ГОДИШНИК НА НАЦИОНА ЛНИЯ АРХЕОЛОГИЧЕСКИ МУЗЕЙ Том ХIV, 2020 г., In memoriam Ivani Venedikov по случай 100-годишнината от рождението му, под редакцията на: Бистра Божкова, Евгения Генчева, 2020
The observations and analysis of information from both archaeological campaigns
about the so-call... more The observations and analysis of information from both archaeological campaigns
about the so-called “theatre” showed that it was a luxury building with residential
functions which had at least two building periods. Its erection probably coincided in
time with the foundation of the entire architectural complex at the karst spring in the
second half of the 2nd century. The building was destroyed around the mid 3rd century.
Around the last quarter of the 3rd century it was restored, repaired and decorated with
a floor mosaic. In this state it remained until the mid 4th century when it was finally
destroyed and deserted.
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about the so-called “theatre” showed that it was a luxury building with residential
functions which had at least two building periods. Its erection probably coincided in
time with the foundation of the entire architectural complex at the karst spring in the
second half of the 2nd century. The building was destroyed around the mid 3rd century.
Around the last quarter of the 3rd century it was restored, repaired and decorated with
a floor mosaic. In this state it remained until the mid 4th century when it was finally
destroyed and deserted.
In the 2013-2014 season, a previously unknown building was excavated on the high, raked terrace (Fig. 3). With a square plan containing two rooms, the building is orientated NE-SW (Fig. 4 a, b; 5) and its maximum measurements are: 11 m (N-S) x 8.5 m (E-W). In the course of the archaeological excavations, it was established that the building had two building phases (Fig. 6, 7, 8). In Room No. 2, the remains of a destroyed floor mosaic (Fig. 9) were discovered.
Among the layers of destruction, pottery shards, animal bones and a small quantity of archaeological finds – coins, jewels and frames of small lead mirrors dating to between second half of the 2nd to the end of the 3rd/4th centuries A.D. were recovered. The architectural plan of the building and the type of finds suggest a possible pagan temple dating to the Roman period.
The marble fragments of a statue of a life-size man (Fig. 13) discovered in Room No. 2 together with the total absence of votive plaques among the findings give me cause to interpret the new building as a family mausoleum owned by one Tit Flavius Baitukenus Esbeneios and the successive owners of the villa.
At this stage of research, both the above hypotheses about the function of the building are valid, and await further excavation.
about the so-called “theatre” showed that it was a luxury building with residential
functions which had at least two building periods. Its erection probably coincided in
time with the foundation of the entire architectural complex at the karst spring in the
second half of the 2nd century. The building was destroyed around the mid 3rd century.
Around the last quarter of the 3rd century it was restored, repaired and decorated with
a floor mosaic. In this state it remained until the mid 4th century when it was finally
destroyed and deserted.
In the 2013-2014 season, a previously unknown building was excavated on the high, raked terrace (Fig. 3). With a square plan containing two rooms, the building is orientated NE-SW (Fig. 4 a, b; 5) and its maximum measurements are: 11 m (N-S) x 8.5 m (E-W). In the course of the archaeological excavations, it was established that the building had two building phases (Fig. 6, 7, 8). In Room No. 2, the remains of a destroyed floor mosaic (Fig. 9) were discovered.
Among the layers of destruction, pottery shards, animal bones and a small quantity of archaeological finds – coins, jewels and frames of small lead mirrors dating to between second half of the 2nd to the end of the 3rd/4th centuries A.D. were recovered. The architectural plan of the building and the type of finds suggest a possible pagan temple dating to the Roman period.
The marble fragments of a statue of a life-size man (Fig. 13) discovered in Room No. 2 together with the total absence of votive plaques among the findings give me cause to interpret the new building as a family mausoleum owned by one Tit Flavius Baitukenus Esbeneios and the successive owners of the villa.
At this stage of research, both the above hypotheses about the function of the building are valid, and await further excavation.
separation. It covered three sectors with total area of 6000 sq. m. Some positive linear anomalies of low magnitude, obviously
caused by the poorly preserved stone walls of two buildings, were detected only in the southwest corner and the
central part of sector East (fig. 2.). Additionally, a traverse through the center of the anomaly registered in the western
part of the site by the magnetic mapping of 2014 (fig. 1) was measured, applying the continuous vertical electrical sounding
(CVES) technique. The results of the inverse resistivity modeling confirmed the existence of an anomalous structure
with dimensions 2.5 by 2.5 by 0.75 m, located 0.75 m beneath the surface (fig. 3).