Gli strumenti della produzione ceramica a Falerii. Appunti per uno studio tipologico

The collaboration with the Department of Sciences of Antiquities, Sapienza Università di Roma, made possible the analysis of an extremely rich context discovered in 1998 in the western sector of the Civita Castellana plateau. This analysis enabled us to reconsider the ways in which craftsmen operated, especially in connection with the production of red-figure vases and black-gloss pottery, which are, as generally known, two of the major pottery productions within the Faliscan area. In particular, the discovery of more than 200 firing supports has led us to undertaking a typological study of this kind of object and to develop some considerations concerning its use. Finally, the presence of a good number of testers and potters’ painting tests allowed us to observe the processes connected to the chaîne operatoire from the inside.