tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58505766808605454712024-03-14T12:58:10.809-04:00Lapis Gabinus: official blog of the Gabii ProjectThe Gabii Project is an archaeological initiative focused on the excavation, exploration, and documentation of the ancient city of Gabii, located to the east of Rome in central ItalyGabii Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12291288574834709944noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850576680860545471.post-72957741015978668862018-12-12T23:47:00.003-05:002018-12-13T19:45:01.966-05:00Why excavations are a great summer experience, even for non-majors<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
<span style="font-family: "garamond";"><b>Why go on an archaeological excavation if you’re not an Archaeology major?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond";">Over the course of ten season we have had a variety of undergraduate majors join our archaeological excavation. Many come after taking an archaeology course with one of our staff members or friends of the project, having experienced archaeology in the classroom or having seen Indiana Jones perhaps a few too many times. Some of these students have already declared a major or minor in Archaeology, Classics, Art History, or some variation of these fields that clearly relate to the excavation of the Ancient World. Excavation is an obvious choice for these students, but we have also had pre-med students, business majors, engineers, and studio artists. Other than the experience, which we think is well worth it, what skills can non-majors gain from working at Gabii?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">An archaeological excavation is no small undertaking. Students are assigned to one of our excavation</span></span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">areas and work in groups of five to fifteen other students, supervised by professors and graduate students. For some this is not their first time excavating, some not even their first time at Gabii, they know some of what to expect and can handle the demanding environment. For others the changes of living in a new place and performing physical work in hot conditions takes some adjustment. As these new experiences are occurring you develop a strong sense of community and comradery with your trench mates. While we could assign each person their own small area to excavate, the process moves much faster when working together. In large deposits students team up: one pickaxes, one shovels, and another sorts through the finds in a wheelbarrow. Although people quickly develop preferences for what they enjoy most and what they excel in, a huge part of </span><b>teamwork<span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">is equitable division of labor and we want to make sure that everyone can truly experience each of these elements of fieldwork.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Similarly, the physical excavation is only a part of what occurs on an archaeological site. Throughout the season students are rotated through our finds, topography, botany, and zoology teams. In these specialized units they can see the post processing work that provides crucial information like dates, information on the ancient diet, and how we record everything that we have done. We strive to build understanding and foster respect for all the different tasks that occur in the field. As a part of this rotation, students learn how to effectively and succinctly </span><b>communicate</b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">. All of the recording that is done in the field, primarily by students with their supervisor’s assistance, is available through our open source database. Students learn how to describe archaeological features, different soil textures, and the fine distinction between salmon and terracotta to name a few examples. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Part of the environmental rotation includes finding and <br />identifying different types of ancient seeds.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Throughout the course of the summer students are taught to pay attention to detail and to </span><b>think critically </b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">about large scale processes that happened over the past three thousand year at the site of Gabii. From the very start volunteers take an active role in completing paperwork, beginning with learning how to describe what they see in archaeological terms, and ending in producing interpretations of the archaeology that become a part of Gabii record in our database and, eventually, our publications. In order to understand how ancient Gabines lived, we have to understand how different layers were deposited and what those different actions indicate. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Every new corner of Rome holds <br />unexpected, beautiful surprises.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Gabii is fortunately positioned to appeal to student’s sense of </span><b>adventure</b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">. While excavating at Gabii, our students live in the eternal city itself, Rome. They call Trastevere, a vibrant neighborhood of Rome that is full of restaurants and shops, home for the five weeks of excavation. Trastevere is not the well-kept secret of Rome that it once was, but that does not detract from the area’s charm and has only improved public transit, making it easier for our students to get out and explore Rome and Italy on the weekends. For those who want to travel further afield, there is easy access to Rome’s train stations. Every year we have students who go to classics like Naples/Pompeii and Florence. Other great weekend getaways include Bologna, Ravenna, any Italian beach, and the hill towns of Tuscany (like Cortona, San Gimigiano, and Siena). Students interested in food, art, culture, history all find something to enjoy in Italy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond";">Our alumni have gone on to work in a number of different fields (not just academia): for example, law, marketing, journalism, museum work, engineering, medicine, and social media. The critical thinking, communication, and teamwork skills developed while on excavation translate into any field or career path and the friendships built at Gabii carry on even after the summer ends. If you are considering what to do for this upcoming summer, consider joining the field team at Gabii, we look forward to meeting you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">In case you were wondering what the view in San Marino is like.<br /> I have a feeling this may be a stop on more lists for the 2019 summer.</span></td></tr>
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Gabii Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12291288574834709944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850576680860545471.post-86931200449900697292018-10-20T20:42:00.001-04:002018-10-20T20:42:14.713-04:00A Season Well Excavated
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This past summer the Gabii Project
was happy to welcome 77 team members, representing 20 schools and 7 countries. After
ten years of excavation we are still gaining new insights to ancient Gabii and
are dedicated to sharing the results of our season with the academic community
through our publications and the general public through more informal posts,
like our blog. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Area I continued to excavate the
same building from 2017, attempting to finish work in the eastern section of
the structure and extending the trench further west to investigate new walls.
