Le versant est de la ville ancienne de volubilis
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Abstract EN:
For a long time the part situated on the eastern side of volubilis was considered as being at the origin of the ancient town which has been built prior to the arrival of the romans. Modest buildings, built close together and transformed many times occupied the site. This was generally attributed to the mauretanian period. Four kilns and several olive press installations can be found there today. However, the studies of the wall structures which were unearthed a long time ago, and excavations carried out on parts which were intact, have since called this idea into question. The only pre-roman remain is a large punic temple which, until now, had not been identified, and which appear to the oldest monument bearing witness to the fact that volubilis was indeed punic. Neither are there any hellenistic fortified walls. The buildings, together with the olive press must belong to the roman period. The eastern part of volubilis would appear to have been built during the period between the first and the third century a. D.
Abstract FR:
Le quartier est de volubilis a longtemps ete considere comme le noyau de la ville antique, construit anterieurement a l'arrivee des romains. Il est occupe pr un habitat modeste, dense et tres remanie, de quatre fours et de nombreuses installations d'huileries. Un nouvel examen des structures exhumees depuis longtemps, quelques sondages stratigraphiques pratiques sur des secteurs intacts, conduisent a remettre entierement en cause cette attribution. Le seul vestige preromain est un grand temple punique qui n'avait jusqu'alors pas ete identifie et qui semble constituer le temoin monumental le plus ancien et le plus important de la volubilis punique. Il n'existe pas en revanche d'enceinte hellenistique. La la totalite de l'habitat et des huileries doit etre datee de la periode romaine. Le quartier est s'edifie vraisemblablement du 1er au 3eme s. Ap. J. C.