THE POMPEII ARTIFACT LIFE HISTORY PROJECT – THE STUDY OF THE LIFE HISTORIES OF OBJECTS IN A
ROMAN TOWN
ROME SOCIETY ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA JUNE 14, 2018
J. THEODORE (TED) PEÑA DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY [email protected] BACKGROUND
ARTIFACT LIFE HISTORY:
MANUFACTURE ACQUISITION USE CURATION REUSE RECYCLING DISCARD
2007 SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF LIFE HISTORY RAW MATERIAL OF ROMAN POTTERY
RECYCLING RECYCLING RECYCLING RECYCLING
MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE
MANUFACTURE DISTRIBUTION PRIME USE REUSE
DISCARD DISCARD DISCARD DISCARD
SYSTEMIC CONTEXT
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT RECLAMATION
TIME
EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA; best buy WEST LOT SECURITY CAMERA: 3/10/10, 11:13.07 AM. EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA; best buy WEST LOT SECURITY CAMERA: 3/10/10, 11:13.09 AM. ACRONYM: PALHIP
POMPEII ARTIFACT LIFE HISTORY PROJECT
RESEARCH GOALS
• GENERAL GOAL: ELUCIDATE LIFE HISTORY OF CRAFT GOODS AT POMPEII WITH VIEW TO UNDERSTANDING CONSUMPTION IN ROMAN WORLD
• SPECIFIC GOAL: LEARN ABOUT MANUFACTURE, ACQUISITION, USE, STORAGE, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, MODIFICATION, REUSE, RECYCLING, AND DISCARD OF THESE ITEMS
• DETAILED STUDY OF CAREFULLY SELECTED SETS OF CRAFT GOODS (MOSTLY CERAMIC, GLASS, METAL, STONE) UNEARTHED IN EARLIER EXCAVATIONS
PROJECT OVERVIEW
• FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM CARRIED OUT 2012-2016 INVOLVING CHARACTERIZATION OF SETS OF ARTIFACTS FROM VARIOUS INFORMATIVE CONTEXTS AT POMPEII AND SITES IN ITS ENVIRONS
• ACTIVITY TO DATE: FIVE 6-WEEK STUDY SEASONS (6-7/12; 6- 7/13, 6-7/14, 5-6/15, 5-6/16) INITIATING FIVE DISTINCT SUB- PROJECTS
• IN JULY, 2018 WE BEGIN SECOND FIVE-YEAR CYCLE FOCUSING ON ONE SPECIFIC BLOCK IN POMPEII
SUB-PROJECT 1: ARTIFACTS FROM THE VILLA REGINA A BOSCOREALE (2012, 2013)
SUMMER, 2012 PROJECT CREW ELIZABETH NIESPOLO CAROLINE CHEUNG CSU LONG BEACH UC BERKELEY GEOLOGY/IIRMES AHMA
SUMMER, 2013 PROJECT CREW
GINA TIBBOTT CAROLINE CHEUNG TEMPLE UNIVERSITY UC BERKELEY ANTHROPOLOGY AHMA LOCATION OF VILLA REGINA A BOSCOREALE - 1.2 KM NW OF POMPEII
VILLA REGINA
• EXCAVATION BY SOPRINTENDENZA, 1979-1983
• UNDER DIRECTION OF STEFANO DE CARO
• VILLA DAMAGED IN EARTHQUAKE OF AD 62 AND ONLY PARTIALLY OCCUPIED IN AD 79
KITCHEN
PRESS ROOM
STOREROOM
BEDROOM
N=3
N=3
PALHIP 0027 LOCAL UTILITARIAN WARE GASPERETTI 1252A
PALHIP 0032 CAMPANIAN COOKWARE COOKPOT (DI GIOVANNI 2311C)
PALHIP 0053 BRONZE AND IRON BUCKET (TASSINARI X 1522)
SUB-PROJECT 2: FINDS FROM THE INSULA DEI CASTI AMANTI (2013)
LOCATION OF INSULA DEI CASTI AMANTI (REGIO IX INSULA 12)
INSULA DEI CASTI AMANTI
• EXCAVATION BY SOPRINTENDENZA, 1987-2009
• UNDER DIRECTION OF ANTONIO VARONE
• UNCOVERS SOUTHERN PORTION OF INSULA IX.12 (INCLUDING DOMUS DEI CASTI AMANTI AND CASA DEI PITTORI AL LAVORO) AND UNNAMED SIDE STREETS TO WEST AND EAST
C
D
HIGH-END TABLEWARES
