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2011, Tribuna d’Arqueologia 2009-2010
Documentation, cataloguing and inventory of ashlars from a deposit near of the Roman quarry Mèdol (Tarraco, Tarragona).
A. Gutiérrez Garcia-M., P. Lapuente, I. Rodà (eds) Interdisciplinary Studies on Ancient Stone. Proceedings of the IX ASMOSIA Conference (Tarragona 2009): 665-679
Roman quarries in the northeast of Hispania (modern Catalonia, Spain)2012 •
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Can a fire broaden our understanding of a Roman Quarry? The case of El Mèdol (Tarragona, Spain)During the study phase of a project to renew the way the Roman quarry of El Mèdol, officially declared Artistic Historical Monument by the Spanish Government in 1934 and World Heritage in 2000 by UNESCO, is presented to the public, a violent fire broke out (late July 2010). Four acres of the property where the quarry is were affected and after the charred remains of the forest, new perfectly-preserved areas of exploitation surfaced. Also, in an attempt to avoid new fires, the area around the pinnacle that remains the symbol of the whole site was cleared. This paper presents the new evidences resulting from these circumstances as well as some other data from a research which is very much a work-in-progress but that nevertheless that enable us to better understand not only the real extent and chronological phases of the quarry but also other aspects related to its management and link with Tarraco, where its stone was widely used.
After the recent re-edition of Tarraco’s epigraphic corpus (CIL II2/14), we initiated a multidisciplinary project to study the stones used for the town’s inscriptions. The study of Santa Tecla stone and the knowledge of the quarries of the territory provides a basis for the study of stone from Alcover, which was employed during the founding period of the colonia. Its lithology is very different from the bioclastic limestones and calcarenites so common around Tarragona that supplied large blocks and ashlars (El Mèdol and soldó stones) and facilitates obtaining uniform, thin pieces perfect for plaques. Its use for the earliest epigraphy is one of the clearest pieces of evidence to date the first historic urban phases. Alcover stone was used alongside another local stone, Santa Tecla limestone, which was gradually introduced during Augustan and Julio-Claudian times. However, in Flavian times, Alcover stone was no longer used in epigraphy. Keywords: Tarraco, Alcover stone, Roman inscriptions
A. Gutiérrez Garcia-M., P. Lapuente, I. Rodà (eds) Interdisciplinary Studies on Ancient Stone. Proceedings of the IX ASMOSIA Conference (Tarragona 2009): 651-656
The Roman quarries of the town and territory of Los Bañales (Uncastillo, Zaragoza, Spain)P. Bueno-Ramírez, R. Barroso-Bermejo & R. de Balbín-Behrmann, eds Graphical markers and megalith builders in the International Tagus, Iberian Peninsula
Tombs and rock carvings in the Serra Vermelha and Serra de Alvélos (Oleiros – Castelo Branco)2008 •
João Caninas, Jose Monteiro, Mário Chambino, Francisco Henriques, Fernando Robles Henriques, Mário J M Monteiro
Since 2002, within the context of the Wind Farm Project in the Pinhal Interior (Generg Group), systematic archaeological surveys have been undertaken in upland areas of the central massif, south of the River Zêzere in the Tagus river basin. The area in question (in the county of Oleiros, district of Castelo Branco) takes in the upper valley of the River Sertã, and is bordered to the south by the Serra do Cabeço Rainha (Serra de Alvélos), to the north by the Serra de Vermelha and to the east by the Serra do Moradal. This paper presents the results of findings made in the context of environmental studies for the Wind Farm Project, focusing upon sites that could possibly be from Recent Prehistory. These include circular structures of various shapes and forms, built upon artificial mounds (tombs), and rock engravings. Special attention is given to the results of the already completed excavation of a small structure (Vale de Mós I). Mounds at two other sites (Selada do Cavalo and Feiteiras, also located in the Serra Vermelha) are still undergoing excavation. The archaeological intervention at Vale de Mós I has revealed a circular constructed mound in a reasonable state of conservation, consisting of an outer embankment (outer ring) made of earth and small fragments of calibrated quartz. Next to this embankment is an inner ring formed of a series of schist slabs laid out radially, mostly lying down and leaning slightly towards the centre. Inside the monument is a broad cairn, consisting of two levels of schist slabs and blocks, mostly laid out horizontally in an orderly fashion, and filling the central space. A small ceramic fragment was collected from the base of the outer ring, corresponding to a handmade vessel, possibly dating from the Chalcolithic or Bronze Age periods. From the slabs of the inner stone ring, we also collected earth, charcoal and a seed, which have been submitted for palaeoenvironmental (pollinic and carpological) testing and radiometric dating. The results of these tests are still pending.
In recent years, within the framework of the investigation of a roman villa located in the territory of Cottanello (Rieti, Italy), the University of Rome La Sapienza has carried out a research on the so-called “Marmo di Cottanello”, a limestone obtained from a local quarry from the modern age to the XX century. The presence of this stone in the ancient villa has raised questions regarding its usage during the antiquity and particularly on the area and the time span of its distribution. The study has been conducted by means of several approaches: – the plotting of the quarry area and of the architectural elements in stone which are present in the Roman villa; – the bibliographical research and the visits to the places where the history of studies attests the use of the “Marmo di Cottanello”; – the analysis of samples taken from the villa and the quarry. The use of this stone, which appears almost limited, has been put within a historical-economical context that permits interpretations about its exploitation and diffusion.
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