Recherche par auteur > Morgado-Roncal Leyre

The studies on textile handcrafts in Augusta Emerita (Mérida, Spain) are not only proving the importance of this economic urban activity, but the relevance of such productions during Roman times. The interest emerged thanks to the discovery of several artisanal infrastructures dedicated to the treatment of wool and other fulling activities. However, a holistic and multi-proxy perspective was lacking, and many textile vestiges were unknown or disregarded such as the instrumenta textilia. Since 2020-2021, an ongoing PhD has been studying the whole textile's chaîne opératorie to provide a clear and profound knowledge on textile handcrafts and its artisans in Augusta Emerita. Moreover, the recent concession of the project TEXLUS– The Economy of Textile Crafts in Roman Lusitania– will impulse the understanding of textiles across the Roman province of Lusitania. In this contribution, we will provide a preliminary overview on the state of research with the hopes of highlighting the significance of textile manufacture in Augusta Emerita.