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S. Mustaţă, F. Gogâltan, A, Ursuţiu, S. Cociş (ed.), Cercetări arheologice preventive la Floreşti - Polus Center, jud. Cluj (2007) / Rescue excavations at Floreşti - Polus Center, Cluj County (2007), Patrimonium Archaeologicum Transylvanicum 1, Cluj-Napoca 2009, 243-278.
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The paper analyzes the pottery from a Roman settlement, focusing on 961 sherds linked to two sunken houses and a well, excavated in Cluj-Napoca. The analysis includes the composition and occurrence of various ceramic types, discussing their cultural significance and the implications for understanding social identities of the site's inhabitants. Methods include visual and quantitative assessments of the ceramic fabrics and vessel types.
Missione Archeologica Italiana di Iasos IV. Rome: Giorgio Bretscheider Editore.
PAPHOS AGORA PROJECT (PAP) volume 1 INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH OF THE JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY IN NEA PAPHOS UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE (2011–2015) — FIRST RESULTS, 2020
Archaeological Investigations in a Northern Albanian Province: Results of the Projekti Arkeologjik i Shkodrës (PASH): Volume Two: Artifacts and Artifact Analysis, 2023
Table 11.2. Pottery analyzed from surface collection units at Kratul i Madh (Site 001). Categories Slipped Rims Handles Bases Decorated body sherds Body sherds Lids Total % Tiles 12 12 27% Pithoi Storage 1 1 2% Serving wares Without 2 9% Red 2 Black 4 Finewares Red Black Amphoras 10 5 1 8 24 55% Cooking wares Weights Unidentifi ed category 3 3 7% Total 44 100% Table 11.3. Pottery analyzed from tracts associated with Kratul i Madh (Site 001). Categories Slipped Rims Handles Bases Decorated body sherds Body sherds Lids Total % Tiles Pithoi Storage Serving wares Without Red Black Finewares Red Black Amphoras 8 9 3 24 44 49% Cooking wares Weights Unidentifi ed category 2 46 51% Total 90 100% medium, and large sizes with rare distribution/quantity. Inclusions, probably silica, in large sizes with rare distribution/quantity. Quartz (?) inclusions, small in size, with rare distribution/quantity. Clay nr. 6. White inclusions (shells), small in size, with large distribution/quantity; medium and larger sizes with average distribution/quantity. Reddish inclusions, small-and midsized with average distribution/quantity; larger sizes with rare distribution/quantity (mudstone?). Mica with rare distribution/ quantity. Some unidentifiable inclusions in large sizes with rare distribution/quantity. Clay nr. 7. White inclusions (shells), small in size, with large distribution/quantity; medium sized with average distribution/ quantity. Reddish inclusions in small and medium sizes with average distribution/quantity; larger sizes with rare distribution/ quantity. Mica or small quartz inclusions with rare distribution/ quantity. Some unidentifiable inclusions, large in size, with rare distribution/quantity. Clay nr. 8. Dark brown inclusions, small-and mid-sized with rare distribution/quantity. Dark brown inclusions (carbonized shells, probably), mid-sized with rare distribution/quantity. Quartz inclusions, small in size, with average distribution/ quantity; medium-sized with rare distribution/quantity. Some large unidentifiable inclusions with rare distribution/quantity. Clay nr. 9. White inclusions (shells), small-, mid-and largesized, with high distribution/quantity. Dark brown inclusions in the mid-and larger size ranges with rare distribution/quantity. Clay nr. 10. White inclusions (shells), small in size, with wide distribution; medium-sized with average distribution; largesized with rare distribution/quantity. Small, dark brown inclusions with average distribution/quantity; medium-and large-sized with rare distribution/quantity. Mica or small quartz inclusions with rare distribution/quantity. Some large, unidentifiable inclusions with rare distribution/quantity. Clay nr. 11. Clay with large quantity of shells, giving the impression of a porous mixture. Small, reddish inclusions with large distribution/quantity; mid-sized with rare distribution/ quantity. Small, quartz inclusions with average distribution/ quantity; mid-sized with rare distribution/quantity. Clay nr. 12. Small, white inclusions (shells) with large distribution/quantity; mid-sized with average distribution/ quantity; large-sized with rare distribution/quantity. Small quartz inclusions with large distribution/quantity; mid-sized with average distribution/quantity; large-sized with rare distribution/quantity. Dark brown inclusions in small, medium, and large sizes with rare distribution/quantity. Clay nr. 13. Small, white inclusions (shells) with large distribution/quantity; mid-sized with rare