Rhode. Caracterització del jaciment i de les produccions dels seus tallers ceràmics

Abstract

In the first part of this doctoral thesis archaeological materials and documents from old excavations in the Greek site of the Citadel in Roses are revised. Comparative and global investigation is carried out between information provided by old excavations and that coming from the more recent ones. The results help to put forward a site periodisation from the Rhode massaliot colony foundation, during the 4th century up to the ending of the village in 195 BC. Topographic and urban aspects as well as studies of the buildings are presented. The second half of the study analyzes the production of the pottery workshops (black varnishes, light pastes, kitchenware and other secondary productions). A new classification system is presented which is based on both morphological and chronological studies and their territorial similarities. Workshops installation, their ovens, their capacity, clays and claypits are examined. The paper is finished with a description of socioeconomic and historic aspects of the village and the historical traits concerning the foundation phases, their development and final stages.