Silvia Amicone

Akademische Rätin (Senior Lecturer), Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen

Silvia Amicone is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Tübingen, where she focuses on the study of archaeomaterials through an interdisciplinary approach. She earned her PhD in archaeological science at University College London, where she is also an Honorary Research Associate at the UCL Institute of Archaeology. Her research combines material analysis with scientific and archaeological methods to understand the techniques and knowledge of ancient materials. She is also deeply engaged in experimental archaeology, reconstructing ceramic production processes to gain deeper insights into past technologies and craftsmanship. She directs and co-directs several international projects and has published in academic journals worldwide. In addition to her research, she contributes to the training of young scholars and the development of interdisciplinary collaborative initiatives. She currently serves as President of the Ceramic Petrology Group, further supporting the advancement of ceramic research and professional exchange in the field.

BOOKS BY THIS CONTRIBUTOR

Pottery Technology at the Dawn of the Metal Age

Silvia Amicone

This study examines ceramic production at Belovode and Pločnik, tracing how knowledge of pottery recipes was developed, transmitted, and transformed during the Vinča culture. By integrating archaeometry with archaeology, it reveals technological choices, cultural transmission, and links between pottery and early metallurgy. READ MORE

Hardback: £55.00 | Open Access

Tracing Pottery-Making Recipes in the Prehistoric Balkans 6th–4th Millennia BC

ed. Silvia Amicone

Balkan ceramic studies is an emerging field within archaeology. This book brings together diverse studies by leading researchers and upcoming scholars, capturing the variety of current archaeological, ethnographic, experimental and scientific studies on Balkan ceramic production, distribution and use. READ MORE

Paperback: £32.00 | eBook: £16.00