Laboratory of Archaeometry |
Ancient Ceramics Modern Trends in Research
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EMAC '99
18th – 20th October 1999
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Registration |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Opening remarks |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Pottery Manufacture In Roman Galilee: Distinguishing Similar Provenance
Groups Using High-Precision X-Ray Fluorescence, Instrumental Neutron Activation,
And Micromorphological Analysis
D. Adan-Bayewitz, F. Asaro, R.D. Giauque and M. Wieder |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Firing Temperature Determinations Of Low Fired Clay Structures
Y. Maniatis, Y. Facorellis, A. Pillali and A. Papanthimou-Papaefthimiou |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Applications Of Synchrotron Radiation To Archaeological Ceramics
E. Pantos, C.C. Tang, E.J. MacLean, K.C. Cheung, R.W. Strange, P.J. Rizkallah, M.Z. Papiz, S.L. Colston, M.A. Roberts, B.M. Murphy, S.P. Collins, D.T. Clark, M.J.Tobin, M. Zhilin, K.Prag and A.J.N.W. Prag |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | A New Look On The Petrological Analysis: The Puuc Maya Ceramics
As A Case Study
C. Varela Torrecilla |
| 12:20 – 12:40 | Archaeointensity Of The Geomagnetic Field In Greece From 4400 BC
To 1900 AD. Using The Thellier Method
V.C. Spatharas, M. Kovacheva and I. Liritzis |
| 12:40 - 14:10 | Lunch Break |
| 14:10 – 14:30 | Some Comments On The Production And The Diffusion Of IVth C. BC
Ceramics In Thasos And Several Sites In Northern Greece
F. Blonde and M.Picon |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | Technology Transfer In The Periphery Of The Mycenean World: The
Case Of Macendonia And Southern Italy
J. Buxeda i Garrigos, Y. Maniatis, V. Kilikoglou, S.T. Levi, R.E. Jones, L. Vagnetti, K.A. Wardle and S. Andreou |
| 14:50 – 15:10 | Neolithic Ceramics From Dispilio, Kastoria, Greece; Discussing Their
Forms, Fabrics, Provenance And Function
S. Dimitradis, M. Sophronidou and G.H. Hourmouziadis |
| 15:10 – 15:30 | Obsidian As Temper In Yiali, Greece, Neolithic Pottery
S. Katsarou and A. Sampson |
| 15:30 – 15:50 | Middle Bronze Age Ceramic Production In Central And Southern Mainland
Greece: The Design Of A Regional Petrographic Study
I.K. Whitbread, E. Kiriatzi and T. Tartaron |
| 15:50 - 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 – 16:50 | The Berkeley Neutron Activation Analysis Data On Mycenaean Pottery
- A Complete Chemical Grouping
H. Mommsen, Th. Beier and A. Hein |
| 16:50 – 17:10 | Inter-Regional Exchange In Protopalatial Crete; Petrographic And
Archaeological Evidence For South Coast Imports At Malia
C. Knappett |
| 17:10 – 17:30 | Different But Still Similar! Potters' Concepts Of Raw Materials
And Analytical Definitions And Interpretations Of Fabric Groups
E. Kiriatzi, I.K. Whitbread and C. Broodbank |
| 17:30 – 17:50 | Interpreting The Function Of Neolithic Pottery From Thermi B On
The Basis Of Its Petrographic, Technological And Typological Characteristics
D. Urem-Kotsou and S. Dimitriadis |
| 17:50 – 18:10 | Workshop References And Clay Surveying In Samothrace: An Application
To The Study Of Origin Of Some Ceramic Groups
C. Karadima, D. Matsas, F. Blonde and M. Picon |
| 18: 10 – 18:30 | Technologies Of Middle Minoan Polychrome Pottery: Traditions Of
Paste, Decoration And Firing
E.W. Faber, V. Kilikoglou and P.M. Day |
| afterwards | Welcoming Reception at N.C.S.R. “Demokritos” |
| 9:00 – 9:20 | Ceramic Workshops In Western Sicily: Solunto And Mozia (VII-III
B.C.): A First Aproach Through Raw Materials, Fabric And Chemical Composition
Of Ceramic Artefacts
R. Alaimo, C. Greco, I. Iliopoulos and G. Montana |
| 9:20 – 9:40 | Archaeometric Results And Archeological Problems Of The Pottery
Of The Archaeological Area Of Messina (Sicily)
G. Barone, S. Iopollo, G. Puglisi and G. Tigano |
| 9:40 – 10:00 | Late Bronze Age Aegean Ceramic Presence In Italy: A Progress Report
R.E. Jones, S. Levi and L. Vagnetti |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Technological Features Of Campanian Pottery From Ancient Calabria
P. Mirti and P. Davit |
| 10:20 – 10:40 | Pottery Making In Neolithic Communitites Of Southern Italy: Toward
An Interaction Model
S.M. Cassano, R. Laviano and I.M. Muntoni |
| 10:40 - 11:10 | Coffee Break |
| 11:10 - 13:00 | Poster Session |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch Break |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | Do We Understand Cooking Pots And Is There An Ideal Cooking Pot?
