5th-Century BC Himera and the Campanian Connection: Petrographic and Archaeological Studies on Western Greek Amphorae from Poseidonia and Elea Unearthed in the Necropolis of Himera
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- Titre
- 5th-Century BC Himera and the Campanian Connection: Petrographic and Archaeological Studies on Western Greek Amphorae from Poseidonia and Elea Unearthed in the Necropolis of Himera
- Créateur
- De Bonis, Alberto Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Gassner, Verena Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Ntaflos, Theodoros Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Rizzo, Maria Luigia Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Sauer, Roman Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Serritella, Antonia Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Vassallo, Stefano Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Bechtold, Babette Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Date
- 2020
- Dans
- Minerals Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Résumé
- Within the frame of an in-depth study of the corpus of about 560 western Greek transport amphorae (6th–5th century BC) yielded from excavations at the necropolis of the Dorian-Chalcidian colony of Himera in North-western Sicily, one of the most interesting issues consists in the determination of their provenance. Based on archaeological considerations, nearly 100 items have been attributed to southern Campania, specifically to Poseidonia and Elea. The present paper proposes a detailed combined archaeological-archaeometric investigation of 16 samples discovered at Himera and one at Jerba (Tunisia), of presumed Campanian provenance, compared with 4 local reference samples from Poseidonia and 6 samples of western Greek amphorae found at Pithekoussai and Elea, attributed to Poseidonia by previous archaeometric analysis. All samples have been submitted to a macroscopic fabric examination according to the standard methods of FACEM (Fabrics of the Central Mediterranean) and to petrographic investigation (polarised light microscopy) and digital image analyses of microstructures. Our study points to a Campanian provenance of the investigated amphorae and their distinction in a large group from Poseidonia and a small group from Elea. The identification of a numerous assemblage of 5th century BC Poseidonian transport vessels at Himera substantially underlines an earlier hypothesis about its ‘Campanian connection’ and allows for the reconstruction of an important Tyrrhenian commercial axis.
- Langue
- eng
- volume
- 10
- numéro
- 3
- pages
- 227
- Titre abrégé
- Minerals
- 5th-Century BC Himera and the Campanian Connection
- doi
- 10.3390/min10030227
- issn
- 2075-163X
De Bonis, Alberto et al., “5th-Century BC Himera and the Campanian Connection: Petrographic and Archaeological Studies on Western Greek Amphorae from Poseidonia and Elea Unearthed in the Necropolis of Himera”, 2020, bibliographie, consulté le 7 septembre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/3164
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