Petrographic and geochemical characterization of Archaic‐Hellenistic tableware production at Solunto, Sicily

Montana, Giuseppe; Iliopoulos, Ioannis; Tardo, Valeria; Greco, Caterina

doi:10.1002/gea.20251

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“…; Montana et al . ), these partial chemical divergences may be interpreted as the result of differences in the corresponding technological procedures, such as relatively shorter or longer settling times during gloss production. This hypothesis could be sufficiently convincing especially if it is taken into consideration that these productions were manufactured by workshops operating at the same site, although in quite different cultural and chronological contexts (production L2 is around two centuries older than production L1).…”

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Sem-Eds Analysis as a Rapid Tool for Distinguishing Campanian a Ware and Sicilian Imitations

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The aim of this work is to examine whether it is possible to find chemical markers that allow a distinction to be made between the imported black glossed ‘Campanian A’ and the Sicilian imitation (end of fourth to first century bc) of these productions by carrying out quantitative chemical microanalysis of the slip using the SEM–EDS technique. The efficiency of the proposed analytical method has been tested on a set of ceramic samples corresponding to Sicilian black gloss imitations whose ceramic body has already been characterized petrographically by thin‐section microscopy and chemically by XRF. The analytical data point to Na2O as a suitable chemical marker to distinguish between original ‘Campanian A’ imported from the Gulf of Naples area and Sicilian imitations of the same forms of Hellenistic pottery. In order to verify the above result, the enrichment factors (EFs) between the raw clays, the corresponding ceramic body and black gloss slip were calculated. Some differences in the patterns of EFs between original ‘Campanian A’ and Sicilian imitations were recognized and explained. Therefore, the obtained results can help to accomplish a first distinction between imported and local material on a firm analytical basis, working on a statistically significant number of individuals.

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Sem-Eds Analysis as a Rapid Tool for Distinguishing Campanian a Ware and Sicilian Imitations

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“…; Montana et al . ). Campanian B wares from Tuscany were also produced using calcareous pastes with few to common inclusions (from 0.01 to 0.5 mm) (Gliozzo and Memmi Turbanti ).…”

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Tableware in the Hellenistic Tradition from the City of Kampyr Tepe in Ancient Bactria (Uzbekistan)

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Slipped and unslipped wares from Kampyr Tepe dated to the Hellenistic–Seleucid and Greco‐Bactrian periods stylistically resemble tableware from the Greek tradition. Since two pottery workshops have been recovered at the site, the aim is to shed light on the provenance and the production and consumption patterns of the tableware, as well as on the degree of technological influence from Hellenistic–Mediterranean traditions. The archaeometric characterization, consisting of thin‐section petrography, XRF, XRD and SEM–EDS analysis, was performed on 44 wares and three unfired locally made pondera, which were used as reference local elemental patterns. The study demonstrated the local origin of most of the wares, which were produced using a similar clay paste, following standardized techniques in modelling and firing, while surface treatments appear to be more diversified.

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“…On the other hand, a provenance of the investigated amphorae from the area of Himera should be excluded because of both archaeological reasons and fabric analysis [51], which did not find any similarity with local coarse ware from Himera. Archaeometric argumentations on pottery and raw materials from Himera analysed so far [52,53] do not seem to point out an affinity with the selection of analysed amphorae. Additional analytical techniques in progress on this selection (unpublished data) and on Himerian amphorae (see Bechtold et al [54] for preliminary results) will provide further evidence to distinguish local productions from imports.…”

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5th-Century BC Himera and the Campanian Connection: Petrographic and Archaeological Studies on Western Greek Amphorae from Poseidonia and Elea Unearthed in the Necropolis of Himera

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Within the frame of an in-depth study of the corpus of about 560 western Greek transport amphorae (6th–5th century BC) yielded from excavations at the necropolis of the Dorian-Chalcidian colony of Himera in North-western Sicily, one of the most interesting issues consists in the determination of their provenance. Based on archaeological considerations, nearly 100 items have been attributed to southern Campania, specifically to Poseidonia and Elea. The present paper proposes a detailed combined archaeological-archaeometric investigation of 16 samples discovered at Himera and one at Jerba (Tunisia), of presumed Campanian provenance, compared with 4 local reference samples from Poseidonia and 6 samples of western Greek amphorae found at Pithekoussai and Elea, attributed to Poseidonia by previous archaeometric analysis. All samples have been submitted to a macroscopic fabric examination according to the standard methods of FACEM (Fabrics of the Central Mediterranean) and to petrographic investigation (polarised light microscopy) and digital image analyses of microstructures. Our study points to a Campanian provenance of the investigated amphorae and their distinction in a large group from Poseidonia and a small group from Elea. The identification of a numerous assemblage of 5th century BC Poseidonian transport vessels at Himera substantially underlines an earlier hypothesis about its ‘Campanian connection’ and allows for the reconstruction of an important Tyrrhenian commercial axis.

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Petrographic and geochemical characterization of Archaic‐Hellenistic tableware production at Solunto, Sicily

Cited by 13 publications

References 21 publications

Sem-Eds Analysis as a Rapid Tool for Distinguishing Campanian a Ware and Sicilian Imitations

Sem-Eds Analysis as a Rapid Tool for Distinguishing Campanian a Ware and Sicilian Imitations

Tableware in the Hellenistic Tradition from the City of Kampyr Tepe in Ancient Bactria (Uzbekistan)

5th-Century BC Himera and the Campanian Connection: Petrographic and Archaeological Studies on Western Greek Amphorae from Poseidonia and Elea Unearthed in the Necropolis of Himera

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