Papers by Juan Francisco Álvarez Tortosa
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Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2017
In the framework of archaeological surveys conducted in 2002-3 for the Soprintendenza per i Beni ... more In the framework of archaeological surveys conducted in 2002-3 for the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici dell'Umbria around the Via Flaminia, the Società Cooperativa Kronos discovered the site known as the “Villa of Rufio” (the name comes from an inscription dedicated to Caius Iulius Rufio). After 4 excavation campaigns (2003-6) the monumental character of a large villa was established, and in 2007 a team from the University of Alicante led by the first-named author began fieldwork, focusing on the analysis of agricultural and commercial production patterns through an examination of the type of manpower in use during the Augustan era. The site lies in the village of Giano dell'Umbria (Perugia), in the foothills of Gualdo Cataneo-Montefalco of southern Umbria (fig. 1). To the north is the Roman town of Mevania (Bevagna), to the south the Martani mountains, at the foot of which lies Mansio Ad Martis (Massa Martana).
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Archivo Español de Arqueología, 2022
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Canelobre, 2021
El texto presenta un recorrido por la historia de los submarinos alemanes U-boote
de la Primera G... more El texto presenta un recorrido por la historia de los submarinos alemanes U-boote
de la Primera Guerra Mundial, deteniéndose especialmente en su actividad frente a las costas
del litoral alicantino, donde varios pecios de cargueros aliados yacen bajo sus aguas.
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Mateo Corredor, D., Álvarez Tortosa, J. F. 2021: Arqueología marítima del Portus Ilicitanus (Santa Pola), Canelobre 72, 141-160., 2021
Se aborda el estudio del Portus Ilicitanus, profundizando en su urbanismo y su dinámica comercial... more Se aborda el estudio del Portus Ilicitanus, profundizando en su urbanismo y su dinámica comercial. Este puerto, uno de los más relevantes del sureste en época romana, constituye un elemento clave para entender la evolución del territorium de Ilici y del Sinus Ilicitanus.
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Cerdá Bertomeu, M. J., Mateo Corredor, D., Álvarez Tortosa, J. F. 2022: Educación patrimonial y aplicaciones de arqueología virtual en museos y yacimientos arqueológicos. Un estudio de caso para el Museo del Mar de Santa Pola (España). HUMAN REVIEW. International Humanities Review 11, 1-14, 2022
The main objective of this research is to reflect on the effectiveness of virtual archaeology app... more The main objective of this research is to reflect on the effectiveness of virtual archaeology applications in school audiences for the understanding and learning of archaeological heritage. This is intended to appreciate how technologies such as Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality can add value to the educational proposals made by museums and archaeological sites that do not have this inclusion. The exploratory analysis of the case is carried out at the Santa Pola Sea Museum (Spain), which has developed this type of applications in the Roman archaeological site it manages, the Portus Ilicitanus.
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Álvarez Tortosa, J.F.; Catalán González, F.J.; Mateo Corredor, D.; Ruiz Barroso, M.; Molina Vidal, J. 2022: Non-Invasive Archaeological Methodologies for the Analysis of the Port Structures of Portus Ilicitanus (Santa Pola, Alicante). Land 11, 2159. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11122159, Nov 30, 2022
The traditional identification of the ancient port of Ilici with the current town of Santa Pola i... more The traditional identification of the ancient port of Ilici with the current town of Santa Pola in Alicante (Spain) has been based on a small number of punctual, unconnected, and too partial archaeological interventions. Since 2017, a program of geophysical surveys has been performed with a Stream X model multi-channel georadar IDS. This program has been focused mainly on the so-called Mercado de Viguetes, an area in which archaeological excavations have hardly been carried out. The geophysical surveys have allowed us to draw part of the urban fabric of the central core of the Portus Ilicitanus, revealing a set of structures that can be assimilated into a port area: warehouses, houses, open spaces, and decantation basins to produce salted fish, and the probable eastern boundary of the complex identified with the port dock. Altogether, two predominant alignments can be assimilated into the Early Imperial and Late Imperial construction phases. Non-invasive archaeological methodologies have become the main resource for archaeological analysis and heritage protection in view of the current impossibility of carrying out archaeological excavations in this area of Santa Pola.
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MARZANO, A. (ED.), Villas, Peasant Agriculture, and the Roman Rural Economy (panel 3.15), Archaeology and Economy in the Ancient World 17, pp. 31 - 44. Heidelberg, 2020 , 2020
In scientific investigations dedicated to the study of commercial agricultural production of the ... more In scientific investigations dedicated to the study of commercial agricultural production of the Roman era, scholars distinguish between two major productive models: The ‘villa economy' and the 'peasant economy'. But the configuration of these two distinct blocks has been quite problematic. The 'villa' model was constructed from the confluence of too strict a reading of literary sources combined with the overgeneralization of the interpretative proposals of slave villas originally described by the Italian Marxist school. And the second 'peasant economy' model was generated in deliberate contrast to the first model and, therefore, its characteristics are directly opposite to those that are indicated in the villa model. Discoveries made in recent decades within the field of archeology show that reality is far more complex.
In the central area of the Catalan coast, a region belonging to provincia Hispania Citerior, we have been able to study the evolution of rural settlement between the 2nd century BC and the 2nd century AD. Here we have identified a wide range of production models, where both the ‘villa economy' and the 'peasant economy' are only two of the 26 models proposed. The results obtained affect the need to update these classic models.
