Journal papers by Ada Lasheras González
Geomorphology, 2024
The reconstruction of the human impacts on the morphodynamics of river deltas in the long term is... more The reconstruction of the human impacts on the morphodynamics of river deltas in the long term is challenging. The ternary diagram of Galloway (1975) used to classify morphodynamics of deltas does not include direct human influence which is now affecting most of the deltas of the world. The study of human-dominated deltas requires specific approaches and consideration of human processes and morphologies in interaction with more commonly studied natural processes and morphologies. This study demonstrates how to combine different datasets from natural and social sciences to reconstruct long term temporal trajectories of hybrid urban deltas. The Francolí delta, associated with the UNESCO city of Tarragona, offers a perfect case study to identify the different steps of a wave-dominated delta leading to a human-dominated delta over a long-term perspective. Tarragona emerged in the 1st millennium BCE and became a significant port city in the Roman period. This study identifies the evidence of a semi-protected harbour built 2000 years ago that initiates the evolution of a hybrid urban delta towards a human-dominated delta. Until the end 19th c. CE, cyclical changes at the river mouth are observed due to natural fluvial and coastal dynamics while progradation stages are partly affected by anthropogenic structures over time. The 19th c. CE is a major turning point. Morphodynamics controlled by anthropogenic factors strongly increase while fluvial and coastal sedimentation is partly erased by dredgings. The systematic approach proposed for the Francolí delta can be standardised and applied to other hybrid urban deltas allowing better comparison between urbanised deltas.
Geomorphology, 2024
Today, anthropic morphologies in river deltas are widespread. The natural morpho-dynamics interac... more Today, anthropic morphologies in river deltas are widespread. The natural morpho-dynamics interact with engineered structures or urbanisation and shape hybrid features not grasped in traditional natural classifications of deltas. However, it is challenging to reconstruct the trajectory of the shifting balance between the natural and the anthropogenic factors over time. This study demonstrates how to systematically integrate human impacts to reconstruct the evolution of deltas at a plurisecular timescale. The approach advocated here is to consider separately the local and global drivers affecting deltaic evolution in using multiscale interdisciplinary chronologies. The high-resolution reconstruction of the evolution of the Francolí Delta in interaction with the city of Tarragona for the last two centuries reveals that the river mouth morpho-dynamics are successively deflected, interacting with an outer harbour and finally fully integrated in modern harbour basins with more significant dredgings at the river mouth. In this last case, the river mouth of the Francolí is no more a delta but a human dominated estuary. Over the past three centuries, the changes affecting the delta of the Francolí are linked to economic globalisation and associated with an increase in ship size.
SAGVNTVM. Papeles del Laboratorio de Arqueología de Valencia , 2022
Presentamos un pequeño conjunto de lucernas argelinas recuperadas en contextos arqueológicos del ... more Presentamos un pequeño conjunto de lucernas argelinas recuperadas en contextos arqueológicos del s. V en Tarragona. La mayor parte del catálogo procede del antiguo témenos de culto imperial del conjunto arquitectónico del Concilium Prouinciae flavio y el resto del área portuaria de la ciudad. Se trata de unas lucernas escasamente documentadas en Hispania y que ponen de manifiesto relaciones comerciales con la Mauritania Caesarensis.
Saéz de la Fuente, I.; Tejerizo García, C.; Elorza González de Alaiza, L.; Hernández Beloqui, B. y Hernando Álvarez, C. (coords.) (2015) Arqueologías sociales. Arqueología en sociedad. Actas de las VII Jornadas de Jóvenes en Investigación Arqueológica. Vitoria-Gasteiz. Arkeogazte-JAS Arqueología., 2015
The transformation of the urban landscape of Tarraco has been often analyzed from an architectura... more The transformation of the urban landscape of Tarraco has been often analyzed from an architectural, political or economic perspective, but there are few cases in which these changes arise as a process carried out by the society of the period itself. This article aims to place such society as the central element of the analysis and to make a briefly study on the urban landscape of Tarraco from Late Antiquity to the Medieval and Post-medieval consolidation period, based on the different instruments available.
Lasheras, Ada (2015) Dos abocadors del començament del segle V dC al suburbi portuari de Tàrraco. Revista d'Arqueologia de Ponent, 25: 103-133., 2015
The interest of the roman port of Tarraco and its suburb have been recently renewed by the archae... more The interest of the roman port of Tarraco and its suburb have been recently renewed by the archaeological investigation, specially since the multiple excavations that took place in this area during the 1990s. Nevertheless, specific and detailed studies of this interesting and large sector are still required. The aim of this paper is to contribute to its knowledge by studying the pottery of two domestic dumps located at the so called "parcel·la 22B" (Av. de Vidal i Barraquer, 44-46 - C. de Felip Pedrell, 12) and chronologically situated in the early fifth century A.D., moment in which, on the other hand, the suburb lived an important socioeconomic and urban increase.
Lasheras, Ada (2015) Pan i el funus romanum. Estudi d'una peça d'os d'un llit funerari trobada al suburbi septentrional de Tarraco. Butlletí Arqueològic, V, 34-35 (2012-2013): 133-151., 2015
The archaeological interventions carried out in 2009 at the “sant Antoni Maria Claret” street, in... more The archaeological interventions carried out in 2009 at the “sant Antoni Maria Claret” street, in the city of Tarragona, discovered an ancient burial area, used for a long period of time (1st to 3rd centuries A.D.). Among the findings, a little bone artefact was recovered (6,1 x 2,7 x 4,7 cm), which represent a human head with some animal features. The iconographic analyses allowed us to identify this character with the Greek god Pan. In functional terms, this artefact should be related to its archaeological context, a burial area used as an ustrinum. Moreover, its morphological characteristics, as well as its iconography, related with the cult of Dionysios, lead us to propose that this artefact was part of the decoration of a burial bed.
