La ceramica e i fittili non vascolari del Bronzo finale provenienti dall’ustrinum/luogo di culto funerario di Salorno - Dos de la Forca (Cava Girardi) (BZ). Inquadramento cronologico e culturale
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2019
Citazione:
La ceramica e i fittili non vascolari del Bronzo finale provenienti dall’ustrinum/luogo di culto funerario di Salorno - Dos de la Forca (Cava Girardi) (BZ). Inquadramento cronologico e culturale / L. Pisoni, U. Tecchiati. - In: PADUSA. - ISSN 1724-0573. - 55:(2019), pp. 113-139.
Abstract:
The site of Salorno - Dos de La Forca is located just
north of the homonymous lock, on the left side of the
river Adige, about 30 kilometers south of Bolzano. The
locality is known for having given back on several times
evidence of prehistoric, protohistoric and Roman frequentation.
The site was discovered in 1986 in a quarry cultivated
for the extraction of gravel, at the foot of the talus
cone that lies on the rocky walls of Monte Alto (Geiersberg,
1083 m). In the following year, the Soprintendenza
Provinciale ai Beni Culturali of Bolzano ordered
an archaeological excavation to be carried out in an
area partially damaged by mechanical means for the
excavation of a large pit intended for waste disposal.
At the time of the intervention, of the four visible sections,
the southern section presented the best preserved
stratigraphic sequence with regard to the depositional
events of the debris cone.
The microenvironmental context of the site is that
of an acclive talus that has been deposited at the foot of
the imposing rock walls, here practically vertical, that
constitute the western side of Monte Alto, and of the
easternmost edge of the Adige alluvial plain.
within the stratigraphic sequence observable in the
section opened by mechanical means above the ustrinum/
mortuary place of worship, at least eight different
episodes of deposits were observed, which stratified
above the most recent anthropic layer (US 10). They
document the progressive degradation of the slope following
the abandonment of the site by man. The stratigraphic
episodes are substantially similar and almost
indistinguishable from each other. These are originally
weakly vegetated sediments, originating from the flow
of water, with the consequent transport of more or less
coarse gravelly material. Above the original sequence,
no less than two metres of modern debris linked to the
industrial activity of the quarry had been deposited. In
the context of the stratigraphic succession, the highest
anthropic level (US 10), brought to light on an area of
about 150 m², differs from the gravelly growths above
for the less intense black color of the earth matrix, and
for the almost total absence of remains of material culture.
The characteristics and compactness of the US 10
layer, whose inclination was completely different from
the levels above and below the ustrinum, lead us to believe
that in ancient times it was briefly pedogenized.
The layer, of power between 5 and 8 cm, composed of
selected and compacted earthy and gravelly material,
seems to be the product of an intentional obliteration
of the ustrinum.
US 10 had a subplane portion that evolved on a
slope towards N, w and S. The flat portion of US 10
was therefore interpreted at the time of the excavation
as an artificial plane. A sort of podium subject to trampling,
covering US 11, a strongly carbonaceous earth
layer rich in ceramic remains, minute carbonized bone
fragments, glass beads, bronze objects and a deer antler,
which could be interpreted as the product of the activity
of a funeral pyre and of a related area of funerary worship.
Also US 11, like US 10, seems to be set on a sort of
tiny terrace of the slope. In plan US 11 has a subcircular
shape: towards S and towards w the limits of US
11 were underlined by the clear chromatic difference
compared to US 12, gravelly-loamy sediment weakly
anthropic, of light colour, covered by US 11.
within US 11, two concentrations of ceramic fragments
were excavated, powerful up to twenty cm, pertinent
to several dozen pots crushed on the ground,
called US 14 and US 18.
These concentrations were coacerviums of ceramic
fragments in almost direct contact with each other,
minutely fragmented and repeatedly tram
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Late Bronze Age: Pottery; Worship Place; Ustrinum; Salorno; South Tyrol
Elenco autori:
L. Pisoni, U. Tecchiati
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