RT journal article
T1 Non-Invasive Archaeological Methodologies for the Analysis of the Port Structures of Portus Ilicitanus (Santa Pola, Alicante)
A1 Álvarez Tortosa, Juan Francisco
A1 Catalán González, Francisco Javier
A1 Mateo Corredor, Daniel
A1 Ruiz Barroso, Manuel
A1 Molina Vidal, Jaime
A2 HistoriaGeografía y Filosofía
K1 georadar
K1 Portus Ilicitanus
K1 cetaria
K1 port
K1 Hispania
K1 Roman Empire
K1 Roman archaeology
K1 remote sensing
K1 Santa Pola
AB The traditional identification of the ancient port of Ilici with the current town of Santa Polain Alicante (Spain) has been based on a small number of punctual, unconnected, and too partialarchaeological interventions. Since 2017, a program of geophysical surveys has been performedwith a Stream X model multi-channel georadar IDS. This program has been focused mainly onthe so-called Mercado de Viguetes, an area in which archaeological excavations have hardly beencarried out. The geophysical surveys have allowed us to draw part of the urban fabric of the centralcore of the Portus Ilicitanus, revealing a set of structures that can be assimilated into a port area:warehouses, houses, open spaces, and decantation basins to produce salted fish, and the probableeastern boundary of the complex identified with the port dock. Altogether, two predominantalignments can be assimilated into the Early Imperial and Late Imperial construction phases. Noninvasive archaeological methodologies have become the main resource for archaeological analysisand heritage protection in view of the current impossibility of carrying out archaeological excavationsin this area of Santa Pola
PB MPDI
SN 2073-445X
YR 2022
FD 2022-11-30
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/29317
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/29317
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 12-nov-2026