La construcción del recinto imperial de Tarraco (provincia Hispania Citerior)

Gracias a los estudios del Dr. Hauschild en la Parte Alta de Tarragona se ha identificado una estructura urbana en tres niveles que se conoce como Concilium Provinciae Hispaniae Citerioris. La investigación posterior ha permitido confirmar las hipótesis del Dr. Hauschild, y ampliar el conocimiento del conjunto. En este artículo se presentan los últimos estudios referentes al Recinto de Culto, gracias a los trabajos del Plan Director de la Catedral de Tarragona y al proyecto Planimetría Arqueológica de Tárraco.

Modelos itálicos y artesanado provincial: las lastras Campana de Tarraco y su territorio

In 1991 was brought to light a collection of architectural terracottas from the villa of the Vilarenc and some pieces from Tarraco that were identified as lastre Campana. Five years later, in the excavations of the Plaza de la Font of Tarragona, a collection of six pieces was discovered. Altogether, the collection is based in 14/15 lastre and 4 different topics: “Women flanking a candelabra”, “Theseus known by his father”, “Adornment of a hermes” and “Scene of portico of palestra”. The interest of these finds lies in several factors: Their absolute exceptionality (it is very rare to find them outside of Italy); the geographical concentration, the topics, and their chronological relation and precise culture, since the finds are concentrated in a provincial capital and its territory, and they come from contexts of the beginning of first century AD. The physicochimique analyses make possible to assign an origin from Latium to some pieces and a local manufacture to others. These finds make possible to talk about the area and the provincial impact of certain iconographic and cultural models of Augustus’ time.