Summary (English)
This season’s excavations involved work in seven trenches.
Walls belonging to a domus emerged in trench H below the medieval structures. Parts of it were already known from previous campaigns, in particular the atrium of Republican date, with red-painted columns, modified in the imperial period, including the addition of opus sectile floors. In trench N-T, structures attached to Temple C were excavated, revealing the presence of a tufa base by which a horse was buried, clearly a sacrifice.In trench R, the excavation continued of the second bath complex to the east of the first: the caldarium and praefurnium of both complexes were discovered, linked by an open-air corridor.
In trench M, the investigation continued of the area below the votive table reaching Archaic levels and then natural. In the same trench, levels adjacent to the rear of temple A were explored. In the south area, at the highest level reached by the excavations, the plan of temple B was uncovered, built on a podium that is about 4 m high to the north, surrounded by fountains, colonnades and an open-air cobbled area, probably the end of the Via Sacra.
Work continued on finds conservation. In addition, work proceeded on the enhancement of the site with the installation of surveillance cameras for the protection of the site and creation of a visitor’s route with information panels.
Director
- Simonetta Stopponi- Università degli Studi di Perugia, Dipartimento di Lettere, Lingue, Letterature e Civiltà antiche e moderne
Team
- Maria Cristina De Angelis
- Nicola Bruni
- Simone Moretti Giani
- Alba Frascarelli
- Alessandro Giacobbi
- Danilo Leone
- Giovanni Vergineo
- Luca Millo
- Marco Cruciani
- Silvia Simonetti
- Vincenzo Valenzano
Research Body
- Università degli Studi di Perugia, Dipartimento di Lettere, Lingue, Letterature e Civiltà antiche e moderne
Funding Body
- Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Orvieto