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H 276 x W 203 mm

264 pages

107 figures, 2 tables (colour throughout)

Italian text

Published Jun 2022

Archaeopress Access Archaeology

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Paperback: 9781803272986

Digital: 9781803272993

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Keywords
Urban Waste; Dumps; Storage; Roman Topography; Amphorae; Garum; Harbourscape; Rome; Gades; Testaccio

Da Roma a Gades/De Roma a Gades

Gestione, smaltimento e riuso dei rifiuti artigianali e commerciali in ambiti portuali marittimi e fluviali/La gestión, eliminación y reutilización de residuos artesanales y comerciales en ámbitos portuarios marítimos y fluviales

Edited by Darío Bernal-Casasola, Alessia Contino, Renato Sebastiani

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This volume, dedicated to the illustrious archaeologist Simon Keay. collects the scientific results of an international workshop held in Rome (2019), which discussed the management, elimination and reuse of artisanal and commercial waste in maritime and river ports, focussing on the Roman cities of Rome and Gades (modern day Cádiz).

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Contents

Presentazione – Leonardo Nardella ;
Presentación – Antonio Pizzo ;
Introducción. De las Sordes Urbis a las descargas seleccionadas/no seleccionadas ¿cómo clasificar los «vertederos» arqueológicos? – Renato Sebastiani, Darío Bernal-Casasola e Alessia Contino ;

I RIFIUTI E LE DISCARICHE: DALLE FONTI DOCUMENTALI AI REPERTI ARCHEOLOGICI ;
Leyes y normas sobre la gestión de los residuos en época romana – Juan Francisco Rodríguez Neila ;
Roma e i rifiuti urbani: un problema di stoccaggio, eliminazione e riuso – Alessia Contino ;

DISCARICHE PUBBLICHE: CARATTERISTICHE DELL’INTERVENTO STATALE NELLA GESTIONE DEI RIFIUTI URBANI ;
Monte Testaccio. Un basurero público – José Remesal Rodríguez ;
El Testaccio haliéutico de Gades. Un vertedero especializado dependiente del municipium – Darío Bernal-Casasola y José Manuel Vargas Girón ;

DISCARICHE SELEZIONATE: SMALTIMENTO E REIMPIEGO DEI RUDERA ;
La discarica per rudera del Nuovo Mercato Testaccio a Roma – Alessia Contino, Lucilla D’Alessandro e Renato Sebastiani ;
Scarichi e colmate da un centro di consumo privilegiato: il santuario della Magna Mater e le pendici nord orientali del Palazzo dei Cesari sul Palatino – Fulvio Coletti e Marta Casalini ;

DISCARICHE NON SELEZIONATE: SMALTIMENTO DEI RIFIUTI URBANI ;
Le discariche non selezionate: l’esempio di via Morosini e via Sacchi a Trastevere – Massimo Brando, Daniele Pantano e Renato Sebastiani ;
Los vertederos y la eliminación de los residuos sólidos en Augusta Emerita (Mérida, España) – Jesús Acero Pérez ;
Gestion et fonction des déchets amphoriques et céramiques : l’exemple d’Arles – David Djaoui ;

CONCLUSIONI E PROSPETTIVE ;
Note conclusive – Darío Bernal-Casasola, Alessia Contino e Renato Sebastiani

About the Author

Darío Bernal-Casasola is Full Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cádiz in Andalusia, Spain, specializing in the Roman Economy and Maritime Archaeology. He studied at Madrid and his main research topics are marine resources exploitation in antiquity and Roman trade. He has directed field projects in Spain, Italy and Morocco.

Alessia Contino is Archaeologist at the Ministry of Culture in Rome, Italy, specializing in Roman economy and trade and harbour and logistic areas. She has studied in Rome, Lecce and Aix-en-Provence and her main research topics are trades between Africa and Rome, amphorae production, trade logistic systems and reuse in Antiquity. She is currently involved in research projects in Rome, Ostia, Pompei and Cosa (Ansedonia).

Renato Sebastiani is an archaeologist at the Ministry of Culture in Rome, Italy. He studied Prehistory at The Sapienza University in Rome and gained a Masters in geoarchaeology. Then he specialized in Roman warehousing, logistics and harbour areas, especially in the main district of Rome, Ostia and Portus. He is director of the Rione Testaccio area and museum and Trastevere in Rome; he was director of Portus archaeological area and supervised the re-opening of the Museo delle navi in Fiumicino (RM) where he is scientific officer.