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Excavation

  • Galeata, Area del “Palazzo” di Teoderico
  • Poderina
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  • Italy
  • Emilia-Romagna
  • Province of Forlì-Cesena
  • Galeata

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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 continuation of excavations in trenches 35 and 36, opened the previous year on the property uphill from the strada del Pantano, exposed structures of importance for the understanding of the site.

    In trench 35, excavation of the warehouse destroyed in the 3rd century A.D. was completed, and work began on a kiln discovered immediately to the east. This very large structure could have been used for producing brick/tile, amphorae or other medium to large sized ceramics. The kiln, Cuomo Di Caprio type II/b, had a central corridor and the plan was rather more square than rectangular. The central corridor was clearly visible crossing the entire structure starting from the mouth of the praefurnium (still to be excavated), as was the series of orthogonal arched walls supporting the kiln floor. The firing floor was well-preserved, contrary to what is usually found, apart from a long central lacuna, caused by a modern agricultural ditch, which however made it possible to observe the inside of the kiln and measure the height of the combustion chamber. A tank, probably for clay decantation, was situated in the same productive sector, not far south of the kiln.

    Continuation of the excavation in trench 36 led to the discovery of a large octagonal hall, only half of which was exposed as the southern half lies below the Pantano road. The hall could be the northernmost room of the residential sector of Theodoric’s villa, as no other coeval structures were identified to its north. The area outside the octagonal hall to the north was probably a garden in the period of the Gothic king. The hall was paved with a high-quality geometric polychrome mosaic that was in a good state of preservation. The vaulted roof had been constructed with syringe-shaped tubuli, as documented by finds of numerous fragmentary examples. The northern walls of the octagon were robbed down to the foundations, while the central sections were better-preserved, standing to between 20-30 cm and 50 cm. The wall’s had been completely stripped of their decorative facing.

  • Riccardo Villicich - Universita degli Studi di Bologna 

Director

  • Sandro De Maria - Università degli Studi di Bologna, Dipartimento di Archeologia

Team

  • Jacopo Leati - Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Archeologia
  • Simone Rambaldi - Facoltà di Conservazione dei Beni Culturali, Università degli Studi di Bologna
  • Michele Ricciardone
  • Giovanni Milanesi - Facoltà di Conservazione dei Beni Culturali dell’Università di Bologna
  • Emanuela Gardini - Facoltà di Conservazione dei Beni Culturali dell’Università di Bologna
  • Marco Gregori - Facoltà di Conservazione dei Beni Culturali dell’Università di Bologna

Research Body

  • Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici dell'Emilia-Romagna
  • Università degli Studi di Bologna

Funding Body

  • Comune di Galeata
  • Privato

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