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Antoni Martín i Oliveras
  • Departament de Prehistòria, Història Antiga i Arqueologia
    Facultat de Geografia i Història
    Universitat de Barcelona, Carrer Montalegre 6-8, 08001 Barcelona
Geographic information system (GIS)-based predictive modelling is widely used in archaeology to identify suitable zones for ancient settlement locations and determine underlying factors of their distribution. In this study, we developed... more
Geographic information system (GIS)-based predictive modelling is widely used in archaeology to identify suitable zones for ancient settlement locations and determine underlying factors of their distribution. In this study, we developed predictive models on Roman viticulture in the Laetanian Region (Hispania Citerior-Tarraconensis), using the location of 82 ancient wine-pressing facilities or torcularia as response variables and 15 topographical and 6 socio-economic cost distance datasets as predictor variables. Several predictor variable subsets were selected either by expert knowledge of similar studies or by using a semi-automatization algorithm based on statistical distribution metrics of the input data. The latter aims at simplifying modelling and minimizing the necessity of a priori knowledge. Both approaches predicted the distribution of archeological sites sufficiently well. However, the best prediction performance was obtained by an expert knowledge model utilizing a predic...
The Roman economy has been defined as an agrarian regime, where wheat was mainly cultivated combined with livestock farming and intensive cash crops such as wine and olive oil. Possibilities for economic growth in a winegrowing area such... more
The Roman economy has been defined as an agrarian regime, where wheat was mainly cultivated combined with livestock farming and intensive cash crops such as wine and olive oil. Possibilities for economic growth in a winegrowing area such as the Laetanian region in Hispania Citerior depended upon changes in agrarian productivity but were subject to agro-ecological and agroeconomic endowments that could affect the settlement patterns, the fluctuations in population, the forms of production related to the vineyard crop capacities, the spread of new techniques of cultivation and processing and the adoption of new technological advances. The combination of these factors explains how comparative advantages arose from other winegrowing territories, achieved through intensification and specialization processes that generated an increase of winemaking production surplus capable of being traded in different overseas markets.
One of the main goals proposed in the beginning of the EPNet Project- Production and Distribution of Food during the Roman Empire: Economics and Political Dynamics, was to implement different analytical tools for deepen in the knowledge... more
One of the main goals proposed in the beginning of the EPNet Project- Production and Distribution of Food during the Roman Empire: Economics and Political Dynamics, was to implement different analytical tools for deepen in the knowledge of production and trade systems developed by ancient societies and their both links with the structure of property, production and trade and with political-administrative systems. The Roman Empire offers a particularly interesting case study for several reasons. First, because it constituted a political, cultural, and socioeconomic framework that merged very different societies through conquest but at the same time it also used highly developed social integration mechanisms to manage diversity. Secondly, the effectiveness of these mechanisms involved particular interests and strategies of a wide variety of groups especially as regards to the local elites. Third, the Empire is the period where global economies were developed with several particularities in a very dynamic and complex system that in turn generated their own instruments of interconnection and interdependence. The functional analysis of the productive and commercial networks based on the combination of economic, social, cultural, fiscal and legal factors and strategies allows a particular approach to the question of regional interdependence mainly in relationship to their nature and their variability in time and space. Hence the implementation of this analysis proposal necessarily involved the creation of new methodologies based on the study of complex systems and networks.
The aim of this study is to analyse some aspects of viticulture in Hispaniae, in particular those relating to the organization of the winemaking process and artisan production (especially the manufacture of amphorae). The analysis focuses... more
The aim of this study is to analyse some aspects of viticulture in Hispaniae, in particular those relating to the organization of the winemaking process and artisan production (especially the manufacture of amphorae). The analysis focuses on production technology and transport, the organization of the rural habitat and forms of work and management. We also plan to outline the difficulties of interpreting the evidence in economic and social terms in order to understand viticulture’s place in the global context of the Iberian Peninsula economy.
In this context, the wine economy is understood as a situation that includes all the aspects of production needed to produce wines of various qualities, along with a group of complementary activities related to product distribution. The bibliography is very extensive. The spatial and chronological framework proposed covers the Eastern area of Hispania Citerior Tarraconensis and the province Ulterior Baetica between the 2nd-1st centuries BC and the 2nd-3rd centuries AD. In these centuries certain areas of the Peninsula developed a productive economy that was included in the great Mediterranean circuits of exchange, exporting a wide range of resources, agricultural products and manufactured goods. This evidence, rigorously analysed in recent years, enables us to place this provincial viticulture in a wider context. The frame of reference for the analysis is the epistemological and methodological renewal that has taken place in studies of the economy of Rome in recent years.
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The majority of the studies about the development of viticulture during antiquity, especially on the Roman period, have in common to rely essentially on archaeological information and to use written sources as complementary support,... more
The majority of the studies about the development of viticulture during antiquity, especially on the Roman period, have in common to rely essentially on archaeological information and to use written sources as complementary support, which, at the most, serves to fix an absolute chronology of a settlement and / or the exact location of a wine production center or a pottery activity in a specific territory.
We start from the idea that in order to study the origin and evolution of a wide-ranging economic and social phenomenon and the introduction of a system of production and intensive agricultural exploitation in a given territory, as in the present case, we must to take into account all the variables, factors and endogenous and exogenous agents involved and influencing each and every one of the stages, production processes, trade, distribution and consumption of the product. So that, we cannot study this phenomenon in a segmented way, without taking into account that it is part of a very complex economic, social and ideological system, with a great tradition, in a slow but constant evolution and a long-term duration.
Much of the studies carried out in recent years have centered on the best preserved materials of the archaeological record, such as the ceramic containers for the expedition and transportation of wine (amphorae) by nautical routes, as well as in the study of the different pottery producing factories as the location of the figlinae, the identification of amphoric production and form typologies. Many times, without taking into account that this pottery activity is subsidiary to a wider economic phenomenon, being only part of a certain stage of the production and trade processes of the main product that moves all the gear: The Wine.
Thus we believe that in the development of these studies, very often they have left aside transversal aspects that intervene in the different activities developed and that we consider determinants such as:
