Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery Research Papers (original) (raw)

The archaeological site Priniatikos Pyrgos (Crete) had a nearly constant settlement from the Final Neolithic until the Early Roman Period. The settlement is also recorded at the end of the 6th century AD up to the 9th century AD (Klontza-Jaklová 2015), where we focus on this poster. The aim of the poster is to present the assemblage of fine red wares from the site Priniatikos Pyrgos (Crete) which consist of the very late types of terra sigillata and its imitations. The presented assemblage is dated from the late 6th century to the end of the 7th century AD and imported mainly from Phocaea. The poster is divided into parts discussing typology in the context of the whole island, origin and dating of fine red wares. From the already collected data and according to our stratigraphy, it seems that its appearance exceeds the 7th century AD the northern region were interested in the material itself and that not tableware was imported but only (red) sherds.

This is a published doctoral thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Gülseren Kan Şahin in 2015. In this dissertation pottery finds from Hadrianopolis and its chora in southwestern Paphlagonia (northwestern central Turkey) are presented in detail, which were collected between the years 2005 and 2008. A version of this thesis in English language is already published in 2016 as a part of BAR International Series (no. 2786) and in Turkish language in 2019 as a part of publication series of Turkish Historical Society.
Paphlagonia was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north-central Anatolia, bordered by Bithynia to the west, Pontus to the east and Galatia to the south. Today, Hadrianopolis and its chora lie in the region around Eskipazar in the Turkish province of Karabük. Between 2005 and 2008 an archaeological team from the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir carried out archaeological field surveys, excavations and restorations in Hadrianopolis and its close surroundings. During these four field campaigns, 1550 sherds ranging between the Pre-Iron Age (IInd mill. BC.) and the Middle Byzantine period (late 11th/early 12th cent. AD.) were collected, most of which consisted of Late Roman-Early Byzantine (late 5th-mid 8th cent. AD.) coarse ware. In this study 30 main pottery groups were constituted, based on their chronology, function and fabric. The book contains a detailed description of each find deposit, including the typologies and fabrics of wares and a comprehensive catalogue with drawings, as well as photos, of each sherd. It is, thus, the first extensive pottery report of the Turkish Black Sea area, offering a continual picture of all the wares and chronologies available, including their chronologies.

- by Ergun LAFLI
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- Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology

Despite the growing body of excavation finds and the steady publication of museum collections, the numismatic evidence remains an underutilized historical source. Historians who study Late Antiquity rely on archaeological evidence but tend to ignore coin finds, partly because numismatics developed as an independent field with its own set of specialized tools and research questions. Insufficient dialogue between the disciplines has delayed a proper appreciation of Early Byzantine coins as historical source and the development of a clear methodology for their use in conjunction with the literary and archaeological evidence. In order to overcome such disciplinary divides, this paper proposes several research directions by highlighting the main benefits of integrating the numismatic evidence more fully into the historical narrative. These research directions include a greater emphasis on bronze coinage, the study of the long-distance circulation of people and goods, and distinctions between urban, rural, and fortified contexts. This methodological discussion is followed by a case study from Byzantium's Lower Danube frontier.

Doctoriales 2021 de la Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée, Lyon, 16 mars 2021.

Chamber pots are perhaps one of the more challenging ceramic forms to identify with certainty in Roman pottery studies, despite the availability of detailed ceramic typologies. Here, we describe the analysis of mineralized concretions taken from a Sicilian ceramic vessel of the fifthcentury CE, and propose paleoparasitology, the identification of intestinal parasites, as an helpful method for contributing to the detection of chamber pots. Microscope analysis of the mineralized concretions revealed the presence of eggs of the intestinal nematode Trichuris trichuria (whipworm), confirming that the vessel originally contained faeces. This is the first time that parasite eggs have been identified from concretions inside a Roman ceramic vessel. Systematic parasitological investigation of calcified deposits from ceramic vessels may therefore help to establish function. In addition, the identification of intestinal parasite eggs has the potential to advance our understanding of the sanitation, diet, and intestinal health of populations who used these chamber pots.

