Alexandria: Excavations and preservation work on Kom el-Dikka,seasons 2012 and 2013
Archaeological research in the 2012 and 2013 seasons was focused on excavations inarea U in the northwestern part of the site of Kom el-Dikka in Alexandria. Previously discoveredstructures of early Roman age continued to be explored. A large forica and other buildings havebeen found to follow an unu...
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University of Warsaw Press
2016-02-01
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| Series: | Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean |
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| Online Access: | http://pam-journal.pl/gicid/01.3001.0009.9615 |
| Summary: | Archaeological research in the 2012 and 2013 seasons was focused on excavations inarea U in the northwestern part of the site of Kom el-Dikka in Alexandria. Previously discoveredstructures of early Roman age continued to be explored. A large forica and other buildings havebeen found to follow an unusual, strictly geographical orientation, the reason for which has yetto be ascertained. A large group of burials belonging to three successive phases of the early Islamiccemetery (8th–12th century AD) was excavated in the same area. Additional testing in alreadycleared auditoria T, U and B as well as next to auditorium H helped to verify issues of stratigraphyand chronology of the academic complex to which these auditoria belonged.Preservation work focused mainly on an overhaul of the mosaic shelter (Villa of the Birds),including treatment of mosaic floors. Equally important tasks were the conservation of remains ofdomestic architecture in area W1N, restoration of a well in the cistern (area L), and finally preservationof auditorium RS. |
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| ISSN: | 1234-5415 2083-537X |