- Plaça d'en Rovellat s/n
43003 - Tarragona (Catalonia)
Spain
- Roman Economy, Late Roman Pottery, Ancient economies (Archaeology), Byzantine Pottery, Cooking Ware, Late Roman Cooking Ware, and 42 moreLate Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Roman social history, Late Roman Trade, Late Roman Amphorae, Late Roman Pottery in Hispania, Visigodos, Early Byzantine Cooking Ware, Early Byzantine Pottery production, Globular Amphorae, Trade and Exchange during 7th and 8th c. A.D., Early Byzantine pottery, Roman Transport Amphoras, Islamic pottery, Visigothic Spain, Late Roman Empire, Roman Spain, Roman Pottery, Roman Villae, Early Medieval Pottery - Visigotic period, Annona, Yenikapı Marmaray-Metro Excavation (İstanbul), Ancient Ports and Harbours, Late Antiquity, Late Antique Archaeology, Arqueología Islámica, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), Archeologia Tardoantica E Paleocristiana, Archeologia Cristiana, Maritime trade, Pottery consumption, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Roman and early Byzantine fortifications, Maritime Archaeology, Early and Medieval Islamic Art and Architecture, Early Islamic Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Lamps, Early islamic pottery, Barcino, Al-Andalus archaeology, Early Islam, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Early Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Archaeology, and Early Medieval And Medieval Settlement (Archaeology)(Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Roman social history, Late Roman Trade, Late Roman Amphorae, Late Roman Pottery in Hispania, Visigodos, Early Byzantine Cooking Ware, Early Byzantine Pottery production, Globular Amphorae, Trade and Exchange during 7th and 8th c. A.D., Early Byzantine pottery, Roman Transport Amphoras, Islamic pottery, Visigothic Spain, Late Roman Empire, Roman Spain, Roman Pottery, Roman Villae, Early Medieval Pottery - Visigotic period, Annona, Yenikapı Marmaray-Metro Excavation (İstanbul), Ancient Ports and Harbours, Late Antiquity, Late Antique Archaeology, Arqueología Islámica, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), Archeologia Tardoantica E Paleocristiana, Archeologia Cristiana, Maritime trade, Pottery consumption, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Roman and early Byzantine fortifications, Maritime Archaeology, Early and Medieval Islamic Art and Architecture, Early Islamic Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Lamps, Early islamic pottery, Barcino, Al-Andalus archaeology, Early Islam, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Early Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Archaeology, and Early Medieval And Medieval Settlement (Archaeology))edit
- Constantí (1989). Graduate degree - History (U. Rovira i Virgili, 2013) Master - Classical Archaeology (Institut Cata... moreConstantí (1989). Graduate degree - History (U. Rovira i Virgili, 2013) Master - Classical Archaeology (Institut Català d'Arqueologia Clàssica, 2015) PhD Researcher - Classical Archaeology (ICAC)(Constantí (1989). Graduate degree - History (U. Rovira i Virgili, 2013) Master - Classical Archaeology (Institut Català d'Arqueologia Clàssica, 2015) PhD Researcher - Classical Archaeology (ICAC))edit
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10803/670709 PhD dissertation: «El comerç mediterrani a Tarracona a les portes de l'Islam (segles VII i VIII dC)» Author: Francesc Rodríguez Martorell. Supervisor: Josep Maria Macias Solé and Miguel Ángel Cau... more
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10803/670709 PhD dissertation: «El comerç mediterrani a Tarracona a les portes de l'Islam (segles VII i VIII dC)» Author: Francesc Rodríguez Martorell. Supervisor: Josep Maria Macias Solé and Miguel Ángel Cau Ontiveros. 28/10/2020 - Institut Català d'Arqueologia Clàssica.
This PhD dissertation — entitled “The Mediterranean trade in Tarracona before the Islamic conquest (7th-8th AD)” — aims to deepen the historical, social and economic trajectories of the city of Tarragona and its harbour, between the political dismantling of the Visigothic kingdom and the Islamic conquest. The archaeological development of the last decades has contributed to reach a high degree of knowledge about the historical evolution of Tarragona, allowing to breaden the analysis of material culture as a starting point for subsequen comparisons with other Mediterranean towns. The study aims to analyse a set of excellent ceramic deposits located in the western suburb of the port of the Visigothic city of Tarragona. This extensive area (more than 2 ha) has been documented in recent years, as a result of various archaeological excavations carried out by commercial archaeology, between the current streets of Ramon i Cajal, Reial, Jaume I and Vidal i Barraquer. In this research we will focus on a smaller area, at the confluence of Manuel de Falla, Felip Pedrell, Smith, Torres Jordi and Avinguda Vidal i Barraquer streets. The results of this research represent an important step forward in the ceramic knowledge of the last Visigothic period of Tarragona, when the Iberian Peninsula came under Umayyad rule. But it also offers new insights for research into a complex and still open topic such as the economy and trade of the western Mediterranean between the 7th and 8th centuries»
This PhD dissertation — entitled “The Mediterranean trade in Tarracona before the Islamic conquest (7th-8th AD)” — aims to deepen the historical, social and economic trajectories of the city of Tarragona and its harbour, between the political dismantling of the Visigothic kingdom and the Islamic conquest. The archaeological development of the last decades has contributed to reach a high degree of knowledge about the historical evolution of Tarragona, allowing to breaden the analysis of material culture as a starting point for subsequen comparisons with other Mediterranean towns. The study aims to analyse a set of excellent ceramic deposits located in the western suburb of the port of the Visigothic city of Tarragona. This extensive area (more than 2 ha) has been documented in recent years, as a result of various archaeological excavations carried out by commercial archaeology, between the current streets of Ramon i Cajal, Reial, Jaume I and Vidal i Barraquer. In this research we will focus on a smaller area, at the confluence of Manuel de Falla, Felip Pedrell, Smith, Torres Jordi and Avinguda Vidal i Barraquer streets. The results of this research represent an important step forward in the ceramic knowledge of the last Visigothic period of Tarragona, when the Iberian Peninsula came under Umayyad rule. But it also offers new insights for research into a complex and still open topic such as the economy and trade of the western Mediterranean between the 7th and 8th centuries»
Research Interests: History, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Maritime Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine History, and 15 moreLate Antique Archaeology, Early Christianity, Early Medieval History, Late Antiquity, Al-Andalus, Umayyads (Islamic History), Roman Economy, Late Roman Archaeology, Late Roman Pottery, Mediterranean archaeology, Visigothic Spain, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Visigodos, Tarragona, and Early Byzantine Pottery production, Globular Amphorae, Trade and Exchange during 7th and 8th c. A.D.(Late Antique Archaeology, Early Christianity, Early Medieval History, Late Antiquity, Al-Andalus, Umayyads (Islamic History), Roman Economy, Late Roman Archaeology, Late Roman Pottery, Mediterranean archaeology, Visigothic Spain, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Visigodos, Tarragona, and Early Byzantine Pottery production, Globular Amphorae, Trade and Exchange during 7th and 8th c. A.D.)
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The main results obtained during the last excavations carried out in the roman villa on Mas dels Frares (2018-2021) allow us to better understand the main characteristics of a residential and productive settlement situated at less than 6... more
The main results obtained during the last excavations carried out in the roman villa on Mas dels Frares (2018-2021) allow us to better understand the main characteristics of a residential and productive settlement situated at less than 6 km away from the roman city of Tarraco. The villa reflects the common dynamics and evolution of this territorium. The main characteristic of this archaeological site was the use of water, both in the thermal complex and the agricultural holding during most part of this existence.
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Presentamos el estudio de producciones cerámicas de ámbito tardoantiguo (IV-VI d. C.) procedentes de las excavaciones realizadas en el edificio palacial de Carranque (Toledo) durante las campañas de 1988 a 2003. La ausencia de metodología... more
Presentamos el estudio de producciones cerámicas de ámbito tardoantiguo (IV-VI d. C.) procedentes de las excavaciones realizadas en el edificio palacial de Carranque (Toledo) durante las campañas de 1988 a 2003. La ausencia de metodología estratigráfica y contexto de este material condiciona y lastra su estudio, si bien el análisis íntegro del conjunto se ha demostrado esencial para la identificación de las producciones cerámicas presentes en el yacimiento durante ese periodo (TSHT, TSHTM, TSA D, lucernas africanas y ánforas) y para trazar, a partir del cotejo con las cerámicas halladas en contextos cerrados con metodología estratigráfica (campañas 2009 y 2010), las dinámicas y patrones de producción, consumo y comercio en las que se hallaba inserto el yacimiento a lo largo de la Tardoantigüedad (IV-VI d. C.).