BLACK GLOSS WARE
ITALIAN SIGILLATA
SOUTH GALLIC SIGILLATA
NON-CERAMIC ARTIFACTS
COPPER ALLOY OBJECTS VESSEL GLASS
IRON OBJECTS WORKED BONE OBJECTS
SUB-PROJECT 3: TOWER 8 - PORTA NOLA MIDDENS (2014, 2015)
PALHIP CREW, SUMMER 2014
GINA TIBBOTT, TEMPLE U. AARON BROWN, ANTHROPOLOGY UC BERKELEY CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
PALHIP CREW, SUMMER 2015
CAROLINE CHEUNG, UC BERKELEY AHMA
LAURE MAREST-CAFFEY, UC BERKELEY ART HISTORY LOCATIONS OF TOWER 8/PORTA NOLA MIDDENS
TOWER 8 - PORTA NOLA
• EXCAVATION BY UNIVERSITÀ STATALE DI MILANO, 9-11/1978
• UNDER DIRECTION OF CRISTINA CHIARAMONTE TRERÉ
• RECOVERS MATERIALS FROM THREE TRASH MIDDENS DUMPED AGAINST OUTER FACE OF CITY WALL AND THREE TEST TRENCHES EXCAVATED ALONG OUTER FACE OF CITY WALL
MIDDENS
1 2
3
TEST TRENCHES 1 2 3 TOWER 8 TODAY TOWER 8 TODAY
STATION FOR “RACCOLTA DIFFERENZIATA”
BAR LAGO, NEMI - JULY 6, 2014
GINA TIBBOTT: PRODUCTION OF REPLICAS OF THIN-WALLED WARE VESSELS PROGRAM OF MINERALOGICAL AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF POTTERY
COLLABORATION WITH VINCENZO MORRA, UNIVERSITÀ DI NAPOLI UMBERTO II SUB-PROJECT 4: INSULA I.22 DOLIA (2014, 2015)
LOCATION OF REGIO I, INSULA 22
INSULA I.22
• EXCAVATION BY SOPRINTENDENZA 1959-1980S
• UNCOVERS STRUCTURE (RESIDENCE ?) WITH ANNEXED ORCHARD (NOT VINEYARD!)
• SET OF 9 DOLIA (LARGE STORAGE JARS; SINGULAR – DOLIUM) BEING STORED BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND ORCHARD
3 SMALL DOLIA
6 LARGE DOLIA
LARGE DOLIUM
SMALL DOLIUM PROFILES & CAPACITIES
LARGE DOLIUM 732 LITERS 1 SMALL DOLIUM 1: 192 LITERS 3 2 SMALL DOLIUM 2: 229 LITERS SMALL DOLIUM 3: 133 LITERS
55 GALLONS = 208 LITERS
SUB-PROJECT 5: OPLONTIS VILLA B AMPHORAS (2016)
LOCATION OF OPLONTIS VILLA B – 2.3 KM WNW OF POMPEII PALHIP CREW, SUMMER 2016
• EXCAVATION BY SOPRINTENDENZA 1974-1984
• UNCOVERS WAREHOUSE/FOOD PROCESSING FACILITY WITH SECOND FLOOR RESIDENCE • (NOT A VILLA)
• TEST EXCAVATION AND STUDY BY U. OF TEXAS (JOHN CLARKE, MICHAEL THOMAS) 2012- PRESENT SOME OF CA. 1200 USED WINE AMPORAS STORED BRONZE VESSEL WITH PITCH INCRUSTATION IN INVERTED POSITION FOR REFILLING
OCCIPITAL STRUCTURE SCANNER SET UP WITH IPAD
http://resromanae.berkeley.edu/ SUB-PROJECT 6: INSULA I.11 HOUSES (2018, 2019-2022?)
LOCATION OF REGIO I, INSULA 11
EXCAVATED BY SOPRINTENDENZA
1912-1913
1952-1964 (A. MAIURI) INSULA I.11: SYNPOSIS OF PROPERTIES INSULA I.11: SYNPOSIS OF PROPERTIES
INSULA I.11: SYNPOSIS OF PROPERTIES
AKA L. HABONIUS PRIMUS INSULA I.11: SYNPOSIS OF PROPERTIES
PRELIMINARY VERSION OF SPREADSHEET FOR I.11 ARTIFACTS READY TO GO
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SOPRINTENDENZA SPECIALE BENI ARCHEOLOGICI POMPEI ERCOLANO STABIA: ANTONIO VARONE, GRETE STEFANI, MICHELE BORGONGINO, ANNAMARIA SODO, PATRIZIA TABONE, LAURA DESPOSITO, DOMENICO BUSIELLO
FUNDING: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY , MELLON RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FACILITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS