Corina Ionescu
Biographic Data
| ID | 631885 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Corina Ionescu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Corina |
| FAMILY NAME | Ionescu |
| SIGNATURE | IONESCU C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Babeș-Bolyai University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8704-9816 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Different pots, same recipes? cross-cultural encounters in Roman Republican Fregellae, Southern Lazio (Italy)
The ceramic vessels of the late antique and early medieval domus in the religious complex of San Pietro ( Canusium , Italy)
This study broadens our knowledge of the relationship between the clayey georesources available in northern Apulia and the artisanal production of ceramics. The focus is placed on a collection of 6 th and 7 th century A.D. pottery found in the domus excavated within the archaeological complex of Canosa San Pietro (ancient Canusium ) in Italy. The integration of the results obtained from this study with those already available made it possible to …
Production technology and knowledge transfer of calcite‐tempered grey ware bowls from 2nd‐ to 5th‐century ce Noricum (Austria)
Aspects of 2nd‐ to 5th‐century ce Roman production technology and knowledge transfer in southern Austria (known as Noricum ) were examined. With no evidence for workshops identified in the study area, 44 grey ware bowls from two sites at Aguntum and Lavant were studied macroscopically, and combined with optical microscopy, X‐ray powder diffraction, prompt gamma activation, neutron activation and scanning electron microscopy, in order to understan…
Roman Republican coarse ware from Norba, Southern Lazio (Italy)
The first objective of this paper is to reconstruct the production technology of fourth-first centuries BCE coarse ware from surveys near the ancient town of Norba in the Lepini Mountains of Southern Lazio, Italy, adopting a multi-analytical method, combining macroscopic observation with polarised light optical microscopy (OM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The second objective of this study is to gain insight in…
Pigments—Lead-based whites, reds, yellows and oranges and their alteration phases
This review summarises the state-of-the-art of lead-based pigment studies, addressing their production, trade, use and possible alteration. Other issues, such as those related to the investigation and protection of artworks bearing lead-based pigments are also presented. The focus is mineralogical, as both raw materials and degradation products are mineral phases occurring in nature (except for very few cases). The minerals described are abellait…
The early Roman pottery kilns in the ager Rusellanus (southern Tuscany, Italy) and their products
Old recipes, new strategies
The Grosseto plain has undergone extensive morphological changes. The shoreline progression has been taking place during the last millennium and has deeply affected settlement, infrastructural, and socioeconomic dynamics. Consequently, this study aims to (a) localize the raw materials exploited during the Roman period for building materials production, (b) reconstruct the production technology, and (c) provide a meaningful reconstruction of the c…
Continuity and diversity of Roman pottery production at Famars (northern France) in the 2nd-4th centuries AD
Ceramic technology. How to investigate surface finishing
Preliminary archaeometric investigation on Middle Neolithic siliceous tools from Limba-Oarda de Jos (Transylvania, Romania)
The present archaeometric study focuses on a set of archaeological siliceous lithic tools that are assigned to the early Vinča culture period (Vinča A and Vinča B1). They were found in several pit-houses at Limba-Oarda de Jos (SW Transylvania, Romania), an open settlement that has been dated to 5,405-5,310 cal. BCE, a period in the Middle Neolithic. A total of 322 retouched tools and débitage pieces were typologically and macroscopically investig…
Discrimination of Ceramic Surface Finishing by Vertical Scanning Interferometry
Finishing techniques are significant markers of the technological ‘know‐how’ involved in the production of the traditional, clay‐based ceramic ware. In order to provide a reliable tool to discriminate among two main surface processing techniques—that is, smoothing and burnishing—vertical scanning interferometry (VSI), a recently developed non‐destructive technique for analysing the surface roughness and topography, is applied. The smoothed areas …
Insights into the raw materials and technology used to produce Copper Age ceramics in the Southern Carpathians (Romania)
Neolithic and Chalcolithic stone tools used in ceramics production
This paper focuses on Neolithic and Chalcolithic stone tools found at the Măgura ‘Buduiasca’ and Vităneşti ‘Măgurice’ sites in southern Romania, which might been involved in the chaîne opératoire of ceramic pottery production. To better understand how ceramic objects were made during this period, it is important to know what tools were available. Representative artefacts were selected from the sites and have here been grouped based on their possi…
Burnishing Versus Smoothing in Ceramic Surface Finishing
From the Neolithic up to the present, people have used various methods to improve the surface of ceramic objects. In this study, we look specifically at smoothing and pattern burnishing of ceramics produced today by traditional methods. Optical microscopy and SEM show specific surface changes. Smoothing results in an irregular surface, which causes diffused reflection of light. Burnishing produces an even and compact surface, which causes specula…
Dacian bracelets and Transylvanian gold
