57. Boscoreale, Villa Regina. Villa
excavated 1977-80.
Surrounding land excavated 1980, 1982 and 1983.
1980 or 1981 Jashemski excavations.
According to Wilhelmina:
“Stefano De Caro, now director at Pompeii, took us to see the farm building of this villa rustica and the land immediately surrounding it which had been declared a permanent archaeological zone. He asked us to excavate the limited area that he had prepared. This was the first time in the entire Vesuvian area that an opportunity had arisen to excavate farmland attached to a villa. We started work the next day.
Almost immediately a path was discovered, but it seemed strange that its orientation was different from the villa. There were ruts in the path left by a cart.
Many root cavities were found of differing sizes. The cavities were cleaned, measured and the casts made in a few days. The casts were painted white, and discs were painted to mark the locations of the vines, so they would show up well in Stanley’s photos. The land had been planted in a vineyard, with the occasional tree.
Stefano said he would have more of the farmland ready for us to excavate in the following summer. And he did.”
“Later that summer, Stanley and I went back to Boscoreale, and found that in the space prepared for us, in the back of the villa, the vineyard continued.
The vines were informally planted. Some were staked, others were attached to the small trees found throughout the vineyard.
We also found more carbonized grapes and seeds.”
See Jashemski, W.F., 2014. Discovering the Gardens of Pompeii: Memoirs of a Garden Archaeologist, (p.276, p.278-9)
See De Caro, S., 1994. La villa rustica in localita Villa Regina a Boscoreale. Roma; Giorgio Bretschneider.
Villa Regina, Boscoreale. 1980. Looking towards Vesuvius. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Villa Regina, Boscoreale. 1980.
South-west corner of the villa and site. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Villa Regina, Boscoreale. 1980. South-west corner of site. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Villa Regina, Boscoreale. 1980. Removing the lapilli down to the original level. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Villa Regina, Boscoreale. 1980.
South-west corner with outline of country lane that ran through the property. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Villa Regina, Boscoreale. 1980.
Looking along ancient country lane towards the south-west corner of villa. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Villa Regina, Boscoreale. 1980.
Removing lapilli, and discovery of something interesting near west wall. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Villa Regina, Boscoreale. 1980. Digging out lapilli. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Villa Regina, Boscoreale. 1980. Looking towards the north side. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Villa Regina, Boscoreale. 1980. Looking towards the west side. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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