The building was standing by the early Imperial period, with some evidence for
earlier walls and floors. Mosaic pavements were found in multiple rooms, but
the best preserved examples come from two room in the north east of the complex
which remain almost entirely intact. Both rooms were paved at the same time and
feature black and white geometric designs with circular and rhomboid patterns. This
floor decoration was also present, albeit more fragmentarily, in the large
central courtyard of the building. Sparse patches of mosaic are present in
multiple corners of the room, indicating that it was all paved at one point. At
the center of this courtyard there is a chalky, waterproof feature, possibly an
impluvium. To the north of the courtyard is another large room with evidence of
revetment and a few fragments of decorative marble attached to the socle. The
wide entrance into this room, the evidence for decoration, and position of
importance relative to the rest of the building indicates that this may have
served as an entertainment space. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After the third century BC there is
evidence of reorganization. Spaces within the building are blocked off,
doorways are closed, and new walls were built to further separate spaces. Most
of the rooms contained heavy deposits of post abandonment fill. One long
hallway, at the northernmost point of the structure, held fragments of figural
wall plaster, pieces of marble, and a small lead and bronze figurine head. It
is unclear if these waste materials were taken from the Area I structure and
deposited in this out of the way space, or if they belonged to some other
building nearby. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Audrey Pierce (U Michigan) reveals beautiful basalt pavers.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In Areas G and H the Gabii team
further investigated the road networks of Gabii. Area G focused on a side road
extending north from the Via Gabina. Over the course of the season, multiple
levels of paving were uncovered: a late Republican basalt paving, an Imperial
basalt road, and at least five gravel roads all dating to after the mid to late
fifth century C.E. The longevity of this road shows that this route remained an
important connector for Gabii even as the functions for different sectors of
the town changed. The earliest roads were probably related to accessing the quarries
located to the north of the Via Gabina. Later iterations of the road connected
southern parts of Gabii with the imperial cemetery in Area B. While none of the
Imperial Via Gabina was removed, a large cut feature just to the south of the
road allowed us to see a cross-section of the road’s construction including an
earlier paving of the road – perhaps form the Republican period – <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that may be further examined in future
seasons. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Field Assistant Emily Sharp excavating <br />one of the many post holes in Area C</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The excavation’s third trench, Area
C, contain the oldest material excavated this summer by the Gabii Project. More
of the Latial hut complex was uncovered, including a feature built of stone,
wattle and daub that possibly served as a boundary wall around the elite hut
complex. Towards the end of the season, two infant burials were discovered
within the limits of the compound. Both tombs included remains of an individual
under two years in age and an assortment of ceramic and metal grave goods.
These graves are suggest that the inhabitants associated with them were of elite
status; previous graves from Area C were much less elaborate and modest. Area C
hopes to expand their excavation area next year in order to continue delimiting
the boundary of this early Gabine hut complex.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Outside of the field, our finds
team processed a lot of material (stay tuned for numbers). Storage continues to
be a perennial issue, as with all sites that practice comprehensive collection,
and the finds team consolidated and more closely examined previous excavation
material to free up space. The environmental team continued their blanket
sampling of Area C material and also got exciting radiocarbon dates for some of
the Area D features. Our topography team dutifully responded to numerous calls
to shoot in stratigraphic units, created photo models, and made sure that all
of our equipment functioned smoothly, even in the difficult conditions they were
exposed to in the field. Paperless recording continues to be a success,
allowing for all members of the excavation team to have access to updated data
both in the field and back in Rome for after-site work. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Finds</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Over the weekends our Project
members got to adventure throughout the Italian peninsula, visiting major
cities, many archaeological sites, and even making it to San Marino (sadly no
passports were stamped on that visit). Pompeii offered a major photo op for our
students, although we question just how tired they were when the decided to
spell out Gabii, at another, slightly more famous, archaeological site. Within
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members Andrew Johnston, Laura Banducci, and Troy
Samuels offered special guided tours of the Roman Forum and Villa Giulia
Museum. One of the final summer highlights was the Capitoline Museum’s special
exhibit “The Rome of King’s” featuring material excavated by one of the
University of Michigan’s other projects from Sant’Omobono. Students also had a
good time getting to live in Rome and explore their summer neighborhood of
Trastevere. Evening musical performances in Piazza Trulissa, the quest for the
best spritz, and frequent visits to the newly opened gelataria down the block
from the apartments (Giuffre) were some of the highlights of daily life in
Rome. While we were sad to close the books on another season in the field,
there is still much work to be done back in the states by the excavation team
in preparation for 2019. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<!--EndFragment--><br />Gabii Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12291288574834709944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850576680860545471.post-60091457192352885452018-07-04T12:34:00.000-04:002018-07-04T12:34:00.020-04:00These are a few of our favorite things<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Halfway through the season we have learned a lot about archaeology and are now settled into the daily routine of coming to site. Two and a half weeks is surely enough time to develop some strong feels and here are a few of the Gabii Project's favorite things!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The only entry that didn't make the word cloud was "Oh look it's a body!" courtesy of Sarah Gilmer. Luckily, there has been no reason to exclaim that yet this season, but she is ever at the ready. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now tools are an even more contentious subject. There are only so many picks, bags, and other equipment to go around, here is what our team most loves using.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pickaxe won by a firm margin, it seems like everyone occasionally needs to just blow off some steam. There are a few downsides though, like "when you carefully are troweling back a layer and think that you've found the margin, but then they tell you to just pickaxe it all away" Neda Bowden "imagines."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our other favorite take away comes from Sadie Sisk, "no one loves to sweep, that would be a lie." Do we have two liars?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a part of their time all the Gabii students rotate through finds where they learn to identify and draw our ceramics. Now none of what we find at Gabii come close to these images, but they do represent some of the fabrics we can see. Make sure to ask a Gabine which was their favorite when they get home!