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The results obtaines in the València la Vella project introduce this archaeological site into the scientific debate on forming new cities in Visigothic Hispania. Our research argues that it was a Visigothic city built during the reign of... more
The results obtaines in the València la Vella project introduce this archaeological site into the scientific debate on forming new cities in Visigothic Hispania. Our research argues that it was a Visigothic city built during the reign of Liuvigild and in a context of confrontation against the Bizantine Empire. The research has already provided enought information to determine the urban and military character of the settlement: extension, terraced urbanism, craft activities, and public buildings. The relationship between the city and the nearby Pla de Nadal archaeological site must also be confirmed. Both sites are essential for recognising the impact of the Arab-Berber conquest on the territory of the ancient Roman city on Valentia.
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Tarraco was the ancient capital of Hispania Tarraconensis, a Roman province in the Western Mediterranean. It was a strategic enclave and one of the most important ports during the Roman Empire and Late Antiquity. The archaeological record... more
Tarraco was the ancient capital of Hispania Tarraconensis, a Roman province in the Western Mediterranean. It was a strategic enclave and one of the most important ports during the Roman Empire and Late Antiquity. The archaeological record of the city shows a variety of imported products arrived from several regions including a significant amount of eastern Mediterranean wares, amongst which there are fine, table-wares, amphorae, and coarse and cooking wares. This work focuses on the integrated archaeological and archaeometric study of these eastern types of Late Roman cooking wares from the mid-7th century to the early 8th century. In previous works, these products were classified as Aegean and North Palestinian imports. However, for some of these materials a detailed macroscopic study revealed similarities with local/regional products, opening the possibility of regional ware imitating eastern prototypes. An analytical study was carried out, applying a combination of WD-XRF and Optical Microscopy to identify their provenance. The results point to the coexistence of imported eastern Mediterranean wares and local/regional imitations. At the same time, some of the typologies identified as eastern Mediterranean products seem to have been produced locally or regionally.
Research Interests: Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Pottery (Archaeology), Late Antique Archaeology, Late Antiquity, and 9 moreArchaeometry, Late Roman Empire, Late Roman Archaeology, Archaeology of Roman Hispania, Late Roman Pottery, Cooking and Food Preparation (archaeology), Pottery, Tarraco, and Tarragona
Tarraco was the ancient capital of Hispania Tarraconensis, a Roman province in the Western Mediterranean. It was a strategic enclave and one of the most important ports during the Roman Empire and Late Antiquity. The archaeological record... more
Tarraco was the ancient capital of Hispania Tarraconensis, a Roman province in the Western Mediterranean. It was a strategic enclave and one of the most important ports during the Roman Empire and Late Antiquity. The archaeological record of the city shows a variety of imported products arrived from several regions including a significant amount of eastern Mediterranean wares, amongst which there are fine, table-wares, amphorae, and coarse and cooking wares. This work focuses on the integrated archaeological and archaeometric study of these eastern types of Late Roman cooking wares from the mid-7th century to the early 8th century. In previous works, these products were classified as Aegean and North Palestinian imports. However, for some of these materials a detailed macroscopic study revealed similarities with local/regional products, opening the possibility of regional ware imitating eastern prototypes. An analytical study was carried out, applying a combination of WD-XRF and Optical Microscopy to identify their provenance. The results point to the coexistence of imported eastern Mediterranean wares and local/regional imitations. At the same time, some of the typologies identified as eastern Mediterranean products seem to have been produced locally or regionally.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Geography, Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, and 15 moreArchaeological Science, Late Antique Archaeology, Provenance, Late Antiquity, Archaeometry, Late Roman Empire, Roman Empire, Late Roman Archaeology, Archaeology of Roman Hispania, Late Roman Pottery, Pottery, Social Science Research Network, Sorting, Mediterranean Climate, and Pottery Archaeology
Late Roman Unguentaria en Tarragona: resultados preliminares sobre su caracterización tipológica, distribución y evolución en su suburbio portuario (siglos vii-inicios del viii d. C.)
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Presentamos un pequeño conjunto de lucernas argelinas recuperadas en contextos arqueológicos del s. V en Tarragona. La mayor parte del catálogo procede del antiguo témenos de culto imperial del conjunto arquitectónico del Concilium... more
Presentamos un pequeño conjunto de lucernas argelinas recuperadas en contextos arqueológicos del s. V en Tarragona. La mayor parte del catálogo procede del antiguo témenos de culto imperial del conjunto arquitectónico del Concilium Prouinciae flavio y el resto del área portuaria de la ciudad. Se trata de unas lucernas escasamente documentadas en Hispania y que ponen de manifiesto relaciones comerciales con la Mauritania Caesarensis.
