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Excavation

  • Santa Mustiola
  • Colle Mustarola
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  • Italy
  • Tuscany
  • Pisa
  • Peccioli

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  • The Italian Database is the result of a collaboration between:

    MIBAC (Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Direzione Generale per i Beni Archeologici),

    ICCD (Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione) and

    AIAC (Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica).

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Summary (English)

  • The purposes of the 2019 excavation campaign were the continuation of the archaeological investigations as well as the creation of a path able to make the outcome of so many years of research available for the public.

    The archaeological excavation continued from where it was interrupted at the end of the previous campaign: the cemetery area north of the church. It was necessary to broaden the excavation limits that we had imposed on ourselves, as it was clear how the burials continued to be present even further, with important funeral equipment and useful information to be obtained. In one of the new areas, the burial of an elderly lady with a small cloth purse full of coins came to light. About seventy tombs have been excavated, some characterized by 13-14 c. equipment. They can be placed within the framework of a settlement that had already begun to grow in previous years, with the aristocrats who chose to be buried on this small hill.

    The investigation continued in an area that was probably inside the building. Here, too, some burials with well-defined pits have emerged. It seems they are less affected by the continuous reopening of the spaces, what instead characterize the external cemetery area. Among these, a mother with a fetus of about eight months and a male individual with equipment were kept in optimal conditions. In parallel to the excavation, a path was created for the public, allowing a visit to the restored Roman cistern. Through a platform, it is also possible to observe the entire summit area of the hill with the medieval structures brought to light; at the same time, archaeologists can be seen at work.
    The guided tours carried out in 2019 have seen a large public participation, hence the desire to improve the structures during 2020 and 2021.

  • ELISA PILUDU, dipendente della FONDAZIONE PECCIOLI PER L’ARTE 

Director

  • ELISA PILUDU, dipendente della FONDAZIONE PECCIOLI PER L’ARTE

Team

  • ANDREA COVELLA
  • MARILISA BUTA
  • MARIO DI STASI, Assistente per il rilievo

Research Body

  • FONDAZIONE PECCIOLI PER L’ARTE

Funding Body

  • BELVEDERE SPA

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