Registro sedimentario y flujos hídricos en el teatro romano de Itálicaun estudio de geoarqueología aplicada
- Francisco Borja Barrera
- César Borja Barrera
- Álvaro Lama Sánchez 1
- 1 Fundación San Pablo Andalucía CEU
ISSN: 2174-8667
Year of publication: 2012
Issue: 2
Pages: 77-98
Type: Article
More publications in: Itálica: revista de arqueología clásica de Andalucía
Abstract
A comprehensive model of the subsurface water running is proposed for the Roman Theatre of I talica (SW Spain). Using data from rotator boreholes (8 to 20 m depth), some of them equipped with piezometers, we analyze the sedimentary filling (lithofacies, contacts, chronologies, archaeological record...) identifying different types of groundwater flow. Furthermore, we study the origin of the water and, finally, the water dynamic is evaluated from spring to summer of 201 1 , compared with daily rainfall of previous same seasons. I t is concluded that there are three different kinds of flows which can flood the orchestra area alternately along the annual cycle.