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Un ejemplar de ánfora oriental alto-imperial tipo Carrot Vipard 3a1 encontrada en la ciudad romana de Tarraco (Tarragona, Catalunya)
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Leandro Fantuzzi, Miguel Ángel Cau Ontiveros, Josep Maria Macias Solé et Francesc Rodríguez Martorell, « Eastern Mediterranean amphorae from Late Antique urban centers of the northeastern Iberian Peninsula: archaeometric characterization... more
Leandro Fantuzzi, Miguel Ángel Cau Ontiveros, Josep Maria Macias Solé et Francesc Rodríguez Martorell, « Eastern Mediterranean amphorae from Late Antique urban centers of the northeastern Iberian Peninsula: archaeometric characterization », ArcheoSciences, 43-2 | 2019, 229-247.
Amphorae from Palestine, Turkey, the Aegean and other areas of the eastern Mediterranean are frequently documented in Late Antique archaeological contexts in northeastern Spain, in relation to the transport of wine and other products. In order to gain further information on their compositional variability, provenance and production technology, a series of these amphorae was archaeometrically characterized. The amphorae were sampled from various contexts found in consumption centres of the current Catalan coastal territory, dated between the 5th and 7th centuries AD. Various types of eastern Mediterranean amphorae were characterized, including the most common ones, such as LRA 1, LRA 4, LRA 2 and LRA 3, but also others less represented in the ceramic assemblages. The selected samples were analyzed using a combination of techniques (WD-X-ray fluorescence, X-ray powder diffraction and optical microscopy by thin section analysis) for their chemical, mineralogical and petrographic characterization. The results show the presence of well differentiated fabrics and chemical compositions for each of the amphora types analyzed as well as certain variability in some of them, related to differences in provenance and/or production technology. Comparison with available archaeometric and archaeological data from eastern Mediterranean production centers enabled for provenance hypotheses for many of the amphorae under study.
Amphorae from Palestine, Turkey, the Aegean and other areas of the eastern Mediterranean are frequently documented in Late Antique archaeological contexts in northeastern Spain, in relation to the transport of wine and other products. In order to gain further information on their compositional variability, provenance and production technology, a series of these amphorae was archaeometrically characterized. The amphorae were sampled from various contexts found in consumption centres of the current Catalan coastal territory, dated between the 5th and 7th centuries AD. Various types of eastern Mediterranean amphorae were characterized, including the most common ones, such as LRA 1, LRA 4, LRA 2 and LRA 3, but also others less represented in the ceramic assemblages. The selected samples were analyzed using a combination of techniques (WD-X-ray fluorescence, X-ray powder diffraction and optical microscopy by thin section analysis) for their chemical, mineralogical and petrographic characterization. The results show the presence of well differentiated fabrics and chemical compositions for each of the amphora types analyzed as well as certain variability in some of them, related to differences in provenance and/or production technology. Comparison with available archaeometric and archaeological data from eastern Mediterranean production centers enabled for provenance hypotheses for many of the amphorae under study.
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We studied an aequipondium or counterweight balance in bronze with figurative representation of a female divinity. He appeared in front of Tarragona port and is preserved in the collection of the National Archaeological Museum of... more
We studied an aequipondium or counterweight balance in bronze with figurative representation of a female divinity. He appeared in front of Tarragona port and is preserved in the collection of the National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona (MNAT). We emphasize its exceptional weight of 38 kg, the largest, far ahead of all aequipondia hitherto known in the Roman world. Statera belong to a giant or balance arm. This scale would necessarily be mounted on a large frame or machina, capable of weighing huge loads of up to 1500 kg or more. By place of discovery and its high artistic and technical qualities propose relate to public balance (ponderarium or sacomarium) of roman port. The female divinity represented should be an image of Aequitas, Equity, numen protector of fair dealing in the weights and measures of the markets.
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Las últimas excavaciones en el suburbio occidental de la Tarragona romana han evidenciado una des- tacada fase constructiva y de uso de un conjunto de ámbitos de almacenaje y productivos de cronología muy avanzada (siglos VII y VIII)... more
Las últimas excavaciones en el suburbio occidental de la Tarragona romana han evidenciado una des- tacada fase constructiva y de uso de un conjunto de ámbitos de almacenaje y productivos de cronología muy avanzada (siglos VII y VIII) ubicados entre el río y el mar Mediterráneo. El incipiente estudio cerámi- co en curso, junto al análisis de las monedas exhumadas en las diferentes unidades estratigráficas de ori- gen primario, acercan la investigación sobre el comportamiento económico de la moneda en un contexto portuario como es el caso de Tarracona. Por otro lado, el estudio conjunto entre materiales cerámicos y moneda permite entender y establecer mejores aproximaciones a las dinámicas económicas y comerciales del día a día en los últimos siglos de la tardoantigüedad en uno de los puertos más importantes de la anti- gua província de la Tarraconense.
