Mortaria from Ancient Corinth: Form and Function

Villing, Alexandra; Pemberton, Elizabeth G.

doi:10.2972/hesp.79.4.555

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“…Pedestalling occurs when the ceramic matrix has been worn away but the more durable mineral inclusions remain, creat ing a surface on which these inclusions seem to protrude, as if on pedestals (Schiflfer 1989: 103;Skibo 1992: 112-13). In Mediterranean contexts, pedestalling is most often noted on mortaria, mortars for food preparation (Villing and Pemberton 2010). Abrasion on ceramics can be the effect of many different and overlap ping actions.…”

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Function and Use of Roman Pottery: A Quantitative Method for Assessing Use-Wear

Banducci

2014

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A b stra c tThe study ofceramicfunction, use, a n d re-use is becoming an important facet o f the archaeology o f the ancient Mediterranean. The abundant a n d detailed ceramic typologies o f classical archaeology have m eant that the Junction o f pottery is typically assumed based on vesselform. Ipropose a way ofnuancing our understanding o f ceramic function a n d use to reveal repetitive habitual actions: the traces o f seemingly ephemeral behaviors ofdaily life. I introduce a m ethodfor the empirical study o f ceramic use through the application o f ' alteration analysis' ( more commonly known as ' use-wear analysis' ): that is, the recording o f accretion a n d attrition o f the surfaces o f domestic pottery. I describe a recording method to capture qualitative observations o f pottery in a quantitative way. This approach allows fo r the generation o f relatively large datasets that can be subjected to statistical analysis in order to observe real patterns o f use. We can begin to make inferences about behaviors like cooking a n d serving, the length o f ceramic use-life, a n d the extent o f ceramic consumption. I demonstrate the utility o f this method w ith a case study o f ceramics fro m two Republican-period sites in central Italy.

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Function and Use of Roman Pottery: A Quantitative Method for Assessing Use-Wear

Banducci

2014

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“…Los morteros permitieron introducir nuevas recetas y formas de cocinar que integraban salsas y condimentos, en ocasiones elaboradas con ingredientes considerados como 'pequeños lujos'. Estos enseres permitían, así, elaborar tanto acompañamientos humildes y cotidianos, como platos sofisticados que eran servidos en celebraciones sociales singulares y banquetes (Sparkes y Talcott, 1970;Villing y Pemberton, 2010). Estamos de nuevo ante enseres culinarios que tuvieron cierta relevancia en prácticas de consumo conectadas con la construcción de la distinción social.…”

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¿Dualidad étnica o heterogeneidad social? Un análisis de las cerámicas de uso cotidiano de la la Neápolis de Emporion

2020

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Resumen: Este trabajo examina los equipos cerámicos de distintas unidades estratigráficas correspondientes a contextos domésticos o zonas de vertido vinculadas a actividades cotidianas de la Neápolis de Emporion, fechadas en el periodo c. 425-375 a. C. El estudio se centra en el análisis de los equipos domésticos cerámicos-vasos de almacenamiento, cocina y consumo-y los analiza desde el punto de vista de sus tradiciones de manufactura y de su uso en prácticas cotidianas. Los resultados del análisis muestran la existencia de una fuerte imbricación cultural que invita a rechazar las interpretaciones tradicionales que propugnan la presencia de una estricta dualidad étnica en este enclave con la presencia de dos comunidades distintas y segregadas en el espacio, una interpretación basada fundamentalmente en informaciones transmitidas por las fuentes clásicas. Este trabajo rechaza el uso simplista de la cultura material como marcador étnico y enfatiza el rol jugado por algunos objetos cotidianos en estrategias sociales relacionadas con la construcción de la distinción social, así como con otras identidades que van más allá de la etnicidad. Palabras clave: comunidades mixtas; asentamientos griegos; prácticas cotidianas; prácticas de consumo; tradiciones culinarias; identidades sociales; contacto cultural.

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“…11Pemberton and Villing 2010, 255 noting that from c. 500 onward, Corinthian mortaria begin to be found abroad (with references). The authors also comment on the functions of mortaria in the Greek world.…”

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Pottery and trade at Euesperides in Cyrenaica: an overview

2019

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The excavations conducted at Euesperides between 1999 and 2007 under the auspices of the Society for Libyan Studies, London, and the Department of Antiquities, Libya, and jointly directed by Paul Bennet and Andrew Wilson, brought to light private houses and a building complex, industrial areas related to purple dye production and part of the city's fortification wall. Among the finds was a highly significant body of local, regional and imported pottery (from the Greek and Punic world, Cyprus, Italy and elsewhere), dated between the last quarter of the seventh and the middle of the third century BC, when the city was abandoned.This archaeological project adopted an innovative approach to the study of pottery from the site, based on the total quantification of the coarse, fine wares and transport amphorae. This was supplemented by a targeted programme of petrographic analysis to shed light on production centres and thus questions about the trade and the economy of ancient Euesperides. The pottery study by K. Göransson, K. Swift and E. Zimi demonstrated that although the city gradually developed a significant industry of ceramics, it relied heavily on imports to cover its needs and that imported pottery reached Euesperides’ sheltered harbour either directly from the supplying regions or most often through complex maritime networks in the Mediterranean which changed over time.Cooking pots from Aegina and the Punic world, mortaria, bowls, jugs and table amphorae from Corinth as well as transport amphorae from various centres containing olive oil, wine, processed meat and fish were transported to the city from Greece, Italy/Sicily, Cyprus and elsewhere. The so-called amphorae B formed the majority, while Corinthian, Aegean (Thasian, Mendean, Knidian, etc.), Greco-Italic and Punic were adequatly represented. Regarding fine wares, East Greek, Laconian and Corinthian are common until the end of the sixth century; Attic black-glazed, and to a lesser extend, black-figure and red-figure pots dominate the assemblages between the fifth and the mid-third centuries BC, while Corinthian, Italian/Sicilian and Punic seem to have been following the commodities flow at Euesperides from the fourth century BC onwards. Finally, Cyrenaican pottery and transport amphorae have been also identified at Euesperides implying a considerable volume of inter-regional trade.

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Mortaria from Ancient Corinth: Form and Function

Cited by 9 publications

References 5 publications

Function and Use of Roman Pottery: A Quantitative Method for Assessing Use-Wear

Function and Use of Roman Pottery: A Quantitative Method for Assessing Use-Wear

¿Dualidad étnica o heterogeneidad social? Un análisis de las cerámicas de uso cotidiano de la la Neápolis de Emporion

Pottery and trade at Euesperides in Cyrenaica: an overview

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