Caprolace project

The excavation [caption id="attachment_844" align="alignleft" width="200"] The sounding F during the excavation[/caption] The two islands of Caprolace lagoon had been archaeologically known since 2007 (Alessandri 2007). The ceramic was collected in the water, around the northern island and dated to the Bronze Age (from Middle to Recent phases, around 1700-1200).…

Caprolace salt production

The salt evidence During the excavations, salt-production evidence was found in two soundings (F and G) and in many different places around the northern island, in the shallow water. In sounding F, many so-called pedestals were unearthed inside a domestic context belonging to Middle Bronze Age (sub-phases 1/2). [caption id="attachment_855" align="alignleft" width="300"]…

La Sassa faunal remains

The Copper Age layers [caption id="attachment_808" align="alignleft" width="300"] Copper Age faunal remains[/caption] The Copper Age layers of Grotta La Sassa have yielded around 1000 zooarchaeological remains. Only 288 could be attributed to species/taxon, with slightly less than half the identified specimens belonging to dog/wolf. This evidence shows that the stratigraphy…

La Sassa human bones

  Campaigns 2014 and 2015 Few human bones have been collected in 2014 and in 2015. Bones from rooms 3 and 4 have been collected on the surface. Bones from room 2 have been collected in a small shallow depression, probably dug by animals. Room 2 - twelve fragments of parietal…

La Sassa project

The project Four excavation campaigns at La Sassa cave by the University of Groningen and Roma Tor Vergata took place starting from 2016. A fifth campaign is planned for the summer of 2020. In the cave, a Copper Age burial place has been found in Room 2. A large amount of…

La Sassa potsherds

The 2015 campaign   In 2015, some potsherds were collected inside the cave, on the surface. The potsherd n. 1 has been found in room 1; all the others come from rooms 3 and 4. The inclination of the bowl n. 1 is uncertain since the presence of the handle…

Proprietà Ricci (Sezze)

Settlement Chronology: MBA 1/2 UTM WGS84 33N: 336359E 4592118N   Potsherds from Proprietà Ricci, after Bakels et alii 2015In the 2010s, some pollen samples have been taken in Proprietà Ricci, during the excavation of a very large and deep temporary pit, dug for the construction of an irrigation water reservoir.…

Borgo Ermada (Terracina)

Settlement Chronology: MBA 1 to 2 UTM WGS84 33N: 353136E 4598101N   The surface scattering of impasto potsherds near the modern town of Borgo Ermada, together with a bronze axe, has been found in the 1980s, during the surveys carried out in the Agro Pontino Survey Project (Guidi 1989 as…

La Casarina (Sabaudia)

Settlement? Chronology: EBA (late) UTM WGS84 33N: 336358E 4568793N A bronze axe has been found by chance along the shores of the Casarina peninsula, in the Paola lake. The author of the discovery handed the axe to M. Zei to keep it for a while, but afterwards the axe went…