Summary (English)
The acropolis of Civita di Tricarico has a curtain wall that encloses an area of 2.5 hectares. The only part of the area that is almost perfectly flat is the summit terrace of about 4,500 m2. It was supported, at least on the southwest side, by a containing wall the lower course of which was made of reused limestone blocks. The late date of this structure is attested by the use of cement mortar. Three main buildings stood on the terrace: the temple, the domus, and building P, all built on top of earlier structures.
The 2nd – 1st century B.C. domus overlay earlier houses: house U had an 11 m facade and was in turn covered by house V, the south side of which was c. 15.40 m long.
Excavation of the temple reopened in 2013. The temple was built in the middle of Building T, discovered during the first campaign. In 2014, a trench opened in the temple’s south wing revealed a wall that passed underneath the cella foundations. In 2015, new trenches identified not only the continuation of this wall, but also exposed two more sides of the structure. The short side measured 3.30 m but the length of the long sides can only be estimated (5.5 m) as they disappear below the facing of the temple podium. Overall, the occupation levels and associated materials had not survived. However, some residual fragments related to the cult sphere (stem of a thymiaterion, base of a louterion). The loss of most of the stratigraphy pre-dating the temple was caused by a pit dug in the cella in antiquity. It cut through the floor (_opus_ signinum with white tesserae) of which numerous fragments were found dumped in the fill.
- Olivier de Cazanove- Université de Paris-I-Panthéon-Sorbonne 
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- Ecole française de Rome
- UMR ARSCAN
- Université de Paris-I-Panthéon-Sorbonne