Villa Magna

Print Publication Table of Contents

Excavations at Villamagna 2006—2010 (Print publication)
E. Fentress, C. Goodson, M. Maiuro eds.

I. The Villamagna Project: History, Ends and Means
A. The History of the Project and previous work on the site (Sandra Gatti)(6p)
B. The Objectives (EF) (2p)
C. The Means
1. Geophysics (Sophie Hay)(1p)
2. Excavation
a. Excavation techniques (EF)(1p)
b. Cemetery excavation (Cori Fenwick)(1p)
c. GIS and ARK (Andy Dufton)(1p)
II. The Site
A. The Documents
1. The letters of Marcus Aurelius and other Roman sources for the Villa and its territory (MM) (1-2 p)
2. Documents relating to the Monastery of S. Pietro in Villamagna (CG) (1p)
3. Documents relating to the site in the early modern period (Gioacchino Giammaria) (1p.)
B. The site in its setting
1. The survey of the territory (Federica Romiti/Raffaele Laino) (6p.)
2. Evidence for earlier occupation of the site of Villa Magna
a. Pottery and other finds (Raffaele Laino)(1p)
b. A votive deposit? (EF)(1p)
III. The Imperial Villa
A. The Villa Magna estate
1. The evidence from the geophysical survey (Sophie Hay)(1-2p)
2. The environment of the site in the Roman Period (Kevin Williams)(1p)
3. Water supply
a. Water supply and early cisterns (Ismini Miliaresis)(4p)
b. The 7-chambered cistern (Nick de Pace)(1-2p)
c. The fountain (MM)(1p)
4. The Villa in its Setting: Geography and standing remains (Andy Dufton) (6-8pp)
5. Brick stamps and the dating of the masonry in the Casale and the Residence (Seth Bernard)(1p)
6. The architectural decoration (major fragments without homes, general evaluation) (Dirk Booms) (4p)
7. Sculpture at the Villa (Ann Kuttner) (8-12p)
B. The Winery
1. The plan of the building: layout, circulation and changes over time (Janine Young)(10p)
2. The baths (Andrea Di Miceli)(4p)
3. Building Techniques
a. Masonry (Seth Bernard)(1p) b. Vaulting and substructures (Nick de Pace)(1p)
4. The decoration of the building
a. Floors and marble revetments (Dirk Booms)(5p)
b. Architectural ornament (Dirk Booms)(3p)
c. Painted plaster
i. The decoration of the exedra (RF)(2p)
ii. The decoration of the rooms on the northeast corner (FP)(2-4p)
5. The finds: evidence for dating and use a. Small finds (Beatrice Cernuta)(4p) b. The pottery: evidence for dating (EF)(1p) c. Glass (Birgitta Hoffmann)(1p)
d.Coins (Andrea Di Miceli)(1/2p) 6. Production at the Winery
a. Wine production (This is how it worked, from treading to deposit in dolia, torcular, fistulae, deposits in vaults) (EF/Janine Young) (4p)
b. The dolia (Candace Rice)(1p)
c. Productive capacity (MM)(4p) 7. Reconstruction of the building (Dirk Booms)(3p)
C. The Slave Barracks 1. Description of the building a. The road (Serena Privitera) (3 p)
b. The barracks (overall plan, room-by room description, identification, comparanda) (Serena Privitera) (7 p) c, Building techniques and phasing (Meg Andrews)(1-2p)
d. occupation history (Meg Andrews) (1-2p) n.b. this does not include the sixth-/seventh-century stuff)
d. The infant burials (Meg Andrews and Sam Cox)(1-2p) 3. The dynamics and nature of the collapse of the building (Meg Andrews)(1p) 4. The finds from the barracks: gender and production a. Articles of personal adornment and craft production (Ryan Ricciardi)(2-3p) b. An intaglio (Joey Castellano)(2p) c. The dolia (Candace Rice)(1p)
d. The querns and weights (Tyler Franconi)(1-2p)
e. The Pottery
1. Pottery from the occupation of the barracks (Miha Ciausescu) (This includes the synthesis of the catalogue on the web and evidence for dating)(10p?) 2. The amphorae (Miha Ciausescu)(4p)
3 The African Red Slip (Candace Rice)(1p)
4. The Roman glazed wares (Ilaria DeLuca)(1p)
f. The Glass (Birgitta Hoffmann) (2-3p?)
g. The Roman Coins (Andrea Di Miceli)(1p)
5. Consumption and Trading connections (Miha Ciausescu)(6p)