- Economic and production theory: Principle of scarcity, Law of diminishing returns, Principle of economic efficiency, etc.
- The logic of productive costs: productive function, added value, and economic efficiency, production threshold cost allocation, ratios and added cost, etc.
- Commercial aspects: Logistics and transport costs, agents involved, indirect costs, policy and price calculation, etc.
- Legal aspects: Control and regulation both production and trade.
- The ideological and perceptive aspects: “good of prestige versus good of consumption”.
- Other aspects: Symbolic, religious, cultural, etc.
The evolution of supply and demand is determined by changes in consumption and in markets. Thus a change of commercial orientation necessarily implies changes in the production system as well as in the system of transport and distribution of the product (design of shipping containers, type of cargo - single or mixed, direct or indirect commercial routes, typologies of cargo ships, etc).
This paper seeks to promote the debate by putting on the table all these and other cross-cutting issues that are involved in the configuration of this complex system and in the characteristics of all the elements that form part of it (including amphorae), which often have not been taken into account when making our interpretations.
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Prestige, religion and medicine are aspects that must be taken into account when we consider the study of ancient viticulture in depth. Qualitative and ideological characters are added values of the Roman wine. The wine inside the Roman... more
Prestige, religion and medicine are aspects that must be taken into account when we consider the study of ancient viticulture in depth. Qualitative  and ideological characters are added values of the Roman wine. The wine inside the Roman sociocultural code was a symbol of life, joy and festivity. The Romans had different types of wines and derivatives, obtained from a series of treatments or "recipes" most of which were aimed to assure their conservation and stability or to conceal their shortcomings and defects. In Roman times there were different types of celebrations related with the cycle of wine. The traditional ones such as the "Liberalia" or the "Bacchanalia", or the more institutional, such as the "Vinalia" or the "Meditrinalia". All of them are related with the consumption and ritual use of wine in the archaic Roman society. In this paper we will try to approach all these issues from different points of view.  Either as basic food in the Roman diet, or as element linked to ritual cycle of nature and the religious cult, or as an icon of the Romanization process and Romanity itself.
Between September and October 2010 were done several heritage studies in the Prior of Sant Genis de Rocafort (Martorell, Barcelona), in order to obtain data to draw up a master plan that allowed the rehabilitation of this monumental set... more
Between September and October 2010 were done several heritage studies in the Prior of Sant Genis de Rocafort (Martorell, Barcelona), in order to obtain data to draw up a master plan that allowed the rehabilitation of this monumental set to be visited. The works involved were basically, cleaning the access and the entire surface of the site and in particular inside the Romanesque church builded at the end of 12th century or in the early of 13 th century, the delimitation of archaeological structures, walls and other visible elements in the surface, topographical survey with exhaustive documentation of the whole set by video and aerial photography with a drone and the documentation of architectural structures, interior and exterior walls of the church, using a 3D scanner.
This paper aims to outline some of the transversal and relevant issues involved in the shaping of the Roman wine production and trade economic system, as well as the features of the endogenous and exogenous elements involved in this... more
This paper aims to outline some of the transversal and relevant issues involved in the shaping of the Roman wine production and trade economic system, as well as the features of the endogenous and exogenous elements involved in this complex economic system, including the use of amphorae as a traditional packaging for the transport and distribution of wine in ancient times. All these factors intervene in the various activities carried out and we consider them to be determining, with theoretical concepts as important as: Market economics, law of supply and demand, theory of production, production function and cost allocation, logistical and transportation costs, intermediaries, pricing policy, etc. as well as the ideological and perceptive aspects of wine as a religious, cultural and symbolic element.
Keywords: intensive viticulture, studies, models & approaches, macroeconomics, microeconomics, production process, amphorae, trade & navigation.
The cultural heritage, the assets, the objects, the attitudes and the landscapes represented the background of our memory understood as a past historical legacy that interacts directly with people strengthens they individual and... more
The cultural heritage, the assets, the objects, the attitudes and the landscapes represented the background of our memory understood as a past historical legacy that interacts directly with people strengthens they individual and collective identity acting as cohesional and educational element covering a demand of knowledge and different intellectual interests.
Studies carried out during the first decade of the present century both from tourism and economical sectors have shown the growing demand for new resources and facilities for
covering the needs of an increasingly demanding public regarding new intellectual experiences.
This has led a considerable increase in the use of cultural heritage by the people. Covering these needs has supposed to develop different actions and strategies to uptake the proximity public and the large national and international tourism.
To do this function the archaeological heritage should be dynamised, interpreted and put in value by constructing arguments and searching opportunities to their correct presentation through its deep study and research. So we have had to search and create new facilities that from a quality point of view are distinguished from the rest of the supply.
The experience observed and developed during decades in many European facilities with similar characteristics to the Cella Vinaria Archaeological Park indicates that to achieve the success of an archaeological heritage project related to cultural tourism is absolutely necessary the implementation in parallel of a strong research program developed by a multidisciplinary competent and qualified team of scientists that works on intimate relationship with the technical & scientist direction and the management of the facility, to provide new data to the expository discourse, that encourage the development and renewal of contents and supplementary activities.
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The Research Program of Cella Vinaria Project includes inter alia objectives, the excavation, recording and documentation of Vallmora Roman winemaking centre (Teià-Maresme), the situation in its historical and sociocultural context, the... more
The Research Program of Cella Vinaria Project includes inter alia objectives, the excavation, recording and documentation of Vallmora Roman winemaking centre (Teià-Maresme), the situation in its historical and sociocultural context, the interpretive study of different building rooms and winemaking production structures documented and the creation of a Roman Experimental Vineyard in the land adjacent to the archaeological site, which is expected to be a genuine experimental research lab that allows a deeper understanding of ancient viticulture. This specific project, which will be developed during the next years, wants to study all stages and processes of winemaking production and the trade of wine in Roman times, since its inception, with land preparation, planting the vines, the selection of the grape variety or varieties to plant, until the end of the process, the wine consumption by the people. This paper intends to present in outline, the different issues discussed and the new ways of study and research open to us in archaeology, respect to the vineyard cultivation in classical times and the characterization and identification of ancient grape varieties by the application of the experimental sciences methods and new analytical techniques from other disciplines.

