Crafting resilience
Persistence and adaptation of the ceramic manufacture at Roca Vecchia from the Middle to the Final Bronze Age phases
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5255646 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roberta Mentesana (0000-0002-7562-3259, Universitat de Barcelona, corresponding author), Francesco Iacono (0000-0002-2689-2022, University of Bologna, corresponding author), Riccardo Guglielmino (University of Salento) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1866-9557 • E-ISSN: 1866-9565 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s12520-024-01991-w |
| OpenAlex | W4396901007 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 42 |
Through the second millennium BC, Bronze Age communities of Southern Italy have shown a remarkable degree of resilience in coping with changes in both macro-trends of cultural interaction and the landscape. In this paper, we will examine long-term processes of adaptation to shifting historical and environmental conditions from the vantage point of the impasto ware production at the site of Roca Vecchia (Melendugno-Lecce, IT), one of the main hubs of interaction for the Bronze Age of the Central Mediterranean. Sixty-eight ceramic individuals coming from the Middle to the Final Bronze Age levels and seven soil deposits from the site surroundings were analysed by petrography and fifteen were selected for SEM-EDX examination. We explore how changes in the complex history of the settlement and the surrounding landscape are matched in technological choices operated by the community of practice responsible for producing impasto pottery at Roca, in a moment when the long-range connection with the Aegean world was at its historical peak
Adaptation (eye · Ancient history · Archaeology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Geography · Geotechnical engineering · Persistence (discontinuity · Resilience (materials science · History · Materials Science · Psychology · Geology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |