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Excavation

  • San Martino
  • Torano
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  • Italy
  • Lazio
  • Province of Rieti
  • Borgorose

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Credits

  • 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)

  • In the 2015 excavation season, work was continued in the area of the site with remains interpreted as belonging to a Roman-period and late antique villa. Excavation of late antique strata pre-dating the sixth century AD was carried out in the room previously uncovered in eastern part of the site. In particular, the level of destruction and roof collapse dateable to the fifth century AD was investigated. In the complex of structures in the western part of the site, the remaining areas of the late antique stratum featuring the burnt and collapsed roof of the portico—probably contemporary with the roof collapse in the eastern part of the site—were excavated to sterile soil. This work uncovered a series of circular depressions into the sterile soil that provide evidence of buried dolia or storage jars that were removed in the final phase of use of the portico. In addition, some of the depressions had subsequently been reused as trash pits and filled with mosaic tesserae and broken pottery. Artifacts from this area are currently under study to provide further data concerning the chronology of the roof and its collapse.

  • Elizabeth Colantoni-University of Rochester 
  • Gabriele Colantoni- University of Rochester 

Director

  • Elizabeth Colantoni-University of Rochester

Team

  • Jeffrey A. Stevens-University of California, Los Angeles
  • Francesco Tommasi- Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale
  • Maria Rosa Lucidi, Sapienza – Università di Roma
  • Silvia Greggi-Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Lazio

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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