distribution/quantity. Dark brown inclusions in medium and larger sizes with rare distribution/quantity. Quartz inclusions, small and medium in size, with rare distribution/quantity. Clay nr. 14. Slightly porous clay. Small, white inclusions (shells) with rare distribution/quantity. Small quartz inclusions with average distribution/quantity; mid-sized with rare distribution/quantity. Silica inclusions (?) in small and medium sizes with rare distribution/quantity. Dark brown inclusions in mid-and larger size with rare distribution/quantity. Clay nr. 15. Small, dark brown inclusions (carbonized shells) with large distribution/quantity. Small quartz inclusions with large distribution/quantity; mid-sized with rare distribution/quantity. Small, gold mica inclusions with large distribution/quantity. Dark brown inclusions, mid-sized with rare distribution/quantity. Clay nr. 16. White inclusions (shells) in small and medium sizes with large distribution/quantity. Small quartz inclusions with large distribution/quantity; mid-sized with rare distribution/ quantity. Medium-and large-sized dark brown inclusions with rare distribution/quantity. Clay nr. 17. Small white inclusions (shells) with large distribution/quantity; mid-sized with average distribution/ quantity; large-sized with rare distribution/quantity. Small quartz inclusions with average distribution/quantity; mid-sized with rare distribution/quantity. Large dark brown inclusions with rare distribution/quantity. Clay nr. 18. White inclusions (limestones?), small-and midsized with rare distribution/quantity. Small quartz inclusions with average distribution/quantity; mid-sized with rare distribution/ quantity. Large and medium dark brown inclusions with rare distribution/quantity. Clay nr. 19. Small white inclusions (limestones) with average distribution/quantity; larger sized with rare distribution/quantity. Black inclusions with average distribution/quantity; large-sized with rare distribution/quantity. Small quartz inclusions with average distribution/quantity; mid-and large-sized with rare distribution/quantity. Reddish inclusions in all sizes with rare distribution/quantity. Clay nr. 20. White inclusions (shells) in small and medium sizes with rare distribution. Small quartz inclusions with large distribution/quantity; medium and larger sizes with rare distribution/ quantity. Reddish inclusions in medium and larger sizes with rare distribution/quantity. Dark brown inclusions in all sizes with rare distribution/quantity. Alternating poorly and well fired vertical layers are visible along the lateral edges of the samples. Clay nr. 21. Small white inclusions (shells) with large distribution/quantity; mid-sized with rare distribution/quantity. Dark brown and reddish inclusions, small and medium in size, with rare distribution/quantity. Small quartz inclusions with average distribution/quantity; mid-sized with rare distribution/quantity. Clay nr. 22. White inclusions (shells) in small and medium sizes with large distribution/quantity; larger sizes with rare distribution/quantity. Dark brown inclusions in all sizes with rare distribution/quantity. Small quartz inclusions with average distribution/quantity; medium-sized with rare distribution/ quantity. Clay nr. 23. White inclusions (shells) in mid-and large sizes with rare distribution/quantity. Small dark brown inclusions (cafe) with average distribution/quantity; mid-and larger sizes with rare distribution/quantity. Small quartz inclusions with large distribution/quantity; mid-sized with rare distribution/quantity. except for the presence of white inclusions (shells), in the middle and larger size ranges, with rare distribution/quantity. It is a very well-prepared clay and has some fine horizontal layers in beige color, which seems not to be a result of problematic firing but rather reflects clay composition. Clay nr. 25. Very well-prepared, uniform clay. Clearly distinguishable from all the others. Small white inclusions (shells) with large distribution/quantity; mid-sized with rare distribution/ quantity; large-sized with average distribution/quantity. Dark brown inclusions in the medium and large size ranges, with average distribution/quantity. Small quartz inclusions in the small and medium size ranges, with rare distribution/quantity; largesized with average distribution/quantity. Clay nr. 26. Small white inclusions (shells) with large distribution/quantity; mid-and large-sized with rare distribution/ quantity. Medium-and large-sized white inclusions (limestones? silica?) with rare distribution/quantity. Dark brown inclusions in the medium-and larger size ranges, with rare distribution/ quantity. Small quartz inclusions with large distribution/quantity; mid-sized with average distribution/quantity; larger size with rare distribution/quantity. Clay nr. 