Roman fish salting factory in Praia do Naso (Illa de Arousa, Pontevedra)

Abstract

In this paper, we present the results of intervention carried out by University of Vigo in Praia do Naso site (Illa de Arousa), catalogued as a possible Roman fish salting factory. This excavation was part of the Marie-Slodowska Curie project “Galtfish: Salt and fish salting in Ancient Gallaecia. Looking for the origins of the Galician canned fish industry” in the framework of which several archaeological excavations has been made, seeking to define and document structures related with the salting industry. Two soundings have been made. We located walls and usage levels from the interior part of the building –vats would have been lost due to the erosive action of the sea–, as well as objects that dated the factory between 1st and 3rd centuries A.D.