Maite Velázquez Guerrero

En este artículo presentamos el resumen de los resultados de la excavación arqueológica desarrollada en la Cañada Honda de Itálica entre los años 2017 y 2019. Gracias a esta actividad se ha podido excavar parte de la crujía que conforma la cabecera de la domus del mismo nombre, abordando también la documentación y análisis arqueológico de las estructuras que hasta ahora se encontraban a la vista, resultado de excavaciones previas a nuestra intervención. Igualmente, los nuevos datos estratigráficos aportados por la excavación han permitido ajustar la datación del abandono de la casa, que situamos en la segunda mitad del siglo iii d. C., momento a partir del cual se produce el expolio y derrumbe del edificio.Junto a ello, también se han llevado a cabo nuevas prospecciones geofísicas en el ángulo suroeste de la muralla tardoantigua de Itálica, posteriormente contrastadas mediante la excavación de sondeos. Estos trabajos han permitido identificar por primera vez la muralla tardoantigua de Itálica, definir sus peculiaridades formales y conocer sus técnicas constructivas, caracterizadas por la reutilización de materiales de expolio, así como proponer para su construcción una datación que situamos entre la segunda mitad del siglo iv y la primera mitad del siglo v.

en colaboración con la universidad alemana de Marburgo, estudia, con técnicas no invasivas, el estado actual de conservación de la arquitectura doméstica de Itálica. Mediante la combinación de metodologías que aportarán imágenes más nítidas y con mayor resolución, tanto de los edificios visibles como de aquellos aún desconocidos, el proyecto también definirá la extensión de anomalías generadas por la actividad humana y proporcionará al Conjunto Arqueológico de Itálica una cartografía digital propia de la arqueología del siglo XXI.

Resumen La conocida como "Casa Palacio" o "Casa Segunda" de Itálica fue un edificio de carácter doméstico descubierto por Demetrio de los Ríos en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX. A pesar de ser la primera domus excavada de forma extensiva en el yacimiento arqueológico, el edificio ha contado con escasas referencias en toda la historiografía sobre Itálica. El infortunio de situar sobre los restos de esta domus el cementerio municipal de Santiponce y la dudosa validez atribuida a la documentación gráfica firmada por su descubridor, han incentivado que su estudio quede en el olvido. Sin embargo, el manuscrito inacabado de Demetrio de los Ríos fechado en 1879 y conservado en la Biblioteca Nacional de España (BNE) contiene una descripción de la Casa Palacio con importantes datos que permiten, texto en mano, realizar una lectura correcta de sus dibujos. Un análisis de conjunto de estas fuentes permite definir la planta del edificio, escalar y orientar su posición en el urbanismo de la ciudad, así como contribuir con todo ello al conocimiento de la edilicia residencial de Itálica en el siglo II d.C. Palabras clave "Casa Palacio", domus, arquitectura doméstica, Itálica adrianea, Demetrio de los Ríos, siglo XIX Abstract Known as "Casa Palacio" or "Casa Segunda" of Italica, it was a domestic building discovered by Demetrio de los Ríos in the second half of the 19th century. Despite being the first extensively excavated domus in the archaeological site, the building has had very few references throughout the historiography of Italica. Being covered by the municipal cemetery of Santiponce, as well as doubts about the reliability of De los Ríos' drawings, have contributed to its almost total oblivion. However, the 1879 unfinished Demetrios' manuscript preserved at the Spanish National Library (BNE) contains a description with relevant information of the ''Casa Palacio'' that allows a correct reading of his drawings. The detailed analysis of these sources allows the restitution of the plan of the building, as well as its appropriate scaling and correct orientation in the context of the city's urban planning. In short, it contributes to a better understanding of domestic architecture in Italica in the 2nd century AD.

La conocida como “Casa Palacio” o “Casa Segunda” de Itálica fue un edificio de carácter doméstico descubierto por Demetrio de los Ríos en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX. A pesar de ser la primera domus excavada de forma extensiva en el yacimiento arqueológico, el edificio ha contado con escasas referencias en toda la historiografía sobre Itálica. El infortunio de situar sobre los restos de esta domus el cementerio municipal de Santiponce y la dudosa validez atribuida a la documentación gráfica firmada por su descubridor, han incentivado que su estudio quede en el olvido. Sin embargo, el manuscrito inacabado de Demetrio de los Ríos fechado en 1879 y conservado en la Biblioteca Nacional de España (BNE) contiene una descripción de la Casa Palacio con importantes datos que permiten, texto en mano, realizar una lectura correcta de sus dibujos. Un análisis de conjunto de estas fuentes permite definir la planta del edificio, escalar y orientar su posición en el urbanismo de la ciudad, así como contribuir con todo ello al conocimiento de la edilicia residencial de Itálica en el siglo II d.C.

