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The Port‐Vendres 4 Shipwreck Cargo: evidence of the Roman wine trade in the western Mediterranean |
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| Authors: | Verònica Martínez Ferreras Claudio Capelli Marie‐Pierre Jézégou Michel Salvat Georges Castellvi Roberto Cabella |
| Institution: | 1. ERAAUB, Department of Prehistory, Ancient History and Archaeology, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;2. DISTAV, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e della Vita, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy;3. DRASSM, Département des Recherches Archéologiques Subaquatiques et Sous‐Marines, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Marseille, France;4. Mairie de Port‐Vendres, Port‐Vendres, France;5. ARESMAR, Université de Perpignan‐via Domitia, Perpignan, Lattes, France |
| Abstract: | The Port‐Vendres 4 shipwreck is evidence of coastal export trade between Hispania Citerior and Narbonne in 40/30 BC. The cargo is made up of a particular assemblage of Roman wine amphoras (Pascual 1, Dressel 1B and Lamboglia 2) destined for Gallic markets. Archaeological and archaeometric analyses conducted on a selection of the amphoras allowed the provenance of the cargo to be identified as Hispania Citerior and the central‐southern Tyrrhenian coast of Italy. Iluro and/or Baetulo are proposed as the ports of departure, enabling the reconstruction of the trade route and the historical and economic significance of this shipwreck. |
| Keywords: | Hispania Citerior Late Republican period shipwreck wine amphoras trade provenance study |