Keywords
Ancient winemaking processes, new investigation lines, experimental sciences methods, Cella Vinaria Project, Archaeology of Roman wine.
Based on the historical background and development of the museum concept in Europe and placing this development in parallel of museological theory, this paper gives an overview of the theoretical and epistemological modern museology,... more
Based on the historical background
and development of the museum concept in
Europe and placing this development in parallel
of museological theory, this paper gives an
overview of the theoretical and epistemological
modern museology, from the contributions of
different authors and most important figures
of the three major European schools: British,
French and German, as well as their influence
on Anglo-Saxon school and Latin American
school. All of them, coming from different
areas and disciplines of knowledge, have been a
precedent in shaping museological theory through
his writings and works, influencing to their
contemporaries and successors. Then we analyze
their theoretical and epistemological contributions
and the different types of heritage presentation
developed over the time, with the objective to
fix the basic concepts related to this subject.
This paper relates to the communication presented online from Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) in the First Congress on Museums and Heritage Spaces in Mexico: How Can We Explain Heritage?, which took place in Merida (Yucatan, Mexico) on the... more
This paper relates to the communication presented online from Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) in the First Congress on Museums and Heritage Spaces in Mexico: How Can We Explain Heritage?, which took place in Merida (Yucatan, Mexico) on the 27th and 28th of January 2012; a congress which we sincerely hope will continue to take place in future editions in years to come. Its main objective is to give a global vision of the various theoretical and epistemological concepts which provide the foundations for the various presentation models of architectonic and archaeological monumental heritage, which have been identified in Europe over the last two and a half centuries. Beginning with the antecedents and the historical evolution of the concept of “museum” in Europe, and comparing this evolution  parallel to that of the museological theory in the various European schools (British, French, German, etc.), this paper reviews the various authors and most influential figures from each of these, analysing the theoretical and epistemological contributions, and the various types of presentation developed over time, focussing on the conceptual basics related to this subject. We will then review some  paradigmatic cases and models from throughout Europe on the presentation of monuments and open-air archaeological sites, according to the different levels of treatment of the conserved remains. Finally, we will present the two latest cases of integral management  projects of monumental and archaeological heritage developed by the author of this paper together with his team in Catalonia (Spain).
The study of winemaking processes in ancient times have traditionally been addressed in a more or less general view with special emphasis on the description of the different archaeological structures preserved in the archaeological sites,... more
The study of winemaking processes in ancient times have traditionally been addressed in a more or less general view with special emphasis on the description of the different archaeological structures preserved in the archaeological sites, completing the speech with partial references to written sources that were used to certify or disprove the various interpretative hypotheses raised. This paper intends to present in outline,new ways of study and investigation lines open to us in archaeology, by the applica-tion of experimental sciences methods and new study skills from other disciplines, for in-depth in the knowledgement of all stages of ancient winemaking processes and, in particular, the study of the production, distribution, commercialization and consump-tion of  Roman wine in ancient times. Based on data obtained from the excavation of the Roman cellar of Veral de Vallmora (Teià, Maresme, Barcelona) during the years 1999 and 2003-2005 and as a result of implementation of Cella Vinaria Project, has been able to develop a research program that has allowed the study and interpretation of  the archaeological record and the progress in the knowledgement of the Archaeology of Roman wine, understanding this fact as an socio-economic and cultural phenomenon widespread.

