Reading list

Material processing of pottery from the ancient world

Bearbetning av keramik från antiken

Course
AN1095
First cycle
7.5 credits (ECTS)

About the Reading list

Valid from
Spring semester 2025 (2025-01-20)
Decision date
2025-03-12

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/9780199681532.013.2423 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_1130 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