Protovilla

As Proto Villa in are provincial Roman Archeology Roman estates referred that have been built in wood. These systems differ from the usual villae rusticae in terms of their design , with the main building of the latter being at least partially (sometimes only in the base area) made of stone. The term was coined by the archaeologist Jan Slofstra. The name comes from the fact that in some cases protovillas could be identified as the forerunners of later villa complexes. In Lower Germany , the extensive expansion of such stone-built villas probably did not begin until the Flavian era. Such a wooden predecessor and two early Roman pit houses were found at a villa rustica in Jüchen-Neuholz . Sometimes, as with the villa complex Frimmersdorf 132, this innovation did not prevail, here a renovation using timber construction technology took place in the 2nd century.

literature

• Jeanne-Nora Andrikopoulou-Strack, Peter Enzenberger, Klaus Frank, Christoph Keller and Nicole Klän: An early Roman settlement in Jüchen-Neuholz. Bonner Jahrbücher 199, 1999, pp. 141–180.
• Bilgehan Köhler: Villa rustica Frimmersdorf 49 and Villa rustica Frimmersdorf 131. Studies on Roman settlement in the lignite mining area Garzweiler I. Dissertation University of Cologne 2005, esp. P. 59 f. [1]
• Jan Slofstra: Changing Settlement Systems in the Meuse-Demer-Scheldt Area during the Early Roman Period. In: N. Roymans, F. Theuws (eds.), Images of the Past. Studies on Ancient Societies in northwestern Europe. Studies in pre-en protohistorie 7, 1991, p. 131-p. 199 especially p. 163 f.