LRCW 6: Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean: Archaeology and Archaeometry: Land and Sea: Pottery Routes(19 Roman and Late Antique Mediterranean Pottery)

LRCW 6 presents papers deriving from the 6th International Conference on Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean held at the Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico della Valle dei Templi, Agrigento, 24-28 May 2017. The volume includes almost 100 papers, subdivided according to the sessions of the conference, which had a particular focus on archaeological evidence from the Mediterranean. Themes comprise sea and land routes, workshops and production centres, and regional contexts (western Mediterranean, eastern Mediterranean, Sicily and the Mediterranean islands).

Table of Contents:
VOLUME 1 Prefazione Preface Goods on the move across the Late Antique Mediterranean: some remarks on shipping, the management of ports and trading places – Salvatore Cosentino 1. Sea and land routes The economics of ceramic building material in the late Roman Mediterranean – Phil Mills Trade in Lusitanian food-stuffs at Arles from the 1st to 5th centuries AD – José Carlos Quaresma Tarracona: Pottery and trade in the 7th and 8th centuries – Francesc Rodríguez Martorell and Josep Maria Macias Solé Importazioni e circolazione lungo il corso del Po tra IV e VII secolo: un aggiornamento – Carla Corti Crocevia di uomini e merci: il contributo dello studio dei materiali emersi dallo scavo della basilica paleocristiana di Capo Don a Riva Ligure (IM) – Philippe Pergola, Alessandro Garrisi and Alessandro Bona Sea, rivers and roads: the Mediterranean connectivity of the Ombrone Valley and the role of secondary settlements in Late Antique Tuscany (Central Italy) – Stefano Bertoldi, Gabriele Castiglia and Angelo Castrorao Barba Osservazioni archeologiche ed archeometriche preliminari sui grandi trend dei prodotti africani nel porto di Neapolis/Napoli – Vittoria Carsana, Franca Del Vecchio Michel Bonifay and Claudio Capelli Contesti ceramici da un edificio di VI-VII secolo d.C. nell’area portuale di Neapolis – Vittoria Carsana and Franca Del Vecchio Sea or land? Trade from the coast to the fringes of Campania – Vincenzo Castaldo, Girolamo Ferdinando De Simone and Ben Russell The Late Antique town of Salapia: midden data as an indicator of exchange and daily life – Darian Marie Totten, Carlo De Mitri and Sara Loprieno Urban change and transmarine contacts in Late Antique Lilybaeum (Marsala): archaeological evidence and pottery – Rossella Giglio, Filippo Pisciotta and Pierfrancesco Vecchio Mediterranean pottery routes in inland Sicily (6th-7th centuries): a re-examination of imported amphorae and tablewares from the Roman Villa del Casale (‘Gentili’s excavations’) and remarks on surrounding settlements – Matteo G. Randazzo Le anfore orientali in Sicilia tra il V ed il VII secolo d.C.: alcune considerazioni sul commercio mediterraneo – Salvatore Moncada Ceramic trade and distribution at the intersection of the eastern and western Mediterranean in the 5th – 7th centuries: new evidence from the Roman forum at Butrint (Buthrotum) – Giacomo Piazzini, Gloria Bolzoni, Marco Cavalazzi and David Hernandez Supplying olive oil to the lower Danube border region (2nd–6th centuries AD) – Andrei Opaiţ A late Roman pottery assemblage from a port on the south coast of Aetolia (Kryoneri): preliminary remarks on pottery circulation in western central Greece – Katerina Chamilaki Parion: First researches on Late Antique coarse wares, cooking wares and amphorae – Hasan Ertuğ Ergürer and İsmail Akkaş Cretan amphora imports into Bosporus in the 6th century – Anna V. Smokotina Long and middle-distance trade in the western Egyptian Delta during Late Antiquity: the Taposiris Magna and Kom Abu Billu examples – Joachim Le Bomin, Julie Marchand and Aude Simony A local amphora group at the harbour complex of Byzantine Caesarea – Alexandra Ratzlaff 2. Workshops and production centres in the Mediterranean Archéométrie et archéologie des céramiques africaines : une approche pluridisciplinaire, 3 – Claudio Capelli et Michel Bonifay Les ateliers tardifs de Byzacène: l’exemple de l’atelier de Dkhila – Jihen Nacef† Nuovi dati per una cronotipologia della ceramica comune di produzione