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AUTHOR
Anna Maria Polito
Composizione chimica
Un approccio integrato allo studio delle "argille ceramiche" della Sicilia Centrale e Occidentale
Caratterizzazione composizionale delle “argille ceramiche” della Sicilia nord-occidentale: ricadute di carattere archeologico ed archeometrico
Contessa Entellina (PA): Amphorae and ‘Romanization’ in inner western Sicily
INDIGENOUS TABLEWARE PRODUCTION DURING THE ARCHAIC PERIOD IN WESTERN SICILY: NEW RESULTS FROM PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS.
Preliminary results on the historical production of majolica tiles in the Madonie area (Northern Central Sicily)
Compositional reference for the documented Archaic production of indigenous matt-painted pottery at Entella (Western Sicily)
This contribution is focused on a specific class of indigenous Archaic pottery (sixth and fifth century BC) with matt-painted geometric decoration that was recovered in large quantities in the excavations at Entella, an indigenous site located in western Sicily. The site of Entella was strategically considerable in this part of Sicily, controlling the north-south routes running along the river Belice. Kiln structures were attested at Entella that, until today, it is the only Archaic site in the area with an unmistakable evidence of production of fine pottery. The present research is aimed at yielding a complete petrographic and chemical characterization of the table ware produced at Entella…
The production cycle of lime-based plasters in the Late Roman settlement of Scauri, on the island of Pantelleria, Italy
This paper deals with the archaeometric study of lime-based plasters found in the archaeological settlement of Scauri, located in the homonymous bay in the south-western part of Pantelleria Island. Since 1999, archaeological surveys have led to the recovery of the huge remains of a Late Roman settlement dating back to the fourth-fifth century AD. It is well known that the island of Pantelleria is entirely composed of volcanic rocks. Accordingly, the production of quicklime required calcareous rocks to be imported. Also, the selection criteria of the sandy aggregate are relevant and of interest to this study, to evaluate the achieved technological level. Within this context, a mineralogical …
Punic Amphorae at Entella (Sicily): Archaeometric Characterisation of this Possible Consumption Centre
This paper reports the archaeometric characterisation of a number of Phoenician-Punic amphorae from the ancient site of Entella in western Sicily. Entella lies in the Sicani Mountains, along the left bank of the Hypsas-Belice river, approximately 40km from its mouth (Fig.1a). It is considered to be one of the most important indigenous settlements of western Sicily, dominating the main terrestrial and fluvial commercial routes between the south-western and northern shores of the island (Nenci 1988/89; Vaggioli 2001; Moggi and Gulletta 2001). Ancient historians first cited Entella for the unfaithful behaviour of Campanian mercenaries. During the first Punic War, Entella was a flourishing urba…
Analisi petrografica e chimica di anfore puniche di età arcaica dagli scavi di Himera (Sicilia Nord-Occidentale)
GIS ed archeometria della produzione ceramica: un esempio nella Sicilia occidentale.
Definizione composizionale delle "Argille Ceramiche" presenti nella Sicilia Nord-Occidentale: Inquadramento geologico e ricadute di carattere archeometrico
The indigenous settlement of Monte Iato (western Sicily): an ethnoarchaeometric approach for outlining local Archaic ceramic productions
AbstractAn ethnoarchaeometric approach has been followed to identify the textural and compositional characteristics of the ceramic pastes produced in ancient Iaitas/Ietas, an indigenous site located in western Sicily on Monte Iato, a few tens of kilometres from Palermo. This approach was primarily motivated by the lack of discovered Archaic kilns or production sites/workshops and the inability to identify reference groups. Raw clays were sampled in the territory of San Cipirello and San Giuseppe Iato (today’s municipalities both sited on the northern slopes of Monte Iato), together with representative historic tiles and bricks locally produced until fairly recently. Grain-size analysis and …
Inquadramento geologico e definizione composizionale delle "argille ceramiche" presenti nella Sicilia nord-occidentale: ricadute di carattere archeometrico.
Ceramic ethnoarchaeometry in Sicily: recent traditional productions as a tool for understanding past manufactures
As is well known ethnoarchaeology aims to help archaeologists in the reconstruction of ancient social and cultural habits and lifestyle. It has also been used for the better understanding of the main elements involved in the historical pottery production of a given territory: selection criteria of clayey raw materials; paste recipes used by local craftsmen; to test hypotheses of pottery provenance from a specific workshop (Peacock, 1982; Fulford & Peacock, 1984; Arnold et al., 1991; Costin, 2000; Stark et al., 2000; Buxeda et al., 2003). On the other hand, the works that apply physicochemical analytical methodologies to study traditional ceramic artefacts and clayey raw materials occur more…
Composizione granulometrica e mineralogica
Il contributo delle analisi in microscopia elettronica alla caratterizzazione tecnologica e composizionale delle manifatture in maiolica: un caso di studio in Sicilia
Characterisation of clayey raw materials for ceramic manufacture in ancient Sicily
Abstract It is well known that mineralogical, petrographic and chemical analyses can successfully support provenance studies of archaeological ceramics. The characterisation of a ceramic paste, the assessment of its technology of production and its provenance assignment related to a specific production centre or to a geographical and/or compositional space, are all tasks that can be performed even more accurately if the clayey raw materials used in pottery production are also studied. For that reason the identification of the clay deposits exploited in a given ceramic workshop often plays a key role in the archaeometric reconstruction of the production cycle where geology, mineralogy, petro…
Il contributo dell'archeometria alla ricostruzione della cultura materiale: la produzione ceramica nelle alte Madonie (Sicilia centro-settentrionale).
ANALYSIS OF CLAYEY RAW MATERIALS IN WESTERN SICILY: ARCHEOLOGICAL AND ARCHAEOMETRIC INFERENCES
Indagini archeometriche funzionali all'individuazione dei centri di produzione ceramica attivi in età arcaica nella Sicilia centro-occidentale: Monte Adranone (Sambuca di Sicilia, Agrigento).
Analisi di argille siciliane per una valutazione preliminare dell’attitudine all’impiego nel settore dell’architettura in “terra cruda”
Analisi petrografica e chimica di anfore puniche dagli scavi di Himera.
Thin-section petrography and chemistry of arcaic indigenous pottery from western Sicily settlements.
Ceramic Production in the Indigenous Settlement of Entella (Western Sicily) During the Archaic Age
Indigenous fine tablewares (both plain and with painted geometric patterns/decorations) were widely diffused in western and central Sicily between the seventh and the fifth centuries BC (Gargini 1995; Spatafora 1996; Trombi 1999; Campisi 2003 However, the considerable recurrence of shapes and decorative subjects inhibits the identification of specific production centres merely on the basis of stylistic and morphological analyses. Therefore, the extent of the distribution of objects manufactured in different workshops cannot be fully appreciated, and the network of ceramic trade in Archaic Sicily is acknowledged only in terms of the relationships between the Phoenician and Greek colonies and…
Parametri tecnologici allo stato plastico e dopo cottura
Selinunte (Sicily) and its productive context: the clayey raw materials applied in a long-lived ceramic production (seventh to third century BCE)
The westernmost of the Greek-Sicilian towns, Selinunte, founded in western Sicily during the second half of the seventh century BCE, gives amazing evidences of a historic activity of ceramic production (seventh to third century BCE). The present study aims to identify the raw materials available in the vicinity of the archaeological site of Selinunte, which were possibly used by the ancient potters, and to characterise them by means of petrographic and chemical techniques. A sampling campaign of clays and sands for tempering was undertaken in the archaeological site and the adjacent area. Moreover, locally produced archaeological bricks and tiles were considered helpful for comparison regar…