Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

Marea season 2014: excavation in House H1

2016, 25, Tom 25, Nr Regular Issue

Mariusz Gwiazda

0000-0002-9984-9375

Dagmara Wielgosz-Rondolino

0000-0003-1804-0767

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0010.1824

Publication date

15.05.2017

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

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Humanities

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archeology

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English

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Abstract

Seven rooms were unearthed completely and another four in part during the second season of excavations in House H1 in Marea. Thanks to a stratigraphic test pit the approximate date of construction of this part of the ancient town was established tentatively as the 6th century AD; it remained in use until at least the 8th century AD. The building techniques and the plan of House H1 follow the Mediterranean tradition of domestic architecture.

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