Name
Fontanelle
Date Range
800 BC – 300 BC
Monuments
Building
Kiln
Cemetery

Seasons

  • AIAC_43 - Fontanelle - 2000
    A series of structures belonging to an ancient settlement were brought to light in the level area of the modern center of Fontanelle, at the south-west of the hill, in the vicinity of the river Cosa. Of note are a group of tombs, a pottery workshop and a residential structure, datable as a group between the end of the eighth and the fourth centuries BC. The tombs The tombs may be dated to around the middle of the seventh century BC. There are two "bisoma" tombs and one "monosoma," perhaps belonging to a single family unit. The furnishings consist of bowls, small amphorae, miniature single-handle vases in ceramic impasto ware, bronze fibulae, and impasto spindle whorls. The pottery workshop To the south of the tombs a production zone was discovered, as suggested by the remains of three kilns with over-fired walls and filled with coal, baked clay and wasters. A large part of the pottery discovered consists of vases datable between the sixth and fifth centuries BC. Traces of wooden structures were found connected to the kilns, and may be related to the roofing of the workshop. The residential structure In the eastern sector it is possible to reconstruct a large rectangular wooden structure (10-11 x 5 m.), perhaps with a portico, with a fenced enclosure and small holes which may be interpreted as small wells or accommodations for dolia. The materials collected testify to a use of the site between the sixth and fifth centuries BC, and are mainly domestic, such as dolia, vases, bowls, handled cups, cooking stands, filters, spools, spindle whorls, loom weights and numerous quern. The later finds include jars in coarse cream ware and in internal slip ware. Above the layer containing this material there was a building of which only the foundation in stones and post-holes for the elevation in wood are conserved. The pavement level was cobbled in river stones; within it are still preserved in situ the remains of two dolia of red impasto. The materials discovered indicate a use of the building in the fourth century BC, and its later abandonment at the time of the Roman conquest of Frusino. (Sandra Gatti)

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Name
Fontanelle
Year
2000
Summary
en A series of structures belonging to an ancient settlement were brought to light in the level area of the modern center of Fontanelle, at the south-west of the hill, in the vicinity of the river Cosa. Of note are a group of tombs, a pottery workshop and a residential structure, datable as a group between the end of the eighth and the fourth centuries BC.

The tombs
The tombs may be dated to around the middle of the seventh century BC. There are two "bisoma" tombs and one "monosoma," perhaps belonging to a single family unit. The furnishings consist of bowls, small amphorae, miniature single-handle vases in ceramic impasto ware, bronze fibulae, and impasto spindle whorls.

The pottery workshop
To the south of the tombs a production zone was discovered, as suggested by the remains of three kilns with over-fired walls and filled with coal, baked clay and wasters. A large part of the pottery discovered consists of vases datable between the sixth and fifth centuries BC. Traces of wooden structures were found connected to the kilns, and may be related to the roofing of the workshop.

The residential structure
In the eastern sector it is possible to reconstruct a large rectangular wooden structure (10-11 x 5 m.), perhaps with a portico, with a fenced enclosure and small holes which may be interpreted as small wells or accommodations for dolia. The materials collected testify to a use of the site between the sixth and fifth centuries BC, and are mainly domestic, such as dolia, vases, bowls, handled cups, cooking stands, filters, spools, spindle whorls, loom weights and numerous quern. The later finds include jars in coarse cream ware and in internal slip ware.

Above the layer containing this material there was a building of which only the foundation in stones and post-holes for the elevation in wood are conserved. The pavement level was cobbled in river stones; within it are still preserved in situ the remains of two dolia of red impasto. The materials discovered indicate a use of the building in the fourth century BC, and its later abandonment at the time of the Roman conquest of Frusino.
(Sandra Gatti)
it Nel parte pianeggiante del centro odierno di Fontanelle, a sud-ovest del colle, nei pressi del fiume Cosa sono stati riportati alla luce una serie di nuclei archeologici appartenenti ad un abitato antico. In particolare si documentano un gruppo di tombe, un insediamento produttivo e una struttura abitativa, databili nel complesso tra la fine dell'VIII ed il IV secolo a.C.

_Le tombe_
Le tombe possono farsi risalire intorno alla metà del VII secolo a.C. Si tratta di due sepolture bisome e una monosoma, forse appartenenti ad un unico nucleo familiare. Il corredo è composto da scodelle, anforette, vasi miniaturistici monoansati in ceramica d'impasto, fibule di bronzo e fuseruole di impasto.

_L'insediamento produttivo_
A sud delle tombe è stata individuata una zona produttiva, testimoniata da resti di tre fornaci con pareti concotte e riempimenti ricchi di carbone, argilla concotta e frammenti ceramici ipercotti e deformati. La maggior parte dei vasi rinvenuti è costituita da olle databili fra il VI e il V secolo a.C. Connesse alle fornaci sono venute in luce tracce di strutture lignee, forse relative alla copertura degli impianti di produzione.

_La struttura abitativa_
Nel settore est si può ricostruire una grande struttura lignea rettangolare (m. 10-11x5), forse dotata di un portico o di un avancorpo, di una palizzata di recinzione e fossette interpretabili come pozzetti o alloggiamenti per dolii. I materiali raccolti, per lo più di uso domestico, come dolii, olle, scodelle, ciotole, tazze, fornelli, colini, rocchetti, fuseruole, pesi da telaio e numerose macine di pietra, documentano una frequentazione del sito tra il VI ed il V secolo a.C. I reperti più tardi sono costituiti da olle in impasto sabbioso e in Internal Slip Ware.

Al di sopra dello strato contenente questo materiale viene costruito un edificio di cui si conserva lo zoccolo in pietrame e i buchi di palo per l'alloggiamento dell'elevato ligneo. Il piano pavimentale era costituito da un battuto di ciottoli fluviali, e su di esso si conservavano ancora in situ i resti di due dolii di impasto rosso. I materiali rinvenuti indicano una frequentazione dell'edificio nell'ambito del IV secolo a.C. e un suo abbandono in corrispondenza della conquista romana di Frusino.
Director
Sandra Gatti
Research Body
Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Lazio
Funding Body
Società COSAC
Team
Field director - Dario Pietrafesa
Field director - Federico Bistolfi

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Location
Fontanelle
Easting
13.3396722244
Northing
41.6371940288
Country
Italy
Admin Level 1
Lazio
Admin Level 2
Province of Frosinone
Admin Level 3
Frosinone