The Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlement of Ogliastretto is located in the southern part of the Plain of Sybaris (Calabria, Italy). The micro-region is characterized by a rather diverse intrusive-metamorphic lithology with a wide variability of raw materials suitable for the ceramic production resulting in various fabrics. In this context is therefore proper to use the holistic concept of “ceramic ecology”, situating the technological choices of potters within the frame of the alternatives offered by the local raw materials. The aim of our research is to reconstruct the patterns of exploitation of the available resources for the pottery production and to interpret them in terms of technological choices among the alternatives offered by the surrounding environment and landscape. The present study is based on an analytical program of macroscopic characterization of pottery and thin section petrography (TSP) of 34 vessels for the compositional and the technological investigation and classification of the ceramic pastes. For the definition of the textural and compositional characteristics of the raw materials 12 samples of clays, silts, sands and soils have been collected within a maximum distance of 7 Km from the site. The multiphase settlement of Ogliastretto allows also the diachronic investigation of change or continuity in the manufacturing processes and the raw materials procurement patterns. The results of the first analytical step provides relevant clues to the exploitation of different micro-basins of raw materials, with an increased diversification of the local fabrics during the Chalcolithic.
Neolithic and Chacolithic pottery from Ogliastretto (Italy): assessing raw materials procurement and paste preparation by petrographic analysis / Serino, D.; Cannavò, V.; Ferraro, G.; Verbicaro, G.; Levi, S. T.; Vanzetti, A.; Marino, S.. - (2023). (Intervento presentato al convegno Ceramics matter: 16th edition of the european meeting on ancient ceramics - EMAC 2023 & 1st EMAC school tenutosi a Pisa) [10.19276/plinius.2023.emac].
Neolithic and Chacolithic pottery from Ogliastretto (Italy): assessing raw materials procurement and paste preparation by petrographic analysis
Serino D.;Cannavò V.;Ferraro G.;Vanzetti A.;Marino S.
2023
Abstract
The Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlement of Ogliastretto is located in the southern part of the Plain of Sybaris (Calabria, Italy). The micro-region is characterized by a rather diverse intrusive-metamorphic lithology with a wide variability of raw materials suitable for the ceramic production resulting in various fabrics. In this context is therefore proper to use the holistic concept of “ceramic ecology”, situating the technological choices of potters within the frame of the alternatives offered by the local raw materials. The aim of our research is to reconstruct the patterns of exploitation of the available resources for the pottery production and to interpret them in terms of technological choices among the alternatives offered by the surrounding environment and landscape. The present study is based on an analytical program of macroscopic characterization of pottery and thin section petrography (TSP) of 34 vessels for the compositional and the technological investigation and classification of the ceramic pastes. For the definition of the textural and compositional characteristics of the raw materials 12 samples of clays, silts, sands and soils have been collected within a maximum distance of 7 Km from the site. The multiphase settlement of Ogliastretto allows also the diachronic investigation of change or continuity in the manufacturing processes and the raw materials procurement patterns. The results of the first analytical step provides relevant clues to the exploitation of different micro-basins of raw materials, with an increased diversification of the local fabrics during the Chalcolithic.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.