Castellaraccio di Monteverdi – Day 3 (May 31, 2023)

The site of Cannicci was unfortunately heavily impacted by the rain, which made it mostly impracticable for stratigraphic work, so both teams from Cannicci and Castellaraccio went up to the Castle to help remove the largest portion of the stone collapse in the northern room of Area 1000.

Thanks to our increased number, we started excavating from two different sides, moving around the robber pit on the north-western side of the room. One of the last stumps was also removed, making our work and moving around much more manageable. We are possibly reaching the bottom of the collapse since an increased number of fragments of tiles are starting to appear between the stones and the soil. This year we are cursed by the rain, which forced us to leave earlier than expected.

In the meantime, we were able to set up our survey GPS antennas, which will facilitate our recordings at the different sites

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