Pottery Summary

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Pottery from T-26 1985 excavated under AC.IIb and IV was divided into 6 types: bucchero (including buccheroid and ionic bowl), fine greyware, fine orangeware, orangeware, impasto and coarseware as per MT.IV p.35 .  All coarseware, fine orangeware, fine greyware and bucchero were saved.  All rims, handles, bases and lids were saved as were about 75% of orangeware and impasto body pieces.  Pithos was separated and saved on the site.

Pottery was broken down according to grips OPQ/71-73 to the north of the building and L-O/76-81 in the area of the tile fall/rock fill.  They were separated because of the distinctive nature of the latter area.  Shapes and materials remained consistent with those found in T-26 1982-1984.  OPQ/71-73 produced a preponderance of orangeware, both heavy and fine.  Notable finds included a decorated lug handle of Murlo terracotta, large fragments of a grey fineware ring-base bowl, stamped and incised bucchero, ionic bowl, Italo-Corinthian and mixed redware (stored under fine orangeware).  Finewares accounted for about 20% of the potter from this area, coarseware 15%, orangeware 55%, impasto 20% (sic) with several pieces of cooking bell and about .5 cassetta of pithos.  Most of the pottery was unburned except for the small amount which came from the black burn area to the very bottom of the cut.  The majority of the pottery from this area came from the lower half of the cut.

Pottery excavated from the area of the tile fall was particularly helpful in further characterizing the area.  The fall had previously been entirely cleaned down except for new cuts taken this season to facilitate the removal of tiles.  Pottery came primarily from

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two strata: the tile and plaster fall stratum and the rock fill/burn stratum below it.  Much less pottery came from the upper stratum in comparison with the lower as would be expected.  Pottery from both areas included burned and unburned in wares of all types.  About 1 cassetta of pithos was removed with markedly few rim fragments.  Notable among the finds were a decorated heavy swap handle, a heavy handle with a letter, fragments of Ionic bowl amd a piece of fine redware showing stamps and incision.  Numerous fragments of bucchero including several incised examples were also found.  Fineware accounted for about 15% of the total, coarseware 15%, orangeware 32% and impasto 38%.  Several fragments of a cooking bell were also found of a variety of different wares.  Additionally, numerous fragments of a fine greyware stemmed bowl and of burned impasto pot were also discovered in the burn stratum suggesting almost complete vessels.

The pottery finds in the two strata suggest that the rock fill/burn stratum represents a dump area for the southeast building.  For further discussion, see the Final Summary .  A. Collins books IIb , III , IV , Representative Pottery boxes II and III, A. Collins books IIb and IV and the catalogue cards may be consulted for further study.

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OPQ/71-73

Coarseware; Orangeware ( diagrams ).

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Impasto; Fine Greyware; Bucchero ( diagrams ).

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Fine Orangeware ( diagrams ).

LMNO/77-81

Coarseware ( diagrams ).

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Orangeware; Impasto ( diagrams ).

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Fine Greyware; Fine Orangeware ( diagrams ).

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Bucchero ( diagrams ).