Terra sigillata and amphorae from the Roman Villa at Tourega (Evora, Portugal)

This paper presents the sigillata and amphorae recovered during the excavations of the Roman Villa at Tourega in southern Portugal, utilising the analysis of the data to identify commercial links and trade routes supplying the villa. Of all the sigil/ata recovered, the Italian type, the south Gaulish, the Spanish and African fonns were present; but taken as a whole, there was a higher proportion of northern Spanish sigillata, travelling by river and road networks. The amphorae, canying mainly fish-based products, derived from the river valleys of the Tagus and Sado in Lusitania. Only a small proportion of amphorae came from Baetica and other areas.