Pottery from roman Malta / Maxine Anastasi ; with contributions by David Cardona and Nathaniel Cutajar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anastasi, Maxine, 1986- author.

Contributor:

Cardona, David, contributor.

Cutajar, Nathaniel, contributor.

Series:

Archaeopress archaeology.

Archaeopress archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Malta.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Pottery, Roman--Malta.

Pottery, Roman.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Archaeopress, [2019]

Summary:

A comprehensive study of Maltese pottery forms from key stratified deposits spanning the 1st century BC to mid-4th century AD. Ceramic material is analysed and quantified in a bid to understand Maltese pottery production during the Roman period, and trace the type and volume of ceramic-borne goods that were circulating the central Mediterranean.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright page

Contents Page

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Past ceramic research

Methodology

Quantification

Chronology

Classification criteria

Figure 1: Location map of Malta and sites mentioned in text.

Figure 2: (top) Aerial view of south-east Malta indicating the location of the Bulebel site and other sites in the area (source: Google Earth)

(bottom) Plan of the Bulebel quarry site (adapted from Pace et al. 2012, fig. 6).

Figure 3: Stratigraphic matrix for the Bulebel excavation.

Figure 4: a) Aerial view of Rabat, Gozo, indicating the location of the Foreman Street site and key surrounding sites (source: Google Earth)

b Number (RBH) of predominant local coarse ware types identified at Foreman Street (n=732).

Figure 5: Plan of the Melita Esplanade trench showing the structures discovered (after Lander 1984, site plan).

Figure 6: Stratigraphic matrix for the Melita Esplanade excavation.

Figure 7: West-facing elevation of wall 1040

Figure 8: Detailed plan of interior floor levels within Structure A

Figure 9: West-facing section drawing of interior of Structure A

Figure 10: Section drawings of cistern 1044

Figure 11: Aerial view of Mdina and Rabat, Malta, indicating the location of other Roman-period remains and finds (source: Google Earth)

and (bottom) a plan of the Roman domus and other houses excavated in Rabat, Malta

Figure 12: (top) Amphorae types (based on RBH)

and comparison between count of walls, RBH and combined total for amphora in Phases 1 (bottom left) and 2 (bottom right) at Bulebel (n=309).

Figure 13: Number of diagnostic amphora types identified at Melita (n=102).

Figure 14: Comparison between count of walls, RBH and combined total for amphorae in Phases 1 (left) and 2 (right) at Melita (n=61).

Figure 15: Quantity (based on RBHS) of amphorae from Foreman Street (n=99).

Figure 16: Quantification of fine wares from the three sites.

Figure 17: Comparison between count of walls, RBH and combined total for amphorae in Phases 3-5 at Melita (n=174).

Figure 18: Quantification of cooking wares from the three sites.

Figure 19: Schematic diagram showing the five main geological layers of the Maltese islands.

Figure 20: Possible sources and types of inclusions in Maltese pottery fabrics.

Figure 22: Local Maltese fabrics 1-2.

Figure 23: Local Maltese fabrics 3-7.

Figure 24: Local Punic and Roman amphorae (A1-A2).

Figure 25: Local and imported Punic and early Roman amphorae (A2-A9).

Figure 26: Imported early Roman amphorae (A9-A10).

Figure 27: Detail of possible stamp on an imported Lamboglia 2 amphora (A10.2) from Bulebel.

Figure 28: Imported amphorae (A10-A11).

Figure 29: Imported amphora (A11).

Figure 30: Imported east Sicilian amphorae (A12-A13).

Figure 31: Imported amphorae (A14-A23).

Figure 32: Miscellaneous imported amphorae (A24).

Figure 33: Local red-slipped ware (B1-B7).

Figure 34: Local red-slipped bowl forms (B1 and B4).

Figure 35: Local red-slipped ware forms (B8-B12).

Figure 36: Local red-slipped ware forms (B13-B20).

Figure 37: Local red-slipped and thin-walled ware forms (B21-B27).

Figure 38: Imported thin-walled ware (B28-B32), black-slipped ware (B33-B35), and Italian terra sigillata (B36).