The recovery of the Dacian gold bracelets was the most thrilling archaeological event of the last years in Romania. The artefacts are exhibited in the Historical Treasure section of the National History museum of Romania, Bucharest, being recovered from the international antique markets through a concerted effort of the Romanian, French, and German authorities.This paper reviews the X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) analyses carried out on these exquisite…
Mic glosar de termeni geologici utilizați în studiul ceramicii arheologice
alterare. Proces complex, geologicmineralogic-chimic-fizic, prin care mineralele i rocile se transform sub aciunea factorilor fizici, chimici i biologici, n minerale noi sau asociaii noi de minerale, care conin ap, ioni hidroxilici, ioni sulfai etc. analiza granulometric
Interdisciplinary (mineralogical-geological-archaeological) study on the tegular material belonging to the legion XIII Gemina from Alburnus Maior (Roșia Montanã) and Apulum (Alba Iulia)
From a high number of bricks and tiles found at Alburnus Maior (Roşia Montană) and Apulum (Alba Iulia) (Romania), twenty two fragments were studied. The ceramics consists mainly of a matrix with crystalline and/or amorphous fabric, showing different degrees of sinterization and vitrification. In the matrix variable amounts of magmatic, metamorphic and sedimentary lithoclasts, various crystalloclasts (quartz, feldspar, mica), and rare ceramoclasts…
Ceramic technology. How to investigate surface finishing
Continuity and diversity of Roman pottery production at Famars (northern France) in the 2nd-4th centuries AD
Old recipes, new strategies
The Grosseto plain has undergone extensive morphological changes. The shoreline progression has been taking place during the last millennium and has deeply affected settlement, infrastructural, and socioeconomic dynamics. Consequently, this study aims to (a) localize the raw materials exploited during the Roman period for building materials production, (b) reconstruct the production technology, and (c) provide a meaningful reconstruction of the c…
Burnishing Versus Smoothing in Ceramic Surface Finishing
From the Neolithic up to the present, people have used various methods to improve the surface of ceramic objects. In this study, we look specifically at smoothing and pattern burnishing of ceramics produced today by traditional methods. Optical microscopy and SEM show specific surface changes. Smoothing results in an irregular surface, which causes diffused reflection of light. Burnishing produces an even and compact surface, which causes specula…
Roman Republican coarse ware from Norba, Southern Lazio (Italy)
The first objective of this paper is to reconstruct the production technology of fourth-first centuries BCE coarse ware from surveys near the ancient town of Norba in the Lepini Mountains of Southern Lazio, Italy, adopting a multi-analytical method, combining macroscopic observation with polarised light optical microscopy (OM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The second objective of this study is to gain insight in…
Discrimination of Ceramic Surface Finishing by Vertical Scanning Interferometry
Finishing techniques are significant markers of the technological ‘know‐how’ involved in the production of the traditional, clay‐based ceramic ware. In order to provide a reliable tool to discriminate among two main surface processing techniques—that is, smoothing and burnishing—vertical scanning interferometry (VSI), a recently developed non‐destructive technique for analysing the surface roughness and topography, is applied. The smoothed areas …
Insights into the raw materials and technology used to produce Copper Age ceramics in the Southern Carpathians (Romania)
Production technology and knowledge transfer of calcite‐tempered grey ware bowls from 2nd‐ to 5th‐century ce Noricum (Austria)
Aspects of 2nd‐ to 5th‐century ce Roman production technology and knowledge transfer in southern Austria (known as Noricum ) were examined. With no evidence for workshops identified in the study area, 44 grey ware bowls from two sites at Aguntum and Lavant were studied macroscopically, and combined with optical microscopy, X‐ray powder diffraction, prompt gamma activation, neutron activation and scanning electron microscopy, in order to understan…
Mic glosar de termeni geologici utilizați în studiul ceramicii arheologice
alterare. Proces complex, geologicmineralogic-chimic-fizic, prin care mineralele i rocile se transform sub aciunea factorilor fizici, chimici i biologici, n minerale noi sau asociaii noi de minerale, care conin ap, ioni hidroxilici, ioni sulfai etc. analiza granulometric
Interdisciplinary (mineralogical-geological-archaeological) study on the tegular material belonging to the legion XIII Gemina from Alburnus Maior (Roșia Montanã) and Apulum (Alba Iulia)
From a high number of bricks and tiles found at Alburnus Maior (Roşia Montană) and Apulum (Alba Iulia) (Romania), twenty two fragments were studied. The ceramics consists mainly of a matrix with crystalline and/or amorphous fabric, showing different degrees of sinterization and vitrification. In the matrix variable amounts of magmatic, metamorphic and sedimentary lithoclasts, various crystalloclasts (quartz, feldspar, mica), and rare ceramoclasts…
Dacian bracelets and Transylvanian gold
The recovery of the Dacian gold bracelets was the most thrilling archaeological event of the last years in Romania. The artefacts are exhibited in the Historical Treasure section of the National History museum of Romania, Bucharest, being recovered from the international antique markets through a concerted effort of the Romanian, French, and German authorities.This paper reviews the X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) analyses carried out on these exquisite…
