Summary (English)
The first excavation campaign at Terravecchia di Sepino investigated one of the gates in the curtain wall, denominated Porta dell’Acropoli.
On a west-north-west alignment, the gate, identified by Giovanni Colonna in 1961 during a survey, and partially excavated in 1963 by Adriano La Regina, was not visible as deep deposits of earth, detritus, and vegetation had obliterated it. Although the excavations only lasted for 10 days, the entire gate was exposed, together with the access corridor created in the thickness of the wall and a substantial stretch of the polygonal curtain wall on either side. The entire plan of the structure was revealed and the elevation was surveyed and documented. The few finds covered a wide chronology, from black gloss to medieval proto-majolica pottery.
Immediately inside the wall, the excavation exposed a small religious complex (first noted in 1961 by Colonna). The church had a single nave and raised semicircular apse, accessed by steps. A small area of the original paving of large stone slabs was still in situ. Most of the slabs were found stacked one against the other leaning on the internal facing of the north wall.
Some sections of the walls were preserved to a substantial height. They were built mainly of small stones with some middle-sized ones, bonded into neat courses. In particular, the south wall functioned as the facing for a stretch of quarry face, with the aim of hiding the surface and regulating the uneven section. The east-facing entrance had large parallelepiped jambs, and a linear threshold, which presented the housings for the hinges of a double door. Immediately outside, the excavation uncovered a number of voussoirs from the arch of the portal.
The church was planned and the elevations partially documented. Numerous and important, although minute, fragments of coloured figured wall plaster were recovered.
- Maurizio Matteini Chiari - Università degli Studi di Perugia, Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche, Sezione di Scienze Storiche dell'Antichità 
- Valeria Scocca - Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Scuola di Specializzazione in Archeologia 
Director
Team
- Valeria Ceglia - Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Molise
- Antonio Cipullo
- Michela D'Alessandro
Research Body
- Università degli Studi di Perugia, Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche, Sezione di Scienze Storiche dell'Antichità
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