Keywords: Ancient winemaking processes, new investigation lines, experimental sciences methods, Cella Vinaria Project, Archaeology of Roman wine.
Articles divulgatius del Projecte Cella Vinaria (Teià, Maresme, Barcelona) per tal d' apropar-lo al public en general i de possar el coneixement científic a l'abast de tothom. Artículos divulgativos del Proyecto Cella Vinaria (Teià,... more
Articles divulgatius del Projecte Cella Vinaria  (Teià, Maresme, Barcelona) per tal d' apropar-lo al public en general i de possar el coneixement científic a l'abast de tothom.

Artículos divulgativos del Proyecto Cella Vinaria (Teià, Maresme, Barcelona) para difundirlo al público en general y para poner el conocimiento científico al alcance de todo el mundo.

Informative papers about Cella Vinaria Project (Teià, Maresme, Barcelona) for dissemination to the general public and to make scientific knowledge accessible to everyone.
Article basat en el Projecte de Museïtzació i Adeqüació per a la visita pública del Jaciment vitivinícola Romà de Vallmora (Teià, Maresme, Barcelona), Vol. I-II-III, que fou redactat durant l'any 2007, basant-se en les directius del pla... more
Article basat en el Projecte de Museïtzació i Adeqüació per a la visita pública del Jaciment vitivinícola Romà de Vallmora (Teià, Maresme, Barcelona), Vol. I-II-III, que fou redactat durant l'any 2007, basant-se en les directius del pla director i en el discurs expositiu del projecte museològic previament creats.

Articulo basado en el Proyecto de Musealización i Adecuación para la visita pública del Yacimiento vitivinícola Romano de Vallmora (Teià, Maresme, Barcelona), Vol. I-II-III, redactado durante el año 2007, basandose en las directrices del plan director y en el discurso expositivo del proyecto museológico previamente creados. 

Paper based on the Museum Project and Suitability for public visits of the  of the Vallmora archaological site (Teia Maresme, Barcelona), Volumes I-II-III, which was written in 2007, based on the guidelines from Cella Vinaria Master Plan and the expository discourse from museological project previously created.
CELLA VINARIA is the name of an archaeological park located in Teià (Maresme-Barcelona) around an archaeological site called Vallmora that was inaugurated on 20 June 2009. The structures excavated and documented between 1999 and 2005... more
CELLA VINARIA is the name of an archaeological park located in Teià (Maresme-Barcelona) around an archaeological site called Vallmora that was inaugurated on 20 June 2009. The structures excavated and documented between 1999 and 2005 correspond to a Roman wine production centre in operation from the 1st century BC to the 5th century AD. It is a global heritage project that is presently developing an experimental archaeology research programme which includes the restoration of structural remains and the technical and functional study of components for the in situ reconstruction of two great Roman wine lever presses. The project also includes setting up an experimental Roman vineyard that reproduces the different planting techniques and vine training systems of antiquity."

Keywords: Archaeological Park, Roman wine production centre, Experimental Archaeology, Reconstruction of two Roman wine lever presses, Experimental Roman Vineyard."""
Based on the excavation in 2004 of two rectangular pits dug into the natural terrain, and related with the manoeuvre systems of two large wine Roman presses located in the archaeological site of Vallmora (Teià, Maresme, Barcelone), have... more
Based on the excavation in 2004 of two rectangular pits dug into the natural terrain, and related with the manoeuvre systems of two large wine Roman presses located in the archaeological site of Vallmora (Teià, Maresme, Barcelone), have been able to interpret these as containers to hold a counterweight structure type “arca lapidum”, as described by Pliny the Elder (NH XVIII, 317). On the other hand, we are developing a regional study to identify such structures in other archaeological sites with the same features and chronologies throughout Catalonia, to establish a techno-functional model based on the interpretive study of multiple cases, enabling the identification of these manoeuvre-pits as unequivocal evidence of pressing structures presence.

Keywords: Roman beam press, manoeuvre-pits, counterweight structure type “Arca Lapidum”, Techno-functional model.
The Cella Vinaria Research Programme includes excavating the Vallmora Roman winery, placing it in its historical context and carrying out an interpretative study of the buildings and production facilities, in order to restore them. From... more
The Cella Vinaria Research Programme includes excavating the Vallmora Roman winery, placing it in its historical context and carrying out an interpretative study of the buildings and production facilities, in order to restore them. From the outset it has been considered as an applied research project developed in accordance with the latest tendencies in experimental archaeology. The upper press room is the productive area chosen for the reconstruction of the tiled roof and the two presses with two different operating systems (screw and winch) documented in it. The research includes a specific study for rebuilding the wooden pieces, components and mechanisms and the buildings associated with them. A good example of this is the interpretative hypothesis of the square pits that have six stones laid in two rows at the bottom, which would have served to stabilize a wooden structure inside. The square pits found at other sites in the same territory allow us to propose and interpretative hypothesis for a new system of securing the stipites and the winch (sucula).

