Material processing of pottery from the ancient world

Mandatory reading:

Barnard, H., and J. W. Eerkens, 2017. 'Assessing Vessel Function by Organic Residue Analysis', in: Hunt, A. M. W. (ed.). 2017. The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp 625–648, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199681532.013.37. 27 pages

Berg, I., and J. Ambers, 2017. 'X-Radiography of Archaeological Ceramics', in: Hunt, A. M. W. (ed.). 2017. The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp. 544–564, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199681532.013.30 20 pages

Dietrich, N. 2023. ‘Drawing vs Photography: On the Gains and Losses of Technical Innovation’, in: Meyer, C. & Petsalis-Diomidis, A. (eds). 2023. Drawing the Greek Vase. Visual Conversations in Art and Archaeology (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp. 246–275. 30 pages.

Holmqvist, E., 2017. 'Handheld Portable Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (pXRF)', in: Hunt, A. M. W. (ed.). 2017. The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp. 363–381, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199681532.013.41. 20 pages

Kızılarslanoğlu A., 2013, ‘Evaluation of the Pottery by Archaeometrical Methods’, in Bombardieri L., D’Agostino A., Guarducci G., Orsi V., Valentini S. (eds.) SOMA 2012. Identity and Connectivity: Proceedings of the 16th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Florence, Italy, 1–3 March 2012. Volume 2 BAR Int. Series 2581, (Oxford: BAR) pp. 1183-1885. 4 pages

Minc, L. D., and J. Sterba, 2017. 'Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) in the Study of Archaeological Ceramics', in: Hunt, A. M. W. (ed.). 2017. The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp. 424-446, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199681532.013.24. 23 pages

Morton, K. 2023. ‘Drawing the Greek Vase: A British Museum Illustrator’s Perspective’, in: Meyer, C. & Petsalis-Diomidis, A. (eds). 2023. Drawing the Greek Vase. Visual Conversations in Art and Archaeology (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp. 214–245. 32 pages.

Orton, C. & Hughes, M. 2013. Pottery in Archaeology, 2nd edition (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). 340 pages.

Shirvalkar, P. 2017. ‘Analytical Drawing’, in: Hunt, A. M. W. (ed.). 2017. The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp. 217–230. 14 pages.

Stoltman, J.B., 2001. The Role of Petrography in the Study of Archaeological Ceramics. In: Goldberg, P., Holliday, V.T., Ferring, C.R. (eds) Earth Sciences and Archaeology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1183-0_11. 30 pages

Waksman, Y. 2017. ‘Provenance Studies: Productions and Compositional Groups’, in: Hunt, A. M. W. (ed.). 2017. The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp. 148–161. 14 pages.

Whitbread, I. 2017. ‘Fabric Description of Archaeological Ceramics’, in: Hunt, A. M. W. (ed.). 2017. The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp. 200–216. 17 pages.

Total: 571 pages.

Suggested reading:** **

Bortolini, E., 'Typology and Classification', in Alice Hunt (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis, Oxford Handbooks (2016; online edn, Oxford Academic, 10 Jan. 2017), https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199681532.013.38

Buxeda I G., Jaume, and M. M. i Fernandez, 'Designing Rigorous Research: Integrating Science and Archaeology', in Alice Hunt (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis, Oxford Handbooks (2016; online edn, Oxford Academic, 10 Jan. 2017), https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199681532.013.3.

Jung R., 2010, Classification, Counting and Publication of Aegean-Type Pottery around the Mediterranean., in

Meyer, C. 2023. ‘Why Drawing Still Matters: Connecting Hands and Minds in the Study of Greek Vases’, in: Meyer, C. & Petsalis-Diomidis, A. (eds). 2023. Drawing the Greek Vase. Visual Conversations in Art and Archaeology (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp. 24–56. 33 pages.

Schneider, G., 'Mineralogical and Chemical Alteration', in Alice Hunt (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis, Oxford Handbooks (2016; online edn, Oxford Academic, 10 Jan. 2017), https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199681532.013.11