La explotación del mar en la Galicia Romana: El yacimiento de Punta Atalaia (Galicia, Noroeste Ibérico)

Abstract

This paper focuses on the shellfish and fish remains recovered at the Punta Atalaia site (Galicia, Spain). Their analysis allows us to evaluate the exploitation of marine resources in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula during Roman Times. Certain continuity with operating models defined for pre-Roman periods is found during the first occupation phase of this hillfort (1st century AD). However, data analysis for later times (2nd-5th centuries AD) indicates a greater complexity that may respond to an increasing market demand for these products and to an improved fishing and shellfishing gear. This is particularly noticeable due to an increase of gregarious pelagic fish and shellfish from the lower littoral.