The Mosaics of Via Olmetto, Milan

Authors

  • Michela Ruffa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13130/2035-4797/6740

Keywords:

Milan, via Olmetto, mosaics, domus, archive

Abstract

A project of valorisation of the Roman mosaics discovered in the 1970s in Vicolo S.Fermo – Via Olmetto, and now stored in an underground compartment in Via Amedei 4, has arisen the need for a detailed archive research, in order to get all the available information on the recovery places and conditions of each mosaic. The analysis of the documents stored has allowed us to “retrace” the sequence of the different excavation operations. It has also made possible to know the methods chosen to store the mosaics, allowing a better reading and comprehension of the remains. Through the comparison with the data coming from a recent excavation in Via Amedei 2, we can suppose the existence, from IV-V cen. AD, of a great domus, whish resulted from the expansion of a previous building dating back to the imperial age.

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Author Biography

Michela Ruffa

Michela Ruffa, archaeologist, accomplished the PhD at the University of Aix-en-Provence, France; from 2001 to 2013 was Scientific Representative of the Museo Archeologico di Lecco, where, with the manager Gian Luigi Daccò, she curated the museum exhibition and the educational setup. She carried out several archaeological campaigns, both in Italy and abroad (Iraq and Turkmenistan). For some years she has been contributing to the Soprintendenza Archeologia of Lombardy, in charge for research, cataloguing and study of proto-historical material. From 1999 to 2010, appointed by the Soprintendenza Archeologia of Lombardy, she digitized all the discoveries made in Milan, spotting them on the interactive maps, in order to protect the archaeological heritage of the city. She has published scientific works about material of the proto-historical age and archaeological excavations of the same period.

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Published

2016-01-22

Issue

No. 20 (2015)

Section

ARTICLES