Name
Santa Maria dei Casali
Date Range
300 BC – 200
Monuments
Ditch
Website
http://www.bsr.ac.uk

Seasons

  • AIAC_2213 - Santa Maria dei Casali - 2008
    A geophysical survey was carried out near Cottanello in Lazio from the 10th-14th March 2008. The survey was carried out in the vicinity of the church of Santa Maria dei Casali in Collelungo following the discovery of a fragment of a statue in the area. The work was carried out at the request of Sindaco Roberto Angeletti of the Comune di Cottanello in association with the Soprintendenza Archeologica per Lazio (Dott.ssa Giovanna Alvino), and the landowner. The survey was undertaken by a joint team from the Archaeological Prospection Services of Southampton (APSS) and the British School at Rome. Overall, the survey results do not confirm the hypothesis that there were Roman structures associated with the fragment of statuary found. The dearth of evidence from this local area for structural Roman remains would seem to confirm our findings. It remains perplexing, however, as to where the statue fragment originated.

Media

Name
Santa Maria dei Casali
Year
2008
Summary
en A geophysical survey was carried out near Cottanello in Lazio from the 10th-14th March 2008. The survey was carried out in the vicinity of the church of Santa Maria dei Casali in Collelungo following the discovery of a fragment of a statue in the area. The work was carried out at the request of Sindaco Roberto Angeletti of the Comune di Cottanello in association with the Soprintendenza Archeologica per Lazio (Dott.ssa Giovanna Alvino), and the landowner. The survey was undertaken by a joint team from the Archaeological Prospection Services of Southampton (APSS) and the British School at Rome.

Overall, the survey results do not confirm the hypothesis that there were Roman structures associated with the fragment of statuary found. The dearth of evidence from this local area for structural Roman remains would seem to confirm our findings. It remains perplexing, however, as to where the statue fragment originated.
it Dal 10 al 14 marzo 2008 è stata condotta una ricognizione geofisica vicino Cottanello, nelle vicinanze della chiesa di Santa Maria dei Casali a Collelungo, a seguito della scoperta di un frammento di statua nell’area. Il lavoro è stato condotto su richiesta de sindaco Roberto Angeletti del Comune di Cottanello in associazione con la Soprintendenza Archeologica per il Lazio (Dott.ssa Giovanna Alvino) e il proprietario. L’indagine è stata condotta da un team congiunto dell’Archaeological Prospection Services di Southampton (APSS) e della British School at Rome.

La ricognizione non sembra confermare l’ipotesi che qui vi fossero strutture romane associate al frammento di statua romana trovata. La mancanza di evidenze in quest’area di strutture romane conferma i nostri rinvenimenti. Rimane la perplessità circa l’origine del frammento di statua.
Summary Author
Sophie Hay
Director
Giovanna Alvino
Roberto Angeletti
Research Body
Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Lazio
University of Southampton – Archaeological Prospection Services of Southampton
The British School at Rome
Comune di Cottanello
Team
Archaeologist - Elizabeth De Gaetano
Archaeologist - Leonie Pett
Field director - Stephen Kay

Media

  • Sternini 2000
    M. Sternini (ed), 2000, La Villa Romana di Cottanello, Bari.
  • Hay 2008
    S. Hay, 2008, Cottanello: Geophysical Survey Report. November 2008, Unpublished report.

Location

Location
Collelungo
Easting
12.781667
Northing
42.513344