Piece of the month

Written sources and lately archaeological practices have proved the existence of potteries in the city of Sabadell. First potters appear in written documents from 14th and 15th centuries. Proliferation of pottery is documented during 17th and 18th centuries and in 1794 we count 14 pot

Short iron sword (Sant Pau de Riu-sec, Sabadell) Origin: Organic soil layer (SU 1199) with ashes and charcoal remains. It was located in the outer courtyard of Sant Pau de Riu-Sec’s church. This layer is associated with levels of demolition and spatial reorganization of the encomienda

MEDIEVAL CASSEROLE WITH TUBULAR SPOUT AND PINCH SPOUT FROM CAN SANT JOAN Origin: Stratum UE 148 from silo E31 of Can Sant Joan (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Vallès Occ.) Excavation: 2008 – 2009 (Arrago sl) Serial Number: CSJ08/09-31-148-2 Stratigraphic Dating: 10th – 11th centuries Material

An archaeological survey and further research lead in the medieval village of Santa Creu de Llagunes (Soriguera, Lleida) have provided valuable data for the study of medieval mountain settlement. The identification of three different houses and its domestic structures has provided a l

This time, we want to highlight a set of Renaissance glass from a closed archaeological context, located inside a funerary vault from the church of Sant Julià d’Altura, in Sabadell (Barcelona) (ROIG – COLL, 2007). This structure, made of masonry, has a rectangular shape of

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Origin: Stratum (SU 7) in the silo E1 of the survey at c/ Gaietà Ventalló, 15 (Mollet, Vallès Or. ) Excavation: Years 2009-2010 and 2012  (Arrago sl) Identification number: CGV09-07-1, CGV09-07-2, CGV09-07-3 Stratigraphic Dating: Half of 13th century. Material: Green glazed oxiding ea

With this blog post we began a series of file card about the archaeological material recovered and documented in archaeological surveys . Archaeological materials let us date chronologically layers and structures that have been localized (for example the filling of a silo, or the ruin