Keywords: Applied Research Project, Experimental Archaeology, Reconstruction of Roman Presses, Interpretative Knowledge, Interpretative hypothesis of square pits with six aligned stones at the bottom, New regional or provincial securing system.
The Roman economy has been defined as an agrarian regime, where wheat was mainly cultivated combined with livestock farming and intensive cash crops such as wine and olive oil. Possibilities for economic growth in a winegrowing area such... more
The Roman economy has been defined as an agrarian regime, where
wheat was mainly cultivated combined with livestock farming and intensive cash
crops such as wine and olive oil. Possibilities for economic growth in a winegrowing
area such as the Laetanian region in Hispania Citerior depended upon changes
in agrarian productivity but were subject to agro-ecological and agroeconomic
endowments that could affect the settlement patterns, the fluctuations in population,
the forms of production related to the vineyard crop capacities, the spread of new
techniques of cultivation and processing and the adoption of new technological
advances. The combination of these factors explains how comparative advantages
arose from other winegrowing territories, achieved through intensification and specialization processes that generated an increase of winemaking production surplus
capable of being traded in different overseas markets.
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The Resilience of the Roman Empire discusses the relationship between population and regional development in the Roman world from the perspective of archaeology. By adapting a comparative approach, the focus of the volume lies on... more
The Resilience of the Roman Empire discusses the relationship between population and regional development in the Roman world from the perspective of archaeology. By adapting a comparative approach, the focus of the volume lies on exploring the various ways in which regional communities actively responded to population growth or decline in order to keep going on the land available to them. The starting point of the theoretical framework for the case studies is the agricultural intensification models developed by Thomas Malthus and Ester Boserup. In order to advance the debate on the validity of these models for identifying the societal and economic pathways of the Roman world, the contributors incorporate the concepts of resilience and diversity into their approach, and shift attention from the longue-durée to how people managed to sustain themselves over shorter periods of time. The aim of the volume is not to discard the theories of Malthus and Boserup, but rather to deconstruct overly strict Malthusian or Boserupian scenarios, and as such introduce novel and more layered ways of thinking by exploring resilience and variability in human responses to population growth/decline in the Roman world.
La investigación actual sobre la economía de los alimentos en el mundo romano queda reflejada en esta obra, que aborda la producción y distribución de tales bienes fundamentales desde el estudio de casos y la innovación metodológica. Su... more
La investigación actual sobre la economía de los alimentos en el mundo romano queda reflejada en esta obra, que aborda la producción y distribución de tales bienes fundamentales desde el estudio de casos y la innovación metodológica. Su configuración parte de una iniciativa del proyecto europeo EPNet. Aunque también se trata el abastecimiento de trigo, las contribuciones se dedican mayoritariamente al aceite y el vino. Los casos de estudio se concentran en el occidente romano, con especial atención a Italia e Hispania. Se incluyen contextos productivos y de redistribución, particularmente en los asentamientos militares fronterizos y la capital. Metodológicamente destacan las estrategias de cuantificación, el análisis SIG y la modelización. Se contrastan aspectos geográficos y arqueológicos de las diversas zonas de estudio para extraer conclusiones relativas a los patrones de asentamiento rural, la producción de alimentos y envases anfóricos, y sus redes de distribución comercial. De tal forma se dibuja un panorama amplio, vertebrado en torno a una cuestión clave para el funcionamiento y la sostenibilidad del Imperio: la economía alimentaria. Este amplio abanico metodológico resulta sugerente para la orientación de nuevas investigaciones que, de forma complementaria, se unan para profundizar en las razones del prolongado éxito de la cultura romana.
The wine nectar of the gods and man’s privilege, along with bread and oil is one of three sacred products of the so-called triad of Mediterranean agriculture (wheat, grapes and olives), of which we have knowledge of their cultivation,... more
The wine nectar of the gods and man’s privilege, along with bread and oil is one of three sacred products of the so-called triad of Mediterranean agriculture (wheat, grapes and olives), of which we have knowledge of their cultivation, elaboration process and consumption in the Middle East since 9,000 years ago.
Not until Roman times that in the Iberian Peninsula, and specifically in the territory of present Catalonia the vines were intensively cultivated in order to achieve a sufficient production to generate surpluses that allow wine sales in overseas markets mainly between 1st BC and 3th AD centuries.
Using a rigorous language but also affordable, this book tries to delve into the origin and evolution of this economic phenomenon and the keys that from a theoretical and epistemological point of view allow us to identify the different agents and endogenous and exogenous factors involved in their development which are fundamental to understand the production, distribution and consumption of wine in Roman times.
Información del artículo Personatges de "Barcino" i el vi laietà: localització d'un "fundus" dels "Pedanii Clementes" a Teià (El Maresme) a partir de la troballa d'un... more
Información del artículo Personatges de "Barcino" i el vi laietà: localització d'un "fundus" dels "Pedanii Clementes" a Teià (El Maresme) a partir de la troballa d'un "signaculum" de plom amb inscripció (segle II dC).
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La adopción de sistemas de registro 3D y documentación virtual en arqueología es una realidad que se ha ido imponiendo cada vez más en los últimos años. El desarrollo tecnológico de equipos fotográficos digitales de alta resolución y de... more
