Journal of Archaeological Science, Volume 40, Issue 2, February 2013, Pages 810-826, Jan 1, 2012
The Via Lepanto site is one of the best examples showing how the Vesuvian region was partially re... more The Via Lepanto site is one of the best examples showing how the Vesuvian region was partially reconstructed and earlier re-occupied after Vesuvius's eruption in the year 79 AD. The large amount of ceramic finds illustrates the typology in use in this area during the IV and V century AD. Analyses were focused on table and cooking ware productions. Archaeometric data were obtained using chemical and minero-petrographical methods (OM, XRD, XRF and SEM). Grain size measurements using Image Analyses on thin sections and a geochemical comparison with clayey deposits outcropping in the Campania region permitted the identification of the raw materials used for these pottery productions. XRD and SEM completed the data set, establishing the protocols used for pottery production in the Pompeii area during Late Roman period. The Via Lepanto site was part of an exchange network of markets with a periodic frequency, where locally produced and imported pottery was sold, indicating a flourishing network of exchanges spanning short, medium and long distances.► Via Lepanto site is an examples testifying the early reconstruction and occupation of Vesuvian region after 79 AD eruption. ► Via Lepanto site was a part of a Late Roman exchange network, here pottery was individually distributed. ► Potters exploited low-CaO clays mixed with selected volcanics to produce high quality ceramics. ► Use of different protocols aimed at achieving the same product with different quality and costs.
Page 1. Geol. Mag.: page 1 of 19. c Cambridge University Press 2011 1 doi:10.1017/ S0016756811000... more Page 1. Geol. Mag.: page 1 of 19. c Cambridge University Press 2011 1 doi:10.1017/ S0016756811000902 Evidence of crystallization in residual, Cl–F-rich, agpaitic, trachyphonolitic magmas and primitive Mg-rich basalt–trachyphonolite interaction in the lava domes of the ...
Abstract Petrographical, geochemical and mineralogical analyses have been performed on metabasalt... more Abstract Petrographical, geochemical and mineralogical analyses have been performed on metabasalt samples collected in middle triassic to middle miocene sediments from Campanian and Lucan Apennines. These sediments have been referred (Carta Tettonica ...
Abstract During the Oligo-Miocene, the Island of Sardinia was covered by the products of volumino... more Abstract During the Oligo-Miocene, the Island of Sardinia was covered by the products of voluminous magmatic activity, with a typical subduction-related signature. The mafic rocks of the Montresta (north) and Arcuentu (south) volcanic districts include primitive high MgO ...
Journal of Archaeological Science, Volume 40, Issue 2, February 2013, Pages 810-826, Jan 1, 2012
The Via Lepanto site is one of the best examples showing how the Vesuvian region was partially re... more The Via Lepanto site is one of the best examples showing how the Vesuvian region was partially reconstructed and earlier re-occupied after Vesuvius's eruption in the year 79 AD. The large amount of ceramic finds illustrates the typology in use in this area during the IV and V century AD. Analyses were focused on table and cooking ware productions. Archaeometric data were obtained using chemical and minero-petrographical methods (OM, XRD, XRF and SEM). Grain size measurements using Image Analyses on thin sections and a geochemical comparison with clayey deposits outcropping in the Campania region permitted the identification of the raw materials used for these pottery productions. XRD and SEM completed the data set, establishing the protocols used for pottery production in the Pompeii area during Late Roman period. The Via Lepanto site was part of an exchange network of markets with a periodic frequency, where locally produced and imported pottery was sold, indicating a flourishing network of exchanges spanning short, medium and long distances.► Via Lepanto site is an examples testifying the early reconstruction and occupation of Vesuvian region after 79 AD eruption. ► Via Lepanto site was a part of a Late Roman exchange network, here pottery was individually distributed. ► Potters exploited low-CaO clays mixed with selected volcanics to produce high quality ceramics. ► Use of different protocols aimed at achieving the same product with different quality and costs.
Page 1. Geol. Mag.: page 1 of 19. c Cambridge University Press 2011 1 doi:10.1017/ S0016756811000... more Page 1. Geol. Mag.: page 1 of 19. c Cambridge University Press 2011 1 doi:10.1017/ S0016756811000902 Evidence of crystallization in residual, Cl–F-rich, agpaitic, trachyphonolitic magmas and primitive Mg-rich basalt–trachyphonolite interaction in the lava domes of the ...
Abstract Petrographical, geochemical and mineralogical analyses have been performed on metabasalt... more Abstract Petrographical, geochemical and mineralogical analyses have been performed on metabasalt samples collected in middle triassic to middle miocene sediments from Campanian and Lucan Apennines. These sediments have been referred (Carta Tettonica ...
Abstract During the Oligo-Miocene, the Island of Sardinia was covered by the products of volumino... more Abstract During the Oligo-Miocene, the Island of Sardinia was covered by the products of voluminous magmatic activity, with a typical subduction-related signature. The mafic rocks of the Montresta (north) and Arcuentu (south) volcanic districts include primitive high MgO ...
Colorimetry and accelerated aging tests were performed on ceramics prepared using two clays from ... more Colorimetry and accelerated aging tests were performed on ceramics prepared using two clays from the Bay of Naples (Ischia and Sorrento Peninsula). Visible-near infrared spectroscopy was applied in order to acquire further information on color and composition of ceramics. Different mix designs and firing dynamics were adopted in order to provide information on the control of aesthetic features of ancient building ceramics. Color depends on firing temperature and physical-chemical composition of the raw materials. Low-CaO concentration provided a more intense reddish hue at high temperatures (over 950 °C). Black core developed in high-CaO ceramic samples fired at low temperatures, except for those containing high temper amounts. Salt crystallization test showed that high-CaO ceramics are more durable starting from relatively low firing temperatures (over 850 °C).
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Color depends on firing temperature and physical-chemical composition of the raw materials. Low-CaO concentration provided a more intense reddish hue at high temperatures (over 950 °C). Black core developed in high-CaO ceramic samples fired at low temperatures, except for those containing high temper amounts.
Salt crystallization test showed that high-CaO ceramics are more durable starting from relatively low firing temperatures (over 850 °C).