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Intermediate Phase Orientalizing Complex 2 (OC2) at Poggio Civitate
Orientalizing Complex 2 (OC2) at Poggio Civitate is one of 3 of buildings located at Piano del Tesoro, one section of Poggio Civitate. It is established that OC2 was a "workshop," as the remains "revealed an abundance of evidence" of what was being produced at the site. This included furniture, wooden items, "bronze working," jewelry, and, most prominently, terracotta roofing systems. The floor of OC2 was made of plaster and had "three rows of limestone column pads" that led to a terracotta roof held by wood beams. The column pads are sporadically lined with "auxiliary stones" that are hypothesized to have acted as some form of support for the columns and wooden beams. However, further excavation is required in order to identify their purpose with certainty. There is evidence that either the building that was on the site before OC2 burned down or there was burning used in the construction of OC2, as there was a "concentration of carbon-included soil" under the plaster floor. It is hypothesized that OC2 burned down in the early sixth century BCE, as the remains of an unfinished terracotta roof were found with the "raw clay elements" having been prematurely fired.

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