La adopción de sistemas de registro 3D y documentación virtual en arqueología es una realidad que se ha ido imponiendo cada vez más en los últimos años. El desarrollo tecnológico de equipos fotográficos digitales de alta resolución y de programario informático afín para el tratamiento de imágenes bidimensionales o tridimensionales y para el procesado de modelos fotogramétricos, ha permitido que en los últimos años dichas actividades hayan pasado de ser un procedimiento experimental y excepcional a convertirse en una práctica habitual en gran número de intervenciones terrestres y subacuáticas. La finalidad principal de este artículo no es otra, que la de presentar de forma sucinta el proceso de modelización 3D de uno de estos objetos,
concretamente de un dolium romano de gran formato formalizado a partir del estudio metrológico dimensional y fotogramétrico digital de cuatro dolia originales localizados en el yacimiento arqueológico de Veral de Vallmora, los cuales hoy por hoy, se presentan restaurados y musealizados “in situ” dentro del Parque Arqueológico Cella Vinaria de Teià (Maresme, Barcelona), así como de otros fragmentos con forma (labios y bases), recuperados durante las excavaciones. Dicho asentamiento corresponde a un centro vitivinícola romano especializado en la producción intensiva de vino layetano entre los siglos I a.C. y III d.C. Los cuatro dolia objeto de estudio presentan una forma de cuerpo y bases muy similares, diferenciándose principalmente en sus dimensiones y en la tipología de los labios de las bocas. El objeto principal del estudio preliminar que presentamos aquí, responde a la voluntad de crear un modelo teórico tridimensional del elemento dolium a partir de las características formales de los cuatro dolia originales conservados parcialmente “in situ”, junto a otros fragmentos clave recuperados, que permita la reproducción de réplicas a efectos de investigación experimental y museísticos.
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Localització d'un fundus dels Pedanii Clementes a Teià (El Maresme) a partir de la troballa d'un signaculum de plom amb inscrició (s. II d.C.)
El objetivo es dar a conocer el yacimiento vitivinícola de Veral de Vallmora (Teià - El Maresme), su importancia para la producción y el comercio del vino layetano y tarraconense, y la noticia del hallazgo de un sello de plomo -un... more
El objetivo es dar a conocer el yacimiento vitivinícola de Veral de Vallmora (Teià - El Maresme), su importancia para la producción y el comercio del vino layetano y tarraconense, y la noticia del hallazgo de un sello de plomo -un "signaculum"-, con inscripción, descubierto durante las intervenciones arqueológicas preventivas de los años 2003-2004 con motivo de la ejecución del proyecto CELLA VINARIA, impulsado desde el Ayuntamiento de Teià. Se han excavado una serie de estructuras que documentan la elaboración del vino desde el siglo I hasta el IV d. C. La inscripción del sello indica que pertenecía a Epicteto, esclavo de Lucio Pedanio Clemente. La familia de los Pedanii es bien conocida en "Barcino", de donde el mismo Epicteto, ya liberto,fue séviro augustal en época de Trajano.
The volume includes the minutes of an international congress held from 5 to 7 May 2010 in Murcia (Spain). Its main objective was to publicize the developments and discuss on the technical and productive processes related to wine and oil... more
The volume includes the minutes of an international congress held from 5 to 7 May 2010 in Murcia (Spain). Its main objective was to publicize the developments and discuss on the technical and productive processes related to wine and oil in the Roman provinces of Hispania. In addition to dealing with general aspects of wine and oil in the western Mediterranean, it contains various studies on agricultural activity in the Hispanic rural world and about the technology and processes of wine and oil production in each of the peninsular administrative demarcations in Antiquity. Almost all of the specialists dedicated to these research problems met for the first time at the colloquium.
After a first part dedicated to general functional and technological aspects, most of the work is ordered according the old Hispanic-Roman provinces of the Augustan age. To general studies focused on the analysis of large geographic areas, other contributions are added that provide a large number of archaeological novelties. The Varia block contains some contributions that are not strictly related to the subject of technological and productive processes, but that were included because they represented developments or novelties of interest.
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The dolium is one of the most common pottery elements of the instrumentum domesticum that appears in the excavations of Roman settlements, whether they were urban domus, uillae rusticae (endowed with pars urbana, pars rustica and pars... more
The dolium is one of the most common pottery elements of the instrumentum domesticum that appears in the excavations of Roman settlements, whether they were urban domus, uillae rusticae (endowed with pars urbana, pars rustica and pars fructuaria), intensive cerealistic farms or wine-growing and olive oil specialized production centres, storage, distribution, and transport infrastructures (horrea, cellae uinariae et oleariae), Roman tanker-ships, or establishments for retail sale and popular consumption (tabernae, cauponae, thermopolia, etc.). Despite this, it has also been one of the elements least studied by scholars, perhaps due to its “gross” structural manufacturing and its functional condition as a large pottery vessel for the collection and storage of agricultural products, hence it was considered more as an integral part of production and processing facilities than as a container itself. Until the appearance of C. Carrato’s book, the were few specialised bibliographic references used to analyse the role played by the dolium in the agrarian production, storage and distribution processes in the Western Mediterranean (especially grain, wine and olive oil) either than from a productive conceptual point of view or for classification and typological issues.
El Manual Bàsic d'Identitat Institucional s'ha d'entendre com una referència de normes gràfiques a disposició dels usuaris per facilitar l'aplicació del logotip/ Imatge Institucional. Aquest manual bàsic serà una peça d'ús ineludible en... more
El Manual Bàsic d'Identitat Institucional s'ha d'entendre com una referència de normes gràfiques a disposició dels usuaris per facilitar l'aplicació del logotip/ Imatge Institucional.

