum terrace south of the baths was badly disturbed in the 1980s by heavy machinery and in particular by the dumping of materials that transformed the entire sector into an illegal rubbish dump. This situation was documented in the earlier seasons, however it was deemed necessary to remove the modern fill still covering the opus signinum , in order not only to recover all the ancient pottery (although mixed with the modern material), but also to create drainage for rainwater, following the slope of the ancient floor. The excavation did not reveal any great surprises, as most of the layers were clearly modern, except for one ancient context in which there was an infant burial. This was in the area untouched by the mechanical digging in the 80s and where in 2010 two infant burials in amphorae were found.

      Excavation of the tepidarium completed investigations undertaken in 2007-2008 during which only half the room was exposed. At the same time, the layers still overlying the floor were excavated, all relating to the final occupation phase (mid 5th century A.D.) before the 472 A.D. eruption. Two infant burials lay on the heated floor, which had collapsed at the centre at the time of the eruption due to the great weight of the volcanic material covering it. The burials were partially covered by tiles and no grave goods were present.

      In the third and final area investigated in 2014, in the south-east corner of the site, a collapsed wall overlying rubble and a corridor with a ramp leading to the second floor of the villa were uncovered, beyond which a low wall with an opus signinum facing delimited an area that was probably a garden.

    • Girolamo F. De Simone - St. John’s College, University of Oxford  

    Director

    • Antonio De Simone - Università degli Studî Suor Orsola Benincasa Napoli
    • Umberto Pappalardo - Università degli Studi "Suor Orsola Benincasa" di Napoli

    Team

    • Daniele Cigolini – Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli
    • Giuseppe Di Palma – Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli
    • Jessica Scarpelli – Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli
    • Manlio Titomanlio – Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli
    • Selene Zacchino – Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli
    • Caterina Serena Martucci
    • Rachel Lewis – New York University
    • Rebekka Valcke – Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
    • Vincenzo Castaldo – Università degli Studî Suor Orsola Benincasa Napoli
    • Charlene Murphy – University College London
    • Maria Rosaria Vairo - Università del Salento
    • Robyn Veal – University of Cambridge
    • Benjamin Picciotto – University of Massachusetts Boston
    • Dylan George Lindsay – University of KwaZulu-Natal
    • Felix Kotzur – University of Leicester
    • Halinka Di Lorenzo – Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
    • Jessika Rahmberg – Simon Frazer University
    • John Gross – Michigan State University
    • John Stevenson – Harvard University
    • John Stevenson – Harvard University
    • Josef Soucek – Univerzita Karlova v Praze
    • Kimberley Anne Heuer – Brigham Young University
    • Kimberley Jones – University of Swansea
    • Leah Powell – University of Cambridge
    • Marcos Atilio Vaczi Vanin – University of Sao Paulo
    • Sanda Heinz - University of Oxford
    • Santa Sannino - Università degli Studî Suor Orsola Benincasa Napoli
    • Veronika Ženíšková – Univerzita Karlova v Praze
    • ierre-Benoît Gérard – Université Libre de Bruxelles
    • Annamaria Perrotta - Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
    • Claudio Scarpati - Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

    Research Body

    • University of Oxford
    • Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
    • Università degli Studî Suor Orsola Benincasa Napoli

    Funding Body

    • Associazione Apolline Onlus
    • Comune di Pollena Trocchia

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