Black-gloss ware in Italy : production management and local histories / Helga Di Giuseppe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Di Giuseppe, Helga.

Series:

BAR international series ; 2335.

BAR international series ; 2335

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black-gloss ware.

Italy--History--To 476.

Italy.

History.

Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Physical Description:

xvi, 198 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Archaeopress, 2012.

Summary:

"Black-gloss ware is a fine ware produced from the 4th to the 1st centuries BC - in some areas until the early Empire - and used as table ware, for funerary vessels and for ritual purposes. This ware developed in part from later Attic production, spread widely in the Mediterranean, and in part from local traditions. This work focuses on two main topics: A reconstruction of the geography of black-gloss ware workshops in ancient Italy, including aspects of the organization and management of production; and a proposal for a new approach to the study of black-gloss ware with the aim of compiling local and regional histories of ancient Italy in relation to the growth and development of Roman power. Whoever studies the Republican period will inevitably come across black-gloss ware and all its complexities. This class of vessels represents one of the main chronological and cultural indicators of this period and can reflect, in the development of its shapes, decorations and its quantitative distribution, the process of meetings between Rome and the various cultures of ancient Italy. In some parts of Italy the appearance of black-gloss ware takes place at the same time as Roman expansion, with the foundation of colonies and the spread of Roman cults. The study of black-gloss ware, therefore, also necessitates studying the course of the Roman military conquest and consequent integration of the peoples of ancient Italy, as well as trading patterns and the movements of the craftsmen, who carried the techniques, styles and methods of decorating pottery typical of their original region, to the new colonies to which they moved."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Black-gloss ware: a brief history of the studies and methodology of the present work

Theoretical models for the organization of black-gloss ware production

Black-gloss ware. Forms of production and management from the 4th to the 1st century B.C.

Historiographic approach to black-gloss ware. Consumption and local history in Italy

Conclusions.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-191) and index.

ISBN:

9781407309187

1407309188

OCLC:

780332023