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Campanaio—an agricultural settlement in Roman Sicily

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

R. J. A. Wilson
R. J. A. Wilson*
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Department of Archaeology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England [email protected]
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Roman Sicily has long been known from classical sources for its agricultural fertility, but little archaeological research has been conducted on the rural economy. The Campanaio project is uncovering a wealth of information about a small (3 ha) hellenistic and Roman rural settlement and its economy, 25 km west of Agrigento. Excavations (1994-95,1997-98) have revealed seven principal phases. Activity started c. 200 BC, and was intensive for two centuries in the central part of the site. A complex of buildings underwent two complete reconstructions between 200 BC and AD 25; in its last phase (c. 50 BC) it comprised an Lshaped building some 17 m long and 8.40 m wide, with dry-stone walls, earth floors and mud-brick superstructure (FIGUR1E

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Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 284 , June 2000 , pp. 289 - 290
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

References

Wilson, R.J.A. 1996. Rural life in Roman Sicily: excavations at Castagna and Campanaio, in Wilson, R.J.A. (ed.), From River Trent to Raqqa: 24–41. Nottingham: Department of Archaeology, University of Nottingham.Google Scholar
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