Figure 39: Imported red-slipped ware forms (B37-B40).

Figure 40: Imported red-slipped ware forms (B40-B41).

Figure 41: Local cooking ware forms (C1-C7).

Figure 42: Local cooking ware forms (C8-C14).

Figure 43: Local handmade ware forms (C15-C16).

Figure 44: Local handmade and painted wares (C16, C19 and D34.1).

Figure 45: Local handmade ware forms (C16-C17).

Figure 46: Local handmade ware forms (C18-C19).

Figure 47: Imported cooking ware forms (C20-C25).

Figure 48: Imported cooking ware forms (C26-C31).

Figure 49: Imported cooking ware forms (C31-C33).

Figure 50: Imported cooking ware forms (C34-C38.

Figure 51: Imported cooking ware forms (C39-C40).

Figure 52: Imported cooking ware forms (C40-C45).

Figure 53: Pantellerian cooking ware forms (C46-C47).

Figure 54: Pantellerian cooking ware forms (C48-C51).

Figure 55: Local coarse ware bowls, types D1-D5.

Figure 56: Local coarse ware bowl forms (D6-D9).

Figure 57: Local coarse ware bowl forms (D9-D10).

Figure 58: Local coarse ware bowl forms (D11-D12).

Figure 59: Local coarse ware bowl forms (D13-D15).

Figure 60: Local coarse ware bowl forms (D16-D21).

Figure 61: Local coarse ware bowl (D22) and plate (D23-D26) forms.

Figure 62: Local coarse ware plate forms (D26-D28).

Figure 63: Local coarse ware bowl forms (D29-D31).

Figure 64: Painted coarse ware bowl forms (D32-D34)

Figure 65: Painted coarse ware plate form D35.

Figure 66: Coarse ware large bowl forms (D36-D37).

Figure 67: Coarse ware large bowl forms (D38-D40).

Figure 68: Coarse ware large bowl forms (D40-D42).

Figure 69: Coarse ware large bowl forms (D42-D45).

Figure 70: Coarse ware large bowl forms (D45-D49).

Figure 71: Large coarse ware bowl (D50) and plate (D51) forms.

Figure 72: Coarse ware mortar base (D52).

Figure 73: Miscellaneous large open coarse ware vessels (D53).

Figure 74: Coarse ware jar forms (D54-D55).

Figure 75: Coarse ware jug and jar forms (D55-D57).

Figure 76: Coarse ware jug and jar forms (D58-D62).

Figure 77: Complete examples of jars (types D60 and D61) and a warped bowl possibly belonging to type D11, on exhibit at the National Museum of Archaeology, Gozo.

Figure 78: Coarse ware jug and flask forms (D63-D67).

Figure 79: Round-mouth jar (D64) from an underwater context off the coast of Xlendi Bay, Gozo.

Figure 80: Coarse ware juglet (D66.1) from Bulebel tomb 3.

Figure 81: Miscellaneous coarse ware jug and flask forms (D67-D69).

Figure 82: Coarse ware storage jar forms (D70-D71).

Figure 83: Coarse ware storage jar forms (D72-D74).

Figure 84: Dolia forms (D75-D79).

Figure 85: Imported unguentaria (D80).

Figure 86: Local closed lamp forms (L1-L2).

Figure 87: Miscellaneous coarse ware forms (M1-M6).

Figure 12: (top) Amphorae types (based on RBH).

and comparison between count of walls, RBH and combined total for amphora in Phases 1 (bottom left) and 2 (bottom right) at Bulebel (n=309).

Figure 14: Comparison between count of walls, RBH and combined total for amphorae in Phases 1 (left) and 2 (right) at Melita (n=61).

Figure 15: Quantity (based on RBHS) of amphorae from Foreman Street (n=99).

Figure 21: The thickest Greensands outcrop, il-Gelmus hill, on Gozo. The outcrop is a short distance from the Foreman Street site.

Figure 37: Local red-slipped and thin-walled ware forms (B21-B27).

Figure 38: Imported thin-walled ware (B28-B32), black-slipped ware (B33-B35), and Italian terra sigillata (B36).

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781789693300

1789693306