Excavations of Mediana in 2010 and 2011

Abstract

Throughout 2010 and 2011, a systematic nine month archaeological exploration was conducted on the north-eastern, northwestern and south-eastern parts of the villa with peristyle, as well as the area in front of the museum building (see note 8). The envisaged area of exploration was around 1,400 m². In total, 1,230 m² of this area was thoroughly examined (Fig. 1). The excavations were performed with the aim of defining the dimensions of the north-western and south-western parts of the villa, the appearance of the villa’s entrance, as well as to explore the foundations of the museum building. In the course of the excavations, certain differences were perceived in the stratigraphy of the villa with peristyle and the part excavated outside the villa.

Iskopavanja u 2010. i 2011. godini, koja su trajala ukupno devet meseci, u potpunosti su zaokružila analizu stratigrafije i arhitekture vile s peristilom, bez obzira što bi trebalo ispitati i istočni deo trema i vestibul ispred južnog ulaza. Stratigrafija, analiza arhitekture i prateći materijal, posebno novac, omogućuju da se postavi jasna hronologija i vile s peristilom i Medijane. Konstatovana su tri horizonta: horizont 1 (prve decenije 4. veka); horizont 2 (330–378); horizont 3 (380 – 441–443. godina). Utvrđeno je, suprotno ranijim mi{qewima, da je vila u svom osnovnom planu nastala u horizontu 1, a da su u horizontu 2 naknadno izvršene prepravke (stibadijumi A i B, južni trem), i da je u to vreme bila ukrašena mozaicima, freskama, mermernom oplatom i skulpturama. U horizontu 3, posle velikih razaranja, oko vile je formirana arhitektura koja indicira ruralizaciju Medijane.