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Excavation

  • Attiggio
  • Campi S. Giovanni
  • Attidium
  • Italy
  • The Marches
  • Province of Ancona
  • Fabriano

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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)

  • The excavations during this third campaign provided further evidence of the bath building, partially investigated by the Archaeological Superintendency for the Marche and object of the first two excavation seasons. There was also significant progress in knowledge and definition of the spatial and topographical organisation of the entire area.
    Work was undertaken on the baths, with interventions aimed at clarifying specific situations worthy of interest, and in external areas in order to gain new evidence about the spatial organisation of the complex.

    Inside the complex, a layer of earth covering a short section of sewer connected to the baths, which had not been investigated by the Superintendency in the past, was removed. The layer had blocked an architectural element fundamental to the functioning of the baths, showing that they went out of use. The study of the materials from this layer will provide important data about the period when the entire complex was abandoned.

    In Area A, north-east of the area occupied by the baths, the excavations uncovered sporadic patches of a large floor made of large blocks of local stone, of which the full extent is unknown. This open space was probably closed, or at least reduced in a later period through the creation of a wall, built in a mixed technique, with foundations of small stone blocks and standing structure in tiles. At present, it is difficult to even suggest a precise use and function for these structures. None of the identified walls has been uncovered to its full length. The impossibility of checking the actual plan hampers the formulation of any hypotheses.

    In Area B, north-east of the baths, a very small patch of a marble slab floor on a make-up of very compact mortar was uncovered. It was associated with a stone wall on a rectilinear alignment that was only visible at foundation level. In a later period, the whole area must have undergone radical changes to its layout, perhaps due to a change in use. The wall was razed and substituted by a wall with stone foundations and tile standing structure. As in Area A, it is difficult to suggest use and function.

    Study of the pottery found to date continues to confirm that the site was occupied until the 6th century A.D. Further analysis will provide a more precise chronological seriation, able to associate the artefacts with the various structures. Finally, it is worth mentioning the discovery of a fragment from a cup with a narrow elongated form, a rough concave surface, and a smooth convex surface. The fragment was stamped with a rectangular cartouche containing the name [L.ATTIDI palmette]. Already of interest in itself, this find acquires further importance as it is the first evidence for the settlement of Attidium that definitely comes from the locality of Attiggio.

  • Luca Boldrini - Archeologo specializzato in Archeologia Tardoantica e Medievale 
  • Alessio Pascolini Archeologo specializzato in Archeologia Medievale 

Director

  • Donatella Scortecci – Università degli Studi di Perugia, Dipartimento Uomo e Territorio, Sezione di studi Comparati sulle Società Antiche

Team

  • Debora Castellani - Università degli Studi di Perugia
  • Tommaso Casci Ceccacci - Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici delle Marche
  • Università degli Studi di Perugia, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Università della Tuscia di Viterbo, Università Cattolica di Milano e Università degli Studi di Bologna.

Research Body

  • Università degli Studi di Perugia, Dipartimento di Lettere, Lingue, Letterature e Civiltà Antiche e Moderne.

Funding Body

  • Associazione culturale Umbria Archeologica
  • Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Fabriano e Cupramontana
  • Organizzazione Gli Attidiati Onlus

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