OBJECT

OBJECT

Definition

mosaic floor

Identification

part of the decorative complex

Name/Dedication

Floor decoration of villa maritima in Dragonera south

Position

Mosaic in room in east wing, construction from 1. to 4. centuries (Flavian building).

Description

The property in which the mosaic is located is part of the Dragonera south site; Dragonera north site. It was a large Antique Period complex which was continuously inhabited from the 1st to the 7th centuries. The complex has been defined as a residential homestead (villa maritima) with an olive processing facility. Dragonera south is the better preserved part of the site, and the floor decoration of the villa from the first building period has been preserved in fragments, but well enough to make assumptions about an expensively equipped building. The mosaic in the room of the east wing of the villa is from the building phase of the 1st to the 4th centuries (Flavian building). The villa was later upgraded and rebuilt, so the floor mosaics from the earliest phase were mostly intersected with partition walls that were built later. The first restoration followed in the 4th century, after a fire, and continuous habitation can be determined up until to the next big fire in the 7th century. Considering its size, the east room with the mosaic most probably served as social hall (oecus).