AMPHORAE FROM QUINTA DO LAGO (LOULÉ, PORTUGAL): THE IMPORTS

Abstract

The Roman villa of Quinta do Lago, in Almansil (Loulé, Portugal), is mainly known through the unit of salted fish products, dating from the III and IV centuries, as well as the local amphorae, destined to the bottling of these products. However, the occupation of the space began at a relatively early stage of the Early Empire, in the first century AD, as evidenced by the materials collected during fieldwork, among which are imported amphorae. These amphorae, with diverse origins (Italy, Coastal Baetica and Guadalquivir valley, North Africa, Gaul and Lusitania), cover the whole chronology of the occupation (1st to 4th centuries), had transported different food products (wine, olive oil and fish).