Chiara Carloni
Università degli Studi "La Sapienza" di Roma, Archeologia, Graduate Student
Alum is a material to be extracted with peculiar procedures by getting a deep cut in the mountain, adequately supported with props and armor. The traditional working tools remain in use until the permanent closure of Camerali’s factories... more
Alum is a material to be extracted with peculiar procedures by getting a deep cut in the mountain, adequately supported with props and armor. The traditional working tools remain in use until the permanent closure of Camerali’s factories in the mid nineteenth century, with the only innovative contribution of powder-loaded mines. The start of the construction site, made up of different professionals and efficient infrastructure, was followed by the installation of small groups of houses around the quarries and processing sites. The manufacturing processes are four: calcination, maceration, leaching and crystallization. In the territory of Allumiere were carried out targeted surveys, primarily aimed at the identification and documentation of production facilities in three areas located in the same district: in “località La Bianca”, “Le Cave Vecchie” and the site of the “Castagneto de Cinque Bottini “, where also some of the alum quarries have been localized
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Il volume offre il resoconto degli scavi e degli studi intrapresi tra il 2004 e il 2014 nella Villa del Casale di Piazza Armerina ad opera dell' Università "Sapienza" di Roma, con la collaborazione dell'... more
Il volume offre il resoconto degli scavi e degli studi intrapresi tra il 2004 e il 2014 nella Villa del Casale di Piazza Armerina ad opera dell' Università "Sapienza" di Roma, con la collaborazione dell' Università degli Studi di Enna "Kore", del Parco Archeologico della Villa del Casale, della Soprintendenza dei Beni Culturali di Enna e delle università di Siviglia, Tarragona, Barcellona, Cadice. Viene pubblicata per la prima volta una pianta ricostruttiva dell' intero complesso, nella quale sono inseriti due nuovi grandi magazzini e un impianto termale, rinvenuti nel settore meridionale della Villa.
Research Interests: Late Antiquity, Roman Villae, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Tardoantigüedad, Tardoantico, and 12 moreArcheologia Tardoantica E Paleocristiana, Villas Romanas, Archeologia Romana, Antiquite Tardive, Le Terme Romane, Spätantike, Las Villas Romanas Y Su Territorio, Antiquité Classique, Terme Romane, Termas Romanas, Archeology, and Villae Romaines
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Recent excavations in the site of Villa del Casale at Piazza Armerina, conducted by Sapienza University in Rome and Kore University in Enna under the direction of Prof. Patrizio Pensabene, have been found the remains of the rooms of a... more
Recent excavations in the site of Villa del Casale at Piazza Armerina, conducted by Sapienza University in Rome and Kore University in Enna under the direction of Prof. Patrizio Pensabene, have been found the remains of the rooms of a frigidarium. This frigidarium is a large rectangular room, with a polychrome geometric mosaic floor, bounded on the north side by two small square rooms and a semi-circular bathtub for cold water baths with mosaic decorations. During the sixth century A.D the frigidarium had lost its function and was transformed into productive or residential area.