Summary (English)
This site came to light during the construction of a car-park exit. Investigations revealed the presence of a sub-rectangular enclosure, orientated on a NW-SE axis. The walls consist of mud-bricks, pisé de terre or craticium on a dry-stone footing. Three small, square rooms open onto the enclosure along the length of its NW side. Inside one of these rooms, a group of small impasto ollette was found within a pithos, and may represent an offering. At the centre of the enclosure stood a small, rectangular platform made of sandstone blocks, with rectangular projections on its north-west side. Its shape and the obvious anathyrosys around its edge suggest that this may be interpreted as an altar ad alae, orientated to the SE. The complex, for the moment, has undergone only preliminary investigation and has not produced any material later then the 4th century B.C. Roman restructuring caused the area to become marginal to the settlement, but its reuse is attested by the presence of numerous pits. These are sometimes lined with reused material and contain layers of ash and fragments of burnt pottery and bone. These pits can be interpreted as ustrina dating to the Augustan phase of the settlement. (Andrea Camilli)
Director
- Andrea Camilli - Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana
Team
- Barbara Scarso
- Claudia Micari
- Esmeralda Remotti
Research Body
- Soprintendenza Beni Archeologici della Toscana
Funding Body
- Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali
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