Archaeometric investigations of the tableware cargo of the Kavalliani shipwreck (Greece) and into the role of the harbour of Chalcis in the Byzantine and Frankish periods

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This paper reports how chemical analysis shows that the Kavalliani shipwreck carried a cargo of MBP from Chalcis.
These results propose Chalcis as a main medieval maritime hub, as most of the cargoes of tablewares in shipwrecks of the Middle Byzantine period are of the same types, and most probably have the same origin.

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The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis

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A.M.W. Hunt (ed.)
The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis
Oxford University Press, 2017

presents methodologies used in the POMEDOR project, such as organic residues analysis, petrographic and chemical analysis. The latter is presented by S.Y. Waksman in a contribution including medieval Beirut as a case study, entitled "Provenance" Studies: Productions and Compositional Groups ". Beirut was one of the sites investigated within the framework of the POMEDOR project, building on previous research.

 

Studies of Byzantine amphorae highlight the role of Chalcis again - view and download the 3D model of a Günsenin 3 amphora!

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Chalcis was identifed as a production center of amphorae types Günsenin 2 and 3 - a prominent one for the latter type. This new result further highlights the role of Chalcis in maritime trade involving both food containers and tablewares, already pointed out by our study of the "MBP" tablewares.

Medieval ceramics from the Türbe excavations in Ephesos / Ayasuluk: an archaeometric viewpoint ywaksman

Production and imports - especially of MBP wares from Chalcis - were investigated in Ephesos between the Middle Byzantine and the early Turkish periods, which sees the introduction of new wares in the local repertoire.

The Byzantine and Ottoman Pottery Production of Athens

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The Byzantine and Ottoman Pottery Production of Athens
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Pottery excavated in the Athenian Agora: tripod stilts (@ S.Y. Waksman)

A new POMEDOR intern, Lucie Courbe, is currently working in the framework of her MA Thesis with S.Y. Waksman in Lyon's laboratory, on the Byzantine and Ottoman Pottery Production of Athens.
The material under study comes from the American Excavations in the Athenian Agora and will be published by J.A.C. Vroom (Leiden University) and her team. It gave evidence for pottery manufacture in Athens Agora at the Ottoman period. Lucie will characterize this production by chemical analysis and investigate the hypothesis of an earlier one, typologically related to the MBP (Main Middle Byzantine Pottery, see Waksman, Kontogiannis, Skartsis, Vaxevanis 2014) produced in Chalkida.

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Medieval pottery production in a long-term perspective in Pergamon and Ephesos ywaksman

A paper entitled "Long-term pottery production and chemical reference groups: examples from Medieval Western Turkey", mentioning the introduction in the local repertoire of new types, ceramics techniques and fashions with the arrival of the Turkish populations - a question directly related to POMEDOR themes.

POMEDOR 3rd sampling campaign, Israel February 2014

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POMEDOR 3rd sampling campaign, Israel February 2014
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Handmade pot used by Eliezer Stern to cook the traditional Shabbat chicken
Start date and time
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
End date and time
Friday, 14 March 2014
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Edna Stern and Yona Waksman, together with several colleagues excavating and studying ceramics in Israel, will be sampling ceramics for chemical, petrographic and residues analyses. Both Fatimid and Crusader, coastal and inland, urban and rural sites will be considered.

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