At Gnatia, an important municipium, and then Late Antique civitas, along the Adriatic coast, since 2001 are held excavations and topographical survey (conducted under the ‘Progetto Egnazia. Dallo scavo alla valorizzazione’, directed by prof. Raffaella Cassano - University of Bari): these researches are proving the economic vitality and urban articulation. Among the pottery found, locally produced and imported, the lamps show a vast typological repertoire that expresses interesting diagnostic potential. The study presented was applied to specimens of Forms ‘Atlante’ X, XIII, XV, producted in North Africa and widely exported in the Mediterranean Sea, where there are phenomena of imitative manufacturing, at local and district. Archaeometric analysis conducted on 'local' and 'imported' lamps allowed to characterize the productions and to precise the classification. The results support the hypothesis – already advanced on a chronological kind – of different backgrounds and different technological chain of the finds. As for the 'imitation', it was possible to determine the production of Egnatia: nullifying appears the comparison with the contemporary amphoras like 'broad line ware', found within a furnace collapsed in the late sixth century AD. The mineralogical investigations have also identified in alluvial deposits, outcropping around Gnatia, the raw material used for the production of lamps and amphoras.
Importazioni e imitazioni di lucerne fittili tardoantiche a Egnatia: archeologia e archeometria
FIORIELLO, CUSTODE;MANGONE, Annarosa
2012-01-01
Abstract
At Gnatia, an important municipium, and then Late Antique civitas, along the Adriatic coast, since 2001 are held excavations and topographical survey (conducted under the ‘Progetto Egnazia. Dallo scavo alla valorizzazione’, directed by prof. Raffaella Cassano - University of Bari): these researches are proving the economic vitality and urban articulation. Among the pottery found, locally produced and imported, the lamps show a vast typological repertoire that expresses interesting diagnostic potential. The study presented was applied to specimens of Forms ‘Atlante’ X, XIII, XV, producted in North Africa and widely exported in the Mediterranean Sea, where there are phenomena of imitative manufacturing, at local and district. Archaeometric analysis conducted on 'local' and 'imported' lamps allowed to characterize the productions and to precise the classification. The results support the hypothesis – already advanced on a chronological kind – of different backgrounds and different technological chain of the finds. As for the 'imitation', it was possible to determine the production of Egnatia: nullifying appears the comparison with the contemporary amphoras like 'broad line ware', found within a furnace collapsed in the late sixth century AD. The mineralogical investigations have also identified in alluvial deposits, outcropping around Gnatia, the raw material used for the production of lamps and amphoras.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
