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Excavation

  • Rofalco
  • Farnese
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  • Italy
  • Lazio
  • Province of Viterbo
  • Farnese

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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 in Area 0 continued with the investigation of several surface layers, situated directly below the humus and of the extensive collapse of stones which characterise all of the south-western part of the vast insula. In room 7 the removal of the collapse of well-preserved tiles from the roof continued. This layer covered the beaten floor surface, on top of which numerous fragmented vases, often joining, were found. Finds of bones, teeth and other organic material suggested that this room may be identified as a kitchen or some sort of space where food was prepared or processed. These finds also provided dietary information. The condition of the finds provided further confirmation of the site’s sudden destruction.

    A new excavation area (Area 4000) was opened at the eastern end of the site, a short distance from the steep slope overlooking the Olpeta Valley. The aim was to examine the main fortified entrance to the settlement. The identification of a gate at this point, ascertained during the previous year, as well as being supported by the presence of the tower and passage of the existing pathway, was suggested by the presence of a certain number of tufa blocks (some seemingly in situ and others displaced) and an imposing collapse of lava-stones.

    The excavation, still in its initial stages, revealed a long wall of tufa blocks, which lined and evened the rock face on which the bastion stands and was linked to another, shorter, segment of wall at a right angle. This structure, only very partially uncovered, seemed to constitute the northern side of the gate tower with an internal chamber, of which the two northern jambs were visible. In a trench positioned to the west of the tufa block structure, towards the interior of the settlement, a sequence of collapses was seen, constituted by three overlying levels of lava-stones, tufa blocks and tiles. Below the tile collapse a substantial paving of large lava-stone chippings was visible in some places. The finds recovered during this first intervention can all be given a preliminary dating of between the mid 4th and beginning of the 3rd century B.C.

  • Luca Pulcinelli - Gruppo Archeologico Romano 

Director

  • Gianfranco Gazzetti - Gruppo Archeologico Romano

Team

  • Cecilia Attanasio Ghezzi - Gruppo Archeologico Romano
  • Francesco Rubat Borel - Gruppo Archeologico Subalpino
  • Orlando Cerasuolo - Gruppo Archeologico Romano

Research Body

  • Gruppo Archeologico Romano

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