HAND MADE POTTERY FROM BAELO CLAUDIA: ARCHAEOMETRIC RESULTS
El Ouahabi, Meriam; Deru, Xavier; Gomes, Manuel
2019 • LRCW 7 - 7th International Conference on Late Roman Coarse Ware, Cooking Ware and Amphorae in the Mediterranean: Archaeology and Archaeometry. The End of Late Roman Pottery. The last centuries at the crossroads
Baelo Claudia; Archaeometry; Hand Made Pottery; Late Roman; Clay; Mineralogy; Sourcing area; Chemistry; Mediterranean trade
Abstract :
[en] The late pottery (5th-6th century) from the south-eastern sector of the Baelo Claudia forum has already been presented at the RCRF congress in Lisbon (Deru et al. 2018). Among it, hand made pottery is in the minority, less than 5%. Observation with a binocular magnifying glass had already made it possible to distinguish several fabrics. Archaeometry improves our first characterization by chemical (XRF), mineralogical (XRD) and thin sections analysis. Results are then compared to other pertinent data from the Mio-Pliocene sedimentary sandstone, clay and marl vicinity to the Tarifa region. This brings new data on crafts and trade in the Western Mediterranean during the Roman period.
Disciplines :
Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
El Ouahabi, Meriam ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géologie > Argiles, géochimie et environnements sédimentaires
Deru, Xavier ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences historiques > Archéologie romaine et gallo-romaine
Gomes, Manuel
Language :
English
Title :
HAND MADE POTTERY FROM BAELO CLAUDIA: ARCHAEOMETRIC RESULTS
Publication date :
15 October 2019
Event name :
LRCW 7 - 7th International Conference on Late Roman Coarse Ware, Cooking Ware and Amphorae in the Mediterranean: Archaeology and Archaeometry. The End of Late Roman Pottery. The last centuries at the crossroads
Event organizer :
Miguel Ángel Cau Ontiveros, Josep Maria Macias i Solé, Albert Vincent Ribera i Lacomba
