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This paper presents, as preliminary basis, data from recent urban excavations carried out in the fluvial area of Tarraco. In this area near the river mouth during the Visigothic period there was an intense settlement. This is attested by the presence of several port warehouses – horrea- built in the mid-seventh century, characterized by the use of opus caementicium for walls, and opus signinum for pavements. At the end of this century or at the beginning of the eighth century AD, a major reform involves the disappearance of these horrea and the construction of several areas, the main ones being a large building with a productive purpose, and a tank also constructed with opus caementicium walls and opus signinum lining.
VON CARNAP-BORNHEIM, Claus; DAIM, Falko; ETTEL, Peter; WARNKE, Ursula (eds.) International Conference. Harbours as object of interdisciplinary research - Archaeology + History + Geosciences. Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum. Mainz
New approaches to the study of the harbour of Tarraco: archaeological and literary research (3rd century BC - 8th century AD)The importance of Tarraco, former capital of Hispania Tarraconensis, largely resided in its condition of port city. This paper gives an account of the progress made in research into this ancient harbour by analysing literary sources and archaeological remains from a broad time period, covering from the third century BC to the eighth century AD. The updated examination of the ancient sources and the study of several recent archaeological discoveries allows us to provide new and precise information about the configuration of the harbour and its evolution. We outline the advances in these fields of study in order to understand not only the harbour’s appearance, but also the economic, urban and social progress of the city. First, we take into account the boost to the city’s economy, bolstered by the arrival of Italic immigrants during the Roman conquest of Hispania and later from other cities, and also the movement of people and the growth of the city as an urban and economic centre. Second, we analyse the urban reality of the port suburb, which clearly reflects the situation of the harbour. After an interval of urban contraction, the fifth century AD sees a new period of urban and economic growth. This development is also attested in the centuries that follow, calling into question previous interpretations that considered the seventh century a period of decline that culminated in the Arab and Berber invasion in 713.
The Archaeology of ‘Underdog Sites’ in the Douro Valley
A Durio Lusitania incipit: Roman settlement in the coastal region between the Douro and Mondego rivers2021 •
This book can be accessed at: https://www.archaeopress.com/Public/displayProductDetail.asp?id={E6EACE9A-9F1C-4B8B-A3FF-9516841E6E85} The knowledge on the patterns of Roman rural settlement in central Portugal is highly variable. While some regions have been intensively surveying and the results have been published, other, on the other hand, have never been the subject of a study of any sort. This is the case with the coastal area located between the Douro and Mondego rivers, which is particularly understudied. Though there is a long tradition of work, archaeological investigation in this region has mostly aimed to study hillfort sites whereas landscape analysis have been often overlooked. Based on an extensive bibliographical survey of reports, old publications and books, as well as the available data in the Endovelico database, it was possible to record and map 160 Roman sites. The analysis of chronology, morphology and distribution of these sites allowed to formulate several hypothesis about the some aspects of Roman rural settlement in this region and its relation with the wider landscape, especially regarding the exploitation of natural resources. Particularly, this study highlights the identification of previously unknown Roman mining activity at Serra do Buçaco and raises some doubts about the exploitation of fishing resources. Ultimately, and albeit asserting the need for further archaeological investigation, this study is a contribution for a better understanding of the Roman past in this peripheral region.
Earthen Construction Technology (UISPP XVIII)
Chapter 6. The construction techniques in the middle basin of the Douro between the 3rd and 2nd millennium BCE2021 •
The domestic architecture of the first metallurgical societies of the Northern Spanish Plateau have become of interest until recently, due to the lack of remains in primary context such as postholes, foundations or accumulated rubble. This absence is perceived as a consequence of the constant exploitation of the land, especially since the introduction of agricultural machinery. The main evidence of these huts is the clay remains found accumulated inside holes, which were discarded by archaeologists, considering that no information could be obtained of them. To refute this belief, the remains of construction clay from several sites in the Duero Basin were subjected, basically, to macroscopic analysis, obtaining much information about the construction technique, some ideas about the function of these structures and the detection of possible practices throughout the period studied.
