Pottery from roman Malta / / Maxine Anastasi ; with contributions by David Cardona and Nathaniel Cutajar.

• Superior document: Archaeopress archaeology
• VerfasserIn: Anastasi, Maxine, 1986-
• TeilnehmendeR: Cardona, David,; Cutajar, Nathaniel,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford, England : : Archaeopress,, [2019]; ℗2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Archaeopress archaeology.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (189 pages).

A comprehensive study of Maltese pottery forms from key stratified deposits spanning the 1st century BC to mid-4th century AD. Ceramic material is analysed and quantified in a bid to understand Maltese pottery production during the Roman period, and trace the type and volume of ceramic-borne goods that were circulating the central Mediterranean.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Contents Page -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Past ceramic research -- Methodology -- Quantification -- Chronology -- Classification criteria -- Figure 1: Location map of Malta and sites mentioned in text. -- Figure 2: (top) Aerial view of south-east Malta indicating the location of the Bulebel site and other sites in the area (source: Google Earth) -- (bottom) Plan of the Bulebel quarry site (adapted from Pace et al. 2012, fig. 6). -- Figure 3: Stratigraphic matrix for the Bulebel excavation. -- Figure 4: a) Aerial view of Rabat, Gozo, indicating the location of the Foreman Street site and key surrounding sites (source: Google Earth) -- b Number (RBH) of predominant local coarse ware types identified at Foreman Street (n=732). -- Figure 5: Plan of the Melita Esplanade trench showing the structures discovered (after Lander 1984, site plan). -- Figure 6: Stratigraphic matrix for the Melita Esplanade excavation. -- Figure 7: West-facing elevation of wall 1040 -- Figure 8: Detailed plan of interior floor levels within Structure A -- Figure 9: West-facing section drawing of interior of Structure A -- Figure 10: Section drawings of cistern 1044 -- Figure 11: Aerial view of Mdina and Rabat, Malta, indicating the location of other Roman-period remains and finds (source: Google Earth) -- and (bottom) a plan of the Roman domus and other houses excavated in Rabat, Malta -- Figure 12: (top) Amphorae types (based on RBH) -- and comparison between count of walls, RBH and combined total for amphora in Phases 1 (bottom left) and 2 (bottom right) at Bulebel (n=309). -- Figure 13: Number of diagnostic amphora types identified at Melita (n=102). -- Figure 14: Comparison between count of walls, RBH and combined total for amphorae in Phases 1 (left) and 2 (right) at Melita (n=61).

Figure 15: Quantity (based on RBHS) of amphorae from Foreman Street (n=99). -- Figure 16: Quantification of fine wares from the three sites. -- Figure 17: Comparison between count of walls, RBH and combined total for amphorae in Phases 3-5 at Melita (n=174). -- Figure 18: Quantification of cooking wares from the three sites. -- Figure 19: Schematic diagram showing the five main geological layers of the Maltese islands. -- Figure 20: Possible sources and types of inclusions in Maltese pottery fabrics. -- Figure 22: Local Maltese fabrics 1-2. -- Figure 23: Local Maltese fabrics 3-7. -- Figure 24: Local Punic and Roman amphorae (A1-A2). -- Figure 25: Local and imported Punic and early Roman amphorae (A2-A9). -- Figure 26: Imported early Roman amphorae (A9-A10). -- Figure 27: Detail of possible stamp on an imported Lamboglia 2 amphora (A10.2) from Bulebel. -- Figure 28: Imported amphorae (A10-A11). -- Figure 29: Imported amphora (A11). -- Figure 30: Imported east Sicilian amphorae (A12-A13). -- Figure 31: Imported amphorae (A14-A23). -- Figure 32: Miscellaneous imported amphorae (A24). -- Figure 33: Local red-slipped ware (B1-B7). -- Figure 34: Local red-slipped bowl forms (B1 and B4). -- Figure 35: Local red-slipped ware forms (B8-B12). -- Figure 36: Local red-slipped ware forms (B13-B20). -- Figure 37: Local red-slipped and thin-walled ware forms (B21-B27). -- Figure 38: Imported thin-walled ware (B28-B32), black-slipped ware (B33-B35), and Italian terra sigillata (B36). -- Figure 39: Imported red-slipped ware forms (B37-B40). -- Figure 40: Imported red-slipped ware forms (B40-B41). -- Figure 41: Local cooking ware forms (C1-C7). -- Figure 42: Local cooking ware forms (C8-C14). -- Figure 43: Local handmade ware forms (C15-C16). -- Figure 44: Local handmade and painted wares (C16, C19 and D34.1). -- Figure 45: Local handmade ware forms (C16-C17).

