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  • Trasanello Cementificio
  • Trasanello
  • Trasanello
  • Italy
  • Basilicate
  • Province of Matera
  • Matera

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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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    • With the aim of protecting the site an archaeological investigation was undertaken at Trasanello, close to the Neolithic village of Murgia Timone. This area had been explored by Ridola as it was believed to be the site of prehistoric tombs and man-made gro... Read More
    • The site at the Trasanello cement factory, discovered by G. Lionetti and V. Camerini, was investigated by the Archaeological Superintendency of Basilicata in 1997. Eleven trenches were opened and documented the extension of the village and a ditch, partial... Read More
    • The second campaign was undertaken in May-September 2008. Work resumed on Trench III with the excavation of the deposits of the ditch fill. These were characterised to the north by layers of sterile collapse and disintegration of the walls, and to the sout... Read More
    • The third campaign took place from May-September 2009. Trenches III and VI were reopened. The ditch fill was completely removed and its bottom reached in both trenches. The excavation was widened in the area of the internal border where in the previous cam... Read More
    • The fourth excavation campaign took place in May-June 2010. Trench VII was reopened and enlarged to cover an area of 60 m2.

      The rectilinear walls of the ditch, partially covered with natural concretions, were exposed. Of particular interest was the disc

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    • The fifth excavation campaign took place in May-June 2011. Trench VII was enlarged by 100 m2 and the ditch fill was excavated. The following sequence emerged:

      - Surface layer (US 1a) this was a fill post-dating the abandonment of the ditch, which prod

      ... Read More
    • The 6th excavation campaign saw work continuing in trench VII, situated in a northern section of the enclosure ditch surrounding the Neolithic settlement. The concretionary layers were excavated using pick and pneumatic hammer with narrow points. These con... Read More
    • During the 7th excavation campaign, work continued in trench VII and a new area was opened in the eastern part of the plateau (trench VIII). Trench VII The excavation area was extended to cover c. 150 m2. Digging took place in two adjacent areas: the ditch... Read More
    • During this campaign, work continued in Trench VII and two new trenches were opened: IX and X. Trench VII – in 2013, the excavation of the ditch fill was almost completed with the removal of the lower layers US 5 and 6, which produced abundant impressed an... Read More
    • La nona campagna di scavo è stata condotta nel mese di Settembre 2015. L’indagine è ripresa nei SAGGI VII e X e con l’apertura del nuovo SAGGIO XI.

      SAGGI VII e X
      Nei Saggi VII e X si procede nell’asportazione degli strati inferiori (UUSS 12 e 13) nelle

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    • La decima campagna di scavo è stata condotta nel mese di settembre 2016.

      L’indagine ha interessato solo il riempimento della trincea neolitica nel SAGGIO XI (dimensioni 4 m EW x 7 m NS per circa 30 mq di superficie), localizzato a circa 2 m ad Est del SAG

      ... Read More
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