Histria antiqua, Vol. 20 No. 20, 2011.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
Landscape and Settlements in the Valconca Territory between the Roman Period and the Early Middle Ages
Enrico Cirelli
; Archaeological Department, University of Bologna, I - Bologna
Sažetak
During the last five years the Archaeological Department of the University of Bologna has started a new project of excavations and survey in the Valconca valley, the territory of Rimini. That region was really important for the expansion and affirmation of the roman economy in northern Italy. All the valley has been involved in intense exploitation, with many villas and farms. One of the bigger sites has been identified in the Piana di San Pietro in Cotto, close to Gemmano. We conducted there two seasons of excavations to understand the extension and the plan of the site, and to study the evolution of this settlement during the early Middle Age. At the end of the excavation we did also survey the whole site with a magnetometer that revealed the consistence of the depth and the conservation of the structures. With the help of the aerial photographs we did also observe the extension of the site. Inside the various samples of the excavation we identified the thermal area of a huge villa settled between the river Conca and crossed by a street connected with the Via Flaminia. This villa has been built during the 1st century BC and restructured at the end of the 1st century AD. The thermal area has been used until the 3rd century AD and after it abandoned. Other zones of the site have been used also during the Late Antiquity and at the Early Middle Age, with an iron production area (8th century).The project is now trying to study the transformations of this territory during the 9th and 10th century AD when the landscape is characterized by the foundation of new castles on the top of the neighboring hills and the settlement patterns changed again moving towards the Middle Age.
Ključne riječi
Valconca valley; roman economy; Piana di San Pietro in Cotto; Via Flaminia; villa; castle
Hrčak ID:
79776
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.10.2011.
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