Introduction; 1. A model of the life cycle of roman pottery; 2. Background considerations; 3. Manufacture and distribution; 4. Prime use; 5. The reuse of amphorae as packaging containers; 6. The reuse of amphorae for purposes other than as packaging containers; 7. The reuse of the other functional categories of pottery; 8. Maintenance; 9. Recycling; 10. Discard and reclamation; 11. Modeling the formation of the Roman pottery record.
A rich portrayal of the dynamic that shaped the archaeological record of the ancient Romans.
J. Theodore Peña is a Professor of Classics at the University of California, Berkeley. A specialist in the archaeology of the Roman economy and ceramic analysis, he is the author of The Urban Economy in the Early Dominate: Pottery Evidence from the Palatine Hill and The Mobilization of State Olive Oil in Roman Africa: The Evidence of Late 4th Century Ostraca from Carthage.
'Peña's book is an essential study that needed to be carried out,
and its author was ideally placed to undertake this task. … we
strongly recommend that Peña's rigourous work should become a
component of the training of all field archaeologists and pottery
specialists involved in the study of Roman sites.' Antiquity
'Peña establishes himself as a leading figure in the [field] of
roman archaeology with this book, which provides a theoretical map
of the life of any excavated Roman pottery shred. It should be read
wherever archaeology is taught and will be an important resource
for students of Roman pottery, for whom the illustrations,
appendices, and maps will be particularly helpful. Furthermore, the
book sets a new intellectual level for the study of excavation
pottery in Old World archaeology. His book belongs in the reference
library, not just of every excavation director and pottery analyst
on Roman sites, but also of any archaeologist working with a
sophisticated urbanized by preindustrial culture.' American Journal
of Archaeology
'The book will be stimulating reading to classical archaeologists
who work with excavated pottery, particularly from urban and
domestic sites.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review
'By encouraging us to look more carefully at the behaviour that
lies behind assemblage formation, the book has been entirely
successful in its aims.' Journal of Roman Archaeology
'Usefully draws on a wide range of literary and pictorial sources
to elicit information on poetry use … this book should spur
researchers to look more closely at their assemblages.' Current
Archaeology
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