Pere Izquierdo i Tugas

Head of Collections and Knowledge Management at the Maritime Museum of Barcelona

Short biography

Degree in Prehistory, Ancient History and Archeology at the University of Barcelona (1986).

He began to participate in archaeological excavations in 1978, and in the same year, he participated in the foundation of the Gavà Museum. He was the author of the museological (1985) and museography (1986 and 1990) projects of this institution.

In 1983 he participated in the First Course of Introduction to Underwater Archaeological Research of the Generalitat de Catalunya, and in 1988 he obtained the second-class professional diver qualification in the training course for archaeologists organized by the Catalan Institute of New Professions.

He has participated in more than sixty archaeological excavation campaigns, leading twenty-seven of them, including the Review of the Sitges Underwater Archaeological Map.

Research interests

Underwater Archaeology;
Marine Archaeology;
Roman Archaeology;
Trade and Commerce Archaeology;
Harbor Archaeology.

Selected publications

IZQUIERDO, P.: “Liaisons entre navigation maritime et fluviale en Tarraconaise. Les exemples de Les Sorres et Dertosa”, en Le commerce maritime romain en Méditerranée Occidentale, (Barcelona, 1988), Louvain-la-Neuve, 1990, p.189-199.

IZQUIERDO, P. (en col·laboració): Excavacions arqueològiques subaquàtiques a Cala Culip. I, Generalitat de Catalunya/Diputació de Girona/ Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología, Girona, 1989.

IZQUIERDO, P. (en col·laboració): “Quality indicators for Heritage Interpretation Centres”, dins Quality in Services – Proceedings of the 8th Toulon-Verona Conference, Palermo, 2005, p. 276-280. (185)

IZQUIERDO, P. (en col·laboració): Heritage Interpretation Centres. The hicira handbook, Diputació de Barcelona, 2005.

IZQUIERDO, P. & TUDELA, M. (eds.): La Nissaga catalana del Món Clàssic, Auriga, 2011.

IZQUIERDO, P.: “Condiciones y conocimientos náuticos en la Antigüedad”, en Phicaria VI. Encuentros Internacionales del Mediterráneo. Navegar el Mediterráneo, Universidad Popular de Mazarrón, (2017) 2018, p. 17-35.

Selected projects

Hicira – Heritage Interpretation Centers in Rural Areas. Coordination and project conception, from the Diputació de Barcelona, with Mantova province, the Regions of Sicily, the Interkommunale Haviland and the Tjörns Kommun, 2004-2005.

Revisió de la Carta Arqueològica Subaquàtica de Sitges (2014-2020).