K5

(fig. 79)

(Nicholas Churchill, 1991)

Fig. 79: K5, plan and section.

Lying under a shallow deposit of topsoil was found a stretch of street 5, 4, and what is best interpreted as an associated sidewalk, 3. The road was visible over 0.70m., well paved, with one stone protruding from the pavement which may have been a stepping stone associated with the sidewalk, although such a feature does not appear to be present anywhere else at Cosa. The sidewalk presents a course of stone, faced towards the street, with a surface of smooth earth and stones, 5. Over this, a second surface, 2, is rougher, with a number of stones protruding from it. Arretine pottery was present only in topsoil. Also from topsoil is a small piece of archaic Etruscan pottery, an olla a rete, typical of burials, which may suggest the existence of a cemetery somewhere in the vicinity.