Paul Reynolds
The principal aim of my research is the study of the economy of the Classical to early Medieval Mediterranean and beyond through the analysis of the regional distribution of ceramics on coastal sites/major ports. This focuses on the long-distance movement of fine table-wares, amphorae (containing oil, wine, fish products, etc.) and cooking wares. I have worked primarily in Alicante, SE Spain (my PhD on the Vinalopo Valley) and north Africa (Carthage, Utica, Leptis Magna) in the western Mediterranean and in Beirut, Butrint (Albania) and in Greece (Athens, Corinth, Nicopolis-Actium) in the eastern Mediterranean.
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If during a more or less recent past most studies were mainly focused on data collected at the sites of consumption (and thus on the indestructible ceramic), centered on the type and histories of each production (fine table ware, lamps, kitchenware and coarse ware), recent studies have been, on one hand, directed towards a review of the known types and towards a more thoughtful analysis of the contexts of discovery, perfecting the production framework and anchoring to a trustworthy time frame certain types and classes in circulation; on the other hand they have focused on the production centers in order to get a better geographic characterization of those same types and classes, applying a wealth of suitable methodologies, surveys of large tracts of land, surveys and excavations of old and new workshops, laboratory analysis. The results draw a scenery in which a great variety of productive facies and distribution models reflect the complexity of the cultural, social and economic contexts, both micro- and macro-regional, both at the provincial and inter-provincial levels. This session aims to describe these lines of research, focusing on the organization of production and commerce in the region, their similarities and differences, and on a list of questions still unsolved, the solution of which will call for a further revision of published data, and for brand new information.