La Necròpolis protohistòrica de Milmanda (Vimbodí, Conca de Barberà, Tarragona) : un exemple del món funerari català durant el trànsit entre els segles VII i VI aC

La necròpolis protohistòrica de Milmanda (Vimbodí, Conca de Barberà, Tarragonès). Un exemple del món funerari català durant el trànsit entre els segles VII i VI aC és una monografia que documenta els materials que es van trobar en aquest jaciment i els posa en el context del món funerari del període ibèric antic a Catalunya.

El poblament rural del Camp de Tarragona en època tardo-republicana (segles II-I aC)

This project consists of a study of the settlement of population during the Late Republican period in the Camp de Tarragona, an extensive agricultural plain in the shape of a crescent moon opening out towards the sea which constitutes the area of land in closest proximity to the capital, Tarraco. It does not therefore include the entirety of the ager Tarraconensis, which covered a considerably larger area. After reviewing the preceding Iberian presence in the area, the study focuses on the archaeological evidence corroborating the settlement of population referred to above and its evolution during the course of the two centuries prior to the rule of Augustus. Attention is also given to certain speciic themes, such as the centuriation of certain sectors, the presence of military checkpoints, the production of ceramics during the Republican period (at Fontscaldes and Valls) and the appearance of the irst Roman villas (El Moro and El Mas d’en Gras).

Nou mosaic amb representació de Soleae Balneares, procedent de la vil·la romana de Barrugat (Bítem, Tortosa)

El present treball se centra en l’estudi d’un fragment de mosaic, inèdit fins ara, provinent d’una estança calefactada que representa dues sandàlies. És un dels materials recollits per l’arquitecte Joan Abril l’any 1910 a la vil·la romana de Barrugat (Bítem, Tortosa) mentre s’estava construint el Canal de l’Esquerra de l’Ebre. Actualment es conserva al Museu de Tortosa.

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.

Buccal dental microwear and stable isotopes of El Collado: A mesolithic site from Spain,

This study examines the correlation between buccal dental microwear and stable isotopes. The buccal surface of post-canine teeth casts from El Collado, the largest Mesolithic site in Spain, were examined under Scanning Electron Microscope; photomicrographs were taken from the middle third of the buccal surface with magnification 100X. Only six individuals passed the criteria for buccal dental microwear analysis. The photomicrographs were treated by adobe Photoshop 8.01 to cover an area 0.56 mm² of middle third of buccal surface, the output photomicrographs were digitized using Sigmascan Pro 5 by SPSS. Then the correlation between buccal microwear pattern and stable isotopes of the same individuals, of the previous study of Guixe et al., 2006, was examined using a Pearson test. Statistical analysis revealed that there is no significant correlation between stable isotopes and buccal dental microwear of the people of the Mesolithic site of El Collado. The historical and archaeological documentation suggest that the Mesolithic people tended to consume marine food. Fish-drying techniques were used during the Mesolithic period which allowed the introduction of dust and sand to the fish. These abrasive particles affected the buccal dental microwear pattern, so that no correlation between the isotopes and microwear may be expected. This also suggests that the buccal dental microwear pattern exceeds dietary reconstruction to reconstruct food processing techniques.

La producción tarraconense de lastras Campana

En 1991 vió la luz una colección de terracotas arquitectónicas procedentes de la villa romana de El Vilarenc y otras pocas de Tárraco, que fueron identificadas como lastras Campana. Cinco años más tarde en las excavaciones de la Plaça de la Font de Tarragona fueron descubiertos seis nuevos ejemplares. Ahora, el conjunto consta de 14/15 piezas distribuidas en cuatro motivos iconográficos: “Mujeres flanqueando un candelabro”, “Teseo reconocido por su padre”, “Engalanamiento de un hermes” y “Escena de pórtico de palestra”. El interés radica en los siguientes factores: su absoluta excepcionalidad (son extremadamente raras fuera de Italia); su concentración geográfica en la capital y su territorio; y su precisa adscripción cronológica y cultural. Los análisis arqueométricos adjudican un orígen lacial para una y una fabricación local para las restantes. Este hecho permite plantear el tema de la adopción de modelos iconográficos de la capital –Roma– en la Tárraco post-augustea.