- Item
- AIAC_2979
- Name
- Prato Felici
- Date Range
- 800 BC – 199
- 1550 BC – 1200 BC
Seasons
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AIAC_2979 - Prato Felici - 2012The first season of excavation in the area of Prato Felici at Segni forms part of the wider Segni Project, launched in 2012 by the Archaeological Museum of Segni and the British School at Rome. Over the course of the next 3 years, the project will explore three areas within the town: Prato Felici, Piazza Santa Maria and Piazza San Pietro. The area of Prato Felici lies towards the summit of the acropolis, and is defined by a large open field, where the fieldwork focused in particular upon two parallel walls, approximately 30m apart, visible on the surface. Following a gradiometer and georadar survey conducted by the BSR and APSS, the surface clearance involved the removal of a significant amount of topsoil that had accumulated on the terraces of the steep field directly above Porta Foca. The excavation revealed evidence for a large cistern or pool, the construction of which can be dated to the second half of the 2nd century BC. The walls were constructed in opera cementizia, with the floor surface constructed in a thick layer of cocciopesto (40cm). The structure appears to have gone out of use in the 2nd century AD, and was later reused in the late antique period as revealed by a small hearth and associated material. Immediately to the south of the structure, as well as beneath the cistern, the excavation revealed several stratigraphic layers which contained material associated to the earliest phases of settlement in the city, dating to the late Bronze Age. Furthermore, to the east of the structure, as well as underneath the cocciopesto, the excavation recovered material dating to the end of the 7th century BC amongst which was bucchero and a fragment of a head of a votive offering.
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AIAC_2979 - Prato Felici - 2013The excavation at Prato Felici continued the investigations begun in 2012 of a large structure identified above Porta Foca on the south eastern side of the acropolis at Segni. The previous year’s clearance work revealed a structure, measuring 12.62m in width, built in opus signinum with a thick cement floor (c.0.40m) with a fabric of medium to small sized fragments of limestone and sporadic fragments of tile and pottery. The aim of the 2013 excavations was to identify the full internal extent of the structure and externally to establish its construction technique and chronology. A trench was excavated immediately to the south of the building where the previous year’s investigations had revealed a stratigraphy dating back to the late Bronze Age. The trench was further extended to understand the immediate wider context, which revealed that the material was washed down the steep slope, and lay immediately upon the limestone bedrock upon which the structure was built. The trench confirmed the construction date of the building in the second half of the 2nd century BC with material also illustrating frequentation of the area in the 4th century BC, possibly associated to structures found immediately to the north of the building by an earlier rescue excavation by the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Lazio. Within the structure a 3m wide trench was excavated the full length of the eastern wall with the aim of clarifying the buildings function and length. The internal floor revealed an uninterrupted length of 36.7m. The 2012 excavation led to the hypothesis of the use of the structure as a cistern, supported by the thickness of the southern and western walls (0.70 m) and a depth of 2.5m. The absence of supporting lateral pillars around the structure, as well as internal dividing east-west walls suggests that the structure was an open cistern or pool, rather than covered. The final area investigated in 2013 focused upon a dividing north-south wall, built with no bonding material, discovered within the structure in 2012. The excavation revealed that, in its western half, the structure was deliberately refilled in the 2nd century AD. To the east of the dividing wall, the area was abandoned until the 9th century AD when the area was reused, including the construction of a small hearth.
Media
- Name
- Prato Felici
- Year
- 2012
- Summary
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The first season of excavation in the area of Prato Felici at Segni forms part of the wider Segni Project, launched in 2012 by the Archaeological Museum of Segni and the British School at Rome. Over the course of the next 3 years, the project will explore three areas within the town: Prato Felici, Piazza Santa Maria and Piazza San Pietro.
The area of Prato Felici lies towards the summit of the acropolis, and is defined by a large open field, where the fieldwork focused in particular upon two parallel walls, approximately 30m apart, visible on the surface. Following a gradiometer and georadar survey conducted by the BSR and APSS, the surface clearance involved the removal of a significant amount of topsoil that had accumulated on the terraces of the steep field directly above Porta Foca.
