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Pottery Summary
Pottery finds in T-26 C-L/88-89 during the 1988 season fell into certain clear categories. While pottery was found in all strata throughout the trench, the tile fall area (meters F-H/89-94 yielded the greatest amount of pottery, much of which was found in the burn layer under the tiles. Despite the nature of any burn layer, only about 1/3 of the pottery removed from this one showed signs of being burnt.
All types of ceramic were found in this area: bucchero, including incised plate fragments (see MRS II, p. 117 and ) and a cup base ( ); fragments of fluted fineware, similar to pieces excavated in the area in previous seasons ( MRS II, p. 53 ; MRS II, p. 121 ; ; and MRS III, p. 31 ); coarseware; impasto; orangeware (often molded); creamwear, and grayware.
Of note in this area was the large amount of molded storage jar fragments (including two full, non-matching handles attached to large body fragments) found throughout. No full profiles were preserved, but at least two and possibly three vessels were represented by sherds found and preserved (in MRS Representative Pottery Box II).
Meters F-H/95-98 showed pottery in a distinct line running east/west almost directly along the
F/G dividing line, but disappearing in 95 (see MRS II p. 115 , , , , , ). This vein of pottery was wider at its upper level (25 cm wide at 50-60 cm in depth) than at its bottom, and included all types of ceramic. Pottery finds in these meters were scarce away from this line.
The southern portion of the trench, H-L/95-98, allowed the least amount of pottery to be recovered, most of it of the coarseware or impasto type. Many of the sherds found in this area were badly worn, but relatively few were burnt.
For the purposes of this summary, the different fabrics of ceramics are defined as follows: Coarseware indicates pottery of a rough-textured biscuit whose body is more than 8 mm thick. Impasto is used to describe pottery with a rough-textured biscuit whose body is less than 8 mm in thickness. Bucchero is a thin-walled, high-fired ceramic with fine-textured biscuit (black throughout), while buccheroid describes pottery like bucchero but with discolored biscuit (similar to fine-textured impasto). Orangeware is used to describe a fine-textured ware consistently reddish orange throughout.
Creamware is a fine-textured fabric of buff or off-white color. Grayware is fine-textured gray ceramic.
Coarseware - 30% of total
Rims: 25% of coarseware finds
Handles: 25% of coarseware finds
Bases: 20% of coaseware finds
Impasto - 40% of all pottery finds
Rims: 30% of impasto finds
Bases/feet: 20% of impasto finds
Handles: 5% of impasto finds
Orangeware - 15% of total
Bodies: 60% of orangeware finds
Rims/lips/lids: 35% of orangeware finds
Handles: 2% of orangeware finds
Bases: 3% of orangeware finds
Bucchero/buccheroid - 13% of all finds
Rims: 25% of bucchero/buccheroid finds
Bases/feet: 3% of bucchero/buccheroid finds
Handles: 2% of bucchero/buccheroid finds
Grayware - 2% of all finds
Bodies: 65% of grayware finds
Rims: 18% of grayware finds
Handles: 15% of grayware finds
Bases/feet: 2% of grayware finds
Creamware - 1% of all finds
100% body fragments.
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
| Document Type | Trench Book Entry |
| Trench Book Entry Date | 1988-07-31 |
| Entry Year | 1988 |
| Start Page | 76 |
| End Page | 103 |
| Title | Pottery Summary |
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
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Is Part Of
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms) |
MRS III
Vocabulary: Murlo |
Suggested Citation
Margaret Spencer. (2017) "MRS III (1988-07-31):76-103; Pottery Summary from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 26/1988, ID:130/PC 19880038". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2017-10-04. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/documents/860b8d49-dc09-49ad-9eee-d22719b1d123> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2q52wq94
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