locale e regionale ad Albintimilium nel V e VI secolo d.C. – Luigi Gambaro La produzione locale a Napoli: Carminiello 18 - analisi di una forma anforica – Maria Costantino Una fornace per la produzione di anfore nel suburbio di Agrigento – Maria Serena Rizzo, Serena Sanzo, Renato Giarrusso† and Angelo Mulone Chemical characterization via pXRF of Late Roman pottery from Sicily: new data from the excavations at the Catacombs of St. Lucy at Siracusa (2011-2015) – Davide Tanasi, Ilenia Gradante, Andrea Gennaro, Stephan Hassam, Mariarita Sgarlata†, Robert H. Tykot and Andrea Vianello Una produzione locale nella Gortina di età imperiale: la ceramica a globetti dallo scavo dell’altare al Theòs Ypsistos – Marzia Giuliodori   3. Regional contexts: western Mediterranean Western regional contexts and their interconnectivity in the Late Roman Mediterranean: some case studies – Simonetta Menchelli Common wares from Workshop 1 of the fish-salting production centre of Tróia (Portugal): a context of the 5th century AD – Filipa Araújo dos Santos Ánforas tardoantiguas de la necrópolis de la calle Hospital (Vigo, NW Spain) – Patricia Valle Abad, Adolfo Fernández Fernández, Ángel Acuña Piñeiro and Alba A. Rodríguez Nóvoa Archaeometric characterization of pottery from the rural site of Horts De Can Torras (Barcelona, Spain) – Jerònima Riutort Riera and Miguel Ángel Cau Ontiveros Producciones locales e importaciones (s. VI - VII) en el recinto fortificado visigodo de València la Vella (Riba-roja de Túria) – Esperança Huguet, Francesc Rodríguez, Josep Maria Macias, Maria Assumpta Ramón, Albert Ribera and Miquel Rosselló Same as it ever was? Structured light 3D-scanning and the specific gravity of Late Roman transport amphorae from North Africa and Spain – Janne P. Ikäheimo and Victor M. Martinez Organic residue analysis of ceramics from two rural Late Antique sites in current Catalonia (northeastern Spain): food consumption and pottery use – Fernanda Inserra, Alessandra Pecci, Miguel Ángel Cau Ontiveros and Jordi Roig Buxó De la Méditerranée vers l’Atlantique : typologie et archéométrie des amphores importées à Toulouse et Bordeaux durant l’antiquité tardive – Claudio Capelli and Joachim Le Bomin S. Lorenzo 7 Amphorae from Ponte Gardena/Waidbruck (Mansio Sublavio) in northern Italy: archaeology and archaeometry – Barbara Maurina and Claudio Capelli Aquileia, i vecchi rinvenimenti: anfore africane da un drenaggio nel suburbio meridionale – Paola Ventura Late Roman amphorae from an industrial sector outside the monastery of St Severus at Classe (RA) – Bianca Maria Mancini Anfore e ceramiche africane dallo scavo delle mura settentrionali di Albintimilium (Ventimiglia, Liguria). Primi dati archeologici e archeometrici – Daniela Gandolfi, Michel Bonifay and Claudio Capelli Luni, le domus presso Porta Marina: ceramiche da fuoco, comuni ed anfore dalle stratigrafie tardo-antiche – Simonetta Menchelli, Claudio Capelli, Stefano Genovesi, Aurora Maccari and Roberto Cabella Pisa, Piazza del Duomo: nuovi dati sulle fasi tardo antiche e altomedievali – Antonio Alberti, Alessandro Costantini and Claudia Rizzitelli Cucinare sull’Appennino: analogie e differenze morfologiche e tecniche dall’età repubblicana a quella alto-medievale nelle ceramiche da cucina da Villa San Silvestro (Cascia, Italia) – Francesca Diosono e Gian Marco Volpi Late Antique ceramic finds from Trebiae (Trevi - Umbria - Italy): preliminary report – Stefano Bordoni La ceramica comune tardoantica della villa romana di Cottanello (RI) in Sabina: analisi morfologiche ed archeometriche – Carla Sfameni, Flavia Campoli and Giorgio Trojsi Contesti tardoantichi dai c.d. Magazzini Traianei a Portus (Fiumicino) – Alessia Contino and Alejandro Quevedo Ceramica e contesti tardoantichi dalle indagini del Progetto Ostia Marina – Massimiliano David, Maria Stella Graziano and Stefano De Togni Ceramiche comuni a Roma in età tardoantica: nuovi dati dal Santuario delle Curiae Veteres – Alessandra Pegurri and Stella Nunziante Cesaro Ceramiche da fuoco a Roma nell’età tardoantica. Nuovi dati dal santuario delle Curiae Veteres e dagli Horti Lamiani – Giulia Schwarz Late Roman fine and coarse wares from Larinum: the African Red Slip and the Red Painted wares – Elisa Zentilini Masseria Grasso (Benevento, Italy): a settlement on the ancient Via Appia in inland Campania. Analysis of late Roman pottery assemblages from the excavations of the Ancient Appia Landscapes Project – Stefania Siano and Manuela Ferraioli Palmi (RC), Tauriana dopo l’età classica: la ceramica comune in circolazione da insediamenti e sepolture – Fabrizio Sudano, Cristiana La Serra and Mariangela Preta La necropoli di località Marocumbo nel comune di Palizzi: nota preliminare – Fabrizio Sudano and Stefania Mancuso Simboli cristiani su ceramica da trasporto: il caso della Calabria e delle Keay LII – Cristiana La Serra   VOLUME 2   4. Regional Contexts: eastern Mediterranean LRA 1A: typology and chronology – Andrei Sazanov Byzantine globular amphorae in the Aegean (7th-9th centuries) – Natalia Poulou Late Antique coarse pottery from the eastern hinterland of the Caput Adriae – Zvezdana Modrijan Amphorae from Late Antique Novae: material from Sector IV – Piotr Dyczek The deposit of 4th-9th century AD from Chersonesos (Crimea): problems of the chronology – Andrei Sazanov Coarse wares of the middle and late Roman period from the 2015–2017 DAI excavations at the sanctuary of Kalapodi, East Phokis – Dimitris Grigoropoulos Late Roman amphorae from the fortress of Velika, Thessaly (Greece): A preliminary report – Sophia Didioumi and Stavroula Sdrolia Reconsidering the early Byzantine ceramic finds from the Vari cave – Eugenia Gerousi-Bendermacher Amphorae and utility vessels from Basilica B, Andriake (Antalya, Turkey) – Özgü Çömezoğlu Uzbek Amphorae from late 4th and 5th century contexts in the late Roman fort at Ulmetum, province of Scythia – Constantin Băjenaru Amphorae from the Black Sea region in the Sadberk Hanim Museum – Görkem Senem Ozden Gerçeker Cooking in Pompeiopolis (1st century BC – 7th century AD) – Andrei Opaiţ and Bianca Elena Grigoraş Stands from the port of Üstünlü in the Hellespont – Ayşe Ç. Türker Some observations on late Roman pottery from Olba in Cilicia, Türkiye – Safiye Aydın La céramique de Farama-est: un contexte de la fin du IVe et du début du Ve siècle – Delphine Dixneuf Sāqia pots from Taposiris Magna (Egypt): water supply vessels for baths – Joachim Le Bomin and Julie Marchand Byzantine pottery from Soknopaiou Nesos (Fayyum, Egypt) – Clementina Caputo and Paola Davoli Mortaria romani in Mesopotamia centrale e loro influsso sulle produzioni vascolari del periodo Early Islamic nell’area del medio corso del fiume Eufrate: VII secolo d.C. – Giacomo Tabita 5. Regional contexts: Sicily and Mediterranean islands A late Roman deposit from the Roman villa of Sa Mesquida (Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain) – Catalina Mas Florit, Miguel Ángel Cau Ontiveros, Alessandra Pecci and Alejandro Valenzuela A ceramic assemblage from the Byzantine period in the city of Pollentia (Alcúdia, Mallorca) – Miguel Ángel Cau Ontiveros, Catalina Mas Florit, Esther Chávez-Álvarez, Alejandro Valenzuela, Leandro Fantuzzi and Joan Tuset i Estany Le anfore orientali (LRA 1, LRA 2, LRA 3 e LRA 4) del porto di Olbia (Sardegna nord-orientale) in epoca tardo antica – Cristina Nervi Cornus: i materiali ceramici tardoantichi e Bizantini dell’area urbana – Salvatore De Vincenzo and Filippo Pisciotta Marsala, ‘Zona Mura’: la ceramica da cucina tardoromana – Antonella Mandruzzato and Martina Seifert Le attestazioni ceramiche di San Miceli (Salemi - TP): testimonianze dall’area di culto e dal contesto insediativo – Chiara Caradonna, Giorgia Lanzarone, Alessandra Loglio and Maria Carmela Spagnolo Ceramiche comuni, da cucina ed anfore dallo scavo della necropoli paleocristiana di Agrigento: approccio integrato per un quadro di sintesi – Giuseppe Falzone Late Roman amphorae from the Roman Temple of Agrigentum: the 2016-2017 excavations – Michele Scalici Late Roman pottery from the Baths of Agrigento (Sicily, Italy) – Valentina Caminneci and Maria Concetta Parello Nuovi materiali inediti dalla Casa della Gazzella del Quartiere Ellenistico-Romano di Agrigento – Paolo Barresi and Raffaella Federico Ceramica tardo-romana dalla Casa IID del quartiere ellenistico-romano di Agrigento – Anna Rita Pecoraro Ceramica comune acroma di età tardoantica e bizantina in Sicilia: forme chiuse – Carmela Bonanno La ceramica acroma di uso comune dall’area