Abstract
Abstract
This appendix discusses the construction, use, and contents of the Porta Stabia neighborhood’s fourteen soak-away systems. Soak-aways, underground drainage systems for the removal of waste and wastewater, were constructed by installing one or more modified amphorae beneath a floor to facilitate waste dispersal. The chronology and contents of these soak-aways indicate a close connection between this form of waste management and the fish-salting industry in this neighborhood; soak-aways were primarily in use when fish-salting was at its peak and they contained largely fish-related waste. This appendix also documents the decline of this form of waste management in the Early Imperial period and its replacement with drains running out to the street, a decline which corresponded with the end of the fish-salting industry in this neighborhood and the shift to commercial activity.
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