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The aim of this article is to show a detailed overview of latest archaeological works in one part of Tarragona's port area. During the Visigothic period the harbour of Tarracona, ancient city of Tarraco, the capital of Hispania... more
The aim of this article is to show a detailed overview of latest archaeological works in one part of Tarragona's port area. During the Visigothic period the harbour of Tarracona, ancient city of Tarraco, the capital of Hispania Tarraconensis, became the main urban and economic asset and the results there obtained provide us a better knowledge than in the rest of the late city.
We have identified a productive and exchange zone, possibly belonging to the Visigoth cataplus and integrated in the Mediterranean trade networks. Their evidences show a great constructive activity and urban renovation, especially between the second half of VIIIth and the first half of VIIIth centuries. There were five buildings where bi-functional spaces to be found, with workshops to foundry and manufacture both metal objects and glass; while in other rooms domestic spaces were developed. The interest of the instrumentum domesticum related transport, cooking and foods consumption lies not only in its chronology, but also in the fact that it reflects the latest products marketed in the western Mediterranean, as well as the ethnographic evolution of coarse pottery. It was a strong space of exchange in which an important numismatic set has recovered. Consequently, we are defining, for het first time, a faithful material culture of Tarracona city before and during the arrival of Islam in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula.
We have identified a productive and exchange zone, possibly belonging to the Visigoth cataplus and integrated in the Mediterranean trade networks. Their evidences show a great constructive activity and urban renovation, especially between the second half of VIIIth and the first half of VIIIth centuries. There were five buildings where bi-functional spaces to be found, with workshops to foundry and manufacture both metal objects and glass; while in other rooms domestic spaces were developed. The interest of the instrumentum domesticum related transport, cooking and foods consumption lies not only in its chronology, but also in the fact that it reflects the latest products marketed in the western Mediterranean, as well as the ethnographic evolution of coarse pottery. It was a strong space of exchange in which an important numismatic set has recovered. Consequently, we are defining, for het first time, a faithful material culture of Tarracona city before and during the arrival of Islam in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula.
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We present the first results obtained in the archaeological research project carried out in València la Vella between 2016 and 2018. In these first campaigns we documented the settlement topographically and dug stratigraphic... more
We present the first results obtained in the archaeological research project carried
out in València la Vella between 2016 and 2018. In these first campaigns we documented
the settlement topographically and dug stratigraphic verification trenches. We have also
started to document the section of the wall most damaged by actions in the twentieth
century.
These activities have allowed us to corroborate the Visigothic chronology of a walled
nucleus of almost 5 hectares and to confirm the importance of the intramural urban
planning and the economic activities undertaken in it. In this way we are able to offer
València la Vella to the scientific community as one of the most important Visigothic
archaeological sites for contributing to our knowledge of urban planning and society in
the sixth and seventh centuries.
out in València la Vella between 2016 and 2018. In these first campaigns we documented
the settlement topographically and dug stratigraphic verification trenches. We have also
started to document the section of the wall most damaged by actions in the twentieth
century.
These activities have allowed us to corroborate the Visigothic chronology of a walled
nucleus of almost 5 hectares and to confirm the importance of the intramural urban
planning and the economic activities undertaken in it. In this way we are able to offer
València la Vella to the scientific community as one of the most important Visigothic
archaeological sites for contributing to our knowledge of urban planning and society in
the sixth and seventh centuries.
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We present the first results obtained in the archaeological research project carried out in València la Vella between 2016 and 2018. In these first campaigns we documented the settlement topographically and dug stratigraphic... more
We present the first results obtained in the archaeological research project carried
out in València la Vella between 2016 and 2018. In these first campaigns we documented
the settlement topographically and dug stratigraphic verification trenches. We have also
started to document the section of the wall most damaged by actions in the twentieth
century.
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These activities have allowed us to corroborate the Visigothic chronology of a walled
nucleus of almost 5 hectares and to confirm the importance of the intramural urban
planning and the economic activities undertaken in it. In this way we are able to offer
València la Vella to the scientific community as one of the most important Visigothic
archaeological sites for contributing to our knowledge of urban planning and society in
the sixth and seventh centuries.
out in València la Vella between 2016 and 2018. In these first campaigns we documented
the settlement topographically and dug stratigraphic verification trenches. We have also
started to document the section of the wall most damaged by actions in the twentieth
century.
