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Title: | Sorting out problems with Late Roman eastern Mediterranean cooking wares from Tarraco (Tarragona, Spain) combining archaeology and archaeometry |
Author: | Cau Ontiveros, Miguel Ángel Fantuzzi, Leandro Rodríguez Martorell, Francesc Tsantini, Evanthia Macias Solé, Josep Maria |
Keywords: | Ceràmica romana Arqueometria Petrologia Estris de cuina Tarragona (Catalunya) Roman pottery Archaeometry Petrology Kitchen utensils Tarragona (Catalonia) Segle VII-segle VIII |
Issue Date: | 2023 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Abstract: | Tarraco was the ancient capital of Hispania Tarraconensis, a Roman province in the Western Mediterranean. It was a strategic enclave and one of the most important ports during the Roman Empire and Late Antiquity. The archaeological record of the city shows a variety of imported products arrived from several regions including a significant amount of eastern Mediterranean wares, amongst which there are fine, table-wares, amphorae, and coarse and cooking wares. This work focuses on the integrated archaeological and archaeometric study of these eastern types of Late Roman cooking wares from the mid-7th century to the early 8th century. In previous works, these products were classified as Aegean and North Palestinian imports. However, for some of these materials a detailed macroscopic study revealed similarities with local/regional products, opening the possibility of regional ware imitating eastern prototypes. An analytical study was carried out, applying a combination of WD-XRF and Optical Microscopy to identify their provenance. The results point to the coexistence of imported eastern Mediterranean wares and local/regional imitations. At the same time, some of the typologies identified as eastern Mediterranean products seem to have been produced locally or regionally. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.103837 |
It is part of: | Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2023, vol. 48 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/197682 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.103837 |
ISSN: | 2352-409X |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Història i Arqueologia) |
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