1 Published in: Pedro Paulo A. Funari, Monte Testaccio and the Roman Economy, Journal of Roman Archaeology, 14, 2001, 585-588. JOURNAL OF ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY The archaeological study of Monte Testaccio Pedro Paulo A. Funari JOSÉ MARÍA BLÁZQUEZ MARTÍNEZ and JOSÉ REMESAL RODRÍGUEZ (eds.), ESTUDIOS SOBRE EL MONTE TESTACCIO (ROMA). (Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, 1999). Pp. 558, ills. ISBN 84 475 2112 5. Monte Testaccio, at Rome, has been studied since the nineteenth century and the early and pioneering activities of Heinrich Dressel, resulting in the publication of thousands of amphora inscriptions published by Dressel in the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum XV,2. Monte Testaccio is an artificial hillock of amphora shards in the dockside quarter of Rome, used as a dump probably from Augustus until Valerian and Gallienus. The last unequivocal inscription dates record the years A.D. 254 and 255. Most amphorae are Dressel 20, from the province of Baetica in southern Spain. They were made along the banks of the river Guadalquivir (ancient Baetis) between Seville (Hispalis) and Córdoba (Corduba), and along the lower reaches of its navigable tributaires, most notably the Genil (Singilis). Production was confined to the immediate vicinity of these waterways. The average capacity of the Dressel 20 amphorae is from 66 to 76 liters and the standard fabric is rough, hard and buff, at later periods the color is usually red under a white slip. Dressel 20 is stamped more often than most other forms and painted inscriptions are also common and follow a rigid order: weight of the vessel, weight of olive oil, both measured in Roman pounds, a name in the genitive and a cursive control conveying several data. Excavations at Monte Testaccio has been carried out by a team lead by José María Blázquez and José Remesal since 1989 and this volume deals with the 1990 field season. It gathers chapters by no less than 23 authors, from Spanish and Italian research institutions, and is published as part of the Corpus