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Álvarez Tortosa, J. F., Mateo Corredor, D., Molina Vidal, J.: Actuaciones arqueológicas en la factoría de salazones piscícolas de La Picola-Portus Ilicitanus (Santa Pola, Alicante). Resultados de las campañas 2017-2018, Jornades d'Arqueologia de la Comunitat Valenciana: 2016-2017-2018. València., 2020
The Iberian and Roman site of La Picola (Santa Pola, Alicante) is a small part of Portus Ilicitan... more The Iberian and Roman site of La Picola (Santa Pola, Alicante) is a small part of Portus Ilicitanus, the port area of the Roman colonia of Ilici. The discovery of archaeological remains on this plot in the mid-80s of the last century involved the successive participation of different teams that brought to light, among other vestiges of the past, two elements as iconic as the Iberian fortress of La Picola and the garum factory. After a 10-year hiatus, we have resumed archaeological research in this outstanding site, obtaining results that complement those of the previous campaigns.
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El mundo del Agua, paisaje de vida (Elda, 2018), pp. 197-208, 2018
Se han obtenido datos con una buena perspectiva de futuro, que permitirán profundizar en el conoc... more Se han obtenido datos con una buena perspectiva de futuro, que permitirán profundizar en el conocimiento de las incógnitas hasta ahora planteadas y una mejor comprensión de la relación entre el recinto y el asentamiento de Ilici.
Uno de los principales focos de atención de la campaña de excavación de 2017 fue el ajuste, en el plano cronológico, de cada una de las fases de construcción,
o de, al menos, las fases con mayor protagonismo en el conjunto del edificio.
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In the framework of archaeological surveys conducted in 2002-3 for the Soprintendenza per i Beni ... more In the framework of archaeological surveys conducted in 2002-3 for the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici dell'Umbria around the Via Flaminia, the Società Cooperativa Kronos discovered the site known as the “Villa of Rufio” (the name comes from an inscription dedicated to Caius Iulius Rufio). After 4 excavation campaigns (2003-6) the monumental character of a large villa was established, and in 2007 a team from the University of Alicante led by the first-named author began fieldwork, focusing on the analysis of agricultural and commercial production patterns through an examination of the type of manpower in use during the Augustan era. The site lies in the village of Giano dell'Umbria (Perugia), in the foothills of Gualdo Cataneo-Montefalco of southern Umbria (fig. 1). To the north is the Roman town of Mevania (Bevagna), to the south the Martani mountains, at the foot of which lies Mansio Ad Martis (Massa Martana).
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Chapters by Juan Francisco Álvarez Tortosa
Grau, I., Molina, J., Sarabia, J., Mateo, D. (eds.) Paisajes romanos en el sur de la Provincia Tarraconense. Análisis arqueológico de la estructura territorial y el modelo socioeconómico. Petracos 13. Universidad de Alicante, 2023
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Grau, I., Molina, J., Sarabia, J., Mateo, D. (eds.) Paisajes romanos en el sur de la Provincia Tarraconense. Análisis arqueológico de la estructura territorial y el modelo socioeconómico. Petracos 13. Universidad de Alicante, 2023
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Bentz, M., Heinzelmann, M. (Eds.): Sessions 11-12, Single Contributions - Poster Sessions, Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2023 (Archaeology and Economy in the Ancient World – Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Cologne/Bonn 2018), 2023
The amphorae production of the Tarraconensis central coast during the Early Empire is mainly link... more The amphorae production of the Tarraconensis central coast during the Early Empire is mainly linked to the wine trading, becoming apparent a clear predominance of Dressel 2¿-¿4 type, while other wine amphorae (Gauloise 4 and Almadrava IV) are only produced in the territorium of Dianium, as well as the oil amphorae Oliva 3. Although over the last years, the scientific community has shown a great interest in the studies focused on the production and trade of Roman amphorae in the Iberian Peninsula, the advances in the knowledge of Hispanic amphorae productions have been uneven, being the Tarraconensis northern coast and Baetica the best-known areas. On the contrary, amphorae production of the Tarraconensis central coast is less known, despite the fact that these containers would be traded in the western empire, as shown by classic authors' references and the amphorae findings. For this reason, a research programme has been started which intends to improve the knowledge of this production and its distribution: The ARCEA project.
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Actes de les jornades d'arqueologia de la Comunitat Valenciana. 2016-2017-2018, 2020
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V Jornadas de Museos y Colecciones Museográficas Permanentes, 2021
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La Fundación La Alcudia. 25 años creando patrimonio (Colección Monografías Universidad de Alicante), 2021
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Papers by Juan Francisco Álvarez Tortosa
de la Primera Guerra Mundial, deteniéndose especialmente en su actividad frente a las costas
del litoral alicantino, donde varios pecios de cargueros aliados yacen bajo sus aguas.
In the central area of the Catalan coast, a region belonging to provincia Hispania Citerior, we have been able to study the evolution of rural settlement between the 2nd century BC and the 2nd century AD. Here we have identified a wide range of production models, where both the ‘villa economy' and the 'peasant economy' are only two of the 26 models proposed. The results obtained affect the need to update these classic models.
Uno de los principales focos de atención de la campaña de excavación de 2017 fue el ajuste, en el plano cronológico, de cada una de las fases de construcción,
o de, al menos, las fases con mayor protagonismo en el conjunto del edificio.
Chapters by Juan Francisco Álvarez Tortosa
de la Primera Guerra Mundial, deteniéndose especialmente en su actividad frente a las costas
del litoral alicantino, donde varios pecios de cargueros aliados yacen bajo sus aguas.
In the central area of the Catalan coast, a region belonging to provincia Hispania Citerior, we have been able to study the evolution of rural settlement between the 2nd century BC and the 2nd century AD. Here we have identified a wide range of production models, where both the ‘villa economy' and the 'peasant economy' are only two of the 26 models proposed. The results obtained affect the need to update these classic models.
Uno de los principales focos de atención de la campaña de excavación de 2017 fue el ajuste, en el plano cronológico, de cada una de las fases de construcción,
o de, al menos, las fases con mayor protagonismo en el conjunto del edificio.