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One errant entry proposed by Emily Sharp was "cute wear" aka all miniature vessels. While it isn't a pottery type, Kelly Miklas wanted to make sure that we knew she was "all about that base." Of course, our finds supervisor Allison Ritterhaus has the most enthusiastic response as she just starts rubbing bucchero lovingly against her cheek.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coming to Rome is nothing without sampling the local cuisine. Here are our favorite Roman pasta types! There are plenty more Italian pastas, like the Genoan pesto pictured, ragu Bolognese, tortellini, pasta alla Norma, just to name a few of the non-Roman options out there. Perhaps personal sentiment is best captured by Kyra Webb, for whom "cacio e pepe is life."</span>Gabii Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12291288574834709944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850576680860545471.post-60615369071966685432016-06-30T16:28:00.001-04:002016-06-30T16:28:03.254-04:00A Fun Story About Locks and Limes<div style="color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;">
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“It’s the start of day three on site and as always its an early start to the morning. Alarm goes off at 6 am and it’s time to start getting ready. Thankfully I had packed my bag the night before so I didn’t have to put any mental effort into that. I had already dressed, eaten breakfast and brushed my teeth, time to get a move on. Getting down the stairs and out the gate, with a short walk to the bus, were the only things left between me and a nap on the way to site. As I walked through the gate I did a quick touch test to make sure the most important things are in my backpack and of course I’m missing something. Oh no! It’s my water bottle. I hustle back up to our third story apartment to get it while trying not to make the bus late. I’m out of the building and rushing to the bus. Thankfully it’s 6:43 and I can see the last group just getting onto the bus, I’m not going to keep anyone waiting! Trust me, you never want to be the one holding up the bus. Then I hear “ELI!”. I whip around having no idea who is shouting my name but I realize it is coming from an apartment balcony. It’s Emily Lime! In a very animated matter she shouts “Help me! I’m locked in our apartment! Tell someone to come get me.” So I double my hustle and hop onto the bus. I tell Darcy and Emily Sharp, who are conveniently both in charge and roommates with Emily Lime, that she needs help. They get her out quickly and we’re off to site. As I nod off to sleep I assume the problems of the locks are over, boy was I wrong. </div>
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Emily’s bad luck with the locks persisted into the day on site. She is the finds intern this season and when she went to get the items out of the finds hut for the day on site that lock broke too! The finds team had to improvise, and a mighty fine job they did at it, until a locksmith was able to come bust the lock. This seemed insane to have Emily have such bad luck with two completely different locks but it transferred itself one more time before the eventful day was over. There is a phone, think old flat face style, that the interns have for contact with the directors if needed at anytime. This thing is very old and the interns hadn’t been able to figure out how to lock it but after just a few minutes with Emily Lime locks them out of it! It seemed too strange to be true. Thankfully Emily Lime has not had anymore problems with the locks but it is quite interesting that things really do come in threes.”</div>
Gabii Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12291288574834709944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850576680860545471.post-2359040891674235042016-02-14T20:08:00.000-05:002016-02-14T20:08:22.148-05:00Gabii Project at Penn<span style="font-family: inherit;">J. Marilyn Evans (Swarthmore College) will give a talk in a colloquium organized by the Department of Classical Studies at the Univeristy of Pennsylvania. The talk, titled "Buried Among the Living: Intramural Burial in Archaic Gabii", will offer <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">a reappraisal of the role of intramural burial in urban development, based</span> on recent finds from the Gabii Project excavations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The event is scheduled for February 18, 4:30-6:00 p.m. (402 Cohen Hall). </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">More details </span><a href="https://www.classics.upenn.edu/events/colloquium-marilyn-evans-swathmoreburied-among-living-intramural-burial-archaic-gabii" style="font-family: inherit;">here</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Giulia Peresso and Arianna Zapelloni Pavia are scheduled to give a presentation on "Decay or Repurposing of a Roman City: Gabii in Late Antiquity" in <i>Session 6G - </i><i>From Foundation to Decay: Town-Planning and Urban
Development in Ancient Italy </i>on<i> </i>Friday, January 8th 4:15 p.m. (Plaza Room A, Lobby Level).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">J. Troy Samuels and Matt Naglak will talk about "Dress to Impress: Elite Status and Textile Production at Early Gabii" in <i>Session 7F - Textiles, Dress and Adornment in Antiquity </i> on Saturday, January 9th 8:50 a.m. (Yosemite Ballroom A).</span><br />
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Gabii Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12291288574834709944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850576680860545471.post-19909936510731930862015-08-04T08:30:00.000-04:002015-08-04T16:27:20.034-04:00A Perfect Season Comes to an EndIt will be a hectic time on site this week until the very moment we finally drop the curtain, but one thing is clear already: this has been a very successful season! After seven straight seasons the archaeological levels in the so-called Area D have been completely excavate, reaching the natural deposits across the entire sector. We now have documented an uninterrupted sequence stretching back to the phase of Gabii's formation. Another major achievement is the conclusion of excavation activities in the Area F building. Our research group looks forward to the next step: study and publication! On the other hand, the important results from Area C have already opened new avenues for the expansion of the excavation areas in 2016. The future fieldwork will provide more evidence on the urban history of the urban core, addressing new research questions.<br />
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Such incredible accomplishments would not have been possible without the hard work, unwavering enthusiasm, and passion for archaeology of our 2015 crew. Thank you all! We hope that you will keep in touch with the Gabii Project, and we are looking forward to welcoming you back in the field next year if you wish. A special farewell goes to our long-time friend, supporter and staff member Diane Tincu. We celebrated Diane during our end-of-dig lunch party. To honor her, the project decided to officially name one of the buildings excavated in previous years on site after her: from now on, the Area B House will be known as the Diane Tincu Building. Thank you Diane! We hope you'll change your mind and join us again next season...<br />
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<br />Gabii Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12291288574834709944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850576680860545471.post-2577293321578089942015-07-16T10:20:00.000-04:002015-07-16T10:20:07.041-04:00The Gabii Project is back!If you are a friend of the Gabii Project, you will have seen from our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gabii.project?fref=ts">facebook posts</a> that a lot has been going on on site for the past four weeks! After a stint of preparatory work with staff only, a team of 40 students joined us on Monday June 29th for our seventh straight season of excavation at Gabii.<br />
