New Data Concerning the Roman-Republican Occupation of Western Algarve: Common Ware and Other Objects from Urbanização do Molião (Lagos, Portugal)

EnglishThis work focuses on the analysis of a considerable wide range of artifacts collected during preventive excavations that took place in the surrounding area of Monte Moliao´s archaeological site (Lagos, Portugal). It is centered, in particular, in the study of common ware and some other ceramic, glass and lithic artifacts that were recovered in Roman Republican contexts (late 2nd/ early 1st century BC). It incorporates various types of productions, namely from the Italian peninsula, various regional areas of ancient Iberia (Cadiz bay, Guadalquivir and the East coast) and also several vases of local origin. The interest of this study relates mainly to its contextual association with other artifacts (amphorae and table ware), which allows a detailed characterization of the material culture of the most ancient Roman occupation phase in Algarve. portuguesEste trabalho centra-se na analise de um conjunto consideravelmente amplo de materiais recolhidos durante as escavacoes preventivas realizadas nas imediacoes da estacao arqueologica de Monte Moliao (Lagos, Portugal). Foca, em particular, as cerâmicas genericamente designadas de uso comum e alguns outros objectos de cerâmica, pasta vitrea e liticos que foram recuperados em contextos dataveis do periodo romano-republicano (finais do seculo II / inicios do seculo I a.C.). Incorporam diversos tipos de producoes, entre as quais se destacam as provenientes da Peninsula Italica, as de varias areas regionais da antiga Iberia (Baia de Cadis, Guadalquivir e costa oriental) e ainda varios exemplares de origem local. O interesse deste estudo relaciona-se, sobretudo, com a associacao contextual destes materiais com outros artefactos datantes (ânforas e cerâmica fina), o que permite uma caracterizacao detalhada do horizonte material da fase mais arcaica da ocupacao romana do Algarve.