- by Piers Mitchell
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- Parasitology, Paleopathology, Paleoparasitology, Roman Sicily

For the first time, the arts and crafts of Thessaloniki, once the second largest city in the Byzantine Empire after Constantinople, are examined thoroughly through archaeological remains, historical sources and epigraphic records.More than 80 years of archaeological research and a life-time of personal research that covers 112 excavations, reveals at least 16 artisanal trades in detail. The book is organised chronologically with overviews of the political history and topography of Thessaloniki throughout its nineteen-centuries-long history. With an illustrated catalogue of each site and distribution maps, this work reveals relatively unknown aspects of life in Antiquity, the Early Christian period and Byzantium.

- by Tassos Antonaras and +2
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- Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Balkan Studies, Late Antique Archaeology, Byzantine Studies

Based on an inventory of the amphorae of Eastern origin discovered in Gaule from a hundred of archaeological sites of Late Antiquity, this research tackles some aspects of ancient economic history, through the study of the trade of goods transported in amphoras between the East and the West. Knowledge, hitherto incomplete, of the amphoras of this period required a more thorough ceramic study in order to establish an accurate typology, which is intended to be an additional aid for dating by archaeologists. Epigraphy as well as the study of the fabrics, are the tools which are means of establishing the origin and the contents of the amphoras. Their diffusion in Gaule and in the Mediterranean world informs us about the commercial trade and exchange routes, and the analysis of the supply areas makes it possible to observe historical as well as geographical fluctuations. Starting from the material elements thus collected, it is possible to contribute to the understanding of the economy of Late Antiquity, at this transitional turning point period which witnessed the progression from the ancient to the medieval world.

Hand-made Late Roman pottery from Baelo Claudia, including archaeolometric characterization

- by Dario Bernal-Casasola and +2
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- Roman Pottery, Archaeology of Roman Hispania, Hispania (Archaeology), Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery

A 12th-13th-century A.D. ceramic assemblage from Alexander’s Hill at Sagalassos in southwestern Turkey provides new evidence for the typo-chronological study of Byzantine pottery. A functional analysis of the assemblage, along with textual and iconographic evidence, archaeozoological and palynological analyses, and chemical analysis of cooking-pot residues, contributes to the reconstruction of diet and cooking practices in Anatolia. While baked fish, vegetables, pulses, and bread are usually regarded as the staples of Byzantine peasant cuisine, diners at Sagalassos were enjoying beef stews before the Fourth Crusade, when the technique of stewing meat was allegedly introduced to the eastern Mediterranean from the West.

Tis paper presents the main types of imported amphorae and cooking ware, as well as storage vessels
and lamps, from the rescue excavation that took place in 2007 and 2011 at the port of modern Kryoneri, presumably the port of ancient Kalydon in Aetolia, on the north coast of the Golf of Patras, in Western Greece.
Te last phase of the building complex with bathing facilities was probably related to an early Christian basilica dating to the 5th and 6th centuries AD. Te fnds range from the 2nd to the late 6th century as indicated by
the pottery types and the numismatic evidence. Pottery consists mainly of a large variation of transport amphorae, a characteristic group of cooking vessels and a smaller group of tableware. Amphorae types, such as
Late Roman 4/ Almagro 54, Kapitän 2, variations of Late Roman 2 and Late Roman 1, Agora M254, and Cretan amphorae have been identifed, as an indication of the trading routes between Western Greece and the
Mediterranean. Te surface layers of the excavation yielded a distinctive group of grazed byzantine and post
byzantine pottery mainly imported from the Italian peninsula. Teir date ranges from the 13th to the end of
the 16th century and verifes the importance of Kryoneri as a port between the Adriatic Sea and the Corinthian Gulf during a period of constant conﬂicts between the Ottoman Empire and Venice.