Aquest manual bàsic serà una peça d'ús ineludible en l'aplicació dels elements de la imatge institucional. En aquest manual s'explica la línia gràfica del disseny del logotip i totes les referències per a la seva aplicació en diversos formats. Es defineixen clarament l'ús de colors, tipografies, mínims de reducció i lectura, així com l’ús i aplicació en diferents fons i diferents mitjans impresos i audiovisuals.
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• Diseño y redacción del “Projecte Museístic Bàsic i Executiu del CERETÀNIA - Centre de Interpretació del Castellot de Bolvir - la Cerdanaya”

Una producció de toolbox gci (bcn)
Per l'Ajuntament de Bolvir
• Diseño y redacción del “Projecte Museístic Bàsic i Executiu del CERETÀNIA - Centre de Interpretació del Castellot de Bolvir - la Cerdanaya”

Una producció de toolbox gci (bcn)
Per l'Ajuntament de Bolvir
How was the ancient Roman economy organized and how can our understanding be enhanced by new theoretical and methodological approaches? Recent work on model building, complex network analysis and computer simulation technologies has... more
How was the ancient Roman economy organized and how can our understanding be enhanced by new theoretical and methodological approaches? Recent work on model building, complex network analysis and computer simulation technologies has integrated and analysed diverse data sets – literary sources, settlement evidence, ceramics, amphorae, epigraphy, ethnographical data – in order to reassess production, marketing and consumption across the Roman world. Examples include the Monte Testaccio Project (Baetican oil), the Cella Vinaria Project (Laetanian wine) and the Riparia Project (Baetican wine), as well as many other collaborative research initiatives around the Mediterranean and wider Roman world.

The principal objective of this session is to explore how quantitative methods and semantic-based data management techniques can improve our ability to define, validate or refute economic theories about the organisation of large-scale production and long-distance exchange of foodstuffs. We wish, in particular, to facilitate interdisciplinary discussion about how we can evaluate the role of the state versus the free market in food supply and to assess how the multiple production strategies of a mixed agricultural economy (fruits, vegetables, wheat, olive oil, wine, salted fish, garum, etc.) were integrated within specific territories and largely peasant-based economies. We are also interested in the interactions between economy and environmental variables, the theoretical limits imposed on production and productivity by arable and pastoral regimes, labour and production costs, etc. and on the relationship between production and consumption in the context of growing population.

The session will use the presentation of case studies to demonstrate various multidisciplinary methods and techniques for the analysis of complex economic systems, integrating conventional archaeological methods and landscape archaeology with econometrics and computational modelling.

We would like to invite papers that develop case studies addressing some of following:

