Writing instruments for managing provincial resources during the Roman occupation of northeast Hispania (2nd and 1st c. BCE)

This article analyzes the presence of writing instruments dating to the 2nd-1st c. BCE at several archaeological sites of the northeastern Iberian peninsula (current Catalonia), attempting to assess their historical, social, and economic interest. The evidence of the ancient literary sources, as wel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Olesti, Oriol|||0000-0003-2184-5312
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:321370
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/321370
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:doi:10.1017/S1047759420001191
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Styli
Seal-boxes
Literacy
Romanization
Hispania Citerior
Roman conquest
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Sumario:This article analyzes the presence of writing instruments dating to the 2nd-1st c. BCE at several archaeological sites of the northeastern Iberian peninsula (current Catalonia), attempting to assess their historical, social, and economic interest. The evidence of the ancient literary sources, as well as the archaeological contexts in which these objects appeared, allow us to interpret these writing instruments as part of the mechanisms of control and recordkeeping deployed by Rome in this territory during the long and complex process of conquest.