Francesc Rodríguez Martorell

Biography

Graduated in History (2013) by the Rovira i Virgili University and master's degree in Classical Archeology (2015) by the Catalan Institute of Classical Archeology, the Rovira i Virgili University and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. As a master's degree project he conducted a study titled "A new ceramic context in the second half of the 7th century in the port of Tarracona (Regnum Visigothorum)", which was qualified as Honor Matrícula. He is currently a predoctoral researcher at the Catalan Institute of Classical Archeology, thanks to the CIN 2015 research contract awarded by the same Institute. The doctoral thesis that is being developed is entitled "Mediterranean trade in Tarraconensis at the gates of Islam (7th-8th centuries AD)" and is led by Drs. Josep Maria Macias (ICAC) and Miguel Ángel Cau Ontiveros (ERAAUB).

Research Interest

Christian Archeology and Late Antiquity.