Byzantine to Modern Pottery in the Aegean

An Introduction and Field Guide, Second and Revised Edition

Joanita Vroom

Pages: 224 p.
Size:156 x 234 mm
Illustrations:130 b/w, 178 col., 2 tables b/w.

Language(s):English
Publication Year:2014

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An indispensable guide for each and every archaeologist and field worker in the Aegean area.

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« A mine of information – likely to be the daily fare of fieldworkers. » – Antiquity

« Remarkably user-friendly and ground-breaking. – This publication fills a black hole in Mediterranean archaeology. » – Minerva

“This is (…) an extremely useful field guide to ceramics in the post-Roman Aegean. It is exceptionally well-illustrated, well cross-referenced, and goes well beyond earlier studies (…) The appearance of this book and its revised second edition mark a serious gap-filling exercise (…) this is surely a book all Eastern Mediterranean field projects should have on their laboratory shelves, and it is a gift for teaching in this long and previously neglected era of post-Roman archaeology. The author is to be congratulated on its design and content.” (John Bintliff, in Journal of Greek Archaeology, 2, 2017, p. 456)

BIO

Joanita Vroom is currently Associate Professor at the Faculty of Archaeology at Leiden University (NL). She is an internationally renowned specialist in Medieval and Post-Medieval archaeology in the eastern Mediterranean (from the 7^th to the 20^th centuries after Christ), and takes a particular interest in the social-economic aspects (production and distribution) and the cultural aspects (cuisine and dining habits) of Byzantine, Islamic, Ottoman and Early Modern ceramics.

Summary

Byzantine to Modern Pottery in the Aegean is the first general introduction and easy-to-use field guide for Medieval and Post-Medieval pottery in this part of the Mediterranean. It encompasses ca. 80 wares most commonly found during excavations, surveys and in museums, dating from the 7^th century until the 20^th century. This book opens up a neglected area of Mediterranean archaeology for fieldworkers and everybody who is interested in the history of the Aegean after the Roman era. Whether ceramic specialists involved in processing pottery, students or readers with a general interest, all will find here a much needed overview and reference work for Post-Classical ceramics in the Aegean region.

Byzantine to Modern Pottery in the Aegean offers a detailed description of the most important wares from the Early Byzantine period, the Middle Byzantine period, the Late Byzantine/Frankish period, the Turkish/Venetian period to the Modern period. In addition, it includes a discussion of the chronological problems, an overview of the main shapes of wares in the Aegean, as well as a glossary of technical terms and the essential literature for each period.

This indispensable book guides archaeologists, field workers and everyone interested in the Medieval past of the eastern Mediterranean ware by ware through 12 centuries of ceramic artefacts and human activity.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

PART I: Byzantine to Modern Pottery in the Aegean: An Outline

Introduction

Description of the Wares

Problems of Chronology

Important Historical Dates, 527-1945 AD

Main Shapes: Table Wares and Kitchen Wares

Map of the Eastern Mediterranean

Map of the Aegean

Key to Identification of Byzantine to Modern Pottery

PART II: Byzantine to Modern Pottery in the Aegean: A Survey

Early Byzantine Period (ca. 7^th-9^th Centuries)

Middle Byzantine Period (ca. 10^th-Late 12^th/Early 13^th Centuries)

Late Byzantine/Frankish Period (ca. 13^th-Mid 15^th Centuries)

Turkish/Venetian Period (ca. Late 15^th-18^th Centuries)

Early Modern Period (ca. 19^th-Mid 20^th Centuries)

Glossary

Select Bibliography

List of Figures

List of Tables

Overview of all Wares

About the Author