M. Tite and V. Kilikoglou |
| 14:50 – 15:10 | Neolithic Cooking Vessels From Dikili Tash (Eastern Macedonia, Greece):
A Technological And Functional Approach
Z. Tsirtsoni and P. Youni |
| 15:10 – 15:30 | Differences Between Petrological And Chemical Groupings Of Early
Minoan Cooking Pot Wares: An Attempt Towards An Explanation
A. Tsolakidou, V. Kilikoglou, E. Kiriatzi and P.M. Day |
| 15:30 – 15:50 | Gallo-Roman Pottery From Kilns In Oberwinterthur: Analytical Approach
G. Thierrin-Michael, A. Zanco and G. Galetti |
| 15:50 - 16:30 | Lunch Break |
| 16:30 – 16:50 | Provenance And Technology Of Pre-Historic Pottery From Fornos De
Algodres (Portugal)
M.I. Dias, M.I. Prudencio, M.A. Sequeira Braga, M.A. Gouveia, C.A. Alves and A.C. Valera |
| 16:50 – 17:10 | A Review On The Archaeometric Studies Of The Western Mediterranean
Terra Sigillata Until The End Of The 1st Century AD. State Of Art, Limits
And Potentials
M. Madrid Fernandez and J. Buxeda i Garrigos |
| 17:10 – 17:30 | Pilgrims Progress: Petrographic Analysis Of Late Antique Pottery
From The Monastery Of St. Lot At Deir ‘Ain ‘Abata, Jordan
L. Joyner and K. Politis |
| 17:30 – 17:50 | The Pottery Manufactory Of Roman Sagalassos An Interdisciplinary
Approach
J. Pobolme |
| 17:50 – 18:10 | Techniques And Technology Of Manufacturing Ceramic Vessels Crucibles
For Smelting Wootz In Central Asia
O.A. Papakhristu |
| 21:00 - | Conference Dinner (location to be confirmed) |
| 9:40 – 10:00 | Microstructure Composition And Optical Properties Of Lustre Pottery
M. Vendrell-Saz, J. Perez-Arantegui and J. Molera |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Materials And Techniques Of The Wall Ceramic Facings In The Timurid
Necropolis Of Shahizinda (Samarkand Uzbekistan)
B. Fabbri, S. Gualteri and C. Mingazzini |
| 10:20 – 10:40 | Physicochemical Aspects Of White Ware Pigments And Slips On Cypriot
And Greek Vases
E. Aloupi and V. Perdikatsis |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Statistical Models Of Ceramic Compositional Data: Some Considerations
M. Baxter and I. Papageorgiou |
| 11:00 - 11:40 | Coffee Break |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Model-Based Clustering Methods In Archaeological
Ceramic Provenance Studies
I. Papageorgiou and M. Baxter |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | A Review On The Alteration And Contamination Processes In Archaeological
Ceramics
J. Buxeda i Garrigos |
| 12:20 – 12:40 | Secondary Calcite In Archaeological Ceramics: Evaluation Of Alteration
And Contamination Processes By Thin Section Study
M.A. Cau Ontiveros, P.M. Day and G. Montana |
| 12:40 – 13:00 | Effects Of The Burial Environment On The Physicochemical Behaviour
Of Ceramics (A Simulation Study)
K. Souvatzis and V. Kilikoglou |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch Break |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | Interpretation Of The Complex Fabrics Of Bronze Age Pottery From
Imola (Italy)
M.L. Amadori, B. Fabbri and M. Pacciarelli |
| 14:50 – 15:10 | An Attempt To Correlate Functional Features And Archaeometrical
Parameters Of The Bronze Age Pottery From Coppa Nevigata (Foggia), Italy