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Despite the recent heat wave, activities in the three excavation sectors are progressing with the same enthusiasm ever since. The <b>Area D</b> group is completing the investigation of a cluster of Early Iron Age huts, whose stratified sequence is providing tantalizing new evidence on the earliest phases of city formation at Gabii. The Environmental Lab team is processing dozens of samples from these deposits, which will help us reconstruct the function of the structures, economic patterns, and ancient diet. In neighboring <b>Area C</b>, we reopened a trench first excavated in 2009-2012, which revealed a large atrium house. We are now exploring the Early Republican levels of the city-block, and we hope to reach into the same Archaic deposits attested in Area D. In <b>Area F</b>, three rooms of the monumental public building brought to light in the past two seasons remain to be documented. Once this will have been accomplished, we will have a complete picture of this exceptionally important building. Meanwhile, the Topo team is producing scores of photomodels (we are over 1000 now...). It is a busy time in the Finds Lab too, with washing pottery in the morning and sorting, drawing and studying the finds in the afternoon.<br />
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Several visitors and friends came to see the progress of the excavation, including <b>Kim Bowes</b> and <b>Richard Hodges</b>, <b>Lisa Fentress</b>, and <b>David Potter</b>, who gave a lecture on Epigraphy to our students. We were particularly pleased to welcome a group of children participating in the Summer Camp of the Children's Hospital of Padova.<br />
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Ciao for now!<br />
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<br />Gabii Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12291288574834709944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850576680860545471.post-67546646382346904932014-08-05T12:50:00.003-04:002014-08-05T12:50:45.425-04:00Android Tablets at Gabii<strong>BY J. TROY SAMUELS</strong>, PhD student in the Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology, University of Michigan<br />
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Buon Giorno from Rome! This summer, the <a href="http://sitemaker.umich.edu/gabiiproject/home">Gabii Project</a>,
a University of Michigan archaeological excavation and field school,
undertook our sixth full season of fieldwork focused on the ancient
Latin city of Gabii. Directed by University of Michigan professor Nicola
Terrenato, this large-scale open area excavation aims to both increase
our understanding of this city, a neighbor and rival to Rome in the
first millennium BCE, and educate students in archaeological method,
theory, Roman history, and myriad other topics. To that end, this season
we welcomed forty-two volunteers from a variety of undergraduate and
graduate colleges and universities to Rome, who, along with various
staff members, spent the last five weeks significantly expanding our
understanding of the city of Gabii, its people, and its history.<br />
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Alongside the normal challenges and opportunities offered by such a
large-scale undertaking, the 2014 edition of the project featured a
massive shift in recording strategies. Instead of the paper forms used
in previous seasons, this year we decided to go paperless in the field.
All data was recorded exclusively on four Panasonic Toughpads and seven
Android tablets. Despite early trepidations, perhaps best exemplified by
the Seven Deadly Sin–themed names assigned to the seven Android
tablets, this new system has proved highly successful. Paperless
recording not only cut down on off-site data entry but also encouraged a
degree of student autonomy in information gathering and recording. The
individual nature of tablet data entry encouraged students to attempt to
record and understand the archaeology on their own terms before seeking
the help of their supervisors. By the end of the second week, it was
commonplace to see five students on their own tablets, independently
entering data pertaining to the stratigraphic unit they had excavated by
themselves. The presence of excellent students helped this transition
go smoothly, and paperless recording will certainly be a feature at
Gabii for years to come.<br />
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In terms of archaeological discovery, this season was also highly
successful. The large size of the project allows for two distinct areas
of excavation, Area F, focused on expanding our understanding of the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/20/science/romes-start-to-architectural-hubris.html?_r=0">monumental complex</a>
revealed last season, and Area D, focused on an occupation area from
the early, formative phases of the city. While vastly different in terms
of surviving architecture and excavation method, both areas continue to
provide important information that will shape our understanding of the
cities and people of first-millennium BCE central Italy. We are excited
both about the many things we uncovered and the future seasons that will
help us continue to better understand the multifaceted, fascinating
material history of this important site.<br />
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For more information please visit our websites, Facebook page, or read our wonderful student blogs.<br />
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<a href="http://gabiiproject.org/">http://gabiiproject.org/</a> <br />
<a href="http://sitemaker.umich.edu/gabiiproject/home">http://sitemaker.umich.edu/gabiiproject/home</a><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/gabii.project">https://www.facebook.com/gabii.project</a><br />
<a href="http://agergabinus.blogspot.it/">http://agergabinus.blogspot.it/</a><br />
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<i>This post was adapted from Troy Samuels' <a href="http://kelseymuseum.wordpress.com/2014/07/31/android-tablets-at-gabii/">post </a>to <a href="http://kelseymuseum.wordpress.com/">The Kelsey Museum's blog</a>.</i>Gabii Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12291288574834709944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850576680860545471.post-71905212071333540212014-07-15T07:59:00.001-04:002014-07-15T07:59:44.267-04:00The Gabii Project: Archaeology in The Information Age<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Rachel Opitz doesn’t dig much at Gabii, but rather records. Leading a
core team of four, her topography, data entry, and photogrammetric
modelling unit is tasked with the construction of a digital database on a
large scale.<br />
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“We have scale issues,” Rachel chuckles, “Well, they’re not issues because the method works.”<br />
Rachel’s team has implemented strategies and introduced technologies
aimed at increasing efficiency within The Gabii Project to support a
large open area excavation. They upgrade software and propose new
methods nearly every field season. Most recently, Rachel brought tablet
technology to the scene, replacing almost all of the paper recording
formerly done in the trenches with direct to digital recording on
Panasonic ToughPads and Android tablets, linked in real-time to the
project’s ARK database and GIS system.<br />
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“One of the reasons we were able to open such a large excavation area
as is that the recording is just so fast,” Rachel states plainly. “You
can answer very different archaeological questions working at this
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The Gabii Project isn’t the only dig using digital recording.
