Roman Pottery in the Archaeological Record

450 Pages·2007·6.09 MB·English

by  J. Theodore Peña

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Roman Pottery in the
Archaeological Record
This book examines how Romans used their pottery and the implications
of these practices for the archaeological record. It is organized around a
flow model for the life cycle of Roman pottery that includes a set of eight
distinctpractices:manufacture,distribution,primeuse,reuse,maintenance,
recycling, discard, and reclamation. J. Theodore Pen˜a evaluates how these
practicesoperated,howtheyhaveshapedthearchaeologicalrecord,andthe
implicationsoftheseprocessesforarchaeologicalresearchthroughtheexam-
inationofawidearrayofarchaeological,textual,representational,andcom-
parativeethnographicevidence.Theresultisarichportrayalofthedynamic
thatshapedthearchaeologicalrecordoftheancientRomansthatwillbeof
interest to archaeologists, ceramicists, and students of material culture.
J.TheodorePen˜aisChairoftheDepartmentofClassicsattheUniversityat
Buffalo,SUNY.AspecialistinthearchaeologyoftheRomaneconomyand
ceramicanalysis,heistheauthorofTheUrbanEconomyintheEarlyDominate:
Pottery Evidence from the Palatine Hill and The Mobilization of State Olive Oil
in Roman Africa: The Evidence of Late 4th Century Ostraca from Carthage.
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Roman Pottery
in the
Archaeological
Record
J. Theodore Pen˜a
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CAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESS
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First published in print format 2007
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En memoria de mi padre, Jose´ Ángel Pen˜a,
quien siempre anhelo´ parir un libro.
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Contents
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Tables pageix
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Figures x
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Maps xv
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Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction 1
1 / A Modelof theLifeCycleof RomanPottery 6
2 / BackgroundConsiderations 17
3 / Manufacture andDistribution 32
4 / PrimeUse 39
5 / TheReuseof Amphorae as Packaging Containers 61
6 / TheReuseof Amphorae for PurposesOtherthan as
Packaging Containers 119
7 / TheReuseof theOtherFunctionalCategoriesof Pottery 193
8 / Maintenance 209
9 / Recycling 250
10 / DiscardandReclamation 272
11 / ModelingtheFormationof theRomanPotteryRecord 319
Appendix:Amphora ClassesReferred tointheText 353
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Maps 359
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Endnotes 369
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Bibliography 385
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IndexofAncientTextsCited 409
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GeneralIndex 415
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