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Speciation studies of iron in ancient pots from Sicily (Italy)
2011
Abstract Manufacture technology involves several aspects of pottery making, such as the type and the atmosphere of firing to obtain the finished item. During the firing of clay, at different environment of the oven, different compounds of iron (Fe(II) and Fe(III)) are formed and this is the reason for a different color of the ceramic body. Despite the great interest in this field, no works are devoted to the study the speciation of iron in ancient ceramics. The proposed method, even if considered destructive by archaeologists, allows the speciation of iron, using quantity of sample in the order of milligram. In order to achieve information about their firing conditions, thirty-nine pottery …
Ceramics, Marbles and Stones in the Light of Neutrons: Characterization by Various Neutron Methods
2016
In this chapter we give a brief overview of neutron based analytical investigations applied to study archaeological ceramics, and different types of stones. Since the vast majority of archaeological objects are made of ceramics and various stones—all are of geological origin—, one of the key objectives of these studies to determine the origin of raw material. This research is called provenance research, and a wide range of neutron based methods are applicable in it. Following a very basic, user-oriented description of the methods, we introduce examples from our everyday practice. The examples are about provenance of prehistoric stone tools, about the sources of 4th–3rd c. B.C. millennium li…
Material sources of the Roman brick-making industry in the I and II century A.D. from Regio IX, Regio XI and Alpes Cottiae
2015
International audience; Bricks, fine pottery, ceramic gears and tiles are among the human-made objects routinely recovered in archaeological documentation. Sites associated with early civilizations can provide thousands of samples from a single excavation. They come in endless varieties according to economic and social circumstances and, as debris can last almost forever, provide important clues about the past behaviours in human societies. Any information about the provenance of ceramics is highly valuable in archaeological analysis. In the case of Roman brick-making, the provenance and manufacture of clayey materials are usually interpreted only by studying stamps imprinted on the artefac…
Reflections on the Other Side. A Southern Iberia Origin for the First Pottery Production of Northern Morocco?
2021
Archaeological works in Morocco (the Spanish-Moroccan team) were funded by a European Research Council Advanced Grant AGRIWESTMED (Origins and spread of agriculture in the western Mediterranean region) coordinated by L.P.-CH. Processing works were performed thanks to a IJCI-2016-27812 -Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities-Universidad de Granada, Juan de la Cierva-Incorporacion Agreement (2016, by RMMS), and by funding provided in the framework of project "Archaeobiology of the Neolithic of the Southern Iberian Peninsula" (NeArqBioSI) A-HUM-460-UGR18 by Consejeria de Economia, Conocimiento, Empresas y Universidad. FEDER Programme - Andalusian CouncilGranada University. Fi…
Motivos decorativos monetales sobre dos fragmentos de sigillata hispánica de la ciudad romana de "Los Bañales" (Uncastillo, Zaragoza)
2012
Este estudio presenta dos nuevos fragmentos de sigillata hispánica con motivo monetal de Marco Aurelio procedentes de la ciudad romana de Los Bañales de Uncastillo (Zaragoza), en el corazón del territorio de los antiguos Vascones. Las piezas son contextualizadas, además, en el repertorio del recurso de las producciones hispánicas de Tricio –primero en época flavia y después, aparente y esporádicamente, durante el siglo II d. C.– a los motivos decorativos de raigambre numismática. Se ofrece, así mismo, una lectura interpretativa del recurso a este tipo de improntas en la producción de sigillata hispánica en los primeros años del reinado conjunto de Marco Aurelio y de Lucio Vero.
Le ceramiche attiche a figure nere dallo scarico di Grotta Vanella a Segesta: primi dati da una revisione
2017
Questo articolo esamina i frammenti di vasi attici a figure nere della cosiddetta Grotta Vanella deposito a Segesta, costituito da materiali scaricati dalla cima del Monte Barbaro, a nord Acropoli. Vengono indicate le forme, vengono esaminati i temi e le funzioni figurative delle navi e la distribuzione di alcuni tipi e classi di vasi in diverse fasi cronologiche. In assenza di dati stratigrafici, i dating sono stati stabiliti sulla base dell'attribuzione dei frammenti ai workshop o gruppi di pittori noti e, quando possibile, confrontati con reperti provenienti da contesti archeologici piuttosto datato. Per quanto riguarda i temi figurativi, sebbene il materiale frammentario abbia limitato …
Vasi attici a figure rosse da Segesta: i materiali dello scarico di Grotta Vanella
2020
Lo studio si propone di fornire un quadro di riferimento delle importazioni di vasi figurati attici a Segesta, analizzando artisti, forme e iconografia di questa produzione. I frammenti di vasi attici a figure rosse provengono dal cosiddetto deposito della Grotta Vanella a Segesta, che consiste di materiali scaricati dalla cima del Monte Barbaro, l'Acropoli del Nord. L'esame dei reperti ceramici ha mostrato una buona varietà di tipologie formali e la prevalenza di specifiche categorie funzionali dedicate al consumo di vino, che si riflette in altre classi ceramiche. La cronologia è stata stabilita sull'attribuzione di frammenti a laboratori o gruppi di pittori e dal confronto con reperti pr…
INDIGENOUS TABLEWARE PRODUCTION DURING THE ARCHAIC PERIOD IN WESTERN SICILY: NEW RESULTS FROM PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS.
2010
Early pastoral communities in the mountains of Sicily. Prehistoric evidence from Vallone Inferno (Scillato) in the palaeoenvironmental framework of t…
2021
Abstract This paper discusses the Middle Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age phases of the occupation of a rock shelter at Vallone Inferno (Scillato, Palermo) in Sicily. Vallone Inferno is a key site for studying the early establishment and development of pastoralism in the prehistoric mountainous environments of Sicily. Seasonal use of the site as a shelter is documented for the earliest pastoral communities that exploited the Madonie mountain range. The results of the analysis of pottery and lithic assemblages contribute to the definition of two chronocultural frameworks that were linked by the same economic subsistence base. The special role of obsidian emerges, while the mobility pattern…
New data on Sicilian prehistoric and historic evolution in a mountain context, Vallone Inferno (Scillato, Italy)
2013
Vallone Inferno rock-shelter is an archaeological site located in the Madonie mountain range in Sicily. Archaeological excavation and research have provided a long prehistoric and historic sequence from the Neolithic to the medieval period, this being the most complete work in this area at present. In this paper we present the preliminary data provided by a multidisciplinary study based on pottery, lithic, human, faunal and plant remains. Stratigraphic studies have identified four complexes, of which complex 3 has provided almost all the archaeological remains. 14C AMS dates, obtained from four samples, place the human activities between 2601 cal BC and 644 cal AD. These dates are coherent …