.
These activities have allowed us to corroborate the Visigothic chronology of a walled
nucleus of almost 5 hectares and to confirm the importance of the intramural urban
planning and the economic activities undertaken in it. In this way we are able to offer
València la Vella to the scientific community as one of the most important Visigothic
archaeological sites for contributing to our knowledge of urban planning and society in
the sixth and seventh centuries.
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The latest archaeological finds in Tarragona port area have provided new data that it must have an effect in the problematic disappearance of visigothic Tarracona before the irruption of early al-Andalus (c. 713-714). This article focuses... more
The latest archaeological finds in Tarragona port area have provided new data that it must have an effect in the problematic disappearance of visigothic Tarracona before the irruption of early al-Andalus (c. 713-714). This article focuses on the difficulty of establishing chronological dates based on pottery deposits study. Its coastal situation facilitated the importation of numerous Mediterranean products but the absence of satisfactory knowledge prevents its temporal characterization, as well as the identification of the disappearance of the city.
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El conocimiento arqueológico del sector occidental del puerto de Tarraco/Tarracona ha crecido exponencialmente, gracias principalmente a las excavaciones realizadas durante el proceso de expansión urbanística de la ciudad de los años 90... more
El conocimiento arqueológico del sector occidental del puerto de Tarraco/Tarracona ha crecido exponencialmente, gracias principalmente a las excavaciones realizadas durante el proceso de expansión urbanística de la ciudad de los años 90 del siglo pasado. No obstante, no ocurre lo mismo en el sector oriental, donde la insuficiente secuencia estratigráfica en algunos sectores o la ausencia de memorias de excavación, ha dificultado en buena parte su comprensión. Reflexionar sobre la complejidad de los términos teloneum, catabolus y cataplus, documentados en diversas fuentes francas y visigodas, permite abordar la dificultad propia de los restos arqueológicos, proponiendo en esta contribución, una reflexión prioritaria de los espacios portuenses y los colectivos administrativos que gestionaban las tasas e impuestos y el control de precios de los productos de ultramar.
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The transformation of the urban landscape of Tarraco has been often analyzed from an architectural, political or economic perspective, but there are few cases in which these changes arise as a process carried out by the society of the... more
The transformation of the urban landscape of Tarraco has been often analyzed from an architectural, political or economic perspective, but there are few cases in which these changes arise as a process carried out by the society of the period itself. This article aims to place such society as the central element of the analysis and to make a briefly study on the urban landscape of Tarraco from Late Antiquity to the Medieval and Post-medieval consolidation period, based on the different instruments available.
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Desde el siglo pasado, los vertederos de la Acrópolis de Tarragona nos han dotado de información relativa a un momento histórico aún por profundizar: la transformación del recinto sacro de la antigua sede del Concilium Prouinciae... more
Desde el siglo pasado, los vertederos de la Acrópolis de Tarragona nos han dotado de información relativa a un momento histórico aún por profundizar: la transformación del recinto sacro de la antigua sede del Concilium Prouinciae Hispaniae Citerioris. En este contexto, marcado por importantes cambios políticos, administrativos y religiosos, la evolución urbana sigue siendo un proceso histórico que no ha sido completamente evaluado con precisión(Macias 2013).
Los basureros representan una de las principales vías de información, y el depósito documentado en el claustro de la Catedral de Tarragona, excavado en el año 1955 por José Sánchez Real (1969) y estudiado de manera preliminar por Christoph B. Rüger (1968), continúa siendo de gran interés. En cuanto a las ánforas, menos del 5% del material recuperado ha sido publicado. Esto nos permite afirmar que se trata de un contexto prácticamente inédito. Además, la diversidad tipológica y de procedencia de las ánforas encontradas en el claustro nos proporciona valiosas pistas sobre rutas comerciales que abarcan gran parte del Mediterráneo. Esto subraya una vez más la importancia comercial y económica del puerto romano de Tarraco durante el s. V d.C.