C. Colella, B. de Vito and S. Levi |
| 15:10 – 15:30 | Legionary Stamped Tiles From Vindonissa In The First Century AD
Discussion On Their Provenance And Production Technology
F. Giacomini |
| 15:30 - 16:10 | Coffee Break |
| 16:10 – 16:30 | Production And Circulation Of The Proto-Historical Specialized Ceramic
Typologies In Madonna Di Ripalta (Foggia- Italy)
S.T. Levi, F. Fratini and E. Pecchioni |
| 16:30 – 16:50 | Late Iron Age Pottery From Western Switzerland: Production
Sites And Technology
M. Maggetti and G. Galetti |
| 16:50 – 17:10 | Integrating Typological And Physico-Chemical Approaches To Examine
The Potters Choices: A Case From Bronze Age Hungary
K. Michelaki, L. Minc and J. O'Shea |
| 20:30 - | Reception at the American School of Classical Studies, Athens |
1) Tin-Foiled Ceramics From Macedonia
C.-I. Adusumalli, M. Chiaradia and Z. Kotitsa2) Pottery Production In The Bronze Age In Catalonia: The Example From Pixarelles Cave
R. Alvarez Arza, M. Catapotis, M.A. Cau Ontiveros, A.M. Rauret i Dalmau and P.M. Day3) Study Of Late Roman Glazed Pottery/Ceramics Found In The Aosta Valley
L. Appolonia, S. de Leo and P. Framarin4) Rome: Chemical Analysis Of Roman Stamped Bricks
G. Baldi, E. Gliozzo and D. Manacorda5) Archaeometric Study Of Ancient Pottery Of Assoro (Enna, Sicily)
G. Barone, S. Iopollo, G. Puglisi and S. Scerra6) Archaeometric Investigations On The Roman Kilns In The ‘Padano’ Territory
M. Bertolani, N. Giordani and A.G. Loschi Ghittoni7) Roman Pottery Production And Chemical Analysis: First Results From The Wetterau Region (Germany)
S. Biegert8) Physico-Chemical Characterisation Of Early Bronze Age Mesopotamian Pottery From Tell ‘Atij Syria
M-C. Boileau9) Nabada Potters: Masters In Clay Preparation Or Just Plain Clay Importers?
T. Broekmans, A.M. Adriaens and K. Van Lerberghe10) ICP Emission Spectroscopy Analysis Of Ancient Pottery From South Of Italy. Statistical Multivariate Treatment Of Data
P. Bruno, M. Caselli, M.L. Curri, A. Genga, A. Mangone, R. Striccoli and A. Traini11) Roman Amphorae Production In Baetulo (Badalona, Catalonia): The Pascual 1 Evidence
J. Buxeda i Garrig?s, M. Comas i Sol? and J.M. Gurt i Esparraguera12) Coarse Ware Of The Po Valley: A Methodological Proposal For The Archaeometric Study Of Ceramics Of The Roman Age Of Mutina (Modena, Italy)
C. Corti, N. Giordani, A.G. Loscji Ghittoni and A. Medici13) Experiments In Reduced Low-Fired Earthenwares: The Bickley Ceramics Project
D. Dawson and O. Kent14) Chemical And Mineralogical Features Of Neolithic Ceramics From Portalban, Neuchatel Lake, Switzerland
Simonpietro Di Pierro15) Archaeometric Research On Pottery Of Medieval Petra (Jordan)
R. Franchi, A. Vanni Desideri and E. Pecchioni16) Pottery Production In Bronze Age (C. 1700-1100 BC) South-West Spain: Clay Catchment, Technology And Socio-Economic Function
L. Garcia Sanjuan, V. Hurtado Perez and A. Polvorinos del Rio17) Petrological Investigation Of Bronze And Iron Age Ceramics From West Hungary: Vaseresztes, Velem, Se, Gor
K. Gherdan, G. Szakmany, T. Weiszburg and G. Ilon18) The Roman Painting Ceramic From Bracara Augusta : An Archeometric Study
