LAB005 - ANCIENT CERAMICS SEMINAR

courses
ID:
LAB005
Duration (hours):
24
CFU:
3
SSD:
Indefinito/Interdisciplinare
Located in:
CHIETI
Url:
CULTURAL HERITAGE/ARCHEOLOGIA Year: 1
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Overview

Date/time interval

Primo Semestre (01/10/2025 - 31/01/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives


To provide students with the methodological foundations and tools for the identification of archaeological artifacts, for the knowledge of the most common typological repertories and the methods of analysis related to different classes of production, and for the chronological and cultural framing of excavation contexts."

Course Prerequisites


None

Teaching Methods



Classroom lectures with extensive use of multimedia supports; e- learning platform; bibliographic, research, and online cataloging tools (SigecWeb);​​​​​​​
Practical exercises in the laboratory.

Assessment Methods


Oral examination of the activities carried out, with the presentation of an individual project that delves into one of the topics covered during the lectures and exercises.
Final assessment: suitability

Texts


M. Ceci, R. Santangeli Valenzani, La ceramica nello scavo archeologico. Analisi, quantificazione e interpretazione, Editore Carocci, Roma 2016.
S.T. Lavi, Dal coccio al vasaio. Manifattura, tecnologia e classificazione della ceramica, Zanichelli editore, Bologna 2010.
N. Cuomo di Caprio, Ceramica in Archeologia. 2. Antiche tecniche di lavorazione e moderni metodi di indagine. Nuova edizione ampliata, L’Erma di Bretschneider, Roma 2007.
E. Giannichedda, Identificare e classificare, in Antonio F. Ferrandes e Giacomo Pardini (a cura di), Studi in onore di Clementina Panella, Roma 2016, pp. pp. 113-127.
D. Gandolfi (a cura di), La ceramica e i materiali di età romana. Classi, produzioni, commerci e consumi, Bordighera 2005 (capitoli: Ceramiche a vernice nera; La terra sigillata; I marchi di fabbrica e la terra sigillata; Terra sigillata tardo italica; Sigillate e ceramiche da cucina africane; La ceramica a pareti sottili; Le lucerne).
A. D’Andrea, Dati Digitali e Metodologia della Ricerca Archeologica. (pdf).
The slides and bibliographic materials relating to the ceramic classes treated during the workshop activities will be available in pdf format on the platform: elearning.unich.it
C.E. Greenwood, L.J.E. Cramp, T. Hodos, What's in the pots? Identifying Possible Extensification in Roman Britain Through Analysis of Organic Residues in Pottery, Britannia 54 (2023), 137–165 (Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 September 2023). (pdf).
N. Cuomo di Caprio, Ceramics in Archaeology. From Prehistoric to Medieval times in Europe and the Mediterranean: Ancient Craftsmanship and Modern Laboratory Techniques, 2 Vols., Manuali, L'Erma di Bretschneider, 2, Roma 2017.
C. Orton, M. Hughes, Pottery in Archaeology, Cambridge University Press 2013.
For more details, feel free to contact us at: patrizia.staffilani@unich.it

Contents


The pottery in archeology and its potential information. Techniques and technologies.
The study of the life cycle of pottery from the raw materials to production stage and distribution; the reconstruction of the technology, the craft specialization and the organization of pottery production; the reconstruction of pottery distribution from its production center; the reasons for the introduction of pottery and for the different technological choices made in pottery production; the overall environmental, technological, economic, sociopolitical, cultural-ideological and historical context in which the pottery was produced, distributed and consumed.
Greek pottery. Roman pottery. The classes of materials and the tools necessary for their classification, documentation, quantification, edition. The banausic craft in the images of Greek and Roman ceramics. From the application of information technology (ICT) in archeology to digital archeology: brief notes on an evolving discipline.
Exercises in cataloging archaeological finds, in archaeological drawing, in computerization of data.

Course Language


Italian

More information


Laboratory exercises consist of the triage of archaeological artifacts, classification, cataloging, and recording of the artifacts. Additionally, archaeological drawing and data digitization.

Degrees

Degrees

CULTURAL HERITAGE 
Bachelor’s Degree
3 years
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People

People

STAFFILANI Patrizia
Teaching staff
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