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 , BERKELEY [email protected] BACKGROUND

ARTIFACT LIFE HISTORY:

MANUFACTURE ACQUISITION USE CURATION REUSE RECYCLING DISCARD

2007 SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF LIFE HISTORY RAW MATERIAL OF ROMAN

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 /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

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 GRANT PROGRAM UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FACILITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS