Roman Archaeology

Bajo este epígrafe se reúnen todos aquellos materiales que se pueden fechar entre el siglo I-VII dC. El principal rasgo que hay que subrayar es la escasez de restos cerámicos que se vinculan a este marco cronológico en el área excavada del PAI Torre la Sal. No obstante, la intervención realizada en el yacimiento de El Tancat, situado más al interior, ha permitido recuperar un conjunto de materiales cerámicos interesante que se pueden adscribir a diferentes periodos que van desde el bronce final/hierro I, hasta la fase andalusí, con un predominio de los restos que se encuadran entre el siglo II e inicios del VII.

"Based on the excavation in 2004 of two rectangular pits dug into the natural terrain, and related with the manoeuvre systems of two large wine Roman presses located in the archaeological site of Vallmora (Teià, Maresme, Barcelone), have been able to interpret these as containers to hold a counterweight structure type “arca lapidum”, as described by Pliny the Elder (NH XVIII, 317). On the other hand, we are developing a regional study to identify such structures in other archaeological sites with the same features and chronologies throughout Catalonia, to establish a techno-functional model based on the interpretive study of multiple cases, enabling the identification of these manoeuvre-pits as unequivocal evidence of pressing structures presence.

Keywords: Roman beam press, manoeuvre-pits, counterweight structure type “Arca Lapidum”, Techno-functional model.

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