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Excavation

  • Basto al Campetto
  • Recoaro Mille
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  • Italy
  • Veneto
  • Province of Vicenza
  • Recoaro Terme

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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 campaign took place between the 5th-16th July. The work in the field was divided into diverse sectors: the excavation of structure 4, partially uncovered in 2008, was completed in order to make it visitable as part of a tourism-cultural itinerary; trenches were dug close to structure 6, excavated in 2009, where the morphology of the terrain suggested anthropological activity. Lastly, a team worked on planning a first visitors trail around the site.

    Structure 4 was revealed to be of modern date and probably related to seasonal activities exploiting the area of Basto del Campetto. At the end of the excavations a possible reconstruction was proposed although it was preserved in a decidedly residual form, following its probable use for housing the stones removed from surrounding pastures. It must have had a dry-stone built perimeter wall, not much higher than what survives (absence of foundations and small dimensions of the elements constituting the wall) and, therefore, must have had walls and roofing in perishable materials, with a beaten-lime floor. The remains of an external hearth suggest the presence of a roof projecting from the structure’s north wall.

    A trench was excavated to the north of structure 6, on the plateau between the two mountain pools on the eastern edge overlooking the Agno Valley, in a more or less flat area which seemed to be the result of a manmade intervention (lat. N 45° 39’ 54.5’’; long. E 11° 12’ 36.5’’). The trench was initially 1×1 m and was later extended by two metres to the north and then west. Below a layer attributable to medieval occupation and immediately above the bedrock, was a layer of variable thickness constituted by compact clayey soil with charcoal inclusions, interpretable as an occupation layer. Two possible post holes were present within this layer, in which medium-small stones, as well as waste from flint working, had been fixed as wedges. This evidence may represent the remains of a prehistoric seasonal encampment, which will have to be investigated in the future.

    During the campaign a group of people worked on a first project for the valorisation of the mountain area between the Rifugio di Montefalcone to Cima Marana. The aim was to create a simple brochure linked to a first short visitors trail, extending from the Rifugio Montefalcone to the second mountain pool. This was to be rendered functional within a short time, at the end of the campaign in time for the tourist season August/September 2110, in response to the requirements of the municipality of Recoaro. The actual project for the creation of the Archeovia di Monte Campetto, is at present being studied in collaboration with the Comunità Montana Agno-Chiampo.

  • Armando De Guio - Università degli Studi di Padova - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali 

Director

Team

  • Andrea Betto - Università degli Studi di Padova, Dipartimento di Archeologia
  • Lino Rossetto - Università degli Studi di Padova, Dipartimento di Archeologia
  • Silvia Tinazzo - Università degli Studi di Padova
  • Mara Migliavacca - Università degli Studi di Padova

Research Body

  • Museo Civico “D. Dal Lago” di Valdagno (VI)
  • Università degli Studi di Padova

Funding Body

  • Comune di Recoaro Terme
  • Comune di Valdagno
  • Comunità Montana Agno-Chiampo

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