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Excavation

  • Carmignano
  • Pietramarina
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  • Italy
  • Tuscany
  • Florence
  • Capraia e Limite

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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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Periods

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Season

    • The Etruscan settlement of Pietramarina is situated on the southern part of the summit of Montalbano, overlooking a vast territory. This strategic position caused the site to be occupied for a long period, which at present is documented from the 7th B.C. –... Read More
    • South area

      Most of the collapse of a wall over thirteen metres long was removed. The wall was almost parallel to the external front of the curtain walls – from which it diverged slightly, forming a “swallow tail”. The south facing was identified, but

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    • During the 2006-2008 excavations a section of the southern part of the curtain wall was brought to light, from the point in which the walls were interrupted – in correspondence with an ancient entrance – as far as the south-western end, where they began to... Read More
    • During the 2006-2008 campaigns part of the south stretch of the curtain wall were brought to light, from the point in which the walls were interrupted – in correspondence with an ancient gate – as far as the south-western end, where the wall began to cur... Read More
    • Excavations continued mainly in the south area – in the zone in front of the town walls (room μ) and the adjacent space (room λ). Work was also undertaken in building β situated in the northern part of the settlement.

      - Room μ: in the flat area outside

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    • The 2012 excavations mainly continued the investigation of building β, situated in the northernmost part of the settlement. Work was also undertaken in the southern area, where monumental and scenographical restructuring in the Hellenistic period occupied ... Read More
    • During this campaign the investigations mainly concentrated on building β, situated in the northernmost part of the settlement, and in the south area, in the flat zone in front of the town wall. In building β, the substantial layers of collapse occupying r... Read More
    • This season’s intervention involved recording and the consolidation of part of the curtain wall, in particular the south-western section of the structure. This enhanced the monument by making it immediately understandable to visitors as they arrive. Work t... Read More
  • 1300 BC
  • 620 BC
  • 1 BC