Season Team

• AIAC_137 - Teano - 2005
  Il progetto si avvale di ricognizioni geofisiche per indagare la natura dei resti archeologici nei pressi del cosiddetto “Santuario di Loreto”. Fondata nel IV secolo a.C. Teano costituiva il principale punto di comunicazione tra le valli del Lazio meridionale e le pianure della Campania. I resti archeologici più imponenti della città pre-romana e romana sono il teatro e l’anfiteatro, situati dietro l’area della città moderna. Ricognizioni condotte negli ultimi tre anni hanno restituito una gran quantità di informazioni circa la pianta e il tessuto della città, tra cui la scoperta di un secondo anfiteatro e di un tempio. Vd. anche http://www.fastionline.org/micro_view.php?)item_key=fst_cd&fst_cd=AIAC_1868.
• AIAC_137 - Teano - 2008
  _Teanum Sidicinum_ (modern Teano) is situated on a rock outcrop on the slopes of the extinct volcano of Roccamonfina, about 30km to the north west of Caserta in Campania, Italy. Geophysical survey in the form of magnetometer survey was undertaken at the Roman town by teams from The British School at Rome and The University of Southampton over a period of 5 consecutive seasons, starting in 2002. The project was commissioned by Soprintedenza Archaeologica di Caserta e Benevento, in particular Dott. Francesco Sirano and funded by the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, the University of Cambridge Faculty of Classics, the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies and Southampton University. Three main areas were surveyed. At the sanctuary site of Loreto, a small temple was discovered in the first season with further work in the next seasons locating a street grid system with buildings as well as a potential temple or sanctuary compound with processional way. A striking oval feature, the remains of an amphitheatre was located (Have taken this out because we are not sure what they are and we do not want too much interest in them before we are sure. Sounds a little odd but we are trying to protect them in case they are and stops tomb raiders). The survey undertaken around the extant remains of the theatre revealed insights to the town plan immediately surrounding it, with various buildings and building complexes being identified. At La Trinitá, a complex townscape with a dual grid system was established by the divergent alignments of roads, with structures aligned along both orientations along the road network. See also http://www.fastionline.org/micro_view.php?)item_key=fst_cd&fst_cd=AIAC_1868.