Petrographic Characterization of Late Roman African Pottery from J.W. Salomonson’s Surveys

3. The Workshops of Henchir el Biar and Bordj el Djerbi

Bibliographic Data

ID19341111
AuthorsCarina Hasenzagl (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Claudio Capelli (0000-0003-1318-880X, Centre Camille Jullian)
Year2021
Volume57
Pages209-222
Publication date2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquités africaines (BOOK_SERIES)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0066-4871 • E-ISSN: 2117-539X
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/antafr.4929
OpenAlexW4206822740
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited5

This paper focuses on the petrographic characterization of African Red Slip Ware from the North Tunisian workshops of Henchir el Biar and Bordj el Djerbi surveyed by J.W. Salomonson in 1968. Binocular observation and thin section analysis have been combined to identify the micro-and macroscopic provenance markers of both workshops that lie within a short distance in the Mejerda Valley. The results of this research, in agreement with previous chemical studies, demonstrated that not only is it possible to petrographically distinguish the workshops of Bordj el Djerbi and Henchir el Biar from each other, but in most cases also from the neighboring workshop of El Mahrine, which generally shows finer fabrics. These data are particularly interesting as the three workshops form a homogeneous group in terms of typology and macroscopic characteristics. Moreover, the apparent petrographic and technological similarities between a few samples and some other not yet located ARS productions open the discussion of the possible presence of other workshops in the same area of the Mejerda Valley

Archaeological science · Archaeology · Geography · Homogeneous · Mineralogy · Petrography · Physics · Pottery · Provenance · Typology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeological and Historical Studies · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Geology · Paleontology

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