Internal Red-Slip Cookware (Pompeian Red Ware) from Cetamura del Chianti, Italy
Mineralogical Composition and Provenience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4540529 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Theodore Pena, Jasquelin Peña (0000-0001-7081-3873, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 647-661 |
| Publication date | 1990-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9114 • E-ISSN: 1939-828X |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/505124 |
| OpenAlex | W1998935766 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
Excavations carried out at Cetamura, a small Etruscan/Roman settlement in the Chianti Mountains, have yielded a small quantity of internal red-slip cookware (IRSC, also known as Pompeian red ware) pans and lids. This variety of pottery, manufactured from the third century B.C. to the second century A.C., was the earliest of the mass-produced export cookwares that came to proliferate during the Roman Empire. A program of mineralogical analysis involving low-power microscopic examination, refiring, and petrographic analysis shows that the group of materials from Cetamura includes vessels belonging to three distinct fabric classes. Fabric Class I, by far the most common at the site, contains clastic materials and appears likely to have been produced somewhere in northern Etruria during the second century B.C. This is a result of some interest, since it has been widely assumed that the early centers of IRSC production were located in the Bay of Naples area. Fabric Classes 2 and 3, both rare at Cetamura, contain volcanic materials and are likely to have been produced somewhere in southern Etruria, the Rome area, or the Bay of Naples area during the second century B.C. and first century A.C., respectively. The mineralogical composition of all three fabric classes suggests that IRSC workshops may have exploited clay sources that yielded base-clays particularly well suited for the manufacture of cookwares. Further such studies may permit the reconstruction of broader patterns in the production and distribution of this class of pottery
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bay · Geography · Mineralogy · Petrography · Pottery · Slip (aerodynamics) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis · Geology · History
Settlement and Society in Early Imperial Etruria
Pompeian Red Ware in Roman London
Production and consumption of Hellenistic and Early Roman cooking ware at Nea Paphos on Cyprus
Archaeology and roman society
The Supply of Amphora-Borne Commodities and Domestic Pottery in Pompeii 150 BC–AD 79
Roman cooking vessels (ollae)
The Supply of Campanian‐made Sigillata to the City of Pompeii
Minero‐petrographic Study of Cooking Ware and Pompeian Red Ware ( Rosso Pompeiano ) From Cuma (Southern Italy)
Multifunctionality and Roman Oven-to-Table Wares
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2024 (26) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |