«Can a fire broaden our understanding of a Roman quarry? The case of El Mèdol (Tarragona, Spain)

During the study phase of a project to renew the way the Roman quarry of El Mèdol, officially declared Artistic Historical Monument by the Spanish Government in 1934 and World Heritage in 2000 by UNESCO, is presented to the public, a violent fire broke out (late July 2010). Four acres of the propert...

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Autores: Gutiérrez Garcia-Moreno, Anna, Huelin, Sagrario, López Vilar, Jordi, Rodà, Isabel, 1948-
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Pedreres -- Tarragona (Catalunya)
Tarragona (Catalunya) -- Arqueologia romana
Mèdol (Tarragona, Catalunya : Jaciment arqueològic)
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spelling «Can a fire broaden our understanding of a Roman quarry? The case of El Mèdol (Tarragona, Spain)Gutiérrez Garcia-Moreno, AnnaHuelin, SagrarioLópez Vilar, JordiRodà, Isabel, 1948-Pedreres -- Tarragona (Catalunya)Tarragona (Catalunya) -- Arqueologia romanaMèdol (Tarragona, Catalunya : Jaciment arqueològic)90During the study phase of a project to renew the way the Roman quarry of El Mèdol, officially declared Artistic Historical Monument by the Spanish Government in 1934 and World Heritage in 2000 by UNESCO, is presented to the public, a violent fire broke out (late July 2010). Four acres of the property where the quarry is were affected and after the charred remains of the forest, new perfectly-preserved areas of exploitation surfaced. Also, in an attempt to avoid new fires, the area around the pinnacle that remains the symbol of the whole site was cleared. This paper presents the new evidences resulting from these circumstances as well as some other data from a research which is very much a work-in-progress but that nevertheless that enable us to better understand not only the real extent and chronological phases of the quarry but also other aspects related to its management and link with Tarraco, where its stone was widely used.2015info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart11 p.application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/2072/254718RECERCAT (Dipòsit de la Recerca de Catalunya)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessL'accés als continguts d'aquest document queda condicionat a l'acceptació de les condicions d'ús establertes per la següent llicència Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/oai:recercat.cat:2072/2547182026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title «Can a fire broaden our understanding of a Roman quarry? The case of El Mèdol (Tarragona, Spain)
spellingShingle «Can a fire broaden our understanding of a Roman quarry? The case of El Mèdol (Tarragona, Spain)
Gutiérrez Garcia-Moreno, Anna
Pedreres -- Tarragona (Catalunya)
Tarragona (Catalunya) -- Arqueologia romana
Mèdol (Tarragona, Catalunya : Jaciment arqueològic)
90
title_short «Can a fire broaden our understanding of a Roman quarry? The case of El Mèdol (Tarragona, Spain)
title_full «Can a fire broaden our understanding of a Roman quarry? The case of El Mèdol (Tarragona, Spain)
title_fullStr «Can a fire broaden our understanding of a Roman quarry? The case of El Mèdol (Tarragona, Spain)
title_full_unstemmed «Can a fire broaden our understanding of a Roman quarry? The case of El Mèdol (Tarragona, Spain)
title_sort «Can a fire broaden our understanding of a Roman quarry? The case of El Mèdol (Tarragona, Spain)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gutiérrez Garcia-Moreno, Anna
Huelin, Sagrario
López Vilar, Jordi
Rodà, Isabel, 1948-
author Gutiérrez Garcia-Moreno, Anna
author_facet Gutiérrez Garcia-Moreno, Anna
Huelin, Sagrario
López Vilar, Jordi
Rodà, Isabel, 1948-
author_role author
author2 Huelin, Sagrario
López Vilar, Jordi
Rodà, Isabel, 1948-
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Pedreres -- Tarragona (Catalunya)
Tarragona (Catalunya) -- Arqueologia romana
Mèdol (Tarragona, Catalunya : Jaciment arqueològic)
90
topic Pedreres -- Tarragona (Catalunya)
Tarragona (Catalunya) -- Arqueologia romana
Mèdol (Tarragona, Catalunya : Jaciment arqueològic)
90
description During the study phase of a project to renew the way the Roman quarry of El Mèdol, officially declared Artistic Historical Monument by the Spanish Government in 1934 and World Heritage in 2000 by UNESCO, is presented to the public, a violent fire broke out (late July 2010). Four acres of the property where the quarry is were affected and after the charred remains of the forest, new perfectly-preserved areas of exploitation surfaced. Also, in an attempt to avoid new fires, the area around the pinnacle that remains the symbol of the whole site was cleared. This paper presents the new evidences resulting from these circumstances as well as some other data from a research which is very much a work-in-progress but that nevertheless that enable us to better understand not only the real extent and chronological phases of the quarry but also other aspects related to its management and link with Tarraco, where its stone was widely used.
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