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Topographic Survey in the Liri Valley, Southern Lazio, Italy

tangent to the eastern wall of Building B is D, a remarkable round building preserved five courses high, with an exterior diameter of ca. 5.50 m. It is the only structure of its shape known from this period in Crete. We do not yet know how or if the side walls were carried up to roof level or what the function of the building was, but the care and accuracy with which it was built indicate its relative importance. From the entrance of Building D we can look to the south to C, across the court. This is another unusual structure, without doubt an altar. Set on a krepidoma dating perhaps as early as the late 5th century B.C., it underwent at least two remodellings during some three or more centuries of use. Proof of its function lies in the quantity of burnt bone found within, on top of, and alongside it. Another prime indication of its use is a terracotta bull, 0.27 m long, found standing on the southern end of the altar, maintaining a vigil which lasted more than 2,000 years. Perhaps this is the first instance in which a votive animal has actually been found on a Greek altar. West of the altar, still largely obscured by unexcavated sand, is G, which consists partially of a retaining wall on the northeast. To the north, and perhaps connected with it, was a large room with a bench along its outside wall (as in Building B), facing onto the court. The main wall, set on extremely deep and well-made foundations, has been robbed out, although substantial portions of the north and west walls still stand. Further work must be done here before the building sequence is clear, but it does seem that we are dealing with a monumental structure associated directly with the altar to the west, a relationship not uncommon to temple-altar complexes. Redpainted guttae pendant from a regula fragment found near here could belong to this or a neighboring building. In any case, the range of dates for the group of buildings, based on pottery and lamps (no coins have been found so far), is the late 5th century