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Amphorae and tiles from the island of Pag: indirect evidence of the exploitation of local resources in the early Roman imperial period

In this article we discuss the possibility of local production of Dressel 6B, Dressel 2-4 and the newly discovered Caska 1 type amphorae in the areas of Caska and Novalja on the northern part of the island of Pag (Croatia). The hypothesis of local production of these containers is based on their frequency, morphological characteristics, stamps and macroscopic analysis of clay composition. The latter should be further researched by petrographic analyses in the future. These containers provide an indirect indicator of the exploitation of local resources in the early Roman imperial period, among which we can enumerate oil, wine and maybe (tuna) fish products, some of which might have been exported on local or regional markets. Consular stamps, for the moment unique in the Roman world, impressed on both amphorae and tiles, suggest the dating of these productions in the era of the emperors Augustus and Tiberius.

Pag, Caska, Novalja, Croatia, amphorae, tiles, stamps, local resources

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