At Coriglia, over the past eight seasons, we have uncovered evidence for occupation of the site dating from the 10th c. BCE all the way to the 16th c. CE (as well as random realia from World War II.) To date, the site’s strongest phases are Hellenistic Etruscan and Roman (Republican, Early Imperial and Late Antique).
This season marks our third year beneath Orvieto, an exploration of a series of Etruscan underground structures that are generally pyramidal in shape and are dated securely to before the 5th century BCE. Their function is as yet unknown.
This is the second season for the excavation in Allerona. Two apsidal structures remain of a 12th century church dedicated to Saint Ansanus (martyred 304 CE) which rest upon earlier Roman and possibly Etruscan foundations.
This year we begin work in Castel Giorgio at an Etruscan necropolis that dates from when the Romans moved the population from Orvieto to Bolsena after their conquest of Velzna in 264 BCE.