Original scientific paper
Pottery Production in Issa
Boris Čargo
Maja Miše
Abstract
This work constitutes an introduction to the study of pottery
production in ancient Issa. In a single place, it summarizes all previous
data pertaining to pottery production confirmed by previous
hypotheses thereon, while newly-discovered fragments of various
pottery forms provide an insight into individual forms of Issa products
during the Late Hellenistic and Early Roman periods. Pursuant to an
analysis of the potsherds, pottery production in Issa can be followed
from the third century BC, lasting until the third century AD at the very
least. The fragments found testify to the diverse pottery production,
from Hellenistic terracotta figures of Tanagra type and relief cups, to
amphorae and dolia, juglets with single handles, stamped oil-lamps
and so forth from the later Early Roman period.
In cooperation with the Mining, Geology and Petrochemistry
Faculty of the University of Zagreb, the first archaeometric analyses of
ceramic fragments and possible deposits of clay on the island of Vis
were conducted for the purpose of the best possible understanding
of the actual process of making ceramics and the extent of pottery
activity in this Eastern Adriatic city during the aforementioned periods.
The results of these analyses are published here for the first time
Keywords
Issa; Vis; Martvilo; Vlaška njiva; Southern Italy; pottery kilns; ceramic moulds; ceramic discards; Hellenistic and Roman pottery; pithoi/dolia; quartz sand; archaeometric analysis
Hrčak ID:
62225
URI
Publication date:
1.11.2010.
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