Intersection of exogenous, endogenous and anthropogenic factors in the Holocene landscape: A study of the Naples coastline during the last 6000 years

Romano, Paola; Vito, M. A. Di; Giampaola, Daniela; Cinque, Aldo; Bartoli, C.; Boenzi, Giuliana; Detta, F.; Marco, Menichetti; Giglio, M.; Iodice, S.; Liuzza, Viviana; Ruello, Maria Rosaria; Cola, C. Schiano di

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2013.03.031

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“…The latter was likely used to test the proper firing conditions of the kiln. One sample of concotto (clay hardened by firing), probably a kiln roof fragment, and an unfired base of a Graeco-Italic transport amphora, Romano et al (2013). were also analyzed along with four clayey raw materials, which likely represent the mixtures used by potters to shape vessels.…”

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“…The extension of the Metro Line in Naples, Italy, offers an opportunity to notably improve knowledge of the ancient city. Recent excavations provided a rich archaeological record and new geological insights into the ancient landscape of Naples (Amato et al., ; Carsana et al., ; Cinque et al., ; Romano et al., ; Russo Ermolli et al., ; Guarino et al, ). The investigated area is located outside the Neapolis Greek walls, specifically between the walls and the ancient coastline (Carsana et al., ).…”

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Distinctive Volcanic Material for the Production of Campana A Ware: The Workshop Area of Neapolis at the Duomo Metro Station in Naples, Italy

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Recent transportation infrastructure works in Naples, Italy, provided important discoveries related to the production of pottery in the Hellenistic workshop area of Piazza Nicola Amore. A minero-petrographic investigation was conducted on 35 samples belonging to the widespread Campana A ware and production indicators (clayey raw materials, unfired Graeco-Italic amphorae, kiln wastes, workshop tools). Additional analysis was conducted on black-glaze and common ware samples for comparison. The analyses reveal compositional and technological homogeneity of Campana A ware. Samples are characterized by low CaO content with evidence of both volcanic and sedimentary components, suggesting that different clay sources were properly mixed to prepare a standard recipe. Production indicators, black-glaze and common wares, have a composition well consistent with the calcareous clays from the island of Ischia. Leucite- and garnet-bearing temper from the Somma Volcano were used for the preparation of coarse-grained pastes, unfired Graeco-Italic amphorae, and clayey raw materials, thus suggesting that they represented the clay sources for amphorae production. Our results reveal new technological and socioeconomic aspects of Hellenistic pottery production in the Bay of Naples, in particular for the Campana A ware, now representing a new reference group: Neapolis

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Distinctive Volcanic Material for the Production of Campana A Ware: The Workshop Area of Neapolis at the Duomo Metro Station in Naples, Italy

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“…In particular, the landscape is the result of the mantling of preexisting volcanic edifices by the 15 ka Neapolitan Yellow Tuff (Deino, Orsi, De Vita, & Piochi, ), of the collapse of the related caldera (PF depression) and, between 15 and 3.8 ka, of the accumulation of products from at least 70 explosive eruptions of variable magnitude which generated variably dispersed pyroclastic deposits and formed tuff cones, tuff rings, and lava domes (Di Vito et al., ). These morphologies are cut by SW‐NE and NE‐SW fault scarps, widely spread in the study area (Amato et al., ; Cinque et al., ; Romano et al., ) due to the intense volcano‐tectonics (Fig. ) detected within the PF caldera, the Bay of Naples, and the Campania Plain (Bruno, Rapolla, & Di Fiore, ; Cinque et al., ; Di Vito et al., ).…”

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“…The coastal landscape is characterized by hilly terrains with alternating cliff promontories and small bays or narrow coastal plains. These conditions provided natural resources and protected landing places favoring human settlements since prehistoric times (Amato et al., ; Carsana et al., ; Cinque et al., ; Romano et al., ). At the end ofthe 8th to beginning of the 7th century B.C., Greek colonists from Cumae founded at the foot of South Martino Hill and on Megaride Island the settlement of Parthenope (Fig.…”

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Development and decline of the ancient harbor of Neapolis

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Archaeological excavations, undertaken since 2004 for the construction of the new Naples subway, have unearthed the harbor basin of the Greco–Roman town of Parthenope–Neapolis, furnishing scientists with the opportunity to recover abundant archaeological remains and a thick succession of diverse infill sediments. The latter underwent sedimentological, paleontological, and volcanological analyses. Compositional data analysis, applied to all three data sets, highlighted three main paleoenvironmental changes in the harbor basin from the Augustan Age up to the 6th century A.D. The beginning of harbor activity is recorded during the 3rd century B.C. when sedimentation was interrupted by intensive dredging of the sea‐bottom. The impact of the A.D. 79 Vesuvius eruption, recorded for the first time in the Neapolitan territory, led to a reduction in Posidonia meadows and to an ensuing phase of more restricted water circulation and pollution. At the beginning of the 5th century A.D., an open lagoon environment was established, attesting to coastal progradation. The final closure of this part of the bay occurred at the end of the 5th to the beginning of the 6th century A.D., due to increased alluvial input linked to both natural and anthropogenic causes.

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“…A close collaboration between geologists and archaeologists was thus necessary to fully reconcile modern city development with the preservation of cultural heritage. These activities produced multiple examples of interdisciplinary methodological innovation within the context of urban geoarchaeological research (Amato et al., ; Cinque & Irollo, ; Cinque et al., ; Delile et al., ; Giampaola et al., ; Morhange et al., ; Romano et al., ; Simeone, De Vivo, & Masucci, ).…”

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Special issue of Geoarchaeology: Urban geoarchaeology in the Mediterranean Basin

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Intersection of exogenous, endogenous and anthropogenic factors in the Holocene landscape: A study of the Naples coastline during the last 6000 years

Cited by 37 publications

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Distinctive Volcanic Material for the Production of Campana A Ware: The Workshop Area of Neapolis at the Duomo Metro Station in Naples, Italy

Distinctive Volcanic Material for the Production of Campana A Ware: The Workshop Area of Neapolis at the Duomo Metro Station in Naples, Italy

Development and decline of the ancient harbor of Neapolis

Special issue of Geoarchaeology: Urban geoarchaeology in the Mediterranean Basin

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