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From 2012 the Queen's University of Kingston (Ontario, Canada) carries out the archeological excavation of Vigna Marini Vitalini, in a central area of the plateau of the Etruscan and Roman city of Caere, 35 km N of Rome. The stratigraphic sequence spans from the Early Iron Age to the modern occupation, but the most significant evidence dates to the period between the 3rd century B.C. - when the Etruscan city was incorporated into the Roman State - and the 1st-2nd century AD. In this paper a preliminary picture of the development of the trade networks of the site between the Middle Republic and the Roman Imperial Period will be outlined based on the amphoras found at Vigna Marini Vitalini. The evidence from the site will be put in the broader contest of the coast and the hinterland of central Tyrrhenian Italy.
In the last 20 years archaeological excavations have provided new and significant evidence of the import of pottery in the Trentino – South Tyrol Region (Northern Italy) during the Roman and Late Antique period. In particular, although the material was mostly found in a highly fragmentary state, the evidence of amphora sherds unearthed in urban and rural sites, points out that in this territory from the 1 st century BC to the Early Medieval period there was an almost constant demand for essential goods (especially wine, olive oil and fish sauces) usually transported in amphorae and that the region was part of a long distance exchange circuit supplied by seaborne trade. The recorded amphora types are quite numerous and show a provision of foodstuff both from Italy (especially between the 1 st century BC and the 2 nd century AD) and from different Mediterranean regions (Greece and Spain particularly in the first two centuries AD; North Africa and the Near East especially in the 4 th –7 th centuries AD). This supply was available thanks to a commercial circuit mainly East oriented through the NorthEast Adriatic Region, thank to a well developed waterways network connected to the River Adige and a road system based on the via Claudia augusta. This contribution presents a synthesis of the more recent data on the presence of Roman and late antique amphorae in urban and rural contexts and their meaning for the regional economy.
Propylaeum, 2020
This paper considers a series of contexts, brought into focus through recent research, which are particularly suitable and promising for delineating the most detailed possible picture of eastern amphora imports in the Adriatic area. Some of these contexts constitute the framework of the synthesis, while others represent a smattering of attestations scattered over the entire Adriatic area, which confirms and at times clarifies trends or specific characteristics of the various amphora productions.
in: Carreras Monfort, C., & J.J.H. van den Berg (eds.), Amphorae from the Kops Plateau (Nijmegen): trade and supply to the Lower-Rhineland from the Augustan period to AD 69/70 (Oxford 2017) pp.151-160, 2017
2014
The paper considers trade in Late Antique Liguria through the evidence provided by archaeological finds of amphorae throughout the region.
2016
The aim of this study is to discuss the current state of research of the Roman-provincial amphorae discovered in the Barbarian environment in front the Dacian-Moesian frontier of the Roman Empire. There, we identified 316 finds coming from 203 sites. To these we may also add other 73 refrences that only mention the “Roman amphorae finds”. Although the archaeological material is numerous, our knowledge on the typology, dissemination, content of the amphorae or their area of origin is modest. Moreover, these finds have been discussed in the scholarly literature within the context of the cultural- (ethnic) identity of the archaeological sites. This study further proposes an analysis of the Roman-Barbarian relations, especially of how Roman products (mainly the amphorae carrying wine and oil) reached the Barbaricum: via trade, as diplomatic gifts or stipends or as payments made to the Barbarians by the imperial administration.
Ceramica in Italia: VI-VII secolo, 1998
SOMA 2012 Identity and Connectivity. Proceedings of the 16th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Florence, Italy, 1-3 March 2012 (L. Bombardieri, A. D'Agostino, G. Guarducci, V. Orsi and S. Valentini, eds.), vol. 2, pp. 1023-1032. Oxford: Archaeopress. ISBN 9781407312057, 2013
The aim of this paper is to present an analysis of the distribution of Eastern Mediterranean Late Roman amphorae in the current Catalan coastal territory, based on a review of the main archaeological contexts that have been excavated to this date. In particular, evidence recovered in major urban centres (Tarraco, Emporiae, Barcino, Iluro) and in several rural settlements is examined, analysing the changes that took place during Late Antiquity regarding the volume of eastern amphorae imports (as themselves and in relation to other imports), the different eastern regions from which these products came and the typological repertoires that existed at each moment in those sites. In this paper it is also proposed the need for archaeometric studies on materials found in the Catalan area, in order to address some issues that are problematic in the current state of research, such as the provenance area of some amphorae types and the meaning of the diversity represented in these consumption centres. These analyses are expected to provide, among other, new evidence for the understanding of trade interactions between this territory and the Eastern Mediterranean in Late Antiquity.
Journal of Roman Pottery Studies, 2012
The part of the Roman province of Lusitania that today is covered by the southern area of Portugal has been subject to increasing fieldwork and research focused study, given the numerous archaeological sites that are known, particularly in the countryside. Although extensive fieldwork has been conducted at a number of kilns and a full typology of forms established, Lusitanian amphorae are often under examined in general ceramic studies. Despite this wealth of material few attempts have been made to assess their wider significance beyond the province. It is therefore the intention of this paper to draw scholarly attention to an area of the Roman world that has received limited consideration outside of Portugal, to highlight the Lusitanian amphora forms, and through an initial study discussing their distribution around the Mediterranean basin, to demonstrate their potential value for understanding the long distance commerce that originated from this “peripheral” location.
California Italian Studies, 2, n. 1, pp. 1-23, 2011
Biomass and Bioenergy, 2014
Harvard Asia Center, Harvard University Press, 2021
Libros de la Corte, n. 22, año 13, 2021
THE HIDDEN MEANING OF VELÁZQUEZ'S PAINTING "VENUS AT HER MIRROR", 2023
Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2003
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2017
Indonesian Journal of Chemistry, 2021
Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, 2004
Acta Medica Medianae, 2021