Burnishing Versus Smoothing in Ceramic Surface Finishing
From the Neolithic up to the present, people have used various methods to improve the surface of ceramic objects. In this study, we look specifically at smoothing and pattern burnishing of ceramics produced today by traditional methods. Optical microscopy and SEM show specific surface changes. Smoothing results in an irregular surface, which causes diffused reflection of light. Burnishing produces an even and compact surface, which causes specula…
Neolithic and Chalcolithic stone tools used in ceramics production
This paper focuses on Neolithic and Chalcolithic stone tools found at the Măgura ‘Buduiasca’ and Vităneşti ‘Măgurice’ sites in southern Romania, which might been involved in the chaîne opératoire of ceramic pottery production. To better understand how ceramic objects were made during this period, it is important to know what tools were available. Representative artefacts were selected from the sites and have here been grouped based on their possi…
Insights into the raw materials and technology used to produce Copper Age ceramics in the Southern Carpathians (Romania)
Preliminary archaeometric investigation on Middle Neolithic siliceous tools from Limba-Oarda de Jos (Transylvania, Romania)
The present archaeometric study focuses on a set of archaeological siliceous lithic tools that are assigned to the early Vinča culture period (Vinča A and Vinča B1). They were found in several pit-houses at Limba-Oarda de Jos (SW Transylvania, Romania), an open settlement that has been dated to 5,405-5,310 cal. BCE, a period in the Middle Neolithic. A total of 322 retouched tools and débitage pieces were typologically and macroscopically investig…
Discrimination of Ceramic Surface Finishing by Vertical Scanning Interferometry
Finishing techniques are significant markers of the technological ‘know‐how’ involved in the production of the traditional, clay‐based ceramic ware. In order to provide a reliable tool to discriminate among two main surface processing techniques—that is, smoothing and burnishing—vertical scanning interferometry (VSI), a recently developed non‐destructive technique for analysing the surface roughness and topography, is applied. The smoothed areas …
Old recipes, new strategies
The Grosseto plain has undergone extensive morphological changes. The shoreline progression has been taking place during the last millennium and has deeply affected settlement, infrastructural, and socioeconomic dynamics. Consequently, this study aims to (a) localize the raw materials exploited during the Roman period for building materials production, (b) reconstruct the production technology, and (c) provide a meaningful reconstruction of the c…
Continuity and diversity of Roman pottery production at Famars (northern France) in the 2nd-4th centuries AD
Ceramic technology. How to investigate surface finishing
Pigments—Lead-based whites, reds, yellows and oranges and their alteration phases
This review summarises the state-of-the-art of lead-based pigment studies, addressing their production, trade, use and possible alteration. Other issues, such as those related to the investigation and protection of artworks bearing lead-based pigments are also presented. The focus is mineralogical, as both raw materials and degradation products are mineral phases occurring in nature (except for very few cases). The minerals described are abellait…
The early Roman pottery kilns in the ager Rusellanus (southern Tuscany, Italy) and their products
Production technology and knowledge transfer of calcite‐tempered grey ware bowls from 2nd‐ to 5th‐century ce Noricum (Austria)
Aspects of 2nd‐ to 5th‐century ce Roman production technology and knowledge transfer in southern Austria (known as Noricum ) were examined. With no evidence for workshops identified in the study area, 44 grey ware bowls from two sites at Aguntum and Lavant were studied macroscopically, and combined with optical microscopy, X‐ray powder diffraction, prompt gamma activation, neutron activation and scanning electron microscopy, in order to understan…
Roman Republican coarse ware from Norba, Southern Lazio (Italy)
The first objective of this paper is to reconstruct the production technology of fourth-first centuries BCE coarse ware from surveys near the ancient town of Norba in the Lepini Mountains of Southern Lazio, Italy, adopting a multi-analytical method, combining macroscopic observation with polarised light optical microscopy (OM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The second objective of this study is to gain insight in…
The ceramic vessels of the late antique and early medieval domus in the religious complex of San Pietro ( Canusium , Italy)
This study broadens our knowledge of the relationship between the clayey georesources available in northern Apulia and the artisanal production of ceramics. The focus is placed on a collection of 6 th and 7 th century A.D. pottery found in the domus excavated within the archaeological complex of Canosa San Pietro (ancient Canusium ) in Italy. The integration of the results obtained from this study with those already available made it possible to …
Different pots, same recipes? cross-cultural encounters in Roman Republican Fregellae, Southern Lazio (Italy)
Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (13 works) · Geology (12 works) · Archaeology (11 works) · Building materials and conservation (11 works) · Geography (10 works) · Materials Science (7 works) · Mineralogy (7 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 works) · Pottery (6 works) · Ceramic (5 works)