A. Gomes and I. Prud?ncio19) Porosity Characterisation Of Ancient Ceramics By Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering
G. Grossmann, E. Pantos, D. Clarke, O. Byron, C. Ackerman, H. Kutzke, M. Zhilin, K. Prag and J. Prag20) Cypriot White Slip Wares
H. Hatcher21) A Web-Fronted Database Of Diffraction Patterns Of Clays And Ancient Ceramics
T. Hughes, A. Brown and E. Pantos22) Inter-Regional Trade In Western Asia Minor During The Early Iron Age. NAA Provenance, Studies Of East Greek Pottery
M. Kerschner and H. Mommsen23) Technological And Provenance Analysis Of Neolithic Pottery From The "Cave Of Drakaina", Kephalonia: Social Implications For The Cave Use
E. Kiriatzi and G. Stratouli24) "Central Aegean Networks". A Petrographic Study Of Aeginetan Pottery Production And Raw Materials
E. Kiriatzi, I.K. Whitbread and W. Gauss25) Changes In Ceramic Technology From EB II To EB III At Kilise Tepe, Southern Anatolia
C. Knappett26) Magnetomineralogy Of Archaeomagnetic Materials From N. Greece
D. Kondopoulou and V. Spathsaras27) Late Roman C Ware In Ephesos. The Significance Of Imported And Local Production Petrological And Mineralogical Methods
S. Ladstaetter and R. Sauer28) South-Italian Late Bronze Age Pottery Production: Raw Materials Provenance And Paste Preparation At Madonna Del Petto (Barletta, Bari)
R. Laviano and I.M. Muntoni29) Thermoluminescence Authenticity Testing On Ceramic Objects, By Using The Foil Technique
C.T. Michael, N. Zacharias and D. Dimotikali30) The 13th-14th Century Venetian Ceramic Production Of “Graffita A Spirale-Cerchio”, “Graffita S. Bartolo” And Glazed Ceramic: A New Reference Group And An Attribution Example
A. Mignucci31) Establishment Of The Archaeomagnetic Dating Technique To Spain. A First Secular Variation Curve For The Iberian Peninsula.
J.L. Nunez, M.L. Osete, D. Bernal and D. Tarling32) Characterisation Of Ancient Ceramics With Time-Of-Flight Neutron Diffraction And SR-XRD
M. Pantos, W. Kockelmann, C. Tang, E. MacLean, A. Kirfel, M. Zhilin and J. Prag33) Raman Microscopy: A Suitable Tool In Phase Analysis
A. Perardi, A. Zoppi, L. Ruatta and P. Davit34) Studies On Byzantine Ceramics From Xith-Xiith Centuries Using Nuclear Methods
I. Poll and G. Manucu-Adamesteanu35) Examination Of Organic Combustion Residues In Ceramics
J. Schramm and S. Wolf36) Pottery From An Early Medieval Settlement In Northern Switzerland: Evidence For The Exchange Radius?
G. Thierrin-Michael and M.-H. P. Rana37) Comparison Of Data Obtained From Neutron Activation Analysis Of Pottery At N.C.S.R. “Demokritos” And The University Of Manchester
J.E. Tomlinson38) Ancient Mesopotamian Kiln At Tell Hazna I, Its Position In Pottery Kiln Evolution, And Its Ceramics
Y.B. Tsetlin39) Role Of Experiment In Reconstruction Of Fatjanovo Pottery Technology
H.V. Volkova40) Raw Materials For Ceramic Production In The Berbati Valley, Argolid: A Diachronic Study
I.K. Whitbread, M.J. Ponting and B. Wells41) Petrographic Analysis Of Bronze Age Ceramics From Cazis (GR, Switzerland)
A. Zanco
last update: 21.09.99
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