The Dig by sandra46
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Description
This is the dig of one of the largest fortified enbanked villages (20 hectares, 50 acres)in the lower Verona province, an area known as Great Veronese Valleys. The archaeologists called the village Fondo Paviani, which means Paviani's Property, from the name of the owner of the land. Fondo Paviani is situated on the western edge of the paleo-valley of the river Menago. It was the hub of a political-territorial system which included all of the lower Veronese plain and was also well known for its contacts with continental Europe, peninsular Italy and the Aegean-Mycenaean world.
Here you can see the dig at the enbankment (made of huge wooden cases filled with dirt)on the left, and the team of high school students, under the supervision of the archaeologists of the University of Padova on the right. The young apprentice archaeologists are working in an inhabited area, you can see the posthole of a structure, and an area of baked ground, near the upside bucket, possibly a working area for baking pottery or melting metals.
Fondo Paviani was created on a series of sandy humps of fluvial origin during the transition from the Middle Bronze Age 3 to the Recent Bronze Age and, in this phase, it was only surrounded by a ditch and, perhaps, a palisade. In the later Recent Bronze Age an imposing system of fortifications was created comprising a large embankment and a second wide ditch. The site remained active until the Final Bronze Age. It succeeded in surviving the so-called 1200 BC collapse, when the Mycenaean palaces were destroyed, trade lines severed, and their trade partners declined abruptly. The photos were taken in summer 2012, in the Open Dig Day promoted by the Museum of Legnago, where all the artefacts from the villages and the necropolises of the area are preserved. The most important finds of the campaigns at Fondo Paviani are the 20 sherds of about ten types of Mycenaean pottery found in the area where the elite lived. These sherds show that the village was active in long distance trade and it was rich enough to afford luxury goods such as wine, oil, perfumes and glass beads from the Mycenaean world. They exchanged bronze weapons, horses and amber.
Thanks for your kind comments.
Comments (42)
KarmaSong
A very beautiful collage and fascinating narrative that will appeal to all the would-be archaeologists ! Fantastic work.
Leije
Excellent photos of the dig !
Faemike55
Wonderful and cool pictures and information Thanks for sharing
brycek
Wonderful captures and information!!
magnus073
What an amazing capture Sandra, and I very much enjoyed reading about this historical site.
eekdog
thanks for the great info and super captures.
durleybeachbum
Wonderfully interesting.
claude19
excellent capture and interesting explanations !!!
Radar_rad-dude
Excellent photos and fine commentary, Sandra! Most delightful and informative!
miwi
Wonderful and cool pictures and information,klasse!!!!!!!!!!!!
rockstrider
Excellent captures and info Sandra!
jayfar
Any archeology is interesting to me and I would love to see this for myself.
Star4mation
Super photos Sandra. Archeology is one of my top interests :)
bebert
que de patience !!! excellentes photos
Darkwish
Great!
jeroni
beautiful, love the colors and lighting excellent work
erlandpil
A very beautiful collage erland
wysiwig
Fascinating history and pictures. We are continually discovering that our primative ancestors were not so primative.
JaneEden
Amazing and very interesting, thanks!! hugs Jane xx
mgtcs
Fantastic photos and collage my friend, thank you for the information!
Richardphotos
thanks again for this series. so historical and captured so well
danapommet
20 hectares is a very large project Sandra and a wonderful area to study for many, many years to come!
renecyberdoc
its a fantastic colorful region and plenty of history. i can hear the footsteps of many legions walking around.
JuliSonne
Archeology is very interesting .... but soooo tiring to retrieve them. I prefer to look your super photos
sharky_
Very much work here. Nice shot. Aloha
bazza
Always so interesting and fascinating Sandra.. Thank you!
dakotabluemoon
Simply wonderful photos.
UteBigSmile
Great captures and great Info dear Sandra!
tofi
These snapshots of this amazing looking place looks absolutely amazing! Intriguing, with so much one could investigate and look at especially with the knowledge of an archaeologist! Fantastic capture!
drifterlee
Very cool, Sandra!