En esta revisión, presentamos un análisis exhaustivo de todas las ánforas procedentes de dicho contexto de basurero. De manera preliminar, el basurero está formado principalmente por un gran conjunto de ánforas africanas, orientales, lusitanas y béticas, conformando un repertorio tipológico de gran riqueza tanto en forma, como en origen de producción. Por otro lado, junto al estudio de la vajilla fina que se está realizando en estos momentos, el análisis cronotipológico permitirá ajustar la cronología de formación del vertedero en un momento avanzado del s. V d.C., pudiéndolo diferenciar así de otros vertederos conocidos en la Part Alta como el vertedero Vila-roma (mediados del s. V d.C., 425-450/460) o el del antiguo Hospital de Sta. Tecla y de la Antiga Audiència (mediados y finales del siglo V respectivamente). Todo ello no solo aporta información sobre el momento de cambio y transformación de la Part Alta de la ciudad romana, dónde se ubicaban los templos dedicados a Augusto y a la dinastía Flavia, sino que también arroja luz sobre un período comercial específico, el s. V d.C., en una de las ciudades más relevantes del Occidente mediterráneo.
Los datos tratados en este estudio se encuentran en el siguiente repositorio de datos en abierto: https://doi.org/10.34810/data1335
Los basureros representan una de las principales vías de información, y el depósito documentado en el claustro de la Catedral de Tarragona, excavado en el año 1955 por José Sánchez Real (1969) y estudiado de manera preliminar por Christoph B. Rüger (1968), continúa siendo de gran interés. En cuanto a las ánforas, menos del 5% del material recuperado ha sido publicado. Esto nos permite afirmar que se trata de un contexto prácticamente inédito. Además, la diversidad tipológica y de procedencia de las ánforas encontradas en el claustro nos proporciona valiosas pistas sobre rutas comerciales que abarcan gran parte del Mediterráneo. Esto subraya una vez más la importancia comercial y económica del puerto romano de Tarraco durante el s. V d.C.
En esta revisión, presentamos un análisis exhaustivo de todas las ánforas procedentes de dicho contexto de basurero. De manera preliminar, el basurero está formado principalmente por un gran conjunto de ánforas africanas, orientales, lusitanas y béticas, conformando un repertorio tipológico de gran riqueza tanto en forma, como en origen de producción. Por otro lado, junto al estudio de la vajilla fina que se está realizando en estos momentos, el análisis cronotipológico permitirá ajustar la cronología de formación del vertedero en un momento avanzado del s. V d.C., pudiéndolo diferenciar así de otros vertederos conocidos en la Part Alta como el vertedero Vila-roma (mediados del s. V d.C., 425-450/460) o el del antiguo Hospital de Sta. Tecla y de la Antiga Audiència (mediados y finales del siglo V respectivamente). Todo ello no solo aporta información sobre el momento de cambio y transformación de la Part Alta de la ciudad romana, dónde se ubicaban los templos dedicados a Augusto y a la dinastía Flavia, sino que también arroja luz sobre un período comercial específico, el s. V d.C., en una de las ciudades más relevantes del Occidente mediterráneo.
Los datos tratados en este estudio se encuentran en el siguiente repositorio de datos en abierto: https://doi.org/10.34810/data1335
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La Acrópolis de Tarragona ha sido objeto de numerosas intervenciones arqueológicas que han puesto el foco en la comprensión histórica y urbanística de la sede del Concilium Prouinciae Hispaniae Citerioris. Sin embargo, la investigación... more
La Acrópolis de Tarragona ha sido objeto de numerosas intervenciones arqueológicas que han puesto el foco en la comprensión histórica y urbanística de la sede del Concilium Prouinciae Hispaniae Citerioris. Sin embargo, la investigación centrada en la transformación urbanística y la cristianización ideológica tardoantigua de este recinto de poder adolece de datos concretos, lo que convierte a cada uno de sus “basureros” urbanos en un valioso indicador cronológico y socioeconómico. Presentamos una revisión actualizada de los materiales cerámicos hallados en las excavaciones del claustro de la Catedral, efectuadas en el año 1955 por José Sánchez Real y publicados, parcialmente, por Christoph B. Rüger. Así se incide en el análisis y contextualización de un gran conjunto de materiales cerámicos mediterráneos del siglo V dC, avanzando en la comprensión histórica de la transformación de un recinto de culto imperial que albergaba los templos dedicados a Augusto y a la dinastía Flavia.
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CONGRÉS INTERNACIONAL ELS DOLIA A LES PROVÍNCIES D’HISPANIA EN ÈPOCA ROMANA. ESTAT DE LA QÜESTIÓ I PERSPECTIVES
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XVI CONGRESO NACIONAL DE NUMISMÁTICA TESOROS Y HALLAZGOS MONETARIOS: PROTECCIÓN, ESTUDIO Y MUSEALIZACIÓN MIÉRCOLES 28 DE NOVIEMBRE
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4t Congrés Internacional d'arqueologia i món antic. VII Reunió d'arqueologia cristiana hispànica. El cristianisme en l'antiguitat tardana. Noves perspectives.