27. White inclusions (limestones) in the small and medium size ranges with large distribution/quantity; larger sizes with rare distribution/quantity. Dark brown inclusions in all sizes with rare distribution/quantity. Small quartz inclusions with large distribution/quantity; mid-sized with average distribution/ quantity; larger sizes with rare distribution/quantity. Clay nr. 28. Small white inclusions (shells) with large distribution/quantity; mid-sized with average distribution/ quantity; large-sized with rare distribution/quantity. Medium and large dark brown inclusions with rare distribution/quantity. Small quartz inclusions with large distribution/quantity; mid-sized with rare distribution/quantity. Clay nr. 29. White inclusions (shells), small-and mid-sized with rare distribution/quantity. Small white inclusions (limestones) with large distribution/quantity; mid-sized with average distribution/quantity; large-sized with rare distribution/quantity. Dark brown inclusions, small and medium, with rare distribution/ quantity. Small quartz inclusions with large distribution/quantity; mid-sized with average distribution/quantity. Clay nr. 30. Small and medium dark brown inclusions with rare distribution/quantity. Small quartz inclusions with large distribution/quantity; mid-sized with rare distribution/quantity. Unclear if small mica or quartz inclusions. Clay nr. 31. Small white inclusions (shells) with large distribution/quantity; mid-sized with average distribution/ quantity; large-sized with rare distribution/quantity. Small brown inclusions (carbonized shells) with large distribution/quantity; medium and large sizes...
2008
The assemblage was studied stratigraphically as work proceeded starting with the uppermost layers, which also comprised the largest group of material. The pottery from each recorded context was sorted into fabric groups based on the nature of the constituents of the clays taking into account the types of inclusions, their size and frequency. Fabric codes are used to designate different fabrics. An alpha-numeric system has been used where letters have been used to indicate the major inclusion(s) present followed by a unique Arabic number, thus LI = limestone; CA = calcite; SA = sand; PY = pyroxene and associated inclusions; FL = flint, FE = iron oxides; MU = mudstone / argillaceous inclusions; GR = mixed grit and G = grog. A common name is sometimes used to define certain fabrics, for example Sinopean mortaria, Colchian amphorae etc. Attributes relevant to the definition of a fabric include colour, firing, hardness, feel and texture and inclusions. In addition to their identification...
Journal of Field Archaeology, 1992
An extensive local provenience study of common pottery from Roman Galilee and Golan was carried out, employing neutron activation analysis. This pottery was then examined by binocular microscopy, xeroradiography, and thin-section analysis and the results compared with the grouping by neutron activation analysis in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the former techniques for classifying these ceramic fabrics. It was found that xeroradiography alone would have led to the incorrect categorization of the pottery corpus, even at the level of major fabric groups. Thin-section analysis, on the other hand, was seen to be an effective means for sorting the collection into major fabric categories that comport with those defined by neutron activation analysis. In some cases, the description of micromorphological subgroups, comparable to the compositional subgroups distinguished by neutron activation analysis, was also possible. This discriminating classification by thin-section analysis was achieved by study of both the pottery matrix and its mineral composition. A description of this dual approach and its importance for pottery classification is presented. MED/TERRANEAN
During research on the site of the Crikvenica- Igraliste (Ad turres, Croazia) pottery workshop, owned by Sextus Metilius Maximus, 30 tons of ceramic material were found. Mostly came from process waste from the workshop that produced building materials, amphoras, loom weights and various types of pottery. The discovery of this important workshop stimulated the working of the Museum of Crikvenica, highlighting the necessity of using different approaches in treating materials from both the scientific and museological points of view. Immediately during the research a rapid classification of materials was necessary which, at work completed, would facilitate the development of product typology, whilst the request of museum presentation brought about new problems. On this occasion we would highlight the approach needed to working the material and how the typology was created. The typology helped to determine the distribution of workshop products.
