Production centres of African red slip ware (3rd-7th c.) in northern and central Tunisia: archaeological provenance and reference groups based on chemical analysis

Mackensen, Michael; Schneider, Germar

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“…Powder analysis is generally preferred because less prone to surface contamination. Also data relevant to African Terra Sigillata reported in literature are obtained generally from powders [11][12][13]. Two fragments from Furnace of Calle of Tricarico, Tr1s and Tr2s, and the relevant powders, Tr1p and Tr2p, were analyzed by XPS using the same experimental setup as described in the experimental section.…”

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“…On considering that the chemical composition of different African Terra Sigillata (A, C3, D, A/D) is well known and already reported [11][12][13] (Table 3S), it was possible to compare the chemical composition of all the available samples and clays. The ratio of (Al + Fe)/Si versus the ratio of (Ca + Mg)/Si is a simplification of the Table 2 Atomic rations of main elements to silicon for the three fragments of Terra Sigillata wares exhibited in the National Archaeological Museum of Matera (means of three measurements; the errors reported represent ± 1 × standard deviation).…”

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“…According to the above considerations, to obtain exhaustive and discriminating data, a comparison of samples coming from certain local production (Furnace of Tricarico) with the data available in the literature relating to clays of the hydrogeological basin of Matera [8][9][10], was carried out. Then, the unknown Terra Sigillata samples were compared with both these local samples and different African productions, whose data are available from various studies [11][12][13], in order to locate the connected ateliers and then the chronology of the chosen objects.…”

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Provenancing of VI–VII century terra sigillata coming from Matera burial area by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

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Marchetta³

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Provenancing of VI–VII century terra sigillata coming from Matera burial area by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

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Benedetto

Marchetta³

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“…From the middle of the 1st century CE, workshops widespread in the Italian territories stopped producing the famed traditional fine ware pottery (e.g., Red Slip Ware or Terra Sigillata Italica ), due to its higher costs of production compared with African fine wares (African Red Slip Ware, hereafter ARS). ARS continued to reach western Italian harbors until the 5th century CE (De Simone et al, 2012; Wickham, 1998) from northern Africa, where most was produced (Mackensen & Schneider, 2002). ARS initially imitated the most popular shapes of the Italian and Gaulish Terra Sigillata using a simpler and cheaper technology.…”

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Production technology of late Roman decorated tableware from the Vesuvius environs: Evidence from Pollena Trocchia (Campania region, Italy)

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The northern slope of Mt. Vesuvius contains some interesting archaeological sites, including the site discovered in the town of Pollena Trocchia, where the remains, dated to between the 79 and 472 CE eruptions, document the transition from the Roman to late Roman cultural and socioeconomic settings. Profound changes occurred in this time interval, which can be inferred from changes in the ceramic manufacturing processes. Common wares, as the most widespread ceramic class in the archaeological record, are a useful example that illustrates this technological transformation. Seventeen samples of tableware, distinguished into three ceramic classes according to the method of slip application (i.e., Slipped Ware, Painted Ware “a straccio,” and Painted Ware), were analyzed. The results highlight the use of high‐CaO clayey raw materials compositionally similar to Apennine clayey deposits. The clay bodies were occasionally tempered with sandy‐silt materials composed of volcanic grains with lesser amounts of siliciclastic fragments. Firing temperatures ranged from 800 to 950°C, as suggested by quantitative X‐ray powder diffraction and microstructural analyses combined with colorimetric measurements of the ceramic bodies. Micro‐Raman analyses performed on slips revealed the use of ochre for decorating the vessels; it was applied in a different way, representing an actual technological change.

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“…E.g. Mackensen, Schneider 2002;Mackensen, Schneider 2006;Capelli, Bonifay 2007;Brun 2007 Capelli, Bonifay 2007. 16.…”

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Petrographic characterisation of Late Roman African Pottery from J.W. Salomonson’s surveys : the workshop of Sidi Khalifa

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Capelli²

2019

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In the frame of the study of J.W. Salomonson’s survey collection of African pottery, the petrographic characterisation of selected African Red Slip Ware C/D and Cooking Ware samples from the North Tunisian production site of Sidi Khalifa is presented. Thin section analysis and binocular observations have been combined to verify the effectiveness of the latter method, to establish a coherent technological and compositional classification as well as to identify the micro- and macroscopic markers of Sidi Khalifa’s production and to cross-reference them with already studied samples from consumption sites in Sicily.

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Production centres of African red slip ware (3rd-7th c.) in northern and central Tunisia: archaeological provenance and reference groups based on chemical analysis

Cited by 52 publications

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Provenancing of VI–VII century terra sigillata coming from Matera burial area by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Provenancing of VI–VII century terra sigillata coming from Matera burial area by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Production technology of late Roman decorated tableware from the Vesuvius environs: Evidence from Pollena Trocchia (Campania region, Italy)

Petrographic characterisation of Late Roman African Pottery from J.W. Salomonson’s surveys : the workshop of Sidi Khalifa

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