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Research Interests: Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Late Antique Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, Early Medieval History, Late Antiquity, and 11 moreAl-Andalus, Urban archaeology, Late Roman Pottery in Hispania, Ports and Harbours, Amphorae (Archaeology), Al-Andalus archaeology, Tarraco, Tarragona, Early Byzantine Pottery production, Globular Amphorae, Trade and Exchange during 7th and 8th c. A.D., Ancient Ports and Harbours, and Late roman cooking wares, early medieval cooking wares, Byzantine and early medieval rural landscape(Al-Andalus, Urban archaeology, Late Roman Pottery in Hispania, Ports and Harbours, Amphorae (Archaeology), Al-Andalus archaeology, Tarraco, Tarragona, Early Byzantine Pottery production, Globular Amphorae, Trade and Exchange during 7th and 8th c. A.D., Ancient Ports and Harbours, and Late roman cooking wares, early medieval cooking wares, Byzantine and early medieval rural landscape)
(Al-Andalus, Urban archaeology, Late Roman Pottery in Hispania, Ports and Harbours, Amphorae (Archaeology), Al-Andalus archaeology, Tarraco, Tarragona, Early Byzantine Pottery production, Globular Amphorae, Trade and Exchange during 7th and 8th c. A.D., Ancient Ports and Harbours, and Late roman cooking wares, early medieval cooking wares, Byzantine and early medieval rural landscape)
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Presentamos un nuevo contexto cerámico obtenido en recientes excavaciones arqueológicas (2009-2010) realizadas por la empresa Codex - Arqueología y Patrimonio en la zona portuaria de la antigua Tarracona. Con ello pretendemos ampliar el... more
Presentamos un nuevo contexto cerámico obtenido en recientes excavaciones arqueológicas (2009-2010) realizadas por la empresa Codex - Arqueología y Patrimonio en la zona portuaria de la antigua Tarracona. Con ello pretendemos ampliar el conocimiento ceramológico (vajilla de mesa, cerámica común y contenedor anfórico) de un período aún impreciso en la arqueología mediterránea.
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Conferencia Online SECAH (25/05/2023)
Link zoom: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/86280848305
Link zoom: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/86280848305
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Tarragona, Institut Català d'Arqueologia Clàssica
14 de març 2016, de 15:00 a 18:00
14 de març 2016, de 15:00 a 18:00
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Master's Thesis
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A realizar en agosto de 2019. Riba-roja de Túria (València)
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València “la Vella” es un yacimiento de época visigoda del municipio de Riba roja de Túria situado a unos 16 km de la ciudad de València. Es un enclave enmurallado situado sobre una colina en una espectacular ubicación sobre el río Túria... more
València “la Vella” es un yacimiento de época visigoda del municipio de Riba roja de Túria situado a unos 16 km de la ciudad de València. Es un enclave enmurallado situado sobre una colina en una espectacular ubicación sobre el río Túria a unos 2 km. del Palacio de Pla de Nadal y dentro del Parque Natural del río Túria. Es un recinto fortificado de unas 4,5 ha. de extensión y donde se han desarrollado escasas intervenciones arqueológicas. El curso pretende acercar a los participantes a la metodología básica de excavación y análisis arqueológico a través de un programa que, diariamente, combinará el trabajo de campo en el yacimiento con el tratamiento de sus resultados, además de una serie de actividades teóricas y visitas a yacimientos de los alrededores. Con este curso ofrecemos una actividad formativa orientada específicamente a la arqueología tardoantigua, su cultura material y su problemática histórica.
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Riba-roja de Túria (València)
Sala Noble del Castell de Riba-roja de Túria
8-10 Novembre 2017
Sala Noble del Castell de Riba-roja de Túria
8-10 Novembre 2017
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This dataset contains the ceramic samples studied at the communication conference at SECAH 2024. Gutiérrez, I., Rodríguez, F., Macias, J. M., "Las ánforas del vertedero del claustro de la Catedral de Tarragona (s. V d.C.)", VII Congreso... more
This dataset contains the ceramic samples studied at the communication conference at SECAH 2024. Gutiérrez, I., Rodríguez, F., Macias, J. M., "Las ánforas del vertedero del claustro de la Catedral de Tarragona (s. V d.C.)", VII Congreso de la SECAH. La Cerámica en los complejos portuarios marítimos de la Península Ibérica (Lisboa 2024).