Excavations at Çatalhöyük and Pompeii—to name a couple high-profile
cases—are also making use of similar systems, and such methods have been
increasingly adopted in recent years. In Rachel’s opinion, what sets
The Gabii Project apart is Program Director Nicola Terrenato’s
insistence on using these systems extensively from the beginning.<br />
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“More and more people are doing some variant on what we’re doing, and
that’s a good thing. Of course we try to stay at the forefront, so five
years from now we’ll be doing something totally different.”<br />
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You can follow Rachel’s work at: <a href="http://gabiiserver.adsroot.itcs.umich.edu/gabiigoesdigital/">http://gabiiserver.adsroot.itcs.umich.edu/gabiigoesdigital/</a><br />
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<i>This post was adapted from James Reslier-Wells' <a href="http://www.dayofarchaeology.com/the-gabii-project-archaeology-in-the-information-age/" target="_blank">post </a>to <a href="http://www.dayofarchaeology.com/" target="_blank">The 2014 International Day of Archaeology</a> on behalf of The Gabii Project.</i> Gabii Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12291288574834709944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850576680860545471.post-49046588423245289032014-07-15T07:50:00.000-04:002014-07-15T07:50:48.314-04:00The Gabii Project: A Moment with Field Directors Anna and Marcello<span class="tags-links icon-tag"></span>
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<br />The Gabii Project is an excavation and field school run jointly with
The University of Michigan and The University of Verona. We are
excavating the Ancient Latin city of Gabii, about 20 km East of Rome.
The city grew alongside Rome through the first millennium, BC, and into
the 3<sup>rd</sup> century AD, when it was finally abandoned. Throughout
its existence, the city underwent many of the same changes as its more
famous neighbor except for one crucial point: it hasn’t been developed
further. This fact allows us pure excavation of the site, without
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“Archaeology is one of the best activities ever,” begins Marcello,
“because you have the feeling of discovery; I guess that’s what drives
us despite the effort, the grueling conditions associated with digs.”<br />
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At The Gabii Project, however, Marcello’s work is mainly
administrative. As a so-called “big dig,” there is a lot of logistical
work to be done not only on-site, dealing with safety concerns, and
choosing where to dig and where to spend money, but also during the off
season where securing permits, writing and submitting papers, and
choosing new staff take precedence.<br />
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“The important point to realize is that these are not isolated
tasks,” maintains Marcello, “It’s so linked together… and this is not
something that starts on June 1<sup>st</sup> and ends on August 1<sup>st</sup>, it continues throughout the off season.”<br />
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“What happens here in five weeks is the result of ten months of
preparation,” Chimes in Anna, whose work is also primarily logistical.<br />
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Even with all of the preparations and planning, the two are still
very busy during the field season. This affords the two little time to
participate in the actual fieldwork, their real passion. While they do
make time to buck this trend where they can—such as when they lead the
excavation of a lead sarcophagus in 2009—the two long for their days
working in the field.<br />
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“Our secret dream is to go work as volunteers in another field
school, with fewer responsibilities,” Marcello half-jokes, with Anna
adding: “Back to the old days, when the only thing that really mattered
was excavating a layer correctly and finding something cool.”<br />
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Regardless of the desire to get back out to the field, both are
fiercely proud of The Gabii Project and their roles therein. In fact,
both of their favorite parts of the program have to do with its inherent
structure.<br />
“I’ve been a field archaeologist for 20 years now,” states Anna. “I
have never ever seen a site with so many people working together at the
same time on so many different aspects.”<br />
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As for Marcello, “The project is constantly evolving, I mean the way
we started six years ago, you would hardly recognize it. In a way, this
is like a living organism, growing and changing, so I’m very curious to
see what this is going to look like in 10 years.”<br />
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<i>This post was adapted from James Reslier-Wells' <a href="http://www.dayofarchaeology.com/the-gabii-project-a-moment-with-the-field-directors/" target="_blank">post </a>to <a href="http://www.dayofarchaeology.com/" target="_blank">The 2014 International Day of Archaeology</a> on behalf of The Gabii Project.</i> </div>
Gabii Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12291288574834709944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850576680860545471.post-33755623220996823352013-12-29T12:29:00.002-05:002013-12-29T12:29:15.226-05:00Tha Gabii Project and the state of Italian archaeologyAn interview with Nic Terrenato just appeared on the Italian newspaper <a href="http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2013/12/27/archeologia-fondi-stranieri-miba/816157/">Il Fatto Quotidiano</a>. The article discusses the state of Italian archaeology in light of the recent funding cuts by the Italian government, and highlights the important contribution of US-based and other foreign institutions.Gabii Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12291288574834709944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850576680860545471.post-1327960788681613982013-12-29T12:18:00.000-05:002013-12-29T12:18:19.759-05:00Gabii in the Top 10 Discoveries of 2013!The Archaeology magazine has selected Gabii's Area F building as one of the <a href="http://archaeology.org/issues/116-1401/features/top10/1578-roman-architecture-gabii-rome-monumental" target="_blank">Top 10 archaeological discoveries of 2013</a>! A large chunk of this monumental building, which features imposing ashlar architecture and finely appointed floors, was uncovered in 2012-2013. In July 2013 the sensational find was first announced in a short article by Prof. Mario Torelli, featured in the Italian newspaper <a href="http://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2013/07/06/news/il_tesoro_di_gabii_sulla_via_prenestina_torna_alla_luce_una_magnifica_villa_patrizia-62477259/">La Repubblica</a>. Additional coverage from news outlets in the UK and the US soon followed. Most notable are a piece that appeared in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/20/science/romes-start-to-architectural-hubris.html?