Red Slip in Central and Western Mediterranean between the 9th and the 6th century BC. Tracking Lasting Features, Local Peculiarities and Technological Innovations. Proceedings of the Workshop held in Rome, Museum of Near East, Egypt and Mediterranean, Sapienza University of Rome, 24th of May 2022. PRIN2017 - Peoples of the Middle Sea. Innovation and Integration in Ancient Mediterranean (1600-500 BC). B.1. Red Slip tracking - Pottery technology (=Quaderni di Archeologia fenicio-punica IX)

In the course of the PRIN 2017 - Peoples of the Middle Sea Project, the PI of the research, Lorenzo Nigro, proposed to me to work on research line B.1 Red Slip tracking - Pottery technology, by organizing a thematic workshop. Specifically, the proposal was to approach the topic of Red Slip Ware from a dual perspective, that of the spread of Red Slip in the regions of the Mediterranean where the Phoenicians settled and established their colonies from the mid to late 9th century BC, and that of exploring the degree of interaction and modes of mutual influence between Phoenician and local pottery in centuries that followed. We have therefore invited friends and colleagues, experts in these fields, and asked each of them to focus on a specific area, in order to have a synoptic view of the panorama of Red Slip ceramics in the Phoenician Mediterranean, from a study perspective aimed at understanding the dynamics of interaction between cultures and recognizing their reflection in ceramic production. The title we chose was: Red Slip in Central and Western Mediterranean between the 9th and the 6th century BC. Tracking lasting features, local peculiarities, and technological innovations. A workshop of PMSea PRIN2017 Project [B.1. Red Slip tracking - Pottery technology]. The workshop took place on May 24th 2022 at the Museum of Ancient Egypt and the Mediterranean of the Sapienza University of Rome. After the introduction of the Project PI, the proceedings opened with the keynote lecture by Francisco Núñez (Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw) Iron Age Red-slipped Wares in a social context. Red Slip pottery in the central Mediterranean was discussed by Maxine Anastasi (Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta) for the Maltese archipelago, Federico Cappella (Italian Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Rome Sapienza) for Western Sicily, Kaouther Jendoubi (Faculté des Sciences Humaines et Sociales de Tunis, Université de Tunis) for North Africa, and Michele Guirguis (Department of History, Humanities and Education, University of Sassari) for Sardinia. The western Mediterranean was the subject of presentations by Elisa de Sousa (Centro de Arqueologia, Universidade de Lisboa) for Portugal, and Sara Giardino (Italian Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Rome Sapienza) for Morocco. In the publication of the workshop, these papers were joined by the paper of Giuliana Bonanno (Italian Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Rome Sapienza) on the repertories of Ibiza and the Balearic Islands, and my overview on the archaic Red Slip Ware from Malta. The workshop was a nice opportunity to hear and discuss the above-mentioned topics; therefore, I warmly thank my colleagues for participating with their contributions to this thematic publication of the PRIN 2017 Project. I would also like to express my gratitude to Federico Cappella for his invaluable scientific and logistical help, and to Giuliana Bonanno for carrying out the editorial work together with Federico Cappella and myself. Finally, a special thanks to Lorenzo Nigro for entrusting me with the publication on the Red Slip Ware in the research line B.1. in this volume.