The Eastern Necropolis of the Roman city of Suasa was discovered during the 2012 archaeological campaign, while some stratigraphic trenches were carried out. The necropolis, investigated between the years 2012 and 2016, is located on the two sides of an ancient east-west road, which divides the cemetery into two areas, called north and south, with characteristics and chronologies very different from each other. The Northern Area preserves burials of the Republican age (2nd-1st century BC), organized in nuclei around stele and gravestones, sometimes decorated and inscribed. The northern area was abandoned about the end of the 1st century BC, when the earliest graves of the southern area are dated. The southern area will remain in use until at least the 3rd century AD and is characterized by the presence of an enclosure delimited by inscribed boundary stones and bases of funerary monuments. The burials, mainly incineration, were arranged in clusters along the road, while an extensive area of ustrinae was found in the centre of the plot. The eastern necropolis, although only partially investigated, offers an extremely interesting cross-section of the life of the Roman city of Suasa, providing a very rich documentation for almost five centuries
Lo studio presenta dati inediti derivanti dallo studio di una necropoli romana scoperta nell'antico muncipio di Suasa, prima grazi e metodologia innovative di indagini non invasiuva (aerofotografia, geofisica) e poi per mezzo dello scavo stratigrafico. Lo scavo ha riportato in luce due aree di sepolture ai margini di un asse stradale che rivelano molto sugli abitanti suasani a partire dalle prime fasi di occupazione del sito che anticipano di alcuni decenni la tradizionale ricostruzione fondata sulla storiografia tradizionale. Gli autori sono parte del team dell'Università di Bologna impegnati sullo scavo. L'inserimento del contributo in un volume che accoglie molti autori stranieri, specie dell'altra sponda adriatica, ne garantisce un'ampia diffusione.
Giorgi, E., Bogdani, J., Rossetti, I. (2022). La Necropoli Orientale di Suasa continuità e trasformazione dei riti e delle pratiche funerarie. Roma : Quasar.
La Necropoli Orientale di Suasa continuità e trasformazione dei riti e delle pratiche funerarie
Giorgi, Enrico
;Bogdani, Julian
;Rossetti, Ilaria
2022
Abstract
The Eastern Necropolis of the Roman city of Suasa was discovered during the 2012 archaeological campaign, while some stratigraphic trenches were carried out. The necropolis, investigated between the years 2012 and 2016, is located on the two sides of an ancient east-west road, which divides the cemetery into two areas, called north and south, with characteristics and chronologies very different from each other. The Northern Area preserves burials of the Republican age (2nd-1st century BC), organized in nuclei around stele and gravestones, sometimes decorated and inscribed. The northern area was abandoned about the end of the 1st century BC, when the earliest graves of the southern area are dated. The southern area will remain in use until at least the 3rd century AD and is characterized by the presence of an enclosure delimited by inscribed boundary stones and bases of funerary monuments. The burials, mainly incineration, were arranged in clusters along the road, while an extensive area of ustrinae was found in the centre of the plot. The eastern necropolis, although only partially investigated, offers an extremely interesting cross-section of the life of the Roman city of Suasa, providing a very rich documentation for almost five centuriesI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
