Considerazioni sulla diagnostica e caratteristiche materiali della viabilità secondaria nell’ager Rusellanus

Archaeological survey conducted in lower Tuscany along the Ombrone valley as made possible to recognize among other evidences, in addition to the elements of major via Aurelia road network, a series of evidences associated to secondary road systems that in some cases have been investigated by test excavations. The identification of these kind of features has been possible thanks to the implementation of an innovative strategy characterized by high research intensity strongly based on the integration of nondestructive methods and minimalist stratigraphic interventions. This paper is aimed at presenting a part of a wider road system identified by archaeological prospections and then investigated through targeted archaeological excavations.