Naslov
Archaeological indicators of viticulture from the area of the Roman colonies of Pola and Parentium

Autori
Matijašić, Robert ; Bulić, Davor

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
Vine-growing and Winemaking in th Roman World

Mjesto i datum
Rim, Italija, 27-29.10.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
roman viticulture, Istria, colonies of Pola and Parentium

Sažetak
In the area of the Roman colonies of Pola and Parentium there are about two hundred known sites of Roman rural architecture, and they are mostly centres of agricultural production. The relatively large area was used for the cultivation of the most important agricultural products in the Roman Mediterranean world, wheat, wine and olive oil, products that Braudel called the Mediterranean triad. The production and distribution of Istrian olive oil was the subject of numerous scientific studies since the 1950-ies. On the other hand, synthetic studies on the viticulture of Roman Istria are almost absent. After the foundation of the two colonies in the mid 1st century B.C., numerous productive villas have been built, and the agricultural land began to be exploited on an unprecedented scale. In the area of Pola and Parentium, 47 sites with presses for processing olives or grapes are known. Glaring examples of a relatively large capacity wine production plant can be found at two sites on Veliki Brijun (Brioni), in Verige Bay (Val Catena) and Madona Bay. In the early stages of the Romanization of the peninsula, during the 1st century B.C., wine was largely imported from the west coast of the Adriatic. This is confirmed by the presence of Lamboglia 2 and Dressel 6A amphorae at several sites in Istria. During the first half of the 1st century specimens of Italian Dressel 6A amphorae are still present in Istria, as well as Dressel 2- 4 throughout the 1st century, or the Forlimpopoli type in the 1st and 2nd centuries, but in lesser number than wine amphorae from the 1st century B.C. These data show that the wine production in Istria developed during the Principate, and it resulted in reduced imports compared to the Late Republican period. The production of wine is attested also by four inscriptions dedicated to Liber from Poreč and Pula. They were found in a rural context and are indicators of the developed viticulture of Istria in the 1st and 2nd centuries.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

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