Ad suburbanum Tarraconis. Del área portuaria al conjunto eclesiástico del Francolí (original) (raw)
2019, López, Jordi (ed.) Tarraco Biennal. Actes del 4t Congrés Internacional d'Arqueologia i Món Antic. VII Reunió d'Arqueologia Cristiana Hispànica. El cristianisme en l'Antiguitat Tardana: noves perspectives. Tarragona, 21-24 novembre de 2018. Universitat Rovira i Virgili – Institut d'Estudis Catalans
The discovery of the so-called "Necropolis Paleocristiana" in the 1930s opened a new line of research on the late antique suburban areas of Tarraco. The further finding of another Christian basilica in the 1990s completed the picture of the "Francolí early-Christian complex" just as it is known today. However, the many archaeological excavations carried out also in the 1990s within the framework of the urbanisation of the southern area of the current city, led to the finding of a great suburban sector of the Roman city next to the early-Christian complex. This suburban sector – which was linked to the port and extended more than 2ha – was hitherto only partially known and lacked a joint study. The thorough study of the late antique phase of this suburban sector allows us now to note the clear correlation between the urban growth of the suburb from the early fifth century onwards and the development of the early-Christian complex at the very same moment. Thus, despite the religious element, it appears evident that the choice of location of the early-Christian complex cannot be detached from the fact that, as the port suburb of the city, this sector was the economic hub of Tarraco, even during the late antique period.
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