The project set out to analyse the pattern of settlement from the pre-Roman Iron Age (Iberian) period through the Roman period into late antiquity and to develop an archaeological 'language' with which to record and interpret results of field-survey data.
How far did the Iberian settlement pattern which preceded the establishment of Tarraco represent a break with the Late Bronze Age traditions?
What was the character of Iberian settlement in the region?
To what degree was the emergence of Tarraco as a strategic centre and town matched by changes in the rural settlement pattern?
How far was the greatly increased concentration of power and wealth resulting from Tarraco's role as a provincial capital reflected in the rural settlement pattern?
To what extent is the traditional picture of uban decline matched by a rural renaissance relevant to this region?
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