Summary (English)
In the 2013 season, work was focused on the area of the site with remains interpreted as belonging to a Roman-period and late antique villa. Stratigraphic excavations were continued in the interior of the room with an internal semicircular structure, the object of excavations also in previous field seasons (2007-2011). The paving stones of the floor within the semicircular structure were removed, and excavation below the paving confirmed the existence of habitation levels within the larger room during the imperial period, in the time before the late antique phase documented in previous excavations within the same room. Of particular interest is a thick stratigraphic level characterized by the presence of many roof tile fragments and large concentrations of carbonized wood. This level, presumably related to the collapse of the roof, provides evidence of devastation of the room, probably in the fourth or fifth century AD. Also investigated in 2013 was the feature, immediately to the west of the room, composed of a line of very large rocks with an east-west orientation, possibly to be interpreted as a wall (USM 8). This feature, given its relative elevation and also the stratigraphic evidence, was no longer functional when the nearby room was in use. Removal of the two easternmost of the large rocks revealed a cut below the rocks that contained a fill composed of frequent fist-sized stones mixed with soil. Artifacts found in the fill seem to date within the span of time from the late republican to the early imperial period.
- Gabriele Colantoni 
- Elizabeth Colantoni 
Director
- Elizabeth Colantoni-University of Rochester
Team
- Gabriele Colantoni- University of Rochester
- Jeffrey A. Stevens-University of California, Los Angeles
- Francesco Tommasi- Provincia di Roma
- Maria Rosa Lucidi, Sapienza – Università di Roma
Research Body
- University of Rochester
Funding Body
- University of Rochester, Department of Religion and Classics
- Vassar College, Department of Greek and Roman Studies
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