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Rieti, Cittaducale: MRA-ITA-Rie003

Type Sample Item

Sample ID

MRA-ITA-Rie003

Sample Material Type

Soil

Sample Sub-type

fragment

Dimensions (cm)

Length
3
Width
2.4
Height
1.4

Weight

weight value (g)
20.1

Other info about sample identity

Tratatto con Paraloid, settembre 1962 [Hand-written note]

Geographic Location

Country
Italy
Place
Rieti, Cittaducale

Site/monument

Italy (ITA)
Rieti
Cittaducale
Valle Ottara

Historical note about the site/monument

Cittaducale is a municipality in the region of Lazio, Italy. It was established on land from the diocese of Rieti by Pope Alexander VI in 1502. It served as a residential bishopric until the late 18th century. Historical points of interest in the municipality include the Baths of Vespasian and the Church of San Vittorino. The archaeological excavations at the Valle Ottara are located near Cittaducale, and shows evidence of at least three phases of prehistoric settlement in the area. In one of these levels, some evidence of Roman material culture has been identified.

Further reading:
Stillwell, R. (1976). The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN-10: 0691617104.

Chronological period (sample)

Mesolitic

Other info about sample provenance

Campione di terreno corrispondente allo strato mesolitico della sezione stratigrafica di Valle Ottara [Letter from Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico "Luigi Pigorini", Roma, 7 Settembre 1962]

Other materials/notes

Sample consolidated; Hard . It is partially wrapped in glue tape

Other materials/notes

Fragment of soil [mesolitic layer] (Fig.1 and 2)

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