- Item
- AIAC_2212
- Name
- Castellum Amerinum
- Date Range
- 120 BC – 530
- Website
- http://apss.soton.ac.uk
Seasons
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AIAC_2212 - Castellum Amerinum - 2003Excavation of this site in the 1960’s revealed a settlement, which developed from the 2nd century BC on into late antiquity, with some public buildings including a bath house. However, the edges of the town were never discovered, and so the full extent of the settlement, and its role in the Tiber Valley, was never totally understood. Microtopography, magnetometry and resistivity survey were all used to investigate the landscape around the excavation area, to try and gain more knowledge about this settlement. The results so far are striking, as the settlement stretched much further along the Tiber than previously thought, with some structures appearing much grander than expected. The survey also revealed the route of the Via Amerina, the tombs that flanked it, and the aqueduct.
Media
- Name
- Castellum Amerinum
- Year
- 2003
- Summary
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Excavation of this site in the 1960’s revealed a settlement, which developed from the 2nd century BC on into late antiquity, with some public buildings including a bath house. However, the edges of the town were never discovered, and so the full extent of the settlement, and its role in the Tiber Valley, was never totally understood. Microtopography, magnetometry and resistivity survey were all used to investigate the landscape around the excavation area, to try and gain more knowledge about this settlement. The results so far are striking, as the settlement stretched much further along the Tiber than previously thought, with some structures appearing much grander than expected. The survey also revealed the route of the Via Amerina, the tombs that flanked it, and the aqueduct.
- it Lo scavo di questo sito nel 1960 ha rivelato un insediamento sviluppatosi dal II sec. a.C. al tardo antico, caratterizzato da alcuni edifici pubblici, incluso un impianto termale. Tuttavia i limiti della città non sono mai stati scoperti e quindi la piena estensione del sito e il suo rapporto con la Valle del Tevere non sono mai stati pienamente compresi. Microtopografia, magnetometria e resistività sono stati usati per indagare il paesaggio intorno l’area di scavo, con lo scopo di acquisire nuove conoscenze. I risultati sono sorprendenti, in quanto l’insediamento si sviluppa lungo il Tevere più di quanto si pensasse, con strutture che appaiono più grandi. La ricognizione ha rivelato anche il corso della via Amerina, tombe che la fiancheggiano e l’acquedotto.
- Summary Author
- Martin Millett
- Director
- Simon Keay
- Research Body
- Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici dell'Etruria meridionale
- University of Southampton – Archaeological Prospection Services of Southampton
- University of Cambridge
- The British School at Rome
- Funding Body
- Arts and Humanities Research Board
Media
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Johnson, Keay, Millett 2004P. Johnson, S. Keay, M. Millett, 2004, Lesser urban sites in the Tiber Valley: Baccanae, Forum Cassii and Castellum Amerinum, in Papers of the British School at Rome 72: 69-100.
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Millett, Keay 2001M. Millett, S. Keay, 2001, Research Reports: Seripola, Orte, in Papers of the British School at Rome 69: 412-413.