The refused sherds: out of context pottery from the excavations of the Terme Milano

Authors

  • Elisa Panero Archaeological Superintendence of Piedmont - University of Milan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13130/2035-4797/1883

Keywords:

Residual pottery, material culture, Quantifying Archaeology, Archaeology of production

Abstract

This contribution examines the ceramic material found in the excavation of the Terme Milano (over 15000 fragments), analyzing the possibilities for study, research and reconstruction of the history of the site that these materials offer. This is mainly because of residual pottery, found out of context, primarily in stratigraphy and subsequent fills, and layers of abandonment that obliterates the great Baths complex in the south of the Praetorium. However, even these "rejected sherds" provide important information on the history and material culture of the site, showing stages of use or reuse of the thermal building, economic and social context of the town and offering interesting examples of products, both imported and locally produced, circulating at Gortys between the Roman and proto-byzantine ages.

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Author Biography

Elisa Panero, Archaeological Superintendence of Piedmont - University of Milan

Elisa Panero is official at the Archaeological Superintendence of Piedmont. She collaborates with the chair of Greek Archaeology and Art History at the University of Milan and is adjunct professor at the Post Graduate Master School in Archaeology of the same university. Her research focuses in particular on the study of material culture and the territory in ancient times, particularly with regard to the Cisalpine Area, Tunisia and Crete.

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Published

2012-01-17

Issue

No. 8 (2011)

Section

Gortys 2010: a Marble head of Hygieia from the Terme Milano, eds. G. Bejor and C. Lambrugo - Milan, January 25th 2011. 1