The "opus sectile" of the "curia" of Ilipa (Alcalá del Río, Seville): considerations on the use of stone in public architecture from Roman Baetica

Oliva Rodríguez Gutiérrez; Irene Mañas Romero; Esther Ontiveros Ortega

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The "opus sectile" of the "curia" of Ilipa (Alcalá del Río, Seville): considerations on the use of stone in public architecture from Roman Baetica

Oliva Rodríguez Gutiérrez ^[1] ; Irene Mañas Romero ^[2] ^[3] ; Esther Ontiveros Ortega ^[4]
1. [1] Universidad de Sevilla
  
  Universidad de Sevilla
  
  Sevilla, España
2. [2] Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales
  
  Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales
  
  Madrid, España
3. [3] Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
  
  Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
  
  Madrid, España
4. [4] Instituto Andaluz de Patrimonio Histórico (IAPH)
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Localización: Interdisciplinary studies on ancient stone: proceedings of the IX Association for the Study of Marbles and Other Stones in Antiquity (ASMOSIA) Conference (Tarragona 2009) / coord. por Anna Gutiérrez García-Moreno, María Pilar Lapuente Mercadal, Isabel Rodà de Llanza, 2012, ISBN 978-84-939033-8-1, págs. 127-135
Idioma: inglés
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- This paper tries to deep into the analysis of the Roman "opus sectile" pavement coming from the recently identified building as the "curia" of the ancient town of Ilipa (Alcalá del Río, Seville), excavated during 2006. Although in most of cases the information about the old town comes from preventive archaeological interventions, we actually have an increasing amount of data useful for the reconstruction of the urban body and the characterization of different constructive phases. The present building can be identified as a part of the "forum" area, as other spaces, probably "collegia", seats, which also exhibit rich "opera sectilia" and mosaics.
  
  This study will complete the first notices attending the architecture of the present building. It will focus on morphological, technique and stylistic details of the pavement, whose optimus preservation allowed reconstructing the compositive schema, respecting the standardized measure of Roman foot. All those aspects will contribute to offer new data concerning functionality and datation on the whole.
  
  Last essential goal to achieve will be the characterization of the materials employed in the pavement construction, with a special focus on Sintra "marmor", which had not previously been object of petrographical analysis. This approach enables us to present an historical contextualization about exploitation and use of local stone at an early moment of the monumentalization process of Roman cities of the south Iberian Peninsula