This article analyses the exploitation of luxury products such as pearls and mother of pearl, a seldom-examined facet of maritime archaeology. This issue will be approached from an archaeology of production perspective, taking into account the whole chaîne opératoire, including harvesting the resource, marketing it, and mounting it in different supports. We shall also examine the meaning of these resources and some extravagant practices for which they were used during antiquity. We shall pay special attention to the artisans, as well as the production methods used to process these resources and assemble them. The study will focus on the Roman period, and Hispania will be used as case study. The Iberian Peninsula is surrounded by plentiful seas, but this specific issue had been paid no specific attention to date. An unpublished catalogue of jewels decorated with pearls and other ornaments is presented, which confirms the importance of these resources in ancient Roman markets.

本文分析了诸如珍珠和珍珠母之类的奢侈品的开采，这是海洋考古学很少审查的方面。这个问题将从生产考古学的角度出发，要考虑整个剧本，包括收获资源，进行营销并将其安装在不同的支持中。我们还将研究这些资源的含义以及上古时期使用这些资源的一些奢侈做法。我们将特别关注工匠以及用于加工和组装这些资源的生产方法。该研究将侧重于罗马时期和西班牙裔将用作案例研究。伊比利亚半岛四面环海，但至今尚未对此具体问题给予特别关注。提供了未出版的用珍珠和其他装饰品装饰的珠宝目录，这证实了这些资源在古代罗马市场中的重要性。