Datasets: the representation of archaeological data; database management; ontology and semantic markers
Quantitative methods: GIS and spatial analysis of settlement patterns, production strategies, microeconomic studies, demand and supply, trade routes, markets, and  consumption trends
Model building and computer simulation: the use of Agent Based Models, Complex Networks Analysis, Predictive Modelling, Spatial Econometrics and Regression Analysis
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How was the ancient Roman economy organized and how can our understanding be enhanced by new theoretical and methodological approaches? Re cent w ork on m odel building, complex net work analy sis and computer simulation technologies has... more
How was the ancient Roman economy organized and how can our understanding be enhanced by new theoretical and methodological approaches? Re cent w ork on m odel building, complex net work analy sis and computer simulation technologies has integrated an d anal ysed dive rse data sets – literar y source s, settlement evidence, ceramics, amphorae, epigraphy, ethnog raphical data – in o rder to r eassess production, m arketing and cons umption across t he Roman world. Examples include the Monte T estaccio Project (Baetican oil), the Cella Vinaria Project (Laetanian wine) and the Riparia Project (Baetican wine), as well as many ot her collaborative research initiatives around th e Mediterranean and wider Roman world. The principal objective of this session is to explore ho w qua ntitative me thods and semantic-based data managem ent techniques can i mprove our ability to define, validate or refu te economic theories about the org anisation of large-scale production and long-distance e xchange of foo dstuffs. We wish, in particular, to f acilitate interdisc iplinary discussi on about how we can evaluate the role of the state versus the free market in food sup ply and to assess how the multiple production strategies of a m ixed agricultural economy (fruits, vegetables, wheat, olive oil, wine, salted fish, garum, etc.) were integrat ed w ithin specific territories and largel y p easant-based econom ies. We are also interested in the interactions betw een econom y and environm ental variabl es, the theoretical limits imposed on production and productivity by arable and p astoral regimes, la bour and prod uction costs, etc. and on the rel ationship betwe en production and consumption in the context of growing population. The session w ill use the presentation of case studies to dem onstrate various multid isciplinary methods and techniqu es for the analysis of complex economic sy stems, int egrating co nventional archaeol ogical methods and landscap e archaeology with econometrics and computational modelling. We would like to invite papers that develop case studies addressing some of following:  Datasets: the representation of archaeological data; database management; ontology and semantic markers  Quantitative methods: GIS and spatial analysis of settlement patterns, production strategies, microeconomic studies, demand and supply, trade routes, markets, and consumption trends  Model building and computer simulation: the use of Agent Based Models, Complex Networks Analysis, Predictive Modelling, Spatial Econometrics and Regression Analysis
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How was the ancient Roman economy organized and how can our understanding be enhanced by new theoretical and methodological approaches? Recent work on model building, complex network analysis and computer simulation technologies has... more
How was the ancient Roman economy organized and how can our understanding be enhanced by new theoretical and methodological approaches? Recent work on model building, complex network analysis and computer simulation technologies has integrated and analysed diverse data sets – literary sources, settlement evidence, ceramics, amphorae, epigraphy, ethnographical data – in order to reassess production, marketing and consumption across the Roman world. Examples include the Monte Testaccio Project (Baetican oil), the Cella Vinaria Project (Laetanian wine) and the Riparia Project (Baetican wine), as well as many other collaborative research initiatives around the Mediterranean and wider Roman world. The principal objective of this session is to explore how quantitative methods and semantic-based data management techniques can improve our ability to define, validate or refute economic theories about the organisation of large-scale production and long-distance exchange of foodstuffs. We wish, in particular, to facilitate interdisciplinary discussion about how we can evaluate the role of the state versus the free market in food supply and to assess how the multiple production strategies of a mixed agricultural economy (fruits, vegetables, wheat, olive oil, wine, salted fish, garum, etc.) were integrated within specific territories and largely peasant-based economies. We are also interested in the interactions between economy and environmental variables, the theoretical limits imposed on production and productivity by arable and pastoral regimes, labour and production costs, etc. and on the relationship between production and consumption in the context of growing population. The session will use the presentation of case studies to demonstrate various multidisciplinary methods and techniques for the analysis of complex economic systems, integrating conventional archaeological methods and landscape archaeology with econometrics and computational modelling. We would like to invite papers that develop case studies addressing some of following:  Datasets: the representation of archaeological data; database management; ontology and semantic markers  Quantitative methods: GIS and spatial analysis of settlement patterns, production strategies, microeconomic studies, demand and supply, trade routes, markets, and consumption trends  Model building and computer simulation: the use of Agent Based Models, Complex Networks Analysis, Predictive Modelling, Spatial Econometrics and Regression Analysis
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The study of the Roman viticulture economy has multiple fields of knowledge and expertise with enormous possibilities for research. Most studies have in common to use the archaeological information and the written sources as a... more
The study of the Roman viticulture economy has multiple fields of knowledge and expertise with enormous possibilities for research. Most studies have in common to use the archaeological information and the written sources as a complementary support to confirm the absolute chronology of a settlement, a socio-economic phenomenon or an exact location of a wine production centre or a pottery activity in a specific territory. Regional variability is a key point for understanding the changing patterns of rural settlement and its evolution as the specific interaction between intra-regional and extra-regional economic networks. These studies can be conducted by geospatial and geoeconomic analyses in different territorial levels: macroespacial (regio) mesoespacial (territorium) and microespacial (torcularium atque figlina). The level of dependence of the rural population in the regional market, respect for local urban centers and their subsequent screening in foreign markets (in our case study research: Western Europe, Italian Peninsula and Rome itself), responding to a series of socioeconomic patterns and behaviors that may be modeled and studied by different economic and econometrical ways. The extensive use of mathematical models, statistical and linear programming to analyze, interpret and make predictions/regressions and reconstructions on the evolution of those complex systems, regarding, inter alia, different variables as the potential production of a region or territory, the regional consumption, the surplus production that could be traded in foreign markets, and other variables such as the sale prices, the market reactions, the production and transport costs, and the trends of consumption, is an increasingly widespread reality. This paper present a PhD Research Project that try to analyse in four scenarios, the answers to this questions and the evolution of this complex economic system, related with the production processes, the long-distance trade and the consumption of Laeetanian wine in the Roman period, between the 1st century BC and the 3th century AD.
Documental by Agustín Remesal.

25th CEIPAC Anniversary 1990 – 2015.

26 archaeological campaigns in the Monte Testaccio (Roma).