Proyecto Utica. Investigación en la ciudad fenicio-púnica. Resultados preliminares de las campañas de 2019 y 2022

Abstract

This article presents the preliminary results of the 2019 and 2022 excavation campaigns carried out in the Phoenician-Punic city of Utica (Tunisia). In 2019, in square 11 the plan of Temple B, dated to the mid-4th century BC, was completed, uncovering a section of its northeast perimeter wall, and some surveys were carried out in the Roman stairways that destroyed Temple B. In square 10, a street of the insula of the Phoenician-Punic urban area was uncovered. In 2022, excavation of the 9th century BC building continued in square 21 and was exhumed a section of the large ashlar wall belonging to the foundation of a large building of a period to be determined. In square 10 was uncovered a 6th century BC pottery kiln, partially destroyed by later construction. The remains of an 8th century BC living area with a domestic cooking kiln were also located.