En este trabajo presentamos los mármoles y otros materiales
pétreos de prestigio de época romana hallados en la llamada
Casa de la Cañada Honda de Itálica (Santiponce, Sevilla) –concretamente en la ampliación adrianea de la ciudad, la conocida
como Nova Vrbs–, tanto los encontrados en las últimas campañas
de excavación iniciadas en el año 2017 y llevadas a cabo por
el equipo liderado por Rafael Hidalgo Prieto, de la Universidad
Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla (UPO), como los que se conservan
in situ en la domus, en los umbrales de las estancias y en los
suelos documentados. El estudio e identificación macroscópica
de los materiales, con el análisis cuantitativo de los tipos de marmora, se complementa con un estudio en profundidad de algunas
piezas singulares: piezas con notae lapicidinarum, placas de
revestimientos en opus sectile parietales y de pavimentos, suelos

In this paper we present the summary of the archaeological excavation developed at Cañada Honda in Italica (Santiponce, Seville) between 2017 and 2019. Thanks to this research, it has been possible to document part of the corridor that constitutes the head of the domus and to analyze the preserved structures that were excavated prior to our intervention. The new stratigraphic information provided by the excavation revealed that the house was abandoned in the second half of the 3 rd century A.D. At this moment, the building was plundered and collapsed. New geophysical surveys have been carried out in the southwest of the Late Antique wall of Italica, which later were verified by excavation. Not only it is the first time the Late Antique wall of Italica has been identified by excavation, but also its formal peculiarities and the construction technique characterized by the reuse of plundered materials-probably from the abandoned area of the Nova Urbs of the city-are defined for the first time. A date for its construction between the second half of the 4 th century and the first half of the 5 th century is proposed.

Italica’s late-antique wall –located in the northern section of the city– and its layout were identified at the beginning of the 1990s through
geophysical surveys carried out in the Nova Urbs. The new geophysical surveys that have been performed have adjusted the previous
information, specifically in the northwest corner of the wall. Finally, the wall’s constructive characteristics and its erection date are now
known thanks to the newly conducted archaeological excavation in the mentioned northwest corner.

In this paper we present the summary of the archaeological excavation developed at Cañada Honda in Italica
(Santiponce, Seville) between 2017 and 2019. Thanks to this research, it has been possible to document part of the
corridor that constitutes the head of the domus and to analyze the preserved structures that were excavated prior
to our intervention. The new stratigraphic information provided by the excavation revealed that the house was
abandoned in the second half of the 3rd century A.D. At this moment, the building was plundered and collapsed.
New geophysical surveys have been carried out in the southwest of the Late Antique wall of Italica, which later
were verified by excavation. Not only it is the first time the Late Antique wall of Italica has been identified by excavation,
but also its formal peculiarities and the construction technique characterized by the reuse of plundered
materials — probably from the abandoned area of the Nova Urbs of the city — are defined premiere. A date
for its construction between the second half of the 4th century and the first half of the 5th century is proposed.
Key words: Nova Urbs, Roman domestic architecture, stibadium, late Roman wall, necropolis

Italica's late city wall, first identified by geophysical methods in the 1990s, has been recorded within a Hispano-German cooperation project more accurately thanks to technically improved measurement equipment and new methodology. In addition, its course in the area of the Traianeum could be further narrowed down. Based on the geophysical surveys conducted between 2015 and 2018, the structure, stratigraphy and chronology of one of the corner towers and parts of the course of the wall were examined archaeologically. The expected clarity and state of preservation of the features, as suggested by the geophysical measurements, was not met by the excavation results. By means of an objectified approach in interpreting the geophysical data, an attempt is made to correlate the survey images with the excavation findings. Also problems which arise by comparing radiocarbon dates from bone samples of the necropolis with traditional ceramic chronology are discussed.

Italica’s late-antique wall –located in the northern section of the city– and its layout were identified at the beginning of the 1990s through
geophysical surveys carried out in the Nova Urbs. The new geophysical surveys that have been performed have adjusted the previous
information, specifically in the northwest corner of the wall. Finally, the wall’s constructive characteristics and its erection date are now
known thanks to the newly conducted archaeological excavation in the mentioned northwest corner

El área de Arqueología de la Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Sevilla), en colaboración con la universidad alemana de Marburgo, estudia, con técnicas no invasivas, el estado actual de conservación de la arquitectura doméstica de Itálica. Mediante la combinación de metodologías que  portarán imágenes más nítidas y con mayor resolución, tanto de los edificios visibles como de aquellos aún desconocidos, el proyecto también definirá la extensión de anomalías generadas por la actividad humana y proporcionará al Conjunto Arqueológico de Itálica una cartografía digital propia de la arqueología del siglo XXI.

In this paper we present the summary of the archaeological excavation developed at Cañada Honda in Italica (Santiponce, Seville) between 2017 and 2019. Thanks to this research, it has been possible to document part of the corridor that constitutes the head of the domus and to analyze the preserved structures that were excavated prior to our intervention. The new stratigraphic information provided by the excavation revealed that the house was abandoned in the second half of the 3rd century A.D. At this moment, the building was plundered and collapsed. New geophysical surveys have been carried out in the southwest of the Late Antique wall of Italica, which later were verified by excavation. Not only it is the first time the Late Antique wall of Italica has been identified by excavation, but also its formal peculiarities and the construction technique characterized by the reuse of plundered materials — probably from the abandoned area of the Nova Urbs of the city — are defined premiere. A date for its construction between the second half of the 4th century and the first half of the 5th century is proposed.

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