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Technological changes in the glazed wares of northern Tunisia in the transition from Fatimid to Zirid rule
A representative selection of glazed ceramics recovered from medieval Islamic contexts excavated in the former Roman port of Utica (North Tunisia)...
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Reassembling the pieces, reassessing the picture: an analytical study of medieval pottery (mid. twelfth–sixteenth c.) from Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus
This paper presents the results of the analytical study of medieval pottery (mid. twelfth–sixteenth centuries AD), both glazed tableware and coarse...
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Petrographic and geochemical analyses of Late Bronze and Iron Age pottery from Arslantepe (Malatya, Turkey): insights into the local organization of the production and extra-regional networks of exchange
In this paper, we analyzed Late Bronze and Iron Age pottery assemblages from the site of Arslantepe (Malatya, eastern Turkey) by utilizing a...
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To be or not to be local: a provenance study of archaeological ceramics from Shahr-i Sokhta, eastern Iran
Findings from the archaeological site of Shahr-i Sokhta in eastern Iran include a wide range of undecorated, monochrome, and polychrome ceramics with...
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Standardized patterns in the ceramic craft at Early Bronze Age Helike, Achaea, Greece
This paper investigates the techniques of manufacture for ceramic vessels in the Early Helladic (EH) settlement of Helike, Achaia, and offers...
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Archaeology of craft and artisans in the Ottoman Empire: a case of ceramic production in Belgrade during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
This paper discusses an archaeology of ceramic craft and artisans in the sixteenth–seventeenth centuries Belgrade and problematises its relation to...
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Technological dynamics of Early Iron Age ceramics from the Heuneburg (SW Germany): A synthesis of 50 years of research
This paper addresses technological dynamics revealed through raw material analyses of Late Hallstatt (seventh–fifth centuries BCE) ceramics from the...
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Combining big data and thick data: scalar issues when integrating neutron activation and petrographic data as illustrated through a ceramic study from the southern US Southwest
Recent theoretical approaches in archaeology have focused on “big data” that is the production of large and varied datasets reflective of advances in...
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Painted and common wares from Salapia (Cerignola, Italy): archaeometric data from fourth to eighth cent. AD samples from the Apulian coast
This paper presents an analysis of the first ceramic assemblage of painted and common wares from the archaeological site of Salapia . This collection...
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Strategies for success: Early Helladic pottery production in Corinth, Greece
This paper presents the analysis of Early Helladic II (EH II) pottery from Keramidaki (Ancient Corinth) and the nearby settlement of Korakou. Based...
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Agios Petros and the Neolithic pottery-making traditions of the deserted islands, Northern Sporades, Greece
The Neolithic sites of the Cyclops Cave and Agios Petros provide insights into a once flourishing culture that inhabited the ‘Deserted Islands’ of...
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Production and function of Neolithic black-painted pottery from Schela Cladovei (Iron Gates, Romania)
This paper presents for the first time the results of a combination of petrographic, geochemical and organic residue analyses of early Neolithic...
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The technology of polychrome glazed ceramics in Ifriqiya: new data from the site of Chimtou
Ifriqiya (roughly Tunisia and eastern Algeria) is believed to have played a significant role in the diffusion of ceramic glazed technologies into...
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Madīnat al-Zahrā’ or Madīnat Qurtuba? First evidences of the Caliphate tin glaze production of ‘verde y manganeso’ ware
The first workshop evidence of the Caliphate polychrome tin-glaze production known as ‘verde y manganeso’ in al-Andalus has been found in the...
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Small-scale pottery production and distribution in the southern confines of the Inca Empire: an archaeometric insight to define the Provincial style
This paper proposes an archaeometric contribution to the study of the Inca pottery style from the southeastern frontier of Tawantinsuyu , also known...
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Indigeneity and innovation of early Islamic glaze technology: the case of the Coptic Glazed Ware
This study investigates how the technology of Coptic Glazed Ware (CGW) – which is one of the earliest examples of Islamic glazed pottery – was...
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The origins and evolution of Cypriot glazed ware productions during the thirteenth to seventeenth centuries CE
This paper challenges the conventional characterisation of glazed ware productions in the eastern Mediterranean, especially the ones which did not...
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White pottery production in the Middle Meuse valley: sustainability of clay resources during the early Middle Ages
This study of white pottery from the Merovingian and Carolingian periods traces the use of white clay resources in the Middle Meuse valley at the...
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Use, symbolism, and access to red pigments based on hematite and cinnabar between 400 B.C. and A.D. 1450 in Huanchaco, a pre-Hispanic maritime community on the North Coast of Peru
In this article, we discuss the usage and availability of red pigments in the Huanchaco Maritime Community (HMC), a multi-generational group of...
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Investigation of provenances of Early Islamic lead glazes from northern Central Asia using elemental and lead isotope analyses
A representative collection of Early Islamic glazed ceramics from eleven sites in southern Kazakhstan were characterized by compositional ( n = 95)...
