Instalaciones oleícolas y vinícolas estudiadas en el marco del proyecto Ager Tarraconensis (PAT)

Within the Ager Tarraconensis Project, 19 sites with evidence of oil or wine production facilities, focusing especially between the first century B.C. and the third century A.D., have been studied in the Camp de Tarragona. We have also studied 22 sites with evidence of pottery production, seven of which are known to have produced amphorae. The finding of various brands of pottery where we identified the name of M. Clodius Martialis points to a wealthy elite family of Tarraco, with which four sites have been linked and perhaps a fifth. Between the time of Augustus and the third century, the wine is confirmed as the main product of agriculture developed within the villa system, focused on the overseas market. Oil must have been produced for local consumption. This region did not boost again the production of wine on an international scale until the eighteenth century, with which we establish a comparison.