The excavation area is situated in a vast open space that has been used as a parking lot for the Comprensorio Archeologico di Minturnae. This area was cleared of sediment (to a depth of ca. 3.0 – 3.5 meters from ground level), and has revealed a stratigraphical sequence relative to the entire life of the city, from the pre-Roman to the early Medieval period. The excavation permitted the verification of a total absence of intact archaeological deposits for a variable depth between 3 – 4 meters, below which were found strata relative to an ample chronological horizon running from prehistory to the Roman period. At a depth of 3.2 meters from ground level, a large building with quadrangular pilasters from the Empire was discovered, opening onto a street plan with N-S orientation. On the inside of the building, burials in amphorae of the successive period were found leaning against the walls. The structure rests against an older building, and lies on the Republican levels. The location, the plan, and the ceramic evidence found suggest a use of this structure as a storehouse or horrea for the river port.
(Givanna Rita Bellini)