_r=0">New York Times</a>, and a release by the <a href="http://ns.umich.edu/new/releases/21645-newly-unearthed-ruins-challenge-views-of-early-romans">University of Michigan's news service</a>. Both include a summary of the finds, and quotes from Nic Terrenato and other team members. A story on the dig was included in the september/october 2013 issue of the UK-based magazine <a href="http://www.minervamagazine.co.uk//">Minerva</a>.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;"></span></span>Gabii Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12291288574834709944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850576680860545471.post-84131601627100054922013-11-18T11:05:00.001-05:002013-12-29T12:13:12.895-05:00Lecture on Lapis Gabinus at the Kelsey Museum FAST seriesJason Farr (Michigan) will present the results of current research on the well-preserved quarries at Gabii in a a lecture titled "Lapis Gabinus and the Economy of Urban Construction: Recent Fieldwork at Gabii and Rome". The talk is part of the <i>Field Archaeology Series on Thursday</i>, and is sponsored by the Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. Thursday November 21st at 6:00 pm (Kelsey Museum, Lecture Hall).Gabii Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12291288574834709944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850576680860545471.post-75922452288291566822013-10-26T10:43:00.001-04:002013-10-26T10:43:46.332-04:00Gabii Goes Digital... at the Digital Heritage 2013 Conference<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We're excited to be leading a joint workshop, together with Ilaria Meliconi and Bernard Frischer of the <a href="https://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CCwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journals.elsevier.com%2Fdigital-applications-in-archaeology-and-cultural-heritage%2F&ei=wtFrUuv1KcyrhQfX9IGYCg&usg=AFQjCNFZfXQIcY1X5xyx3mW8E1SMrVoM8Q&sig2=XzTDCYkQZr3inKWkxknDsA&bvm=bv.55123115,d.ZG4">Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (DAACH</a><a href="https://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CCwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journals.elsevier.com%2Fdigital-applications-in-archaeology-and-cultural-heritage%2F&ei=wtFrUuv1KcyrhQfX9IGYCg&usg=AFQjCNFZfXQIcY1X5xyx3mW8E1SMrVoM8Q&sig2=XzTDCYkQZr3inKWkxknDsA&bvm=bv.55123115,d.ZG4">) </a>journal, on 3D models, Peer Review and Publication at the <a href="http://digitalheritage2013.org/">Digital Heritage 2013 Conference in Marseille</a>. Our workshop will be Monday, October 28 from 2:00pm - 6:00pm. During this workshop we will be presenting our work so far within the Gabii Goes Digital project. Participants will have the opportunity to participate in a 'mock peer review' through which they will critique the digital content we've created in terms of interface, information content,and integration with the narrative and argument.This exercise will act as a springboard for open discussion, in which participants will define key issues in developing a process for the peer reviewed publication of the kinds of digital 3D models and complex, interactive data archaeological projects like the Gabii Project are now producing. You can read more at: <a href="http://sched.co/19fV9w7">http://sched.co/19fV9w7</a>. If you're attending the conference in Marseille, we hope you can join us at the workshop!<div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694952372755143583noreply@blogger.com0Fort Saint Jean, Promenade Louis Brauquier, 13002 Marseille, France43.2948207 5.362513700000022342.924907700000006 4.7170667000000224 43.6647337 6.0079607000000221tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850576680860545471.post-26763459555200754702013-10-22T15:33:00.002-04:002013-10-22T15:40:10.630-04:00The Gabii Project announces its 2014 season (June 22-July 26)Applications are now being accepted from students and volunteers who wish to participate in the 2014 season.The field program will run from June 22 to July 26, 2014.<br />
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Detailed information on the application process can be found on the <a href="http://sitemaker.umich.edu/gabiiproject/2014_field_program" target="_blank">project website</a>. The call has also been published on the <a href="http://www.archaeological.org/fieldwork/afob/10647" target="_blank">AFOB listing</a> of the Archaeological Institute of America.Gabii Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12291288574834709944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850576680860545471.post-35281773202189219452013-10-17T11:55:00.001-04:002013-10-17T11:55:58.012-04:00The Gabii Project on the AAR web-site<br />
The new research portal of the American Academy in Rome highlights the partnership between the AAR and the Gabii Project.<br />
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Learn more by visiting <a href="http://aarome.org/research/archaeology-projects">http://aarome.org/research/archaeology-projects</a>.<br />
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<img alt="American Academy in Rome - Rome, Italy" src="https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-prn1/s160x160/36949_411831799241_6976244_a.jpg" />Gabii Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12291288574834709944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850576680860545471.post-28268684919848540932013-08-19T17:20:00.000-04:002013-08-19T17:20:28.871-04:00Gabii Goes Digital<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We are pleased to announce that the Universities of Arkansas and Michigan have been awarded an NEH ODH Start-Up grant in support of the Gabii Goes Digital: 21st c. Data, 21st. c. Publications project. This project is directed by Fred Limp and Rachel Opitz of the </span>University of Arkansas<span style="font-family: inherit;"> and Nicola Terrenato of the University of Michigan, and is closely linked to the Gabii Project.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Methodological innovation has always been important at Gabii. Our recording strategy makes extensive use of digital data and 3D technologies. Since 2009, over 500 GB of data have been collected in the form of 3D models of stratigraphic layers and features such as walls, pavements and burials, photographs, surveyed measurements, written descriptions and sketches. Having created this rich digital dataset, we face the challenge of developing effective and innovative ways of publishing it. The Gabii Goes Digital project seeks to address two key challenges our project and others like it are facing: how to develop a process for the peer reviewed publication of these kinds of data, and how to build a community of peer reviewers with the skills and background to confidently evaluate these publications.<br /><br />You can read more about the new project on the <a href="http://gabiiserver.adsroot.itcs.umich.edu/gabiigoesdigital/">Gabii Goes Digital website</a>.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694952372755143583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850576680860545471.post-59587639721728713582013-08-05T09:52:00.000-04:002013-08-05T09:52:13.790-04:00Amazing Week 5 concludes Gabii Project 2013<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The final week of work at Gabii could not be more rewarding!
