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Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.33254/piaz.41.2.5

(Peri)urban gardening in Salona? On the discovery of ollae perforatae in Salonitan urbs orientalis in the context of gardening on the eastern Adriatic in the Roman period

Ana Konestra ; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia *

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Abstract

The paper discusses several perforated vessels found during rescue excavations on the route of the gas pipeline in Solin, laid within the eastern part of ancient Salona (urbs orientalis). The vessels are typologically and functionally characterized and their use in horticulture or pomiculture is identified based on analogies, i.e. they are interpreted as ollae perforatae functional in transplanting and transporting plants. Taking into account the topography of the area where they were found within the (sub)urban grid of Salona, the assumed horticultural space as identified on the bases of these vessels is discussed in association with earlier architectural finds. Due to the uniqueness of such vessels in the Salonitan and wider East Adriatic pottery corpus, and considering the related and assumed indicators of ancient horticulture, these objects are placed in a wider discussion on gardening in the Roman period in that area, including the social practices and wider implications that follow the establishment and use of Roman gardens, and their ideological and identity significance as cultural landscapes.

Keywords

Eastern Adriatic; Dalmatia province; Salona; ollae perforatae; Roman garden; gardening in antiquity; cultural landscape

Hrčak ID:

324721

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/324721

Publication date:

20.12.2024.

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