Ceramic Production in Roman-Age Apulia: Lychnological Contexts
Ceramic production in Roman-age Apulia: lychnological contexts Abstract: Archaeological research in Apulia have given solid grounds for a historical characteristic of the region, specifying the nature of settlements and their socio-economic environment in the Roman age. But production centers, primarily pottery workshops, as well as commonly traded shapes, trade routes and consumer centers still are in need of comprehensive study. For this purpose a targeted examination of Apulia et Calabria has been launched, identifying places and modalities of pottery production from the 3rd century BC to the 3rd century AD on the grounds of both permanent installations and mobile finds. This contribution, which takes advantage of the documentation collected within the frame of this research, seeks to identify and contextualize sites where clay oil lamps were being produced, through the scopes of production continuity/discontinuity and the modalities of settlement, craft, economy and commerce. Keywords: Apulia et Calabria, urban and landscape archaeology, Roman archaeology, clay oil lamps, Roman pottery, material culture The results of 30 years of rural and urban landscape archaeology research in the region of Apulia et Calabria, coinciding more or less with modern Puglia [Fig. 1], have given a solid base for reconstructing an articu- lated framework of settlement history and related so- cio-economic issues (Grelle and Volpe 1994; Silvestrini Custode Silvio Fioriello 2005; De Mitri 2010; Mangiatordi 2011; Volpe 2011; Small 2014b; Fioriello 2017). Numerous studies and contri- University of Bari Aldo Moro Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 28/1 PAM 28/1 (2019) Fioriello 2019: 181–215 DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0013.7042 Acknowledgments The research was funded from the PRIN 2015 (2015PX7BEY_002) "Luce crea Luce" (Light creates Light) project.
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