Impressive results were achieved in all departments of the dig, making this a
very successful season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Excavation and recording continued with full steam in both areas D
and F. Bedrock was finally reached in the north part of Area D, revealing a series of
rock-cut features, such as post-holes and sunken floors, belonging to the
earliest phase of occupation beneath the Archaic compound. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This horizon has been exposed also in the south sector, where the excavators identified more linear cuts and concentrations of ashy layers that sit on top of a natural level. This sequence will be the object of excavation next year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In Area F, more built structures of the monumental complex emerged
below the dumps that covered the back of the lower terrace. These features include a
very well-preserved drain made of slabs of tufo, and part of the original
pavement of this open space. The continuation of the staircase connecting the
upper and lower terraces was also uncovered, totaling 21 steps! On axis with
this, another room of the complex has been found, which features in its
northeast corner a whole dolium sunken into a cut in the bedrock. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A sondage was
excavated in the front part of the building, providing evidence of
modifications dating to the Early Imperial period, and exposing tantalizing architecture
(including a column base) predating the construction of the building. The west
half of the complex will be investigated in 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of the highlights of the week were certainly the presentations
given by the students on their work on site. It was incredibly gratifying to
see how much they grew as archaeologists in 5 weeks: they described the
sequence they excavated as professional diggers. As every year, the end of dig
was celebrated with a big lunch offered on site. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Looking forward to welcoming new participants and returning
students next year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Until then, arrivederci Gabii! </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nic Terrenato leads the final trench tour in Area F</td></tr>
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<br />Gabii Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12291288574834709944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850576680860545471.post-66951496323381594232013-07-21T12:00:00.003-04:002013-07-21T13:07:23.969-04:00New exciting data from Week 4<br />
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It has been a very successful week at Gabii, which added interesting new data to the overall picture.<br />
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In Area F, the excavation progressed on different fronts simultaneously. In the north section of the lower terrace, a team continued digging the dumps that covered the large corridor at the back of the building, revealing part of a third room to the west. This was probably connected with the staircase joining the lower and upper terraces. Other important features were also uncovered, most notably the foundation trench of the monumental ashlar wall and the original surface of the upper stretch of the road delimiting the complex (this was a via glareata). Excavation of these fills will hopefully provide dating elements.<br />
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In the front part of the building, more built features were recorded. Another set of rooms at the level of the main thoroughfare was thus identified.<br />
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A test-trench was begun in one of the rooms that opened onto the side of the axial access-way, which showed evidence of a multi-phased occupation. A fragment of brick featuring a stamp dating to the 98-180 CE period was found incorporated in the mortar floor of this room, giving us a much-needed <i>terminus post quem </i>for the last phase of construction at this site.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Activities finally resumed in Area D. The removal of the construction level of the Archaic compound exposed the outlines</span><span style="text-align: center;"> of preexisting huts, which h</span><span style="text-align: center;">owever are still partially masked by the abandonment layers, including concentrations of burnt adobe. This horizon will be the focus of the excavation in this sector of the dig in the last week.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">M. Evans presents a selection of miniature votives to the students</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: center;">More votive offerings have been retrieved from the northwest part of the area, seemingly in connection with a U-shaped structure that had been identified in previous years near one of the rooms of the complex (perhaps an altar?).</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dr. Peter Rauxloh (MOLA) with the topo team</td></tr>
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On July 17th, the Project hosted <span style="color: orange;">Dr. Peter Rauxloh</span>, MOLA's Director of Technical Solutions, who spent the day with our topo team to learn about our recording methodology, especially the use of photogrammetry.<br />
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Gabii Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12291288574834709944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850576680860545471.post-90320685902624216042013-07-13T10:48:00.001-04:002013-07-13T10:56:28.590-04:00The Project sails swiftly through the high waters of Week 3<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaDGUDYJ3kNryd61QC3z4TUG7xRiZ0mmnpyOMlPqFTtzOGTnyvy7JEejBPoZRlK0SaQKFM03yWYO31fbBH_BbPx7voNNixbLCPIQlEbNa8fAN8kUseMXvRapLiMwuGBOQVo_tkbFfoqCk/s1600/DSC_0610.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaDGUDYJ3kNryd61QC3z4TUG7xRiZ0mmnpyOMlPqFTtzOGTnyvy7JEejBPoZRlK0SaQKFM03yWYO31fbBH_BbPx7voNNixbLCPIQlEbNa8fAN8kUseMXvRapLiMwuGBOQVo_tkbFfoqCk/s320/DSC_0610.JPG" width="320" /></a>There was a slight change of strategy this week, due to the inclement weather, and the large volume of water falling from the heavens over our site. <br />
Excavation of the beaten earth surfaces in Area D was stopped and some features were covered up, in order to protect the fragile deposits from erosion. Activities, however, were not halted in Area F, where the supervisors could avail of the idle hands from Area D, with impressive results.<br />
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Work progressed simultaneously in different sectors of the Area F building, revealing more features of its plan. A team concentrated on excavating the early Imperial levels of the road that delimits the complex on its east side, reaching a preparation surface contemporary with the first phase of the building. Other parts of the back sector of the lower terrace were also cleared from the dumps that obliterated the building in the first century CE. The remains of a stepped access-way from the road and a water drain were exposed in the area behind two large rooms paved with decorated signinum-floors.<br />
