J4

(fig. 78)

(Danja Foss, 1992)

Fig. 78: J4, plan and section.

The earliest phase is represented by two postholes (8 and 10) 30cm. in diameter cut into the bedrock. The interpretation of these is uncertain: they may have formed supports for wooden buildings of the early Republican period, or have been used for scaffolding for the construction of the late-third/early second century houses. The corner of the insula was revealed by the construction trenches (5 and 6), also cut into bedrock, although no walls were found. The floor consisted of leveled bedrock, leveled by an earth surface, 4. Over this lay a series of tips of Augustan date. The first of these, 3, contained decomposed pis» de terre, along with much household refuse, bones, shell, mortar, fishhooks and nails. Over it 2 contained similar material, with a certain quantity of stones. These were covered by black topsoil, 1.