Archaeological quantification is a recurrent issue in research about pottery, its typologies and its distribution. We accept the validity of other methods of quantification-sherd count, minimum number of individuals (MNI) or sherd weight-but the methodology that we have proposed for quantification of assemblages of archaeological contexts is the rims count, which has to be transformed into coefficients of reference through a correction using the modulus of rupture (MR). Such correctors are obtained through measuring the percentage of preserved rim of a significant number of sherds of each type and establishing the average of that percentage. This quantification method is easily applicable to all pottery types and it is also statistically reliable. Besides, it can be used in any study in which the gross number of rims is published. Finally, in the case of ceramic transport containers, a second correction can be applied by multiplying the corrected coefficient (number of rims × MR) by its average capacity (AC), another corrector that will allow us to gather statistics according to the litres of transported product. We believe that the rims count (the easiest part to classify) is a fast, relatively easy and very reliable method that needs to be corrected using the MR.
Portus Ilicitanus (Picola, Alicante) was the main sea harbour of the Roman Colonia Iulia Ilici Augusta and as such played a crucial role in the supply of fundamental commodities to the Iberian Peninsula. Excavations yielded large quantities of glass in fourth‐ and early fifth‐century contexts. Elemental analysis of 60 samples by laser ablation – inductively coupled plasma – mass spectrometry (LA–ICP–MS) confirmed that the glasses were imported from the Eastern Mediterranean. A majority of the glasses correspond to the HIMTa primary production group, which originates from Egypt. The statistical evaluation of published data of 589 HIMT glasses further revealed differential distribution patterns of the HIMTa and HIMTb subtypes between the Eastern and Western Mediterranean, suggesting chronological trends that are linked to wider geopolitical changes. This demonstrates the need for systematic large‐scale approaches to identify supply patterns and possible factors underlying geographical differences and/or chronological developments.
Resumen: Presentamos una propuesta de cuantificación en ceramología protohistórica y clásica así como de representación de los resultados de dichas analíticas. Nuestro principal objetivo consiste en homogeneizar modelos de diagnóstico, análisis y publicación de los datos obtenidos de estudios de materiales cerámicos independientemente de su naturaleza, puesto que puede ser útil tanto de conjuntos estratigráficos como de series específicas. Consideramos que, de esta forma, se mejorará la interconexión no sólo de datos de unas zonas con otras, sino también de unos yacimientos con otros; además, resultará posible obtener resultados territorialmente más sólidos y contrastables que los que podemos obtener hasta este momento. Finalmente, a través del uso de ciertas convenciones en el análisis de la cerámica, podremos construir un aparato interpretativo de alto rango, que incorpore aspectos de carácter comercial, social, cultural e incluso simbólico.Palabras clave: procedimiento; cálculo; vajilla; Península Ibérica; Protohistoria; romano.Abstract: We introduce here a new quantification proposal in protohistoric and classical pottery studies. The proposal also includes the way of representation of such analytics with the aim of making homogeneous
Summary This paper presents a methodological tool of statistical correction to assess the capacities of different Roman amphorae, whereby ceramic values are transformed into amounts of transported product. Based on scaled drawings of 1281 Roman amphorae, individual vessels’ capacities have been calculated by applying a CAD software to the inner profiles. Each vessel has been classified according to amphora types and the mean for each type has been calculated to produce a coefficient called Average Capacity (AC). The estimated capacities are highly reliable and show narrow confidence intervals. Therefore, they can be applied immediately as a correction factor in studies of quantification of amphorae aimed at characterizing trading dynamics. As such, we expect that future statistical studies of amphorae will include this statistical coefficient to produce more precise and reliable analysis of assemblages and, consequently, more accurate research on the Roman economy.
<p>As part of the the site musealization "Villa Romana de l'Albir (L'Alfas del Pi, Alicante), a digital reconstruction of the thermal complex of the villa has been produced. The software chosen to create the virtual model is Blender, a powerful set of tools, able to develop all phases of design (modeling, animation, lighting, rendering and video editing). Here we show the results of the thermal complex reconstruction and describe the specific workflow of Blender for virtual reconstruction<br />of archaeological sites.</p>
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