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"Résumé – Narbonne, colonie romaine et ville portuaire, est réputée pour le nombre de ses artisans notamment à travers les attestations lapidaires. Aussi, un essai de répartition spatiale des activités artisanales est proposé à partir des fouilles urbaines, mais également à partir des recherches sur les zones portuaires et rurales pour comprendre les relations qui unissent les différentes activités (céramique, métallurgie…) menées dans ces espaces. Ce travail bénéficie des premiers résultats des récentes opérations archéologiques conduites à Salauze (Laure-Minervois), mais également à Port-la-Nautique et au Grand Castélou dans le cadre du Programme Collectif de Recherche « Les ports antiques de Narbonne ». La lecture croisée proposée permet de dresser les premiers jalons d’une réflexion sur l’organisation du tissu économique et artisanal durant l’Antiquité à Narbonne et dans son territoire, entre littoral et contreforts montagneux.

Abstract – The Roman colonial city of Narbonne, site on the Mediterranean shore of the current Languedoc-Roussillon region (France), is known for the high congregation of craftsmen depicted by its lapidary remains. An essay on the spatial distribution of the craft activities (pottery, metallurgy) is proposed based on the data furbished by urban excavations, archaeological research of its harbour and the surrounding country zones. This work benefits from first results derived from the recent archaeological operations at Salauze (Laure-Minervois), Port-la-Nautique and  Grand Castélou, all in the framework of the research program “Les ports antiques de Narbonne”. It has allowed to establish the basis for the reflection on the economical organisation of the craft industry network during the Roman Antiquity in Narbonne and its territory extending from the cost to its mountainous foothill."

The Port-Vendres 4 shipwreck is evidence of coastal export trade between Hispania Citerior and Narbonne in 40/30 BC. The cargo is made up of a particular assemblage of Roman wine amphoras (Pascual 1, Dressel 1B and Lamboglia 2) destined for Gallic markets. Archaeological and archaeometric analyses conducted on a selection of the amphoras allowed the provenance of the cargo to be identified as Hispania Citerior and the central-southern Tyrrhenian coast of Italy. Iluro and/or Baetulo are proposed as the ports of departure, enabling the reconstruction of the trade route and the historical and economic significance of this shipwreck.

The Port-Vendres 4 Shipwreck Cargo: evidence of the Roman wine trade in the western Mediterranean. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274731410_The_Port-Vendres_4_Shipwreck_Cargo_evidence_of_the_Roman_wine_trade_in_the_western_Mediterranean [accessed Apr 15, 2015].