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Another team continued cleaning the front part of building facing on the ancient Via Praenestina. An intricate sequence of Imperial concrete structures and recycled ashlar elements mask the original aspect of the Republican building here. Sealed under the floors of this late phase are pockets of stratigraphy, which will be the object of investigation next week in order to clarify the dating.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anna Gallone shows the state plan of the Area F building</td></tr>
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Many visitors and colleagues came to the site this week. A group of architects from the <a href="http://www.architettiroma.it/ConsultaBC/index.aspx" target="_blank">Consulta dei Beni Culturali</a> were hosted by the Project on July 9th. <span style="color: orange;">Clementina Panella</span> (University of Rome "La Sapienza"), <span style="color: orange;">Daniele Manacorda</span> (University of Rome III), and <span style="color: orange;">David S. Potter </span>(University of Michigan) also came to learn about the new discoveries and share their views on the finds.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">David Potter and Daniele Manacorda on site</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Architects from the Consulta dei Beni Culturali visit Gabii</td></tr>
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<br />Gabii Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12291288574834709944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850576680860545471.post-11533461928900402682013-07-06T10:58:00.001-04:002013-07-06T10:58:16.367-04:00Highlights of week 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The second week of activities at Gabii has just come to a a very successful end. Digging progressed in both excavation areas, revealing important new features that attracted a steady flow of colleagues and visitors to the site.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of one of the rooms of the Archaic compound</td></tr>
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In Area D, the excavators continued unpeeling the occupation layers of the Archaic compound, reaching what seem to be the abandonment deposits of the previous settlement phase. Clusters of burnt adobe have been found in several spots, which may be related to the destruction of one or more huts that occupied the area in the seventh century BCE and earlier. Concentrations of rubble, which perhaps correspond to the foundations of these huts, are also beginning to emerge. Miniature votive terracottas representing food offerings (cakes; loaves of bread etc.) have also been retrieved from the excavated levels.<br />
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In Area F, other parts of the large ashlar building have been brought to light under the leveling layers that obliterated the complex in the early Imperial period. Most notable is a staircase that connected the upper and lower terraces, and a series of rooms featuring decorated mortar floors and tufo pavements. The front and west sides of the Republican building are partly masked by concrete additions, but extensive portions are preserved under the later features, which will be the object of investigation in the coming days.<br />
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Mario Torelli (to the right) with Nic Terrenato and </div>
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Anna Gallone visits Area D.</div>
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On July 2nd we received a visit from <span style="color: orange;">Mario Torelli</span>, who also acts as one of the scientific advisors of the Gabii Project. His original take on the most recent finds at Gabii appears in an article he just published on the Italian newspaper "La Repubblica", titled <a href="http://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2013/07/06/news/il_tesoro_di_gabii_sulla_via_prenestina_torna_alla_luce_una_magnifica_villa_patrizia-62477259/" target="_blank">Il tesoro di Gabii</a> (Gabii's treasure). We gratefully acknowledge his vital contribution to the Project's outreach efforts.<br />
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Gabii Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12291288574834709944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850576680860545471.post-34258615708445981412013-07-03T08:17:00.000-04:002013-07-03T09:55:56.417-04:00An exciting first week at GabiiA week has passed since the official kick-off of the 2013 season, and it has been a very productive one! Staff and students integrated quickly and smoothly, and worked hard all week, despite some scattered thunderstorms that hit the area around Gabii. Important results have been achieved, which are already transforming our perception of the site.<br />
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Activities this year are concentrating in two distinct sectors of the dig. In Area D, which is located on the southeast edge of the excavation, Marilyn Evans and her team are investigating the lower strata of an Archaic compound that was partially explored in 2011 and 2012. Judging from what we can see so far, we expect to reach interesting occupation levels of the seventh century BCE really soon.<br />
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On the western side of the dig, the volunteers led by Andrew Johnston and Jason Farr are exposing the huge Area F building. This multi-phased monumental structure occupied an entire city-block of the urban grid, facing the main thoroughfare. It was originally organized in two terraces, separated by an impressive ashlar wall. Work will progress on both terraces, with the goal of understanding and dating the construction sequence.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Documenting the collapse of the ashlar wall in Area F</td></tr>
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This is only some of the tantalizing evidence that is emerging. Stay tuned for more highlights!<br />
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All the participants arrived safely in Rome, and settled in the apartments in Trastevere. The first day of work began with a welcoming speech by Prof. Terrenato, and featured an on-site orientation, but everyone was eager to start moving dirt!<br />
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Gabii Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12291288574834709944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850576680860545471.post-38754140591761237372013-04-13T15:23:00.000-04:002013-05-20T16:28:53.551-04:00Gabii Project spin-off awarded NEH GrantA project directed by Fred Limp (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville), Rachel Opitz (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville), and Nicola Terrenato (University of Michigan) has just received a Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant ($49,719) from the NEH Office of Digital Humanities (announcement <a href="http://www.neh.gov/divisions/odh/grant-news/announcing-23-digital-humanities-start-grant-awards-march-2013" target="_blank">here</a>).<br />
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The Grant, titled <i><b>21st Century Data, 21st Century Publications: 3D Model<br />
Publication and building the Peer Reviewer Community</b></i>, will support the development of a new publication framework, using the Gabii Project's dataset as a test case. The first phase of the project will be launched in August, after completion of the 2013 field season at Gabii.<br />
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