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 .