Archaeologies of the Roman Mediterranean: Papers Presented in Honour of Professor Simon Keay

This volume brings together papers in honour of Professor Simon Keay,
whose research transformed understanding of Roman trade, ports and connectivity across the
Mediterranean. Contributors reflect the breadth of his interests, from amphora studies and
maritime networks to Roman landscapes and urbanism.

Professor Simon Keay had a long and industrious career in Roman Archaeology. Following completion of a PhD at UCL specialising in Roman amphorae, his career included fieldwork at major archaeological sites in Spain and Italy culminating in the Portuslimen project, bringing together colleagues from across the Mediterranean to study the ports and trade networks of the Roman Empire. His research meant close involvement with the British School at Rome, as well as the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology and colleagues at the site of Italica, Andalusia among many others. Simon’s contribution to the discipline of Roman Archaeology was immense, and his energy and mentorship influenced scholars from many different backgrounds.

This volume brings together papers authored by those who knew Simon and who were supported and enabled by his passion for archaeology, from amphora studies to research on Roman urbanism and landscapes. Each section deals with a particular area of Simon’s interests; Mediterranean ports and river systems, trade and connectivity, and landscapes and urbanism. The contributions include reminiscences of Simon and his work, together with the results of his different projects, and research that has stemmed from his scholarship. Here, these paper underscore the diversity and vibrancy of contemporary research in the areas that interested Simon, reflecting the contribution he made and the legacy of his work.

Introduction by the Editors

Simon Keay and the British School at Rome – Andrew Wallace-Hadrill

List of Contributors

Simon Keay and the Archaeology of the Mediterranean – Martin Millett

Con Simon alla scoperta di Portus: I contesti ceramici Traianei del Palazzo Imperiale e dei Navalia rinvenuti nelle campagne di scavo 2007-11 – Alessandra Bousquet, Roberta Cascino, Fabrizio Felici, Barbara Lepri, Sabrina Zampini

Le relazioni fra Ostia e Porto nella tarda antichità dopo le prospezioni dirette da Simon Keay sull’Isola Sacra – Pavolini

Investigaciones en el muelle este-oeste de Portus, resultados e interpretaciones  – Javier Bermejo Meléndez, Juan M. Campos Carrasco, Renato Sebastiani

Un frammento epigrafico ostiense dai pressi della Fossa Traiana – Cristian D’Ammassa and Gian Luca Gregori

The Roman Port System in the Eyes of Imperial Jurists – Emilia Mataix

The Peutinger Map, Portus, and the Temple of Peace – Peter B. Campbell

The Ragonii of Ostia: Was the praefectus annonae and patronus coloniae Ragonius Vincentius Celsus an Ostian? – Christer Bruun

River Trade of Mediterranean Imports in the Mid and Upper Tiber Valley from the Imperial Period to Late Antiquity – Letizia Ceccarelli

Narbo Martius (Narbonne, France): “l’emporium de la Celtique toute entière” – Nicolas Carayon, Corinne Sanchez, Julien Cavero

Los almacenes del puerto romano de Tarraco – Ada Lasheras González

Anfore africane precoci a Roma e Ostia: alcune considerazioni sulle importazioni africane a Roma tra la tarda repubblica e la prima età imperiale – Alessia Contino

Geuma : l’échantillon des liquides comestibles et son rôle dans l’organisation des sociétés et des espaces portuaires.  – Pascal Arnaud

The Late North African Connection between Barcino and Carthage: Rescue Excavations at Barcelona and the Aiguablava  – Cèsar Carreras and Joan Mayoral

Simon Keay’s Late Roman Amphorae 40 Years Later: An Update on African Amphorae – Michel Bonifay and Claudio Capelli

A Bibliographic Network Study of Roman Amphora Epigraphy – Tom Brughmans, Jordi Pérez González and José Remesal Rodríguez

Moldes de silicona y dendrogramas en el análisis de los sellos anfóricos olearios béticos – Juan Moros Diaz

A Consideration of the Level of Distribution Reciprocity Based on Amphorae Frequencies: The Case Study of Berytus  – Naseem Raad

Late Roman Amphorae in the Western Mediterranean. A Typology and Economic Study: La evidencia anfórica del siglo VII e inicios del siglo VIII en Tarragona 40 años después – Francesc Rodríguez Martorell

Ánforas tardorromanas de la Carthaginensis en Mallorca – Darío Bernal-Casasola, Miguel Ángel Cau Ontiveros, José Luis Portillo Sotelo, José Alberto Retamosa Gámez, Leandro Fantuzzi, Sebastià Munar i Llabrés, Carlos de Juan, Jaume Cardell Perelló, Alessandra Pecci, Alejandro Valenzuela, Enrique García Riaza, Piero Berni Millet

Connecting Rome, Ostia, and Portus by Land:Understanding the Road Network in the Lower Tiber Valley through Archaeological and Computational Approaches – Dragana Mladenović and Maria del Carmen Moreno Escobar

Producción, trabajo y comercio. Una aproximación a las mujeres en profesiones portuarias en época romana – Patricia Terrado Ortuño

Un bronzo provinciale di Traiano della zecca di Amisus (Pontus) rinvenuto a Porto – Emanuela Spagnoli

Surveying the Roman Empire – Sophie Hay and Stephen Kay

Roman Walls? Keep Calm and Keep on Digging: Acerca de las murallas de Hispalis – Fernando Amores, Álvaro Jiménez Sancho

Nueva imagen arqueológica de la Itálica de Adriano – José Manuel Rodríguez Hidalgo

Nueva mirada a la imagen de Italica – Pilar León

The Territory of Italica (Seville): An Ancient Mining Landscape – Pablo Garrido González

Roman Sculptures from Celti (Peñaflor, Province of Seville, Spain) – José Beltrán Fortes and María Luisa Loza Azuaga

Simon Keay e l’avventura del Comitato Scientifico del Parco archeologico di Ostia antica – Mariarosaria Barbera

The Roman Villa at Matrice: Recent Geophysical Survey and Archaeological Excavation – Elena Pomar

Septempeda: Integrating Non-invasive Surveys, Legacy Data, and New Stratigraphic Evidence in the Mapping of a Roman Townscape in Picenum  – Frank Vermeulen and Devi Taelman

Comercialización del broccatello de Dertosa en Álava/Araba  – Isabel Rodà, Miguel Loza, Javier Niso y Anna Gutiérrez Garcia-M.

Landscapes of Change. A Reflection on Working on Simon’s Projects – Kristian Strutt

• Edited by Kristian Strutt
• Edited by Anna Collar
• Edited by Paul Johnson
• Edited by Katherine Crawford