The domus of the “Huerta de Otero” in Mérida

Abstract

The Huerta de Otero is an Archaeological Zone located on the western side of the city of Mérida, bounded by the Ana river dam and the southern wall of the Arab citadel. It is a plot that was the subject of archaeological excavations in 1976 as a previous step to its acquisition by the Central Administration. In this intervention the remains of a Roman domus and a canvas of the city wall were brought to light. After decades of abandonment, at the beginning of 2019, a research project was started that aims at the comprehensive documentation of the site through archaeological excavations and geophysical surveys and the adaptation to the public visit of the exhumed remains. In this contribution we announce the nature of these remains, hitherto unpublished, and the characteristics of the research and socialization project that is intended to be developed in that place.