- Item
- AIAC_1873
- Name
- Calatia
- Date Range
- 800 BC – 880
- Website
- http://www.bsr.ac.uk
Seasons
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AIAC_1873 - Calatia - 2007In June/July 2006 and November 2007 geophysical survey was undertaken at the site of Roman town of Calatia by a joint team from the British School at Rome and the Archaeological Prospection Services of Southampton (APSS). The work was funded by and conducted on behalf of the Comune di Maddaloni. Both magnetometry and resistivity techniques have been successful in detecting major anomalies such as roads and large walls but each has failed to identify more detailed traces of the internal layout and form of the town. This survey has highlighted the advantages of using two methods as they can compliment each other and it is easier to evaluate the integrity of the results. A number of roads were detected in the magnetometer survey. The alignment of the _decumanus_ and _cardines_ clearly compliment the traces of roads identified in the previous season’s results (Hay 2006: 11) and the overall grid system applied in the town. Once again, there is a paucity of internal structures relating to these routeways. The integration of the resistivity survey certainly confirms the presence of these roads, represented as areas of high resistance in the results. Critically, the course of the town wall was identified in the northern part of the survey area. As a direct result of applying and integrated survey methodology a trace of the northern part of the town’s circuit wall was detected.
Media
- Name
- Calatia
- Year
- 2007
- Summary
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In June/July 2006 and November 2007 geophysical survey was undertaken at the site of Roman town of Calatia by a joint team from the British School at Rome and the Archaeological Prospection Services of Southampton (APSS). The work was funded by and conducted on behalf of the Comune di Maddaloni.
Both magnetometry and resistivity techniques have been successful in detecting major anomalies such as roads and large walls but each has failed to identify more detailed traces of the internal layout and form of the town. This survey has highlighted the advantages of using two methods as they can compliment each other and it is easier to evaluate the integrity of the results.
A number of roads were detected in the magnetometer survey. The alignment of the _decumanus_ and _cardines_ clearly compliment the traces of roads identified in the previous season’s results (Hay 2006: 11) and the overall grid system applied in the town. Once again, there is a paucity of internal structures relating to these routeways.
The integration of the resistivity survey certainly confirms the presence of these roads, represented as areas of high resistance in the results. Critically, the course of the town wall was identified in the northern part of the survey area. As a direct result of applying and integrated survey methodology a trace of the northern part of the town’s circuit wall was detected.
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Nel giugno/luglio 2006 e nel novembre 2007 una ricognizione geofisica è stata condotta sul sito della città romana di _Calatia_ da un team congiunto dell’Archaeological Prospection Services of Southampton (APSS) e della British School at Rome. Il lavoro è stato richiesto e finanziato dal Comune di Maddaloni.
Le tecniche della magnetometria e della resistività hanno avuto entrambe successo nel registrare le principali anomalie come strade, ampie mura, ma entrambe hanno fallito nell’identificare tracce più dettagliate dell’organizzazione interna e della forma della città. Questa ricognizione ha fatto emergere i vantaggi di usare due metodi in quanto sono complementari ed è più facile valutare l’integrità dei risultati.
Sono state individuate alcune strade grazie alla ricognizione magnetometrica. L’allineamento del _decumanus_ e dei _cardines_ chiaramente completano le tracce delle strade identificate nella precedente campagna di ricognizione (Hay 2006: 11) e il sistema di ripartizione applicato alla città. Ancora una volta si registra una scarsità di strutture interne relative a questi assi viari.
L’integrazione della resistività conferma la presenza di queste strade rappresentate come aree di alta resistenza. Il corso delle mura della città è stato identificato nella parte settentrionale dell’area di ricognizione. Una traccia del circuito murario della parte settentrionale della città è stata trovata come risultato diretto dell’applicazione di una metodologia di ricognizione integrata. - Summary Author
- Sophie Hay
Media
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Hay 2006S. Hay, 2006, Calatia, Italy. Preliminary Geophysical Survey Report. The British School at Rome and Archaeological Prospection Services of Southampton. October 2006. Unpublished.
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De Gaetano, Hay and Pett 2007E. De Gaetano, S. Hay and L. Pett, 2007, Calatia, Italy. Geophysical Survey Report. The British School at Rome and Archaeological Prospection Services of Southampton. November 2007. Unpublished.