PANTELLERIAN WARE AND ITS CIRCULATION IN LATE ROMAN TIME
This research concerning the cooking pottery production in late roman time in the Island of Pantelleria, located in the Sicily Channel. This coarse ware consisted in pans, pots, casseroles and lids and large jars, useful to cook food and other raw materials as bitumen and pitch. This high refractoriness is given to the ceramic mixture by the vulcanic minerals peculiars form the clay of the island. The archaeological excavations conducted until now, discovered the ruins of a large settlement in the Scauri Bay placed in the S-W coast of the island, datable from the second half of the IV to the end of the V century. The village based its economical activity on the cooking pottery production and its export, as evidenced by the shipwreck in the harbor of Scauri. The pottery materials found in the site and in the shipwreck, come from reliable contexts and it has been helpful to a thorough tipological and chronological study of this local ware production. The analysis of the attestations in the Central and Western Mediterranean, through the bibliography and some unpublished datas from Sicily, led to create some circulation maps across the centuries. This has allowed me to make some considerations and conclusions. It has been possible to realize a diachronic study, to distinguish forms and types from the III cent. B.C. to the V cent. A.D.. The pottery had a wide circulation in the Mediterranean, mostly from the second half of the IV to the beginning of the VI century

Author: Ninina Cuomo di Caprio
Publication Date: October 31 2017
Publisher: L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER
Series: Manuali L'ERMA, 2
ISBN: 978-88-913-1012-5 (Print)
ISBN: 978-88-913-1014-9 (E-Book)
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 700, 260 ill. B/N
Size: 21 x 28 cm
From the Foreword by prof. David P. Peacock, University of Southampton, UK
This manual on pottery-making in antiquity is a compendium of almost everything bearing on the interpretation of ancient ceramics in antiquity Because of this, it is likely to remain a standard work for many years to come. Both the student and the more experienced researcher will benefit from this book and will find it easy to follow because of the lively presentation. The whole subject of ceramics is here, from clay acquisition to kilns and firing, backed with an extensive bibliography. It is a work of reference which should have a place on every archaeologist' s bookshelf from their first day at University until retirement
Part Two is titled Modern Laboratory Techniques and provides a summary of the most widely used scientific techniques which can aid the archaeologist in the understanding and interpretation of ancient ceramics.
Cuomo di Caprio, Ninina - Essential Bibliography:
1972 Proposta di classificazione delle fornaci per ceramica e laterizi nell' area italiana, in Sibrium 11, 1971-72, pp. 371-464
1982 Ceramica rustica tradizionale in Puglia, Galatina, Lecce 1982
1985 La ceramica in archeologia. Antiche tecniche di lavorazione e moderne tecniche di analisi, Rome 1985 (reprinted 1988)
1992 Fornaci e officine da vasaio tardo ellenistiche, Morgantina Studies, vol. III, Princeton, New Jersey 1992
1993 La galleria dei falsi. Dal vasaio al mercato di antiquariato, Rome 1993
2007 Ceramica in archeologia 2. Antiche tecniche di lavorazione e moderne tecniche di analisi, (enlarged and revised 1985 edition), Rome 2007.

- by ERTUĞ ERGÜRER and +5
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- Roman Pottery, Roman Epigraphy, Roman Water Supply (Archaeology), Late Roman Pottery
- by Mark D Hammond
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- Pottery (Archaeology), Regionalism, Roman Pottery, Roman Economy

The purpose of this study is to quantify, evaluate and interpret recently collected and processed ceramic evidence about settlement location, rural- and domestic-life throughout the Greek Early Middle Ages in the Aegean region, i.e. during the so-called ‘Dark Ages’ or Early Byzantine times (mid 7th – mid 9th centuries) and the Middle Byzantine era (mid 9th – early 13th centuries). More specifically, it explores the spatial expression of peasant communities in the Byzantine countryside, and examines the socio-economic identity and functional character of rural sites (e.g. hamlets and villages) under the spectrum of domestic ceramic assemblage-composition. This paper demonstrates a methodological exercise for the processing, detailed study and interpretation of complete collections of medieval ceramic finds that comprise the largest part of material culture evidence from Byzantine deserted villages in central Greece, the Aegean islands and southwest Anatolia.

