Identifying social learning between Roman amphorae workshops through morphometric similarity

The aim of this study is to identify dynamics of social learning between amphorae workshops during the the Roman Empire. The Baetica province developed a massive infrastructure of olive oil production that supplied the Western provinces of Rome for almost 300 years. The olive oil produced in this ar...

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Autores: Coto Sarmiento, María, Rubio, Xavier, Remesal Rodríguez, José
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Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Àmfores
Roma (Itàlia)
Imperi Romà, 30 aC-476 dC
Amphoras
Rome (Italy)
Roman Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
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spelling Identifying social learning between Roman amphorae workshops through morphometric similarityCoto Sarmiento, MaríaRubio, XavierRemesal Rodríguez, JoséÀmforesRoma (Itàlia)Imperi Romà, 30 aC-476 dCAmphorasRome (Italy)Roman Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.The aim of this study is to identify dynamics of social learning between amphorae workshops during the the Roman Empire. The Baetica province developed a massive infrastructure of olive oil production that supplied the Western provinces of Rome for almost 300 years. The olive oil produced in this area was shipped through maritime and riverine transport networks in a standardized amphoric shape made in several workshops spread around the region. These workshops have generated a large amount of evidence but it is still difficult to understand through archaeological proxies how the production of amphorae was organized. We apply here an evolutionary framework to find links between workshops through the morphometric similarities of the amphorae they produced. The suggested approach identifies how individual potters acquired and transmitted technical skills by exploring small yet statistical significant differences in the amphorae made in 5 different workshops. Multivariate methods are used to cluster a variety of amphorae based on morphometric measurements and the outcome shows that the analysis is useful even when a high degree of standardization exists, such as was the case for Roman amphorae (i.e. Dressel 20). Results suggest that morphometric similarity is inversely correlated with spatial distance between workshops. This pattern suggests that pottery-making techniques were transmitted through oblique transmission with little or no movement of potters between distant workshops. The conclusion is that morphometric similarity may be an effective proxy to identify social learning dynamics even amongst workshops producing exactly the same amphoric type.Elsevier Ltd2019202120182019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion21 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/132968Articles publicats en revistes (Història i Arqueologia)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2018.06.002Journal of Archaeological Science, 2018, vol. 96, p. 117-123https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2018.06.002info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/340828cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier Ltd, 2018http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/1329682026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Identifying social learning between Roman amphorae workshops through morphometric similarity
title Identifying social learning between Roman amphorae workshops through morphometric similarity
spellingShingle Identifying social learning between Roman amphorae workshops through morphometric similarity
Coto Sarmiento, María
Àmfores
Roma (Itàlia)
Imperi Romà, 30 aC-476 dC
Amphoras
Rome (Italy)
Roman Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
title_short Identifying social learning between Roman amphorae workshops through morphometric similarity
title_full Identifying social learning between Roman amphorae workshops through morphometric similarity
title_fullStr Identifying social learning between Roman amphorae workshops through morphometric similarity
title_full_unstemmed Identifying social learning between Roman amphorae workshops through morphometric similarity
title_sort Identifying social learning between Roman amphorae workshops through morphometric similarity
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Coto Sarmiento, María
Rubio, Xavier
Remesal Rodríguez, José
author Coto Sarmiento, María
author_facet Coto Sarmiento, María
Rubio, Xavier
Remesal Rodríguez, José
author_role author
author2 Rubio, Xavier
Remesal Rodríguez, José
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Àmfores
Roma (Itàlia)
Imperi Romà, 30 aC-476 dC
Amphoras
Rome (Italy)
Roman Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
topic Àmfores
Roma (Itàlia)
Imperi Romà, 30 aC-476 dC
Amphoras
Rome (Italy)
Roman Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
description The aim of this study is to identify dynamics of social learning between amphorae workshops during the the Roman Empire. The Baetica province developed a massive infrastructure of olive oil production that supplied the Western provinces of Rome for almost 300 years. The olive oil produced in this area was shipped through maritime and riverine transport networks in a standardized amphoric shape made in several workshops spread around the region. These workshops have generated a large amount of evidence but it is still difficult to understand through archaeological proxies how the production of amphorae was organized. We apply here an evolutionary framework to find links between workshops through the morphometric similarities of the amphorae they produced. The suggested approach identifies how individual potters acquired and transmitted technical skills by exploring small yet statistical significant differences in the amphorae made in 5 different workshops. Multivariate methods are used to cluster a variety of amphorae based on morphometric measurements and the outcome shows that the analysis is useful even when a high degree of standardization exists, such as was the case for Roman amphorae (i.e. Dressel 20). Results suggest that morphometric similarity is inversely correlated with spatial distance between workshops. This pattern suggests that pottery-making techniques were transmitted through oblique transmission with little or no movement of potters between distant workshops. The conclusion is that morphometric similarity may be an effective proxy to identify social learning dynamics even amongst workshops producing exactly the same amphoric type.
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