Les villae maritimae et l’exploitation des ressources maritimes en Istrie

Marie-Brigitte Carre (1)

1 CCJ - Centre Camille Jullian - Histoire et archéologie de la Méditerranée et de l'Afrique du Nord de la protohistoire à la fin de l'Antiquité

Several coastal villas in Istria are equipped with fishponds whose typology is very specific to this coast: very large structures with high walls made of stones thrown one on top of the other and at least one fishpond built of limestone rubble, a functional model probably intended for the breeding of eels. These constructions are the result of a choice on the part of the owners of the estates to diversify and complement their resources by associating the products of the sea, fish but also shellfish, purple, salt, etc. with agricultural and manufacturing production.

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire

Marie-Brigitte Carre. Les villae maritimae et l’exploitation des ressources maritimes en Istrie. Villae maritimae del Mediterraneo occidentale. Nascità, diffusione e trasformazione di un modello architettonico. Giornate di studio internazionali, Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro; Ecole française de Rome; Aix Marseille université – LabexMed; Centre Camille Jullian; Institut de Recherche sur l’Architecture Antique, May 2019, Capri, Italie. ⟨hal-03524618⟩