Données quantitatives sur la préparation et la cuisson en four à bois de reconstitutions actuelles de poteries grecques et romaines [Technologies céramiques]

Abstract

Quantitative data about the preparation and baking in wood-kiln of actual reproductions of Greek and Roman pottery. The authors present the results of practical experimentation obtained in reproducing Greek and Roman pottery. The surface area required for the activity of a pottery workshop, the quantity of water and wood needed for the preparation, than the firing of the kiln and the control of the fire are some of the precious indications for a better understanding of antique pottery workshops and their contraints.

El complejo alfarero romano de Cartuja (Granada). Nuevos datos a partir de las actuaciones arqueológicas desarrolladas entre 2013-2015

“…La situación es especialmente problemática para el caso del abastecimiento de combustible, del que se precisarían unos 400 kg de leña por m³ de capacidad de las calderas de los hornos para alcanzar los 900º usuales en época romana (Echallier y Montagu 1985), llegando a alcanzar 900-950º para el caso de la sigillata granadina (Compaña et al 2010). Dado que no se han realizado estudios ambientales para el entorno del Beiro en el periodo que nos ocupa, se desconoce el nivel de antropización en el que se encontraban los terrenos al instalarse el alfar, y en particular el grado de conservación del fitoclímax climático, representado en el área por un bosque de quercíneas.…”

Colour Transformation and Textural Change in Biotite: Some Remarks for the Interpretation of Firing Technology in Greyware Pottery Thin-Sections

“…A firing chamber was usually built above the combustion chamber as a cylindrical brick or adobe wall with a domed roof. The regular size of these kilns oscillated between 1-3 m in diameter during the medieval period, which was the usual standard size in many areas throughout Western Europe [5,6] and increased their size more recently. Several holes on the roof were used to control the firing process inside the kiln and to regulate the firing atmosphere.…”