Excavations at Maresha Subterranean Complex 169; Final Report Seasons 2000-2016, 2019
Fresenius' Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 1994
Forty-five sherds of Roman terra sigillata were analysed for seven major and minor elements by inductively coupled plasma emission spectroscopy and for thirty trace elements by instrumental neutron activation analysis. Autoscaling, cluster analysis and principal component analysis were performed on the analytical data to obtain separate classifications of the sherds by accounting for major and minor elements, on the one side, and for trace elements, on the other. The ability of each element in discriminating between the obtained groups was determined by accounting for either Fisher weights or mutual correlations. The results obtained indicated that some major and minor elements display a greater discriminating capability than trace elements, and that the latter allow recognition of a greater number of compositional groups just because they greatly outnumber major and minor elements.
The red slipped tableware of the Roman period is almost stereotypically present at most sites within the Empire. The icrates project has been building a detailed database of published ceramic tableware of the Roman East since 2004, with the aim of studying the material of a large area en masse. At present, ca. 27,050+ records of individual vessels exist in the database, datable to between the second half of the second century BC and the seventh century AD. Still, much more material is recovered on sites than is actually published. And despite the huge numbers of Roman ceramics and tableware present in the archaeological record, it is clear that we cannot now dispose of all the material that ever existed. In this paper, we will tentatively attempt to estimate the total number of ceramic tableware in the Roman East as a methodological exercise and, at the same time, as an illustration of the problem. This results in an estimated total number of tableware vessels between 75 million and 33 billion pieces. A clear disciplinary guideline for the size of the sample needed for the quantification of pottery is lacking, but our calculation demonstrates the possible representation of the icrates data. The available data seems small in comparison with the calculated total. On a positive note, the excavated and processed numbers of sherds at Sagalassos are estimated between 8 and 20 million over a period of 20 years. It should be taken into account that Sagalassos was a production centre – yet a regional one compared to conglomerate giants, such as Eastern Sigillata A. Nevertheless, it seems that the mentioned totals provide some sense of representativeness to the tableware available for study, in particular, and the archaeological record of Sagalassos, in general.
Materials, 2021
Combined analysis methods such as optical microscopy (OM), cathodoluminescence (CL) microscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy–energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (SEM–EDX) have made it possible to obtain the first physico-chemical data of Dacian potsherds, exhumed at the archeological site of Ocnita-Buridava, Romania; the samples were provided by the “Aurelian Sacerdoteanu” County Museum Vâlcea, dating from the 2nd century BC to the 1st century AD. The mineralogical and petrographic analyses revealed two types of ceramic pastes, taking into account the granulometry of the inclusions and highlighting the choice of the potter for fabricating the ceramic either by wheel or by hand. All samples showed an abundance in quartz, mica (muscovite and biotite), and feldspars. These observations were confirmed by cathodoluminescence imagery, revealing heterogeneous pastes with varied granulometric distributions. The XRD patterns indicated the presence of the mineral phases, indicating a firing temperature below 900 ◦C. The wheel-made ceramics have a fine, compact matrix with very fine inclusions (<40 μm). On the other hand, the hand-made ceramics present a coarse matrix, with inclusions whose granulometry reaches approximately 2 mm. The difference between these two types of ceramics is also confirmed by the mineralogical and chemical analysis. The wheel-made potsherds are more abundant in MgO, Al2O3, and CaO contents.
The Rye Creek Project: Archaeology in the Upper Tonto Basin: Vol. 2. Artifact and Specific Analyses, 1992
This chapter evaluates the plain and red ware ceramics recovered during excavations that took place at Rye Creek Project area sites. They are located in the upper Tonto Basin, AZ and span the time period from AD 750 to 1400. The attribute-based analysis focused on petrographic and technological approaches in order to characterize the assemblage under study. Importantly, it includes the first use of discriminant analysis to classify generic and specific sand compositions and uses the discriminant functions to classify the provenance of sand-tempered sherds (pp. 135-169).
Old Pottery in a New Century. Innovating Perspectives on Roman Pottery Studies., 2006
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