Pipes from Malta

A short account of the tobacco pipes found in Dockyard Creek, Birgu

Bibliographic Data

ID12405643
AuthorsJ Wood (0000-0003-0450-8373, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume27
Issue4
Pages313-330
Publication date1998-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe International Journal of Nautical Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1057-2414 • E-ISSN: 1095-9270
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1016/s1057-2414(98)80004-6
OpenAlexW2098455942
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited3

The development of post-medieval archaeology has been uneven in the Mediterranean. While major advances have been made in areas, such as the Aegean and Italy, others have garnered little sustained archaeological interest. In Malta, one of the principal barriers to the development of post-medieval archaeology has been the lack of knowledge and published findings regarding one of the most important find-types: pottery. The present study presents the results of the first archaeometric (chemical and minero-petrographic) analysis of post-medieval pottery in Malta, which sheds light on the changing ceramic relationships between Malta and Sicily during the 17th to early 20th centuries. The results demonstrate that, on the one hand, locally-made Maltese pottery remained important throughout the post-medieval period, as did pottery from the Messina Straits area. While, on the other hand, pottery from the Syracuse area can be shown to be linked to the activities of the navy of the Knights of St John

Ancient history · Archaeology · Geography · Maltese · Navy · Pottery · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeological Research and Protection · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

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