A particularly problematic feature of the documentation concerning the work carried out at S. Omobono since the 1930s and the resulting evidence is the disconnect between published reports and interpretations and the archival material, which is itself incomplete and in some cases contradictory. Presentation of stratigraphic evidence and analyses of specific classes of artefacts and ecofacts from the site are incomplete and unsystematic. Moreover, the results of some phases of the fieldwork conducted at the site were never documented internally, let alone published. In order to begin to resolve this problem, this section presents a brief outline of the available excavation reports and the secondary interpretations that have been based upon them, in some instances with the aid of archival documents. It should be noted that the presentation of the evidence and its interpretation are very often inextricably mixed together in the published literature.
A comparison of this overview with the summaries of the archival materials pertaining to specific phases of the work conducted at S. Omobono should provide a clearer idea of the state of knowledge concerning this important site and establish a set of priorities for future work.
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