Amphorae at the stoa of Gitana, Thesprotia. Italic economic interests in north-western Greece (2nd – 1st cent. BC)

This paper shows the first results of new research on the study of the amphorae assemblage discovered during the excavations carried out in 1996 by K. Preka-Alexandri at the stoa of Gitana (Thesprotia). The research focussed on identifying the places of production and the definition of the typology and chronologies of the imported amphorae. The results offer an overview of the city connections and commercial interactions with the rest of the Mediterranean during the last two centuries of the Roman Republic and especially show the extreme dependence of the city on Italian imports during the 2nd and 1st centuries BC.

Guillermo Pasqual, born in 1969, is an archaeologist known for his diverse academic background. He graduated in Geography and History from the University of Valencia in 1992 and later earned a Master of Arts and a Graduate Diploma in Post-Excavation Skills Studies from the University of Leicester in 1995. Guillermo has had a varied career, combining underwater and land archaeology in the early years. He collaborated with Professor J. Pérez Ballester and the Department of Prehistory and Archaeology at the University of Valencia, organizing five international conferences on underwater archaeology. As a freelance archaeologist from 1993 to 2020, Guillermo Pasqual contributed to national and international research projects, covering various historical and prehistoric periods. His publications focused on maritime trade, particularly the study of transport amphorae from the 2nd and 1st centuries BCE. In 2021, he earned his Doctorate in Maritime History and Archaeology from the University of Cadiz. Currently, he is actively involved in research at the University of Cádiz through a Margarita Salas grant. Additionally, he collaborates with the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) at the National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF) on an investigation into the circulation of transport amphorae in Greek Epirus during the 2nd and 1st centuries BC.