Research Article

The Mosaics from Abicada and Boca do Rio (Portugal) - A New Perspective Thirty Years Later

Number: 11 November 30, 2018
  • Felix Teıchner
  • İrene Mañas Romero
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The Mosaics from Abicada and Boca do Rio (Portugal) - A New Perspective Thirty Years Later

Abstract

In this paper we deal with some mosaics found in two seaside settlements in the Algarve (Portugal), Boca do Rio (Vila do Bispo, Faro) and Abicada (Mexilhoreira Grande, Portimão). Mosaics from Boca do Rio were found in 1870 by Sebastião Philippes Martins Estácio da Veiga, and just one of them is preserved today, though we know some others through two detailed drawings and a plan made by Amélia Claranges Lucotte. The villa of Abicada has been known since 1917 and its sophisticated pars urbana was excavated between 1937–38 by José Formosinho. The mosaics of both archaeological sites were studied in 1987 by Prof. José Maria Blázquez who offered a first stylistical approach to some of the most outstanding floors. The progress of research produced in current years in the fields of archaeological research, Roman architecture and mosaics of the Algarve enable us to address these mosaics again, to study them from a broader perspective. We analyse their stylistic and compositional characteristics, paying special attention to the similarities with mosaics in other rural settlements in the area, like the best-known examples of Milreu and Cerro da Vila. They all share some stylistic and technical characteristics that enable us to place them in a common chronological and productive horizon, next to the mosaic production of other Roman sites of the Algarve. Thus, close parallels of geometrical and ornamental style in neighbour mosaics is useful both for suggesting a date to these non-stratigraphically dated mosaics and for defining the features of the widespread mosaic production in the Algarve.


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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Archaeology

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

November 30, 2018

Submission Date

November 30, 2017

Acceptance Date

July 10, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Number: 11

APA
Teıchner, F., & Mañas Romero, İ. (2018). The Mosaics from Abicada and Boca do Rio (Portugal) - A New Perspective Thirty Years Later. Journal of Mosaic Research, 11, 257-271. https://doi.org/10.26658/jmr.440622
AMA
1.Teıchner F, Mañas Romero İ. The Mosaics from Abicada and Boca do Rio (Portugal) - A New Perspective Thirty Years Later. JMR. 2018;(11):257-271. doi:10.26658/jmr.440622
Chicago
Teıchner, Felix, and İrene Mañas Romero. 2018. “The Mosaics from Abicada and Boca Do Rio (Portugal) - A New Perspective Thirty Years Later”. Journal of Mosaic Research, nos. 11: 257-71. https://doi.org/10.26658/jmr.440622.
EndNote
Teıchner F, Mañas Romero İ (November 1, 2018) The Mosaics from Abicada and Boca do Rio (Portugal) - A New Perspective Thirty Years Later. Journal of Mosaic Research 11 257–271.
IEEE
[1]F. Teıchner and İ. Mañas Romero, “The Mosaics from Abicada and Boca do Rio (Portugal) - A New Perspective Thirty Years Later”, JMR, no. 11, pp. 257–271, Nov. 2018, doi: 10.26658/jmr.440622.
ISNAD
Teıchner, Felix - Mañas Romero, İrene. “The Mosaics from Abicada and Boca Do Rio (Portugal) - A New Perspective Thirty Years Later”. Journal of Mosaic Research. 11 (November 1, 2018): 257-271. https://doi.org/10.26658/jmr.440622.
JAMA
1.Teıchner F, Mañas Romero İ. The Mosaics from Abicada and Boca do Rio (Portugal) - A New Perspective Thirty Years Later. JMR. 2018;:257–271.
MLA
Teıchner, Felix, and İrene Mañas Romero. “The Mosaics from Abicada and Boca Do Rio (Portugal) - A New Perspective Thirty Years Later”. Journal of Mosaic Research, no. 11, Nov. 2018, pp. 257-71, doi:10.26658/jmr.440622.
Vancouver
1.Felix Teıchner, İrene Mañas Romero. The Mosaics from Abicada and Boca do Rio (Portugal) - A New Perspective Thirty Years Later. JMR. 2018 Nov. 1;(11):257-71. doi:10.26658/jmr.440622

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