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Excavation

  • Theatre of Apollonia
  • Pojan
  • Apollonia

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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)

    • Excavations in the theater of Apollonia in 2014 took place in the period from September 15 to 24 October. The objective for this year was to continue the excavations in the area of the northern parodos. The total area excavated measured 8 × 6.50 m and includes a part of the northern parados, the northern corner of the scenoi, the northern and eastern walls of the so-called “brick building” as well as the western wall of the brick building and the eastern wall of the stoas. Meanwhile, a trench was also excavated in the area of the central drainage channel. In total, 5 construction phases were identified, related to the scene and its surroundings. Trench XII documented a block of the plinth of the stoa’s stylobate, which was connected to the brick pavement, as noted in the older trench. In trench XIII, a few meters further in the direction of street H, the corner of a looting pit of the stoa was documented, while during the expansion of the excavation from the east, the back wall of the stoa was traced. The preserved bricks (46 × 46 × 8 cm, bound with mud) as well as the width of the pit show that the narrow, southern part of the stoa was formed by a wall with a row of bricks. A 2 m long tract was discovered from the back wall of the stoa, the construction of which seems to have gone through two phases. This year, the excavation at the northern end of the stoa was concentrated only on the western part of the trench and extended towards the south, in a limited area of 1.8 m x 1.6 m. Excavation in this area went to the natural floor. During the excavations, a wall constructed with brick, with a north-south orientation was documented. The wall has a preserved length of 3 m wide. At the northern end of the wall, another partially conserved wall was documented. This tract is part of the north wall of the stoa. The floor of the stoa in this area consisted of clay, the layers of which are also seen in the profiles. Behind the back of the wall of the stoa was placed a thick layer of rubble, which served to raise the ground. Through trenches XV and XVI it was possible to locate the northern end of stoa. Traces of 7 columns and a semi-column at the northern end are preserved in the stylobates. In five of them can be distinguished the iron brackets placed on the lead platform, in more or less concentric shapes. The lead sheet served as a foundation for the columns. The base of the stoa has a slope to the south, so it is likely that the construction had static problems, which could have been solved by using the layer of lead poured under the columns. During the excavations, it was possible to determine the width of the parodos which was 8 m, and also the northern and southern extremes of the stoa. The stoa measured 76.80 m long and about 6 m wide.

    • Ulsi Tota - Institute of Archaeology 
    • Kriledjan Ҫipa - Regional Directorate of Cultural Heritage-Vlora 

    Director

    • Bashkim Lahi - Insituti i Arkeologjisë Tiranë, Departamenti i Antikitetit (Albanian Institute of Archaeology, Department of Antiquity)
    • Henner von Hesberg - Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Rom

    Team

    Research Body

    • Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Rom
    • Instituti Arkeologjik Tiranë (Albanian Institute of Archaeology)

    Funding Body

    • Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
    • Instituti Arkeologjik Tiranë (Albanian Institute of Archaeology)

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