Los Villares (Fresno Alhándiga, Salamanca):un complejo termal junto a la Vía de la Plata
[EN] Several pollen analyses at the archaeological site of Los Villares (Fresno Alhándiga, Salamanca) have been realized in July 2015. These studies show the existence of a Roman site with indeterminate typology and uncatalogued, that including a mosaic floor. The mosaic was nearly the surface (20-3...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/225049 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/225049 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Salamanca Asentamiento romano Opus signinum Termas Mosaico |
| Sumario: | [EN] Several pollen analyses at the archaeological site of Los Villares (Fresno Alhándiga, Salamanca) have been realized in July 2015. These studies show the existence of a Roman site with indeterminate typology and uncatalogued, that including a mosaic floor. The mosaic was nearly the surface (20-30 cm of it) which conducting an emergency operation at the site. The main aim of this operation was to define the extent of the pavement and confirm the existence of others interesting remains. Archaeological studies have revealed a high degree of razing on the site complex. On the other hand, excavations have recovered part of the thermal complex. So that, in this article we describe the 2015 exca-vation campaign, taking into a count all the new data discovered on the thermal complex, as the hypocaustum location, a pavement of opus tesselatum and two opus signinum. The distribution of the rooms of archaeological site of Los Villares indicate that the mosaic room could have had the function of tepidarium and the adjacent rectangular room could have had the function of frigidarium and caldarium. In the geometric pavement of opus tesellatum, figurative elements such as fish, dolphins or craters are also visible. The importance of the archaeological site is not only related to the discovery of a new geometric mosaic but also to the increase in possibilities of future research of a settlement located next to the Via de la Plata. |
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