Vasa Virumque Cano: Essays on Roman Ceramics in Honor of Archer Martin

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Tabula gratulatoria

Assembling Sherds, Assembling Stories – Andrew Donnelly, Justin Leidwanger, and Joey L. Williams

Section One: Italy

Contextualizing the Construction of Ostia’s Third-Century Castrum – Mary Jane Cuyler

The Scoppieto Archaeological Excavation in the Parco Fluviale del Tevere (Tiber River Park): A Means for Knowledge and Enhancement of a Territory – Margherita Bergamini Simoni

Plantas y perfumes. A propósito de las ollae perforatae/macetas en las perfumerías de Pompeya. – Albert Ribera i Lacomba, Jean-Pierre Brun, and Macarena Bustamante-Álvarez

Productions and Producers of Terra sigillata at Cosa (Ansedonia, GR) between Past and Recent Research – Ilaria Romeo and Martina Rodinò

The Gods of Monte Pallano – Amalia Faustoferri and Susan Kane

Recreating an Umbrian Augustan Villa on the Tiber – David Soren, Luca Mandolesi, Barbara Maurina, Roberto Montagnetti, and David Pickel

Insediamenti e commercio presso il fiume Tevere nell’Umbria meridionale romana – Matteo Serpetti

Section Two: The Roman World

Supply Patterns in Dacia Porolissensis: Pottery Evidence from the Porolissum Forum Project – Eric C. De Sena

Von Keramik zu Glas und vice versa im kaiserzeitlichen und frühbyzantinischen Olympia – Christa Schauer

Illuminating the Underground: Technical, Social, and Economic Aspects of Terracotta Oil Lamps in Roman Mines – Linda R. Gosner

Commercial Evolution between AD 190 and 525 at Almoínhas (Province of Lusitania) – José Carlos Quaresma and Martim Lopes

Ceramics from the Southwest Garbage Dump in the Roman Villa at Tourega (Évora, Portugal) – Catarina Viegas and Inês Vaz Pinto

Section Three: Ceramics on the Move

An Enigmatic Oil Lamp from Kranj – Verena Perko

Expanding the Footnotes to LRP AfRS form 124 and Going off on a Tangent – Kathleen Warner Slane

Fragmented Stories of Pottery at the Moesian Frontier: Long-Distance Trade in Late Roman Times – Tatjana Cvjetićanin

Egyptian Coarse Wares and Amphorae from the Palatine Hill, Rome – Victor M. Martínez

Pottery as Evidence of Traders in Germania Inferior – Roderick C.A. Geerts

Multivalent Containers on the Move: Unguentaria from the Marzamemi 2 Shipwreck – Justin Leidwanger and Andrew Donnelly

Section Four: New Directions

Recognizing and Documenting Ancient Repairs on Roman Pottery – Laura M. Banducci

L’evoluzione delle ricerche archeologico-archeometriche sulle anfore africane d’epoca romana e il loro contributo alla ricostruzione della storia socio-economica del Mediterraneo occidentale – Michel Bonifay and Claudio Capelli

Spindle-Shaped Amphorae from Kom Wasit and Kom al-Ahmer (Western Nile Delta-Egypt) – Cristina Mondin and Mohamed Kenawi

Roman Ceramic Assemblages: Looking for High and Low Presences and Noisy Absences – Simonetta Menchelli

An Etruscan View of the François Vase – Ingrid D. Rowland

Section Five: Conclusions

Pottery and Pedagogy: Teaching Archaeological Ceramics Using the ‘Archer Martin Method’ – Joey L. Williams and Sarah Trabert

Heinrich Schliemann agli scavi di Ostia Antica: suggestioni virgiliane? – Elizabeth J. Shepherd

About the Author

Andrew Donnelly, Assistant Professor of History at Texas Tech University, has conducted fieldwork in Italy and far beyond. His research focuses on foodways, specifically the relationship between ceramic objects and textual sources and the information that can be gained from studying them in conjunction.

Justin Leidwanger, Associate Professor of Classics at Stanford University, conducts fieldwork primarily in Türkiye and Italy, most recently on the late antique “church wreck” at Marzamemi. His research emphasizes the logistics and technologies of distribution, including the standardization of transport amphoras.

Joey L. Williams, Senior Lecturer of Classics and Letters at the University of Oklahoma and Associate Director of its Center for Mediterranean Archaeology and History, has directed fieldwork in Portugal and Italy. He researches the impact of surveillance on landscapes and people, with a focus on the role ceramic objects play in cultural exchange across contested borderlands.