H5N1 Roman Villa inwards Żejtun continued to hold upwards used every bit an olive oil-producing institution until the cease of the 3rd century AD, the University of Malta’s Archaeology subdivision has found.
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| A persuasion of ii narrow trenches cutting into the stone for planting vines, covered yesteryear afterwards Roman agricultural equipment [Credit: Times of Malta] |
Since 2006, a squad from the Classics as well as Archaeology Department cause got been entrusted amongst re-investigating the site inwards Żejtun. For iv weeks each year, a squad of students reading for a grade inwards archeology collaborate towards piecing together the villa’s complex history every bit occupation of their practical preparation inwards archaeological excavation.
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| Roman cooking pot from the slow 3rd century AD [Credit: Times of Malta] |
The solid soil was as well as hence used to cultivate grapes, most in all likelihood for the production of wine. Sometime before the commencement century BC, the vineyard was abandoned as well as inwards its house the villa was built, clearly making occupation of recycled stone blocks which belonged to an before structure.
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| Bowl inscribed amongst Punic letters of the 3rd century BC [Credit: Times of Malta] |
This year, the archaeologists are concentrating on ii detail areas: the expanse to the due north of the site which housed the olive press as well as a serial of walls to the due south which marked the southern-most limit of the Roman villa.
Author: Denise Grech | Source: Times of Republic of Malta [July 24, 2018]
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