Ceramic fabric analysis and survey archaeology: the Sphakia Survey

Autor:	Lucy Wilson, Jennifer Moody, Harriet Lewis Robinson, Lucia Nixon, Jane Francis
Rok vydání:	2003
Předmět:	Archeology History Visual Arts and Performing Arts Computer science visual_art visual_art.visual_art_medium Ceramic Pottery Classics Archaeology Terminology
Zdroj:	The Annual of the British School at Athens. 98:37-105
ISSN:	2045-2403 0068-2454
DOI:	10.1017/s0068245400016828
Popis:	Macroscopic Fabric Analysis, the systematic study and description of ceramic fabrics with the aid of a handlens and other simple equipment, has grown in importance along with systematic archaeological survey. Microscopic Fabric Analysis, or ceramic petrology, is better known, but more expensive and time-consuming. Using examples drawn from Sphakia Survey material, the authors show that Macroscopic Fabric Analysis of large pottery collections with a high proportion of coarse ware sherds, when combined with targeted microscopic analysis, provides detailed, reliable information on crucial topics such as chronology, in this case from FN/EM I–Turkish; function (cooking, transport, storage, and beehives); and regional interaction. The authors also discuss issues connected with publication, including the use of electronic publications such as the Sphakia Survey website, and the rigorous comparison of individual fabrics, and they make a case for adopting standard ceramic terminology.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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