Roman pottery

Sabbatini, L., Tarantino, M. G., Zambonin, P. G., and De Benedetto, G. E. (2000). Analytical characterization of paintings on pre-Roman pottery by means of spectroscopic techniques. Part II Red, brown and black colored shards. Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry 366 116-124. 

Examples have been sometimes discovered in this country, and also in various other places, of glazed Roman pottery of a much paler red than the Samian, and altogether inferior to that celebrated ware. Other rare varieties are grey, yellow, brown, orange, or black j these wares sometimes have a lustrous glaze which shows the color of the paste, and in other examples the glaze has various hueB of its own. 

The most characteristic examples are from the neighborhood of Castor in Northamptonshire, where Roman kilns for their production also yet remain this class of Roman pottery has accordingly obtained the title of Castor rva/re. The fragment represented in Fig, 462 is from Castor and the vase—Fig. 463— which is a most characteristic example, was found at Water Newton, also in Northamptonshire, So perfect are the remains of the Roman kilns, that the different processes employed for firing the wares have been... 

There is considerable debate on the present condition of the Colli Albani volcano. As mentioned earlier, shallow seismicity has been repeatedly registered. Moreover, historical documents from Roman authors (e.g. Titus Livius, Pliny the Elder, etc.) report on phenomena, such as rain of stones, sudden explosions and fires, which can be ascribed to volcanic eruptions. Moreover, findings of pre-Roman pottery and other human artefacts beneath pyroclastic products are considered as an evidence of a volcanic activity which is much younger than the latest dated rock (see Voltaggio and Barbieri 1995 and references therein). Therefore, based on archaeological and historical records and on seismicity, the volcano is now considered in a quiescent state (Montone et al. 1995 Voltaggio and Barbieri 1995 and references therein). 

Sites of the Hellenistic Period are plentiful throughout the eastern Mediterranean. Under these circumstances, it is understandable that archaeologists will try to learn what they can. They have, in fact, been excavating such sites for almost 80 years. The reports of the excavations deal largely, of course, with such mundane matters as the classification of Hellenistic and Roman pottery, the chronology associated with the wares, questions of provenance, and association with other wares and artifacts. 

Glossy surfaces are obtained by dipping or painting the ceramic body with a slip, which is actually a diluted clay mixture with a similar composition to the body clay. Ancient Greek and Roman pottery are well-known examples for this technique. 

Roman Pottery (terra sigillata) Using Hierarchical Fuzzy Clustering. 

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