The excavation revealed evidence for a large cistern or pool, the construction of which can be dated to the second half of the 2nd century BC. The walls were constructed in opera cementizia, with the floor surface constructed in a thick layer of cocciopesto (40cm). The structure appears to have gone out of use in the 2nd century AD, and was later reused in the late antique period as revealed by a small hearth and associated material.
Immediately to the south of the structure, as well as beneath the cistern, the excavation revealed several stratigraphic layers which contained material associated to the earliest phases of settlement in the city, dating to the late Bronze Age.
Furthermore, to the east of the structure, as well as underneath the cocciopesto, the excavation recovered material dating to the end of the 7th century BC amongst which was bucchero and a fragment of a head of a votive offering. -
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La prima stagione di scavo nella zona di Prato Felici a Segni fa parte del progetto di più ampio respiro "Segni", iniziato nel 2012 dal Museo Archeologico di Segni e la British School at Rome. Nel corso dei prossimi 3 anni le indagini si concentreranno su tre aree all'interno della città: Prato Felici, Piazza Santa Maria e Piazza San Pietro.
L'area di Prato Felici si trova presso la sommità dell'acropoli ed è definita da un grande campo aperto; qui le indagini si sono concentrate, in particolare, su due pareti parallele, parzialmente affioranti, di circa 30 m ciascuna. A seguito di prospezioni gradiometriche e georadar condotte dalla BSR e APSS, la pulizia di superficie ha previsto la rimozione di una notevole quantità di terra che si era accumulata sulle terrazze del campo scosceso, direttamente sopra Porta Foca.
Lo scavo ha messo in evidenza una grande cisterna o piscina, la cui costruzione è databile alla seconda metà del II secolo a.C. Le pareti sono realizzate in opera cementizia, con pavimento affogato in uno spesso strato di cocciopesto (40cm). La struttura sembra aver cessato la propria funzione nel II secolo d.C. per essere poi riutilizzata in epoca tardo antica, come suggerito dal rinvenimento di un piccolo focolare con relativi materiali associati.
Immediatamente a sud della struttura, così come sotto la cisterna, lo scavo ha messo in luce diversi strati che contenevano reperti riferibili alle prime fasi dell'abitato urbano, databile alla tarda età del bronzo.
Inoltre, ad est della struttura, così come sotto il cocciopesto, lo scavo ha consentito il recupero di materiale risalente alla fine del VII secolo a.C., tra il quale si segnala la presenza di bucchero e un frammento di una testa di un ex-voto. - Summary Author
- Stephen Kay
Media
- Name
- Prato Felici
- Year
- 2013
- Summary
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The excavation at Prato Felici continued the investigations begun in 2012 of a large structure identified above Porta Foca on the south eastern side of the acropolis at Segni. The previous year’s clearance work revealed a structure, measuring 12.62m in width, built in opus signinum with a thick cement floor (c.0.40m) with a fabric of medium to small sized fragments of limestone and sporadic fragments of tile and pottery. The aim of the 2013 excavations was to identify the full internal extent of the structure and externally to establish its construction technique and chronology.
A trench was excavated immediately to the south of the building where the previous year’s investigations had revealed a stratigraphy dating back to the late Bronze Age. The trench was further extended to understand the immediate wider context, which revealed that the material was washed down the steep slope, and lay immediately upon the limestone bedrock upon which the structure was built. The trench confirmed the construction date of the building in the second half of the 2nd century BC with material also illustrating frequentation of the area in the 4th century BC, possibly associated to structures found immediately to the north of the building by an earlier rescue excavation by the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Lazio.
Within the structure a 3m wide trench was excavated the full length of the eastern wall with the aim of clarifying the buildings function and length. The internal floor revealed an uninterrupted length of 36.7m. The 2012 excavation led to the hypothesis of the use of the structure as a cistern, supported by the thickness of the southern and western walls (0.70 m) and a depth of 2.5m. The absence of supporting lateral pillars around the structure, as well as internal dividing east-west walls suggests that the structure was an open cistern or pool, rather than covered.
