Novos dados do sítio pesqueiro romano da Boca do Rio

Abstract

Since its discovery in the late nineteenth century, the Roman site of Boca do Rio has been assumed– regarding its ruins at the sea-front -well investigated. However, most of the preserved parts of the site, belong to the productive area of salt-fish processing, extend behind theseafront, where the residential or pars urbana area of this villa maritima was located. Very little is known of this productive area, which alwaysappeared to consist of well preserved structures of cetariae and other structures of salted-fish production.One of the main purposes of the project “Boca do Rio: a fishing site between two seas” is to study this area of about two hectares, namelythrough geophysical surveys and punctual trenches to confirm the nature of the structures detected. During the year 2017, the geophysicalmeasurements allowed to detect imposing structures of the industrial area of Boca do Rio. Punctual trenches showed the structures werevery well preserved. A summary of the data obtained is presented, setting the Boca do Rio as one of the largest salted-fish processing sites insouthern Lusitania.