Pottery

No doubt pottery is the most frequent material in the archaeological register. It is of interest in that it offers varied information about the trade flow, daily life, customs and habits, as well as being an important indicativefossil of the different archaeological contexts of the city.

The "terra sigillata" and the "thin- walled" ceramics represent the main imported products. The "terra sigillata" samples, abundant mainly in the city, come from the most important centres of production, which during the first and second centuries existed in Italy, in the south of Gaul, but also in the north and south of the Iberian Peninsula. Later, during the High Roman Empire period, the so-called late "sigillatas hispanicas" were produced in the valleys of rivers Ebro and Duero, as well as some products originating from the north of Africa.

As well as in addition to the first imported products, in the city there is some common pottery made locally, in centres of production or workshops located in the north of the city. These products, in the beginning were akin to those from the Iron Age, but later produced in a variety of shapes and sizes following Roman fashion and models, and were used as crockery, kitchenware or for storage. Other kinds of pottery, such as oil lamps, used for illumination, or amphorae, used to transport wine, oil or fish products, also are of important note among the items of pottery.

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Terra Sigillata
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Common pottery
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Red slipped pottery
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Thin-walled
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Painted pottery
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Oil lamps
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Amphorae