C: Roman buildings at Site B
1. The Residence and its Piazza (EF)(1p) 2. The Brick Building (Cori Fenwick)(1p)
D. The Roman Villa in its Context 1. A New Villa of Hadrian (MM) (5p)
2. The Emperor and his winery (representation, vinalia rustica, etc.) (EF)(10p)
3. The economy of the villa (MM) (10p)
IV. The Estate in the Sixth and Seventh Centuries
A. Occupation in the sixth century: reconstruction and reoccupation
a. Area B: The reconstruction of the church and the creation of the cella vinaria (EF)(2p)
b. Occupation elsewhere on the site (EF) (1p).
B. The destruction of the portico and the defense of the Villamagna (EF)(1p)
C. The Finds
a. Pottery of the sixth and seventh centuries (Darian Totten)(6p)
b. The glass from the sixth and seventh century (Barbara Lepri)(2p)
c. The coins (Andrea Di Miceli)(1p)
D. The role of the estate (EF)(2p)
V. Medieval Settlement A. Introduction: the Valley of the Sacco in the early middle ages (Marco Venditelli?)(10p)
The changing environment of the site in the middle Ages—assuming this is something that can be discussed at all (Kev Williams)(1p)
B. The Villa of Villamagna
1. The reoccupation of the site and the villa behind the casale; underground rooms (this includes the oven and occupation of vaults etc). (Darian Totten)(2p)
2. Villamagna between the ninth – thirteenth centuries (CG and Darian Totten)(6p)
3. The finds: a. The pottery (Giorgio Rascaglia)(8p) b. The animal bones???? (xxxx) C. S. Pietro in Villamagna
1. The church and its context in the early middle ages (CG)(1p)
a. Architectural decoration (Megan McNamee)(4p)
2. The Monastery and the Church a. Building history (CG)(6p)
``` b. Construction Techniques (Meg Andrews)(1-2p)
c. The cloister-cistern (Nick de Pace)(1-2p)
d. Architectural decoration (Megan McNamee) (2p)
e. The Cosmatesque pavement (CG) (½p)
f. Finds from the monastery
1. Pottery from the monastery (Giorgio Rascaglia)(2p)
2. Glass (Barbara Lepri)(1p)
3. Objects (AM)(1p)
3. The reconstruction of the buildings (CG/ Nick de Pace drawings)(1p)
4. The monastery in its context: economy and architecture (CG)(1p)
D. The Castrum
1. The buildings (CG) (1p)
2. The Finds
a. Pottery (Giorgio Rascaglia)(6p)
b. Finds relating to agriculture and tools (Tyler Franconi)(1p)
c. Coins (Marco Bianchi)(1p) 3. The nature of the building (CG) (1-2p)
E. The Cemetery
1. Location and layout. Possible extent (Cori Fenwick)(5p)
The different phases and zones for the cemetery, demarcation and access, structures, management and change over time. Cemetery zoning (of lay, religious, etc.)
2. The graves (Cori Fenwick)(5p)
Alignment, morphology, grave markers and tombs. Corpse arrangement, shrouds and clothing, coffins and containers for the body
3. The Finds
a. Items accompanying the dead (Archidio Mariani)(2p)
b. The pottery from the cemetery:evidence for dating(Giorgio Rascaglia)(1p)
4. Conclusions on medieval burial practice and ours in light of legislation etc.(Cori Fenwick (2p)
F. The Estate of Villamagna in the early Modern Period (Gioacchino Giammaria)(10p)
G. Conclusions: Villamagna in the Middle Ages (CG)(10p)
VI. The Population of the Villa of Villamagna A. The workers of the Roman villa (MM)(4p)
B. The evidence from texts: the workers on the estate during the Middle Ages (Sandro Carocci)(8p)
C. The material culture of the medieval estate (function and trade) (Alessandra Molinari)(6p)
D. The evidence from physical anthropology(20p)
1. Demography (Francesca Candilio) 2. Dentition, stature and physical types (Francesca Candilio) 3. Pathology and Stress (Rowan Brixey) 4. Infants and children (Sam Cox) 5. Isotopic evidence for nutrition (Erika Nitsch) 6. Conclusions: the health and nutrition of the population (Francesca Candilio)
VII. General Conclusions (EF)(8p)