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The Fortuna Domus (Cartagena, Spain): An Archaeological Analysis of Household Activities in a Hispano-Roman Colonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

Jesús Bermejo  and
Alejandro Quevedo
Jesús Bermejo
Affiliation:
Instituto de Cultura y Tecnología Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Alejandro Quevedo
Affiliation:
LabexMed, Centre Camille Jullian, UMR 7299, Université d'Aix-Marseille—CNRS, France
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Abstract

This paper analyses the occupation sequence documented in the Roman house of La Fortuna (Cartagena, Spain). We use a contextual approach to study all the material culture documented in the domus. We start with a complete re-documentation of the stratigraphic record, in order to match the finds to their provenance. As a basis for this documentation, we discuss the abandonment typologies and the formation processes documented in the house. Using this framework we make a detailed examination of the artefact assemblages documented and we apply a quantitative study of the production, redistribution and consumption patterns during the different occupation phases. The ultimate objective of this paper is to provide a social and economic reading of the household activities carried out by the successive inhabitants in their own historical context.

Ce papier analyse la séquence d'occupation documentée dans la maison romaine de Fortuna (Carthagène, Espagne). Nous étudions la culture matérielle relevée dans la domus par une approche contextuelle. Nous commençons par une redocumentation complète des profils stratigraphiques, afin d'attribuer les trouvailles à leur provenance correspondante. Comme base de cette documentation, nous examinons les typologies d'abandon et les processus de formation documentés dans la maison. Dans ce cadre, nous analysons en détail les assemblages d'artefacts documentés et nous procédons à une étude quantitative des modes de production, de redistribution et de consommation pendant les différentes phases d'occupation. L'ultime objectif de cet article consiste à fournir une interprétation sociale et économique des activités domestiques effectuées par les habitants successifs dans leur propre contexte historique. Translation by Isabelle Gerges.

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Zusammenfassung

Dieser Beitrag analysiert die Besiedlungssequenz, die im römischen Haus von La Fortuna (Prov. Cartagena, Spanien), dokumentiert wurde. Wir nutzen einen kontextuellen Ansatz, um die Gesamtheit der hier aufgefundenen materiellen Kultur zu untersuchen und beginnen mit einer vollständigen Neudokumentation der Stratigraphie, um die genaue Lokalisierung der Einzelobjekte zu bestimmen. Als Basis für diese Dokumentation diskutieren wir die Typologien der Auflassung sowie die Formationsprozesse, die im Gebäude festgestellt werden konnten. Anhand dieses methodischen Gerüstes wird eine detaillierte Untersuchung der festgestellten Artefaktgruppen unter Anwendung einer quantitativen Studie von Produktions-, Redistributions- und Konsumptionsmustern während der verschiedenen Besiedlungsphasen vorgenommen. Das Endziel dieser Studie ist es, die soziale und ökonomische Ebene der Haushaltaktivitäten, die die nacheinander folgenden Bewohner in ihrem eigenen historischen Kontext durchführten, zu entschlüsseln. Translation by Heiner Schwarzberg.

Keywords

household archaeologyRoman domusCarthago NovaHispaniadomestic activitiesartefact assemblagesarchéologie domestiquedomus romaineCarthago NovaHispanieactivités domestiquesassemblages d'artefactsHaushaltarchäologierömische domus; Carthago NovaHispaniahäusliche AktivitätenArtefaktgruppen
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European Journal of Archaeology , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , 2014 , pp. 487 - 516
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Copyright © European Association of Archaeologists 2014 

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