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The Port-Vendres 4 Shipwreck Cargo: evidence of the Roman wine trade in the western Mediterranean

2015; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 44; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/1095-9270.12109

1095-9270

Verónica Martínez Ferreras, Claudio Capelli, Marie-Pierre Jézégou, M. Salvat, Georges Castellvi, Roberto Cabella,

Archaeological Research and Protection

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.