El suburbi portuari de Tarraco a l'antiguitat tardana (segles III-VIII d.C.)

Abstract

The main aim of this thesis is to study the urbanism and land use models of the port suburb of Tarraco from the 3rd to the 8th century AD. Due to the lack of direct archaeological information about the roman harbour, the analysis of this large sector of the city allows us to indirectly find out about its development. Thus the street layout has been identified, which organised the urban planning of the suburb until the second half of the 7th century and had two main axis oriented northeast-southwest as well as many other secondary streets. Likewise, multiple buildings have been attested, which were erected especially from the 5th century onwards, during a period of economic growth in the city. Near the shoreline warehouses were located, while the residential buildings were placed on a more northerly area. At the same time, several funerary areas arose and, especially during the latest centuries of the Late Antique period, craft workshops were built. All of that demonstrates the dynamism of this suburb, which functioned as the port area and was the economic centre of Tarraco.