Villa Magna

Interpretation

    • Destruction fill related to the surrounding Roman reticulate walls
      • Dirk Booms
    • 24-7-2009

Stratigraphic Relationships

Site Photo

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Description

  • compaction, inclusions
  • pick, shovel
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  • sandy soil
  • very dark
  • loose
  • good
  • man-made
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  • roots, animal bones
  • bricks, reticulate wall fragments, ceramics, marble, white mosaic tessarae
  • Thick stratum of mostly destruction rubble including some still intact fragments of reticulate wall. Loose amount of soil. Surrounds the primary composition of broken bricks, marble fragments, tuff blocks, and cubiliae. A fair amount of fragmentary animal bone and ceramics. Bounded to the west by wall 6184 and to the south by 6241; to the north by the modern cut for the casale construction.
  • continues under the medieval layers at the east edge of trench and into adjacent trench F1 thus east boundary undefined
  • medieval pottery; forum ware?
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  • good

Ceramic Inventory

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 Total fragments
12
4
96
3
3
3

Basic Information

  • rubble deposit in east of trench

Architectural Elements

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    • Roman
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  • VM_AE947
    • Roman
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  • VM_AE948
    • Roman
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  • VM_AE949
    • Roman
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  • VM_AE950
    • Roman
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  • VM_AE951
    • Roman
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  • VM_AE952
    • Roman
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  • VM_AE953
    • Roman
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  • VM_AE954
    • Roman
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failed to get markup 'sculpture'

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    • Mantled left shoulder from bust of male wearing paludamentum

Plan

Record Details

    • Lisa Fentress
    • Dirk Booms
  • 10-7-2009
  • Claudia Moser
  • 19-6-2009