The discovery of the workshop`Les Olleries Xiques' in Paterna has provided a unique opportunity to analyse the raw materials, and in particular the recipes used in the production of the lustre decorations. Chemical and phase analyses of lustre raw materials and of lustre decorations belonging to the workshop pottery are shown. A comparison with existing ancient documentation on lustre recipes is also presented.
Resumen:Diversos contextos cerámicos recuperados en las excavaciones de L'Horta Vella (Bétera, Valencia) han proporcionado evidencias sobre la ocupación de este asentamiento rural en la Antigüedad Tardía. En este artículo, se presenta un estudio arqueométrico realizado sobre parte de este conjunto cerámico, en particular sobre una serie de cerámicas de cocina y comunes que fueron relacionadas, en un estudio arqueológico inicial, tanto con posibles producciones locales/regionales como con importaciones. Las cerámicas fueron analizadas mediante diversas técnicas arqueométricas para su caracterización petrográfica, mineralógica y química. Los resultados ofrecen información importante sobre su proveniencia y tecnología de producción. Resulta particularmente significativa la atribución de gran parte del conjunto analizado a una probable proveniencia local/regional, incluso de algunos materiales que fueron interpretados, en un principio, como importaciones africanas y ebusitanas.
AbstRAct:Several ceramic contexts uncovered during the archaeological excavations in L'Horta Vella (Bétera, Valencia) have provided evidence on the occupation of this rural settlement in the Late Antiquity. In this paper, we present an archaeometric study on part of this pottery assemblage, in particular on some cooking wares and common wares that were related, initially, both to possible local/regional products and to imported products. The ceramic materials were analysed by means of various archaeometric techniques for their petrographic, mineralogical and chemical characterization. The obtained results provide information about their provenance and production technology. It is particularly interesting the fact that the majority of the ceramics analysed can be associated with a probable local/regional production, even some materials that were interpreted at first as African and Ebusitan imports.
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