- by Serdar Ünan
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- Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Ottoman History, Anatolian Archaeology

The largest necropolis of Naissus (modern Niš, Serbia) in the late antiquity period was formed on the right bank of the river Nišava, east of the fortification, along the road that led to Ratiaria. It is located on the site of today's city district of Jagodin Mala, after which it became known in literature. This area had been intensively used for burials from IV to the end of VI or beginning of VII century.
The necropolis of Naissus in Jagodin Mala represents a well organized cemetery, with regular rows of graves and tombs, whose number is the largest in the vicinity of grave basilicas, which were erected at a small distance one from another. Five such buildings were registered so far by the archaeological research and the most important one is the basilica with a crypt (V-VI c.).
The most luxury grave constructions belong to barrel vaulted tombs and tombs with arcosolia and calotte, sometimes decorated with wall painting (representations of St Paul and St Peter, IV-V c.; Christ monogram in the laurel wreath, cca 382 AD; etc). Richness of the grave goods and inventory indicates that city population lived in socially and economically prosperous times.

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- by The Lydia Symposium and +2
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- Ancient History, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Greek History

This 40th volume of the ASLU series is concerned with the study of the Cycladic settled landscape in Late Antiquity and the Byzantine Early Middle Ages. It offers a fresh approach to the history and archaeology of the Cyclades under the light of current archaeological investigations. It is an attempt to interpret human-environmental interaction in order to “read” the relationship between islands, settlements, landscapes and seascapes in the context of the diverse and highly interactive Mediterranean world. The methodology proposed is an interdisciplinary approach, which combines archaeological evidence, literary sources, and observations of the sites and micro-landscapes as a whole, with the advantages offered by the application of new technologies in archaeological research (Geographic Information Systems). The islands of Paros and Naxos are used as case-studies. It is a challenging task to trace how these neighbouring insular communities reacted under the same general circumstances pertaining in the Aegean and to what extent the landscape played a role in this process.

The paper presents the results of the excavation of two trenches of a linear earthwork (ditch and rampart) just outside the Late Roman fortress near the ancient Dyonisopolis in the province of Scythia Minor. The earthwork was thought to be of Proto-Bulgarian Origin and it was assumed that it was built at the end of the 7th or in the course of the 8th century.
Both trenches produced considerable amounts of ceramics (pottery, amphorae, bricks and roof-tiles) which could be dated to the Late Antiquity. Not a single sherd of Early Medieval pottery was found in the fill of both rampart and ditch, and just a handful of Late Medieval and Ottoman fragments were found in the upper layers of the ditch together with modern items. The materials therefore gave us not only a terminus post quem for the construction date, but also a positive terminus ante quem for the abandonment of the earthwork as reliable fortification.
We therefore can conclude that if ever the Proto-Bulgarians had something to do with the construction of the earthwork in Balchik, is the fact that it was erected possibly against them but not by them – it should be interpreted as a Late Antique construction (proteichisma) built by the inhabitants of the still functioning fortress.

- by Jeroen Poblome
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- Pottery (Archaeology), Roman Pottery, Roman Economy, Late Roman Archaeology
- by Philip Bes
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- Ancient economies (Archaeology), Roman East, Roman Pottery, Late Roman Empire

In 2007 a symposium was held at Texas A&M University to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Texas A&M University Press’s publication of the first volume reporting the Yassiada shipwreck site. Seventeen papers from that symposium featured in this book broadly illustrate such varied topics as ships and seafaring life, maritime trade, naval texts, commercial cargoes, and recent developments in the analysis of the Yassiada ship itself.

