Punic isolate – urban section Roman aqueduct

In Punic times the area, located within and close to the city walls, was used both as a living quarter and for craft activities. Archaeological evidence points to the presence, northwest of the dwellings, of a pottery workshop that produced amphorae in the late 4th century BCE. The site continued to be inhabited in Roman times, at least until the 1st century BC, when the rising water table caused it to become swamped and therefore abandoned. In imperial times the area is traversed by a section of the aqueduct, of which nine bases of concrete piers are preserved here, which in ancient times were surmounted by the arches over which the canal with the water ran.

Punic isolate – urban section Roman aqueduct

Write a Review