The main aim of this study is the compilation of the archaeological planimetry of the Iberian, Roman and Visigothic remains in the city of Tarragona, taking the present-day cadastral plots as a basic documentation unit. Each of the files we have prepared includes the pictures, description and relevant archaeological documentation or bibliography. Another of the study’s objectives is the more or less precise reconstruction of the urban elements that, due to the processes inherent in the historical and topographical evolution of Tarragona during the 19th and 20th centuries, can no longer be verified archaeologically. In order to publish this paper we first had to create a system to digitalise, process and present all the information following two basic premises: the ability to update the information and the relationship with other documentation systems. The system we have defined is the result of the previous methodological experience developed by one of the authors (Fiz 2003, 2004) and already put into practice in the city of Tarragona. In the last ten years other European cities have undertaken similar programmes and there are yet more in the planning stage. On the other hand, two attempts have been made at creating a database of Tarragona’s archaeological heritage that have unfortunately either unsuccessful or have had little dissemination.
H. González Cesteros & J. Leidwanger (eds.). Regional Economies in Action. Standardization of Transport Amphorae in the Roman and Byzantine Mediterranean
The Tarraconensis Paradigm. Volumes, measures, and forman changes in the Late Republican and Early Imperial amphorae of the Northeast Iberian Peninsula2023 •
This paper analyzes the development of amphora production in a specific region in the northern Mediterranean coastal corner of Hispania Citerior, ancient Layetania. The purpose is to search for the aims and reasons behind the achievement of a high standardization level as seen upon analysis ranging from the first stages of production in the late 2nd century B.C. to its decline in the late 1st century A.D. The central Catalan coastal region must be regarded as a special case study due to the current large archaeological knowledge based on the amphora epigraphy, the petrographical studies, the large number of excavated kiln sites, as well as the presence of its amphorae in their most important import places and shipwrecks. This large quantity of evidence provides the foundation for an in-depth analysis of the formal and volumetric standardization achieved by Layetanian amphora production. However, we believe our study would be unsuccessful if we were not to pay attention to the essential economic, social, and politic factors that were reflected and determined the production and standardization level of these transport vessels. These factors were closely linked to the development of the western Roman economy and were much broader than the geographical limits of central Catalonia, including not only other regions in the Iberian Peninsula but Gallia Narbonensis and Thyrrenian Italy as well. The observed standardization process of the Layetanian amphorae was not a lineal development but something that we can perceive in two relevant moments. The first took place in the central decades of the 1st century B.C. when the production of Italic or pre-Roman Iberian amphora types was gradually replaced by the first provincial amphorae. These first amphorae seem to have lacked a formal and volumetric standardization and can be regarded as transitional types that developed into the Pascual 1 type at the beginning of the Augustan era. The second moment of change took place from late Augustan times and can be regarded as something exceptional when compared with the development of amphora production in most of the Roman provinces during early imperial times. Even if the production of Pascual 1 continued for some decades, in the workshops around the recently founded colony of Barcino a ›new‹ amphora type, the so-called Dressel 3-2, based once again in Italian types, started to be produced. We argue that this shift in the formal production of transport vessels in Layetania was motivated by the introduction of new owners of Italian origin, who settled in and around Barcino, and also by the mutation of the main import markets, which from now on would be placed in the central area of western Italy. We are persuaded that Layetanian amphora production and its standardization is one of the most suitable examples for understanding the interconnectedness of the Roman economy of late Republican and early imperial times. Future data will surely nuance the current state of research, but in the following pages, a general overview of the standardization process can be seen, with its causes, consequences, and general repercussions on the provincial economies.
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Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal
Riparia Concept: Roman Intervention in the Lacustrine Environment of Fuente De Piedra (Málaga, Spain)2015 •
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