The Mosaics from Abicada and Boca do Rio (Portugal) - A New Perspective Thirty Years Later
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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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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Arkeoloji
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Felix Teıchner
Bu kişi benim
0000-0003-4276-0983
İrene Mañas Romero
Bu kişi benim
0000-0003-3377-3803
Yayımlanma Tarihi
30 Kasım 2018
Gönderilme Tarihi
30 Kasım 2017
Kabul Tarihi
10 Temmuz 2018
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2018 Sayı: 11