Four centuries of cooking wares at Priene

Tracing transformation in supply and trade patterns in western Asia minor (Turkey)

Bibliographic Data

ID22240361
AuthorsSilvia Amicone (0000-0001-8237-7044, University of Tübingen, corresponding author), Noémi S Müller (0000-0002-8767-1784, British School at Athens), Lars Heinze (0000-0002-0899-6688, University of Cologne), Gerwulf Schneider (0000-0001-8632-4935, Freie Universität Berlin), Svenja Neumann (FH Münster), Nina Fenn (University of Siegen), Evangelia Kiriatzi (0000-0001-6631-2670, British School at Athens)
Year2022
Volume3
Issue2
Pages56-77
Publication date2022-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAdvances in Archaeomaterials (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2667-1360
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.aia.2023.05.002
OpenAlexW4386140800
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited21

This paper presents the results of a diachronic and multidisciplinary investigation into the production and consumption of cooking ware in the ancient city of Priene (Turkey). Three major chronological horizons are considered, covering the fourth to the first century BCE: the late Classical/early Hellenistic period, the middle Hellenistic period, and the late Hellenistic/early Roman Imperial period. Following a thorough typological and macroscopic study of fabrics, an integrated analytical approach combining petrography and elemental analysis (wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence) was applied to investigate the main macroscopic types and fabrics that characterised cooking wares. Integration of the results from the typological study with the subsequent analyses of 90 representative samples has provided high-resolution insights into cooking ware production and consumption at Priene over the study period. In addition to tracing transformations in local and regional manufacture over time, the results show that cooking wares were imported to the city from several places and, moreover, at a scale at least equivalent to that for other categories of ceramic vessels at that time. Changes in the manufacturing technology of local and regional products and the origin of imports are discussed in the context of significant historical developments that took place in this region over the period covered by the study

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Geography · Hellenistic Period · Mineralogy · Petrography · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Geology

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