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- AIAC_2214
- Name
- Forum Cassii
- Date Range
- 1 – 2009
Seasons
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AIAC_2214 - Forum Cassii - 2003This survey was undertaken as part of the Roman Towns in the Middle and Lower Tiber Valley Project. The work forms part of the British School at Rome’s broader Tiber Valley Project. The survey of _Forum Cassii_ confirms the impression gained from previous work that the settlement is both small and dispersed. Work in the northern part of the site, already identified as the main focus of settlement, was disappointing, as it failed to locate further structures. However, the absence of major buildings and the total lack of surface finds suggests that the site was not a large settlement centre. Despite the small scale of survey work undertaken in this part of the site, the team examined much of the remainder of the area, so the absence of surface evidence of settlement probably can be upon. In the area to the south, the discovery of a major terrace and the line of the Via Cassia, together with a series of probably funerary monuments, enhances our understanding of the site. Finally, the enclosure to the north of the church perhaps provides evidence for the earlier medieval period.
Media
- Name
- Forum Cassii
- Year
- 2003
- Summary
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This survey was undertaken as part of the Roman Towns in the Middle and Lower Tiber Valley Project. The work forms part of the British School at Rome’s broader Tiber Valley Project.
The survey of _Forum Cassii_ confirms the impression gained from previous work that the settlement is both small and dispersed. Work in the northern part of the site, already identified as the main focus of settlement, was disappointing, as it failed to locate further structures. However, the absence of major buildings and the total lack of surface finds suggests that the site was not a large settlement centre. Despite the small scale of survey work undertaken in this part of the site, the team examined much of the remainder of the area, so the absence of surface evidence of settlement probably can be upon. In the area to the south, the discovery of a major terrace and the line of the Via Cassia, together with a series of probably funerary monuments, enhances our understanding of the site. Finally, the enclosure to the north of the church perhaps provides evidence for the earlier medieval period. -
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La ricognizione è stata condotta nell’ambito del “Roman Towns in the Middle and Lower Tiber Valley Project”. Il lavoro è parte del più ampio “Tiber Valley Project”.
La ricognizione a Forum Cassii conferma l’impressione generatisi dal precedente lavoro, ovvero che l’insediamento è di piccole dimensioni e a carattere sparso. L’indagine nella parte settentrionale del sito, già identificato come il punto focale dell’insediamento è risultata deludente, in quanto non è stato possibile localizzare ulteriori strutture. Comunque, l’assenza di edifici importanti e la totale mancanza di rinvenimenti di superficie suggeriscono che il sito non fosse un grande centro.
Nonostante la scala ridotta della ricognizione condotta in questa parte del sito, il team ha esaminato buona parte della rimanente area, così che l’assenza di evidenze di superficie dell’insediamento può probabilmente essere accettata. Nell’area meridionale la scoperta di un grande terrazzamento e del corso della via Cassia, insieme con una serie di probabili monumenti funerari, accresce la comprensione del sito. Infine, il recinto a nord della chiesa fornisce forse evidenza per l’occupazione alto-medievale del sito. - 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 2003M. Millett, S. Keay, 2003, Tiber Valley Towns: fieldwork in 2002, in Papers of the British School at Rome 71: 317-318.
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Millett, Keay 2004M. Millett, S. Keay, 2004, Tiber Valley Towns: fieldwork in 2003, in Papers of the British School at Rome 72: 372-373.