The production of terra sigillata in Arezzo, Central Italy: an archaeometric investigation

IF 1.5 3区地球科学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY

Archaeometry Pub Date : 2024-08-30 DOI:10.1111/arcm.13023

Maria Emanuela Mascaro, Emma Cantisani, Marilena Ricci, Pasquino Pallecchi, Silvia Vilucchi, Maria Chiara Dalconi, Lara Maritan

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This work deals with the archaeometric investigation on 25 fragments of terra sigillata (red‐coated ceramic ware and moulds) found in the city of Arezzo, Tuscany (central Italy), and attributed to several important workshops from the first century BCE to the second century CE. Optical and spectroscopic techniques were used to analyse both the ceramic bodies and the red slips. All the potsherds showed a very fine‐grained ceramic body, sharing similar mineralogical compositions, mainly consisting in quartz, plagioclase, pyroxene, hematite, K‐feldspars, and illite/muscovite. The mineralogical data suggest that both the red‐coated wares and the moulds were produced using the same calcareous‐illitic clay and fired under oxidising conditions at temperatures between 850°C and 1000°C. A K‐rich illitic clay with a Fe content around 10–15% (in wt%) was used to elaborate the slips. Al‐substituted hematite was found in red slips by micro‐Raman spectroscopy. Comparison of the chemical data with terra sigillata from other important production areas in Italy and from other regions of the Meditteranean Sea, allowed to define that the studied samples, locally produced in Arezzo, differ systematically from all others, although they show similarities with nearby Pisan productions as well as those Puteolan.

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意大利中部阿雷佐的陶器制作：考古调查

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Archaeometry 地学-地球科学综合

CiteScore

3.60

自引率

12.50%

发文量

105

审稿时长

6 months

期刊介绍： Archaeometry is an international research journal covering the application of the physical and biological sciences to archaeology, anthropology and art history. Topics covered include dating methods, artifact studies, mathematical methods, remote sensing techniques, conservation science, environmental reconstruction, biological anthropology and archaeological theory. Papers are expected to have a clear archaeological, anthropological or art historical context, be of the highest scientific standards, and to present data of international relevance. The journal is published on behalf of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University, in association with Gesellschaft für Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie, ARCHAEOMETRIE, the Society for Archaeological Sciences (SAS), and Associazione Italian di Archeometria.