Theme:
2. Archaeological Sciences, Humanities and the Digital era: Bridging the Gaps
Session format:
Regular session
Title:
Advances in the Study of Ancient Pottery: Bringing Social Archaeology and Digital Archaeology Together
Content:
Pottery analysis is a means of great importance in archaeological research, as the information it offers helps to better approach and interpret not only the objects themselves but also the archaeological settings they belong to (including domestic, administrative, religious, and funerary contexts) as well as the various activities of the ancient societies they are linked to.
Studying pottery is a demanding task, since it is found in huge amounts at almost all excavation sites around the world and usually in fragments. The application of ICT tools over the recent decades fulfilled the need to record, manage, retrieve and analyze these data. Analytical techniques based on heterogeneous sources (such as drawings, photographs, 3D scans etc.) have been brought together, whereas the creation of pottery databases and digital repositories facilitates the ceramologists’ work to manage the plethora of information they deal with as well as to proceed to their pottery-based interpretations.
Furthermore, archaeometric approaches have become over the years a powerful set of analytical tools that allow a deep understanding of the processes of manufacture, the provenance and the use of pottery. Chemical, structural, petrographic analysis and the study of organic residues from ceramic objects have revealed a hidden world allowing us to understand their biography.
Our session aims to move forward through a fruitful dialogue between the different research paths that Digital Archaeology and Archaeometry have developed for the study of ancient ceramics on one hand and major archaeological questions about past human societies on the other. This session will try to put emphasis on the synergistic effects of ICT tools, scientific approaches, and Archaeology to enhance our knowledge about ancient pottery and shed light into daily life, special events and contact networks in Greece and adjacent areas (Italy, Balkans, Eastern-Mediterranean) from Prehistory until the end of Late Antiquity.
Keywords:
pottery analysis, archaeometry, residue analysis, digital archeology, multidisciplinary approaches
Session associated with MERC:
no
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no
Session associated with CAA:
no
Session associated with DGUF:
no
Session associated with other:
Main organiser:
ARTEMIOS OIKONOMOU (Cyprus) 1,2
Co-organisers:
Kleopatra Kathariou (Greece) 3
Affiliations:
1. Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center (STARC), The Cyprus Institute
2. Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, NCSR Demokritos
3. Department of History and Archaeology, University of Ioannina, Greece
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