The valencian pottery from the 14th and 15th centuries found in the Strait of Gibraltar region as evidence of trade with the Crown of Aragon

Abstract

This is an overall study of the commercial activity developed between the kingdom of Valencia and the cities of the Strait of Gibraltar throughout the 14th and 15th centuries through the archaeological record, mainly of the findings of Gothic-Mudejar ceramics from Paterna recovered in Algeciras, Ceuta, San Fernando, Jerez, Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz and Rota. At the same time, the typology of forms of the finds are analyzed (plates, little-bowls, bowls, sauce pots, juglets, glasses, goblets, flasks, lamps, and jars), their decoration (green and purple, blue earthenware and golden earthenware ) and its chronology, as well as the establishment of the Catalan-Aragonese in the city of Algeciras (Catalan consulate documented from 1345 to 1369) and Genoese as a consequence of the participation of these two naval powers in the so-called “Battle of the Strait”.