The Roman fish-processing factory of Creiro, directly connected with the small fishing harbour of Portinho da Arrábida, was integrated into the large navigable Sado estuary. It was located in perfect maritime relationship with the amphorae kilns and salt wetland, of the inner estuary, and with the Sado harbour complex. Creiro was made up of several fish-salting factories. In this paper the G12 factory will be presented.
Since 1987, the site has been excavated by the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of the District of Setúbal (MAEDS). Those archaeological works revealed a complete plan of a walled factory (G12), which included the fish-salting workshop (F14), a row of warehouses, residential properties and bath houses.
Two major phases of activity have been identified in the G12 fish processing unity separated by a phase of abandonment. The oldest remains of a fish products industry dates from the 2nd half of the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. The 2nd phase of activity occurred during the 2nd half of the 4th century and in the 1st quarter of the 5th. But in that period only some fish-salting tanks of the workshop F14 were used. After the abandonment of the G12 factory, the site remained occupied during the 5th century, and the salting tanks of the workshop F14 were reused as a dump of household waste
O estabelecimento romano de produção de preparados piscícolas do Creiro, servido pelo fundeadouro da baía do Portinho da Arrábida, era constituído por diversas unidades fabris, das quais se escavou a G12. Desde 1987, tem sido objeto de escavações promovidas pelo Museu de Arqueologia e Etnografia do Distrito de Setúbal (MAEDS). Estas deram a conhecer a planta completa de uma unidade fabril murada (G12) que incluía oficina de salgas (F14), “armazéns”, edifício provavelmente habitacional e balneário.
Foram identificadas duas fases de laboração separadas por período de abandono. A primeira abrange a 2.ª metade do século I e o século II. A segunda fase de produção, presumivelmente da 2.ª metade do século IV e 1.º quartel do século V, reutilizou somente parte da Oficina F14, que já se encontrava em mau estado de conservação. Após o abandono da Fábrica G12, o local continuou a ser ocupado ao longo do século V, e os tanques de salga da Oficina F14 foram então reutilizados como vazadouro de lixos domésticos
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