del Santuario ellenistico romano di Agrigento: primi dati per una classificazione tipologica – Caterina Trombi La ceramica d’uso comune dal santuario ellenistico-romano ad Agrigento in un’età di trasformazione: un progetto di studio – Marina Albertocchi Cignana Archaeological Project (Sicilia): ceramiche di produzione africana dall’insediamento di età imperiale in contrada Viticchié – Fabrizio Ducati Ceramica comune di età tardoantica dal sito in Contrada Vito Soldano a Canicattì (Agrigento) – Annalisa Amico Il territorio di Licata (AG) in età tardo antica: cultura materiale e commerci – Mariacristina Papale L’insediamento di Case Bastione nel contesto delle dinamiche insediative rurali di età tardoantica e altomedievale nell’altopiano degli Erei, Sicilia centrale – Francesca Valbruzzi La ceramica da cucina ‘Tipo Rocchicella’ (fine VIII-IX secolo) in Sicilia: complessità morfologica e distributiva di una produzione altomedievale a carattere regionale – Matteo Randazzo Into the great wide open: late Roman pottery from Skyros (central Aegean) – Philip Bes and Michalis Karambinis Amphorae and coarse wares from Boğsak Island in South Turkey, 4th - 9th centuries AD – Rick Wohmann, Nicholas Rauh and Günder Varinlioğlu Coarse wares and amphorae from a glass workshop in Argyroupolis (ancient Lappa) in the region of Rethymno, Crete – Anastasia Fiolitaki   6. Conclusion LRCW 6 e le vie della ceramica tardoromana – Elisa Chiara Portale

About the Author :
Valentina Caminneci is an archaeology officer at the Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico della Valle dei Templi, Agrigento. She has carried out research into the archaeological contexts of ancient Agrigentum and its hinterland: public areas, road networks, the acropolis, Roman and early Christian cemeteries, the port, coastal settlements. She has also examined the ancient exploitation of chalk and the conservation of wall paintings; she has also planned heritage pedagogy projects. Her current focus is the transformation of the valley in the modern and contemporary age.   Enrico Giannitrapani is currently an adjunct professor at Palermo University and a member of the archaeological cooperative Arkeos. His scientific interests concern the social and cultural complexity of prehistoric communities of the central Mediterranean, as well as the development of the first forms of social differentiation. He is highly involved in the methodological aspects of the discipline, including the use of digital technologies and the application of infra-site and intra-site GIS systems. He has specialised in landscape archaeology and geoarchaeology, also developing operational and editorial skills in sector publishing (DTP) within archaeology and cultural heritage.   Maria Concetta Parello is an archaeology officer at the Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico della Valle dei Templi, Agrigento. She has investigated the topographic and urban development of the Greek city, as well as its transformation in the Hellenistic, Roman and Late Antique phases. She has carried out research in rural late Roman, medieval, and post-medieval settlements, which has made it possible to reconstruct the history of the landscape of the western part of the province.   Maria Serena Rizzo is an archaeology officer at the Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico della Valle dei Templi, Agrigento. She has been mainly involved in the investigation of the Late Antique and medieval landscapes and rural settlements of the Agrigento city and area, including projects to reconstruct the urban landscape as well as studying the relevant material culture. She has overseen the organisation of various archaeological exhibitions, training courses, heritage education activities, and conferences.

Review :
‘Each contribution is well-supported with the essential tools – an abstract, keywords and a bibliography – making it easier for readers to navigate and comprehend the material. The LRCW6 proceedings make a significant and substantial contribution to the study of pottery manufacture and circulation in the Mediterranean during Late Antiquity and beyond. As such, it remains an invaluable resource for pottery specialists.’ – Elli-Evangelia Bia (2025): Bryn Mawr Classical Review