L’abitato sommerso della prima età del Ferro del “Gran Carro” di Bolsena: verso una nuova prospettiva

Abstract

The Gran Carro is a wide-spread settlement situated near the eastern shore of the lake Bolsena basin. It is dating from the beginning of the Early Iron Age (X-IXth century BC). This settlement was discovered in 1959 and may be considered the first underwater archaeological finds placed in Central Italy. From 60’s to 80’s the site has been the subject of studies and researches based on the analysis of surface data as well as topographical readings. Particularly, among 2012, the researches at the villanovian village “Gran Carro” are restarted, using new techniques of relief, employing tools as the photo-technigraph, that allows to perform a 3D restitution of the excavated layers. Besides, the excavations are restarted planning the topographical positioning to make an archaeological complete GIS of the village. The results of photorestitution have allowed us to reconstruct the living sequences of the settlement and many applications of them permitted to study better all the materials recovered during the excavations on the site.

Keywords: Lake Bolsena, Gran Carro, Villanovian village, Early Iron Age Settlement