The Roman Amphitheater of Ammaia (Hispania-Lusitania) is a new archaeological discovery, an example of a Roman provincial model in the public buildings of spectacles. In this article we analyse different aspects: its discovery, constructive elements and building characteristics, as well as its chronology, use and abandonment. Its model can be included in the provincial examples of Lusitania, where five amphithe...
In the present study, 37 lead artefacts were characterised to identify possible lead sources allowing to establish trade fluxes concerning food and textile products during Roman times. These artefacts were uncovered by dredging works at the Arade River estuary (Portimão). The city of Portimão (Lusitania province) was an important harbour, where several fish-processing factories were installed, and Arade River p...
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Roman amphorae produced in Lusitania were usually considered as fish product containers since amphora kilns were mainly known on the coast where they co-existed with fish-salting workshops, and the rare tituli picti known confirmed this assumption. Over the past 25 years the progress in research has brought up new issues: the contents of two flat-base types was questioned and wine was the new content proposed f...
O registo estratigráfico de um sítio arqueológico com recurso à chamada “Matriz de Harris” foi pela primeira vez ensaiado em Portugal em 1982 na escavação do acampamento militar romano da Lomba do Canho, Arganil, por iniciativa de Amílcar Guerra, baseado na sua experiência em Itália com a equipa de Andrea Carandini. Faz-se um breve historial sobre a valorização da estratigrafia na leitura dos sítios arqueológic...