- by Deborah Carlson and +1
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- Maritime Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, Late Antiquity, Roman Pottery
- by Andrea Parodi
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- Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Mediterranean prehistory, Mediterranean Studies
- by Valentina Caminneci
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- Iconography, Late Antique Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Late Antiquity
- by Michael Choref and +8
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- History, Ancient History, European History, Military History

Pocas civilizaciones han sido objeto de juicios tan contradictorios como la bizantina. Si para un sector la Roma de Oriente alcanzó altas cotas de esplendor cultural y refinamiento; para otros, encarnó la decadencia del mundo antiguo y buena parte de los estereotipos del medieval. El propio Justiniano, ya en su misma época, fue amado y odiado a partes iguales. Con motivo de las XIX Jornadas de Bizancio (UCM, 24 a 27 de enero de 2022), invitamos a huir de estos juicios pendulares, de estos juegos de espejos cuyos violentos contrastes omiten matices y no reparan en la esencia de un período trascendental en el paso de la Antigüedad a la Edad Media. Para ello, el vestíbulo de la Facultad de Filología de la UCM acoge la exposición temporal “El umbral del imperio. Nuevas miradas a la Hispania bizantina”. A través de una veintena de paneles, el público interesado podrá conocer desde aquellas ciudades que fueron objeto de ocupación bizantina, como el arte o la cultura de la Hispania de los siglos VI y VII. Para ello, se ha contado con la participación activa de investigadores adscritos a más de una decena de universidades, centros de investigación y diversos museos españoles. Dentro de esta misma actividad, distintos expositores dispuestos en el vestíbulo y la biblioteca exhibirán monografías y publicaciones periódicas invitando a conocer un periodo tan apasionante como enigmático.

- by JAIME VIZCAÍNO SÁNCHEZ and +9
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- Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Late Antiquity

is usually the most abundant material found on archaeological sites, and in many cases, it is the only evidence of different phenomena: lifestyle, everyday activities, communal gatherings, food habits, exchange and trade, religious and ritual practices, symbolic behavior, individual and group identities, and many other aspects of social relations, as well as relations between communities and their environment. BECAP meetings are conceived to explore

- by BECAP Conference
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- Pottery (Archaeology), Medieval Pottery, Roman Pottery, Late Roman Pottery

Η εργασία αυτή, διδακτορική διατριβή του Σωτήρη Ραπτόπουλου εξετάζει ζητήματα οικονομικής ιστορίας των Κυκλάδων, μέσω της επαναξιολόγησης των παλαιότερων ερευνών και της παρουσίασης νέων. Στόχος είναι η εύρεση των βασικών στοιχείων των οικονομιών των Κυκλάδων –αλλά και οι διαφοροποιήσεις που τα συστήματα αυτά υφίστανται κατά το πέρασμα από τους ελληνιστικούς στους ρωμαϊκούς χρόνους.

- by Sotirios Raptopoulos
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- Historical Geography, Archaeology, Greek History, Historical Archaeology

The 6th International Conference on Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean: Archaeology and Archaeometry (LRCW 6) will be held in Agrigento (Sicily, Italy) from Tuesday 24th to Saturday 27th of May 2017. On Sunday 28th May there will be an opportunity for a post-congress excursion to Villa del Casale near Piazza Armerina (Enna).
After Barcelona (2002), Aix-en-Provence (2005), Parma-Pisa (2008), Thessaloniki (2011) and Alexandria (2014), Agrigento will host the conference organized by the Archaeological and Landscape Park of the Valley of the Temples, in collaboration with the University of Palermo and Soprintendenza of Agrigento.
The LRCW 6 Conference will comprise oral and poster presentations of Late Roman pottery found in the Mediterranean region.
Abstracts of 300 words maximum should be submitted to the conference address (lrcw6conference@gmail.com) in Word format including: title (in capitals), name(s), institution, email address of the author(s), and 5 key-words. The abstracts will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee. The deadline for abstract submission is 30th September 2016.
The deadline for registration and payment of fees is 31 December 2016.

- by Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico Valle dei Templi and +3
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- Archaeology, Maritime Archaeology, Roman History, Late Antique and Byzantine History

The numerous studies that have focused on the analysis of the trade of imported Mediterranean ceramics in Late Antique Apulia now make it possible to provide an up-to-date picture of the demand for imported fine pottery, particularly African Red Slip Ware and Phocean Red Slip Ware, and its circulation in Apulia.
Despite the limitations of using quantitative data that is not always homogeneous, this work aims to highlight the similarities or specific characteristics found both between rural and urban markets and between the different areas of the region.