Il Duomo Di Siena : : excavations and pottery below Siena Cathedral / / Gabriele Castiglia.

• Superior document: Archaeopress archaeology
• VerfasserIn: Castiglia, Gabriele,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archaeopress,, [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Archaeopress archaeology.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (171 pages).

Presents excavation data and pottery finds from the stratigraphy underneath the cathedral of Siena. The surveys were conducted between 2000-2003. The ultimate goal is to trace a view of the settlement types and economic framework that has affected the hill of the Cathedral from the Classical age to the late Middle Ages.

Table of Contents

Intro -- _GoBack -- Foreword -- The missed opportunities of a town: -- Siena, excavations beneath the cathedral -- Premise -- The Excavation -- The cathedral hill from its origins to the Roman era -- Rhythms of the crisis -- The contextual recession between Late Antiquity -- and the Early Middle Ages -- The Early Middle Ages -- New forms of settlement and economic relations between the -- 6th and 10th centuries AD -- A Second Transition -- The rebirth of the context in the Middle Ages -- Pottery from the Excavation -- Introduction -- Coarse Ware -- Fine ware -- African Red Slip Ware (ARS) -- Red engobe ware -- Amphorae -- Lamps -- Sigillata Italica -- Maiolica Arcaica -- Glazed Ware -- Conclusions -- Appendix -- Methodological notes and analysis of mixtures -- Bibliography -- Fig. I: Excavations and surveys in Siena -- Fig. II: Topographic identification of the excavation and the surveyed rooms. -- Fig. 1: GIS elaboration of the rooms investigated during the excavation. -- Fig. 2: Hypothetical topography of Siena during the Roman centuries (PALLECCHI 2006). -- Fig. 3: Topographic position of the well. -- Fig. 4: Well with animal deposits, and (right) a detail of one. -- Fig. 6: Two of the lamps (volute) found inside the well (1st century AD). -- Fig. 5: GIS elaboration of the animal entombents found in primary deposition inside the well (CAUSARANO 2009). -- Fig. 8: The semicircular wall, probably dating to the 4th century AD and its topographic position. -- Fig. 7: The structure with two apses identified below the Santa Maria della Scala (CANTINI 2005). -- Fig. 9: Pottery wares between 5th and 6th centuries AD, with the principal typologies. -- Fig. 10: A burial dating to the 5th century AD. -- Fig. 11: GIS elaboration of the grübenhaus and its topographic position. -- Fig. 12: The grübenhaus during its excavation and its 3D reconstruction.

Fig. 13: Lamps found inside the grübenhaus (5th-6th century AD). -- Fig. 14: Bronze cloak pin from one of the burials (6th-7h century AD). -- Fig. 15: The two 12th-century siloi. -- Fig. 16: The apse linked to the 12th-century cathedral, attested by documents since 102 AD. -- Fig. 17: GIS elaboration of the documented phases of the cathedral (CAUSARANO 2005). -- Fig. 18: The two identified dump pits. -- Fig. 19: Pottery from the two dump pits. Drawing (below) of a jug with the emblem of the Opera del Duomo. -- Fig. 20: The arrows indicate the two bases serving as foundations -- Fig. 21: Fragments of mosaic found in secondary deposits, dating to 3rd-4th century AD (CHIESA 2012-2013). -- Fig. 22: GIS elaboration of the 15th-century loculi. -- Fig. 23: Detail of a burial inside one of the loculi, with an individual wearing a cape bearing the cross of the Order of the Knights of Malta. -- Fig. 24: Graphic showing the percentage level of residual materials over the centuries (CASTIGLIA 2012). -- Fig. 25:14th-century cooking vessel (olla). -- Fig. 26: 13th/14th-century cooking vessels (ollae). -- Fig. 27: Late 14th/15th century corse ware jug. -- Fig. 28: 15th-century fine ware moneybox. -- Fig. 29: 14th-century fine ware pitcher. -- Fig. 30: Red engobe ware production centres in Tuscany. -- Fig. 31: Circulation of amphorae directed to Siena in Late Antiquity. -- Fig. 32: Lamps 'a volute' from inside the votive well (1st century AD). -- Fig. 33: Lamps from the grübenhaus fill (5th-6th century). -- Fig. 34: Maiolica arcaica jugs. The left one bears the Opera del Duomo emblem. -- Fig. 35: Jug in monochrome Maiolica. -- Fig. 36: On the right a Maiolica arcaica sauce boat. -- Fig. 37: Glazed ware cooking pots (14th century AD). -- Fig. 38: Hypothetical plan of the defensive walls in Roman times.

Fig. 39: Table and coarse wares from the 'Age of Transition' and the Early Middle Ages. -- Fig. 1a: Interface of the DBMS Carta Archeologica. -- Fig. 2a: Interface of the DBMS Carta Archeologica (Reperti container). -- Fig. 3a: Example of the Tabella quantificazioni (Quantification table).