Book chapters by Ada Lasheras González
Las transformaciones de la topografía urbana en el sur de la península ibérica y el norte de África entre los siglos III y VIII: redimensionamiento y descentralización
¿Ciudades invisibles?, 2025
in: S. Panzram - L. Brassous (eds.), ¿Ciudades invisibles? Paisajes urbanos de la Antigüedad tardía (siglos III-VIII). Collection de la Casa de Velázquez no 201 (Madrid 2025) 171–199, 2025
¿Ciudades invisibles?: Paisajes urbanos de la Antigüedad tardía (siglos III-VIII) Panzram, Sabine, and Laurent Brassous, editors. , 2025
Étude spatiale de l'Antiquité tardive : L'approche webSIG du projet ATLAS
¿Ciudades invisibles?, 2025
C. Godoy Fernández; A. Muñoz Melgar (eds.) El monument tardoromà de Centcelles. Dades – context – propostes. Actes del congrés internacional. Tarragona-Constantí, 28-30 de juny de 2022. Ateneu Universitari Sant Pacià. Barcelona, 2024
Baldini, Isabella; Sfameni, Carla (eds.) Abitare nel Mediterraneo tardoantico. Atti del III Convegno Internazionale del Centro Interuniversitario di Studi sull’Edilizia abitativa tardoantica nel Mediterraneo (CISEM) (Bologna 28-31 ottobre 2019). Edipuglia, Bari, 2021
Research interest in the late antique urban housing of Hispania has increased in recent years. Se... more Research interest in the late antique urban housing of Hispania has increased in recent years. Several studies on newly excavated houses but also on already known examples have been published, providing new insights on this topic. At Tarraco, the numerous urban excavations of the last decades uncovered a large quarter linked to the harbour area, known as the 'port suburb'. This paper examines the houses located in this sector, focusing on their architectural layout, constructive techniques and possible functions of the spaces. Based on their different features and chronology, the examples presented fall into two groups: the late Roman houses, which followed the architectural designs of Roman tradition; and the post-Roman houses, showing a much simplified layout and reduced size. The paper finally compares both groups to address the question of the evolution of domestic architecture in Late Antiquity.
Lasheras, A.; Ruiz de Arbulo, J.; Terrado, P. (eds.) Tarraco Biennal: actes. 5è Congrés Internacional d’Arqueologia i Món Antic. Ports romans. Arqueologia dels Sistemes Portuaris. Tarragona, 24, 25, 26 i 27 de novembre de 2021. ICAC - URV. Tarragona, 2022
Les Actes d'aquest congrés han comptat amb el recolçament econòmic del projecte coordinat d'inves... more Les Actes d'aquest congrés han comptat amb el recolçament econòmic del projecte coordinat d'investigació "Vivere in Urbe" (PID 2019-105376) del Ministerio de Economía y Empresa, i del Projecte Europeu "EuroTech, Tecnologies Europees pel Patrimoni Cultural" (2018-1-IT-02-KA23-048448). © de l'edició, Institut Català d'Arqueologia Clàssica i Universitat Rovira i Virgili © del text, els autors © de les fotografies i il•lustracions, els autors, llevat que s'indiqui el contrari Primera edició: novembre de 2022 Maquetació i impressió:
VON CARNAP-BORNHEIM, Claus; DAIM, Falko; ETTEL, Peter; WARNKE, Ursula (eds.) International Conference. Harbours as object of interdisciplinary research - Archaeology + History + Geosciences. Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum. Mainz, 2018
The importance of Tarraco, former capital of Hispania Tarraconensis, largely resided in its condi... more The importance of Tarraco, former capital of Hispania Tarraconensis, largely resided in its condition of port city. This paper gives an account of the progress made in research into this ancient harbour by analysing literary sources and archaeological remains from a broad time period, covering from the third century BC to the eighth century AD. The updated examination of the ancient sources and the study of several recent archaeological discoveries allows us to provide new and precise information about the configuration of the harbour and its evolution. We outline the advances in these fields of study in order to understand not only the harbour’s appearance, but also the economic, urban and social progress of the city. First, we take into account the boost to the city’s economy, bolstered by the arrival of Italic immigrants during the Roman conquest of Hispania and later from other cities, and also the movement of people and the growth of the city as an urban and economic centre. Second, we analyse the urban reality of the port suburb, which clearly reflects the situation of the harbour. After an interval of urban contraction, the fifth century AD sees a new period of urban and economic growth. This development is also attested in the centuries that follow, calling into question previous interpretations that considered the seventh century a period of decline that culminated in the Arab and Berber invasion in 713.
¿Ciudades invisibles? Paisajes urbanos de la Antigüedad tardía (siglos III-VIII), 2025
in: S. Panzram - L. Brassous (eds.), ¿Ciudades invisibles? Paisajes urbanos de la Antigüedad tardía (siglos III-VIII). Collection de la Casa de Velázquez 201 (Madrid 2025) 201–218, 2025
in: S. Panzram - L. Brassous (eds.), ¿Ciudades invisibles? Paisajes urbanos de la Antigüedad tardía (siglos III-VIII). Collection de la Casa de Velázquez 201 (Madrid 2025) 133–142, 2025
Les espaces publics et collectifs dans les villes d’Hispanie méridionale et du nord de l’Afrique entre les IIIe et VIIIe siècles
¿Ciudades invisibles?, 2025
Hacia la ciudad islámica: Al-Andalus y el Magreb en los siglos VII y VIII
¿Ciudades invisibles?, 2025
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