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The archaeological and architectural-historical research at Chemtou/Simitthus was carried out between 1968 and 1992 under the direction of Friedrich Rakob and ranks among the most significant German-Tunisian cooperative projects in North Africa. Following the author’s first encounters with the excavations in the late 1970s, particular interest developed in the labor and quarry camp, whose possible military function became a subject of discussion. In 1992, Mustapha Khanoussi began large-scale excavations of the enclosure wall and the buildings in the eastern sector of the camp. In 1997, the Tunisian Institut National du Patrimoine invited the German Archaeological Institute to continue the successful collaboration. Under the author’s direction, a first new German-Tunisian excavation campaign took place in 1998.
This volume primarily publishes the results of the investigations in the eastern sector of the labor and quarry camp. The research led to surprising new findings: rather than being used for military purposes, the area apparently housed civilian marble-working workshops (officinae marmorum). The volume presents the architectural remains, analyses of the building layouts, and the stratified ceramic assemblages that allow for a more precise dating of the site. In addition, it includes the first comprehensive publication of the coins recovered during the earlier excavations of 1968–1980, together with their archaeological and numismatic analysis carried out in collaboration with Hans Roland Baldus. These studies provide new insights into the chronology of individual areas of the camp and into coin circulation in the province of Africa Proconsularis during the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. The volume is further complemented by plans, profiles, object drawings, and detailed documentation of the excavation results.
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May 20, 2026Series
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ISBN-10 (02)
3-8053-3461-3
Friday, August 21, 2026
Militärlager oder Marmorwerkstätten: Neue Untersuchungen im Ostbereich des Arbeits- und Steinbruchlagers von Simitthus/Chemtou
Michael Mackensen
[Author]
Hans Roland Baldus
[Chapter Author]
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