The Insula 14 of Regio VII was discovered before 1810, and excavations that removed the majority of floors related to the latest phases of the town were carried out from the following decade. These circumstances have allowed the new investigations to study in depth the stratigraphic layers, and also to gather interesting and abundant information concerning the layout of the town in the period between the end of the third century BC and the second century BC. In this period, the area, which has been investigated by the University of Genoa, was organised as an open space, perhaps managed as a vegetable garden or court, and was located within the perimeter or in the immediate vicinity of a big stately domus. The remains of a series of service structures were retrieved in this area. Such structures were built with rather simple materials – mainly soil and wood – and with techniques that seemed to undergo little transformation during time. Although the first-built structures were made almost exclusively of wood, the most recent ones matched the use of wood and soil with stone, often preferring the use of mudbricks for the raised part of the outer structures and that of wood for the internal layouts. Some of them, which seem to follow one another quickly over time, are to be interpreted as small latrines for the use of the domus residents, and show some interesting comparisons with similar realities investigated in the central and northern European area. Notwithstanding the clear transformation of the management system of the area, which characterised the passage to the Roman period, the use of those materials and techniques was even preserved for the following decades. Since the first quarter of the first century AD, the structures defining the rooms started instead to be realised almost exclusively in non-perishable materials, and the use of ‘light’ materials was only reserved for the layout of internal partitions and permanent furnishing, such as the sale counters of the shops.
Strutture di servizio in terra e legno nella Pompei preromana e romana: casi di studio dall'insula VII, 14
Pallecchi, Silvia
2023-01-01
Abstract
The Insula 14 of Regio VII was discovered before 1810, and excavations that removed the majority of floors related to the latest phases of the town were carried out from the following decade. These circumstances have allowed the new investigations to study in depth the stratigraphic layers, and also to gather interesting and abundant information concerning the layout of the town in the period between the end of the third century BC and the second century BC. In this period, the area, which has been investigated by the University of Genoa, was organised as an open space, perhaps managed as a vegetable garden or court, and was located within the perimeter or in the immediate vicinity of a big stately domus. The remains of a series of service structures were retrieved in this area. Such structures were built with rather simple materials – mainly soil and wood – and with techniques that seemed to undergo little transformation during time. Although the first-built structures were made almost exclusively of wood, the most recent ones matched the use of wood and soil with stone, often preferring the use of mudbricks for the raised part of the outer structures and that of wood for the internal layouts. Some of them, which seem to follow one another quickly over time, are to be interpreted as small latrines for the use of the domus residents, and show some interesting comparisons with similar realities investigated in the central and northern European area. Notwithstanding the clear transformation of the management system of the area, which characterised the passage to the Roman period, the use of those materials and techniques was even preserved for the following decades. Since the first quarter of the first century AD, the structures defining the rooms started instead to be realised almost exclusively in non-perishable materials, and the use of ‘light’ materials was only reserved for the layout of internal partitions and permanent furnishing, such as the sale counters of the shops.
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