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Excavation

  • Coppa Nevigata
  • Manfredonia
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  • Italy
  • Apulia
  • Provincia di Foggia
  • Manfredonia

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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

    • Excavations were carried out in several zones of the Bronze Age fortified settlement of Coppa Nevigata.

      In the area of the Apennine postern gate excavation reached the level on which the wall was set and further examination of the interior of the wall i

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    • During the campaign which took place in September 2009 work was undertaken in five sectors, investigating the Bronze Age levels.

      1) In quadrants F1R, F2D, G1O, G1P, G2A and G2B work continued towards gaining a better definition of the operations that we

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    • The 2010 campaign, undertaken during September, excavated in five areas, investigating the Bronze Age levels in particular.

      1)In sectors F2H, F2R, G1O, G2A excavation of the structures identified in previous campaigns continued and a more in-depth inves

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    • The 2011 excavations at Coppa Nevigata uncovered several Bronze Age phases. Exploration of the Proto-Apennine walls (circa 1700 B.C.) in the eastern zone continued, during which the point where they began to bend towards the south-east was identified. In t... Read More
    • A further section of the Sub-Apenninic wall, altered and reused in the Recent Apenninic period, was uncovered in sectors H2L, H2M, H2P, and H2Q, thus clarifying a situation that had only begun to appear during the 2011 excavations.

      In a late phase of th

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    • During the 2013 season, several sectors were opened in the north-eastern part of the settlement, reaching as far as the border with the modern pathway that skirts around the fencing of the buffalo enclosure. At present, investigation of the continuation of... Read More
    • Essentially three areas were investigated: 1) the north-eastern part of the Apenninic walls, with later Sub-Appenninic rebuilds (14th-12th century B.C.); 2) a part of the settlement dating to the Recent Sub-Appenninic (12th century B.C.), with clear traces... Read More
    • Three areas were investigated this season: the Apennine/early Sub-Apennine layers situated south of the wall, immediately east of the gate leading into the settlement; the layers from the same period situated in the south-eastern sector of the excavation a... Read More
    • The excavations concentrated on six sectors, each 25 m2 (H3Q, H3R, H4C, H4D, I3O, I4A), in which the surface layers had already been removed in previous years. The sub-Appennine levels were investigated, revealing two structures. An interesting find was th... Read More
    • This season, a smaller area than usual was excavated, particularly compared to the last campaign, which took place in 2017. The following sectors were investigated: F3B, F3C, G3H, H3A, H3E and H3F. In sectors F3B and F3C, the excavation continued of a quad... Read More
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