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  • Lucone
  • Lucone
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  • Italy
  • Lombardy
  • Province of Brescia
  • Muscoline

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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)

  • In 2015, the excavation season at Leucone D was short due to the need to move to a new area, with related covering, as the previous excavation area was completed. In the trench closest to the excavation area, opened last year, the removal of an accumulation of dumped material (US 429) continued, but was not completed due to its complexity. The accumulations alternated lenses containing large amounts of building materials (baked clay, clay, stones etc.) with levels of ash and charcoal from hearth cleaning and levels of vegetal material rich in twigs and fibres. The dumping of materials in a still, watery context, with the consequent precipitation of the heaviest elements and decantation of the lighter ones led to the formation of these structures.

    Excavation also continued in the 2013 trench, which started at the south-west corner of Sector 1, where last year the excavation of another, particularly complex, dump (US 423) began. An interesting collapse of timber elements, perhaps belonging to the walls of the palafitte, was identified.

    In an attempt to finally identify the settlement perimeter closest to the centre of the lake, it was decided to extend the trench by 4 m. A new discovery during this operation completely changed our knowledge of this ancient settlement: a beam of substantial length with a series of quadrangular holes in it, found in a thick peaty layer (US 378). Given that it was in a transverse position with respect to the trench, it was necessary to widen the excavation area on both sides. The beam, made of oak and now preserved in the Centre for the Treatment of Saturated Timber (Archaeological Superintendency for Lombardy), is 7.60 m long and ca. 0.20 m wide, and presents 25 quadrangular holes. This find has modified knowledge of the form of the village and its history. It is now known to have extended further towards the centre of the ancient lake and, in the second phase, attests construction techniques that are not seen in phase one.

    The 2015 campaign recovered a moderate number of finds. Pottery fragments were predominant with examples from the complete repertoire of Polada culture forms: beakers, cups, bowls, amphorae, pitchers, and dolia. The presence of three large truncated cone-shaped vases, decorated with cordons, in the area closest to the lake is of interest. The remains of three wickerwork baskets were found in the same area. Among the artefacts made of perishable materials there was a rare vase fragment and an axe handle. As usual, terracotta artefacts such as spindle whorls and made of bone or horn, like punches and spatulas, were abundant. There were few flint tools and no metal artefacts were found.

  • Marco Baioni- Museo Archeologico della Valle Sabbia - Gavardo 

Director

Team

  • Fiorenza Gulino
  • Flavio Redolfi Riva
  • Nicoletta Martinelli
  • Cristiano Nicosia
  • Renata Perego
  • Cesare Ravazzi
  • Melania Isola, Andrea La Torre, Emanuele Saletta
  • Angelo Lando
  • Claudia Mangani
  • Gabriele Bocchio, Ivan Bresciani, Francesco Maioli, Eliseo Mora- Volontari del Gruppo Grotte Gavardo
  • Ezio Ferraresi

Research Body

  • Museo Archeologico della Valle Sabbia - Gavardo

Funding Body

  • Comune di Gavardo
  • Comune di Polpenazze del Garda
  • Regione Lombardia

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