Fantuzzi, L., Cau Ontiveros, M. A., Reynolds, P. 2017. Archaeometric characterisation of Late Roman Amphora 1 imports in north-eastern Spain. In: D. Dixneuf (ed), LRCW 5, vol. 1, pp. 93-116. Études Alexandrines 42, Alexandrie (original) (raw)
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LRCW /, 2019
With this first circular we would like to inform you that the 7th International Conference on Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean: Archaeology and Archaeometry (LRCW 7) will be held in València, Riba-roja de Túria and Alacant (15-19 October 2019). The conference will be organized by the Municipality of València (Secció d’Investigació Arqueològica Municipal de València), the Municipality of Riba-roja de Túria (III Jornades d’Arqueologia de Riba-roja), the Institut Català d’Arqueologia Clàssica (ICAC), and the Equip de Recerca Arqueològica i Arqueomètrica de la Universitat de Barcelona (ERAAUB), in collaboration with the Museu d’Arqueologia (MARQ) of Alacant, the Museu de Prehistòria of València, and the Universitat de Teologia of València.
2014
This report, part of a wider project involving the ancient landscapes of Himera and Thermae, presents the archaeological and archaeometric results on Late Roman amphorae and coarse/cooking wares from Termini Imerese. The aim is also to illustrate the distribution of the same types of Roman pottery in the hinterland of Thermae, where the Dept. of Cultural Heritage of Palermo University has carried out intensive surveys (from 1982, published from 1988 until 2009). A good documentation of African amphorae, coarse/cooking wares, produced both in Byzacena and Zeugitana, and also local amphorae and coarse/cooking wares and Pantellerian ware, have been found both in Thermae and in the hinterland, together with African red slip ware and lamps (not illustrated).
These two volumes present the results of a group of researchers working on Late Roman coarse wares, cooking wares and amphorae in the Mediterranean: archaeology and archaeometry (LRCW) that gathered in Alexandria in 2014 within the Centre d'Études Alexandrines. After initial encounters at Barcelona, Aix-en-Provence and Pisa, which highlighted productions of the western Mediterranean, the meeting in Thessaloniki launched an oriental approach that was continued in the Alexandrian gathering. The first volume is dedicated to discoveries and research in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Tunisia, Libya and Croatia, while the second looks more particularly at the contexts of the Black Sea, Greece, and especially Egypt, which is the subject of 14 contributions.
SOMA 2012 Identity and Connectivity. Proceedings of the 16th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Florence, Italy, 1-3 March 2012 (L. Bombardieri, A. D'Agostino, G. Guarducci, V. Orsi and S. Valentini, eds.), vol. 2, pp. 1023-1032. Oxford: Archaeopress. ISBN 9781407312057, 2013
The aim of this paper is to present an analysis of the distribution of Eastern Mediterranean Late Roman amphorae in the current Catalan coastal territory, based on a review of the main archaeological contexts that have been excavated to this date. In particular, evidence recovered in major urban centres (Tarraco, Emporiae, Barcino, Iluro) and in several rural settlements is examined, analysing the changes that took place during Late Antiquity regarding the volume of eastern amphorae imports (as themselves and in relation to other imports), the different eastern regions from which these products came and the typological repertoires that existed at each moment in those sites. In this paper it is also proposed the need for archaeometric studies on materials found in the Catalan area, in order to address some issues that are problematic in the current state of research, such as the provenance area of some amphorae types and the meaning of the diversity represented in these consumption centres. These analyses are expected to provide, among other, new evidence for the understanding of trade interactions between this territory and the Eastern Mediterranean in Late Antiquity.
Late Roman coarse wares , cooking wares and amphorae. A survey of current research in Italy
2017
These two volumes present the results of a group of researchers working on Late Roman coarse wares, cooking wares and amphorae in the Mediterranean: archaeology and archaeometry (LRCW) that gathered in Alexandria in 2014 within the Centre d'Études Alexandrines. After initial encounters at Barcelona, Aix-en-Provence and Pisa, which highlighted productions of the western Mediterranean, the meeting in Thessaloniki launched an oriental approach that was continued in the Alexandrian gathering. The first volume is dedicated to discoveries and research in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Tunisia, Libya and Croatia, while the second looks more particularly at the contexts of the Black Sea, Greece, and especially Egypt, which is the subject of 14 contributions.
2007
During the 1998-2005 excavations at the "Castello Superiore" of Attimis, besides a number of different classes of Medieval material, vessels of coarse pottery attributable to a period between the 7 th and the 8 th century were selected. Among them twenty two fragments were analysed in the "Triga Mark II" nuclear reactor of L. E. N. A. Pavia University. The result of the analysis of the samples above mentioned, has confirmed the validity of the identified forms grouping. A first sight to the ancient origins of "Castello Superiore" has been given, as well as to the group of vessels connected to a very specific use.
2010
The paper illustrates results of archaeometric analyses performed on samples of Late Antique kitchenwares and plain basins from excavations carried out in insula 104 at Hierapolis (Turkey). Laboratory post-excavation work was part of the activities undertaken under the aegis of the Italian Archaeological Mission at Hierapolis (MAIER) directed by F. D'Andria. The aim of analytical research was to implement the morphological study of the retrieved ceramics combining traditional approaches with applied sciences and techniques. Altogether fifty-six ceramic samples underwent a series of archaeometric analyses (MGR, WD-XRF and thin section analysis) and laboratory tests (water permeability, thermal shock resistance) in order to acquire information on pottery composition, provenience, as well as on clays functional properties.