Archaeometric characterization of black gloss ware from Populonia (Tuscany): Imported pottery and local production of the Petites Estampilles Group

This paper presents a chemical characterization by means of WDXRF and mineralogical characterization by means of XRD of 21 individuals of black gloss pottery from the excavations on the acropolis of Populonia. The results shed new light on the circulation of pottery to this major urban centre in Nor...

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Autores: Pagliantini, Laura, Madrid i Fernández, Marisol, Bernard, Seth, Camporeale, Stefano, Mascione, Cynthia, Buxeda i Garrigós, Jaume, García Sinner, Alejandro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/187218
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/187218
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Arqueologia
Ceràmica romana
Arqueometria
Archaeology
Roman pottery
Archaeometry
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Sumario:This paper presents a chemical characterization by means of WDXRF and mineralogical characterization by means of XRD of 21 individuals of black gloss pottery from the excavations on the acropolis of Populonia. The results shed new light on the circulation of pottery to this major urban centre in North Etruria during the Roman Republican period, while they also suggest the likelihood of local manufacture. In particular, we identify at Populonia four different black gloss productions that can be archaeometrically defined as Campanian A, Volterra, Etrusco-Latial 1 and a possible local production of ceramics belonging to the Petites Estampilles Group, active in the late fourth and third centuries BCE. Once thought to be a workshop located at Rome itself, this class is now understood as a diffuse network of workshops located in South Etruria and Latium producing pottery of similar technology and style. The present study potentially extends the map of its production to North Etruria in a region at that time newly incorporated into the expanding Roman Republican empire.