The final area investigated in 2013 focused upon a dividing north-south wall, built with no bonding material, discovered within the structure in 2012. The excavation revealed that, in its western half, the structure was deliberately refilled in the 2nd century AD. To the east of the dividing wall, the area was abandoned until the 9th century AD when the area was reused, including the construction of a small hearth. -
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Con lo scavo a Prato Felici sono continuate le ricerche iniziate nel 2012 di una grande struttura identificata oltre Porta Foca sul lato est dell’acropoli di Segni. Le indagini del 2011 hanno messo in luce una struttura di 12.62 m in spessore, costruita in _opus signinum_ con uno spesso pavimento in cementizio (c. 0.40 m) con un tessuto di frammenti piú o meno spessi di calcare e sporadici frammenti di tegole e ceramica. Lo scopo della campagna del 2013 è stato identificare l’intera estensione della struttura e stabilire la tecnica costruttiva e la cronologia.
Si è aperto un saggio immediatamente a sud dell’edificio dove le indagini degli anni precedenti avevano rivelato una stratigrafia databile alla tarda età del Bronzo. Il saggio è stato esteso al fine di comprendere il contesto vicino, che ha rivelato che il materiale è stato trascinato dal ripido pendio e giace immediatamente sopra il sostrato roccioso calcareo su cui la strutura è stata costruita. Il saggio ha confermato la datazione della costruzione dell’edificio nella seconda metà del II sec. a.C. con materiale che illustra una frequentazione dell’area nel IV a.C., probabilmente associata a strutture rinvenute dalla Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Lazio immediatamente a nord dell’edificio.
All’interno della struttura, è stato aperto un saggio ampio 3 m, con lo scopo di chiarire la funzione degli edifici e la loro lunghezza. Il pavimento interno ha rivelato una lunghezza ininterrotta di 36,7 m. Lo scavo del 2012 ha portato alla formulazione di ipotesi riguardanti l’uso della struttura come cisterna, supportate dallo spessore del muro sud e nord (0,70 m) e dalla profondità di 2,5 m. L’assenza di pilastri laterali di supporto intorno alla struttura e di muri divisori in senso est-ovest suggerisce che la struttura fosse una cisterna o una piscina scoperta.
In ultimo, nel 2013 è stato investigato il muro divisorio nord-sud, costruito senza legante, rinvenuto all’interno della struttura nel 2012. Lo scavo ha rivelato che, nella sua metà ovest, la struttura è stata deliberatamente riempita nel II sec. d.C. Ad est del muro divisorio, l’area è stata abbandonata fino al IX sec. d.C. quando fu riutilizzata, inclusa la costruzione di un piccolo focolare. - Summary Author
- Stephen Kay – The British School at Rome
- Director
- Christopher Smith – The British School at Rome
- Francesco Maria Cifarelli – Museo Archeologico Comunale di Segni
- Funding Body
- Comune di Segni
Media
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Cifarelli, Colaiacomo 2011F. M. Cifarelli, F. Colaiacomo, 2011, Segni antica e medievale: una guida archeologica, Segni.
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Cifarelli et al. 2013F. M. Cifarelli, F.Colaiacomo, S. Kay and C. J. Smith, 2013, The Segni Project (Comune di Segni, Provincia di Roma, Regione Lazio). Papers of the British School at Rome, 81: 377-381.
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Smith et al. 2012C. Smith, F.M. Cifarelli, S. Kay, F. Colaiacomo, 2012, “Il Segni Project” Forma Urbis Nov 2012 Anno XVII. N.11, Novembre 2012: 31-34.
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James, Kay 2012A. James, S. Kay, 2012, ”New research at Segni, Lazio (Italy)”, International Society for Archaeological Prospection, Issue 33: November 2012: 2-3.
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Smith et al. 2012C. Smith, F.M. Cifarelli, S. Kay, F. Colaiacomo, “New research at Segni, Lazio (Italy)”, Epistula IV, 2012: 10-11.