Oil and wine production facilities analysed within the framework of the project Ager Tarraconensis (PAT)

Authors

  • Marta Prevosti
Keywords: Oil and wine mills, pottery industry, pottery marks, owner, slave, rational agriculture, eighteenth century, commercial circuit

Abstract

Within the Ager Tarraconensis Project, 19 sites with evidence of oil or wine pro- duction facilities, focusing especially between the first century B.C. and the third cen- tury A.D., have been studied in the Camp de Tarragona. We have also studied 22 sites with evidence of pottery production, seven of which are known to have produced am- phorae. The finding of various brands of pottery where we identified the name of M. Clodius Martialis points to a wealthy elite family of Tarraco, with which four sites have been linked and perhaps a fifth. Between the time of Augustus and the third century, the wine is confirmed as the main product of agriculture developed within the villa system, focused on the overseas market. Oil must have been produced for local con- sumption. This region did not boost again the production of wine on an international scale until the eighteenth century, with which we establish a comparison.

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Published
22-06-2015
How to Cite
Prevosti, M. (2015). Oil and wine production facilities analysed within the framework of the project Ager Tarraconensis (PAT). Annals of Prehistory and Archaeology, 97–111. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/apa/article/view/229971
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