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The Roman Villa at Maasbracht - The archaeology and history of a Roman settlement on the banks of the river Meuse (Province of Limburg, The Netherlands) (Hardcover)
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The Roman Villa at Maasbracht - The archaeology and history of a Roman settlement on the banks of the river Meuse (Province of Limburg, The Netherlands) (Hardcover)
Series: Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia, 46
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In the Dutch archaeological community, the Roman Villa of
Maasbracht has become famous for the beautiful remains of murals
that have survived to this day. Almost all of this material was
found in the infill of the stone cellar, a veritable time capsule
that has been excavated with much patience and care. The first
field campaign in 1981 consisted of some four trial trenches
excavated by members of the local archaeological society. These
yielded amongst others foundation trenches of walls and floors of
mortar and rubble from the Roman period. This was in 1982 cause for
the State Service for Archaeological Research to join forces and to
begin a full scale excavation covering 0.8 ha. The most important
result was the uncovering of a stone main building of a Roman villa
complex. After the excavations, the villa has been left on the
shelf as one of the investigations of interest from Roman times
with the prospect of one day being further analysed. The
opportunity at last presented itself and this has resulted in the
present volume. The names of the chapters are self-explanatory:
settlement traces and structures, pottery, the building material,
the wall painting fragments, animal remains and bone artefacts,
glass and jet, the metalwork and of course a synthesis. The part of
the book that appeals most to the imagination is of course the
chapter on the wall paintings, beautifully illustrated with 58
colour figures.
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