Figure 46: Local handmade ware forms (C18-C19). -- Figure 47: Imported cooking ware forms (C20-C25). -- Figure 48: Imported cooking ware forms (C26-C31). -- Figure 49: Imported cooking ware forms (C31-C33). -- Figure 50: Imported cooking ware forms (C34-C38. -- Figure 51: Imported cooking ware forms (C39-C40). -- Figure 52: Imported cooking ware forms (C40-C45). -- Figure 53: Pantellerian cooking ware forms (C46-C47). -- Figure 54: Pantellerian cooking ware forms (C48-C51). -- Figure 55: Local coarse ware bowls, types D1-D5. -- Figure 56: Local coarse ware bowl forms (D6-D9). -- Figure 57: Local coarse ware bowl forms (D9-D10). -- Figure 58: Local coarse ware bowl forms (D11-D12). -- Figure 59: Local coarse ware bowl forms (D13-D15). -- Figure 60: Local coarse ware bowl forms (D16-D21). -- Figure 61: Local coarse ware bowl (D22) and plate (D23-D26) forms. -- Figure 62: Local coarse ware plate forms (D26-D28). -- Figure 63: Local coarse ware bowl forms (D29-D31). -- Figure 64: Painted coarse ware bowl forms (D32-D34) -- Figure 65: Painted coarse ware plate form D35. -- Figure 66: Coarse ware large bowl forms (D36-D37). -- Figure 67: Coarse ware large bowl forms (D38-D40). -- Figure 68: Coarse ware large bowl forms (D40-D42). -- Figure 69: Coarse ware large bowl forms (D42-D45). -- Figure 70: Coarse ware large bowl forms (D45-D49). -- Figure 71: Large coarse ware bowl (D50) and plate (D51) forms. -- Figure 72: Coarse ware mortar base (D52). -- Figure 73: Miscellaneous large open coarse ware vessels (D53). -- Figure 74: Coarse ware jar forms (D54-D55). -- Figure 75: Coarse ware jug and jar forms (D55-D57). -- Figure 76: Coarse ware jug and jar forms (D58-D62). -- Figure 77: Complete examples of jars (types D60 and D61) and a warped bowl possibly belonging to type D11, on exhibit at the National Museum of Archaeology, Gozo.

Figure 78: Coarse ware jug and flask forms (D63-D67). -- Figure 79: Round-mouth jar (D64) from an underwater context off the coast of Xlendi Bay, Gozo. -- Figure 80: Coarse ware juglet (D66.1) from Bulebel tomb 3. -- Figure 81: Miscellaneous coarse ware jug and flask forms (D67-D69). -- Figure 82: Coarse ware storage jar forms (D70-D71). -- Figure 83: Coarse ware storage jar forms (D72-D74). -- Figure 84: Dolia forms (D75-D79). -- Figure 85: Imported unguentaria (D80). -- Figure 86: Local closed lamp forms (L1-L2). -- Figure 87: Miscellaneous coarse ware forms (M1-M6). -- Figure 1: Location map of Malta and sites mentioned in text. -- Figure 2: (top) Aerial view of south-east Malta indicating the location of the Bulebel site and other sites in the area (source: Google Earth) -- (bottom) Plan of the Bulebel quarry site (adapted from Pace et al. 2012, fig. 6). -- Figure 3: Stratigraphic matrix for the Bulebel excavation. -- Figure 4: a) Aerial view of Rabat, Gozo, indicating the location of the Foreman Street site and key surrounding sites (source: Google Earth) -- b Number (RBH) of predominant local coarse ware types identified at Foreman Street (n=732). -- Figure 5: Plan of the Melita Esplanade trench showing the structures discovered (after Lander 1984, site plan). -- Figure 6: Stratigraphic matrix for the Melita Esplanade excavation. -- Figure 7: West-facing elevation of wall 1040 -- Figure 8: Detailed plan of interior floor levels within Structure A -- Figure 9: West-facing section drawing of interior of Structure A -- Figure 10: Section drawings of cistern 1044 -- Figure 11: Aerial view of Mdina and Rabat, Malta, indicating the location of other Roman-period remains and finds (source: Google Earth) -- and (bottom) a plan of the Roman domus and other houses excavated in Rabat, Malta -- Figure 12: (top) Amphorae types (based on RBH).

and comparison between count of walls, RBH and combined total for amphora in Phases 1 (bottom left) and 2 (bottom right) at Bulebel (n=309). -- Figure 13: Number of diagnostic amphora types identified at Melita (n=102). -- Figure 14: Comparison between count of walls, RBH and combined total for amphorae in Phases 1 (left) and 2 (right) at Melita (n=61). -- Figure 15: Quantity (based on RBHS) of amphorae from Foreman Street (n=99). -- Figure 16: Quantification of fine wares from the three sites. -- Figure 17: Comparison between count of walls, RBH and combined total for amphorae in Phases 3-5 at Melita (n=174). -- Figure 18: Quantification of cooking wares from the three sites. -- Figure 19: Schematic diagram showing the five main geological layers of the Maltese islands. -- Figure 20: Possible sources and types of inclusions in Maltese pottery fabrics. -- Figure 21: The thickest Greensands outcrop, il-Gelmus hill, on Gozo. The outcrop is a short distance from the Foreman Street site. -- Figure 22: Local Maltese fabrics 1-2. -- Figure 23: Local Maltese fabrics 3-7. -- Figure 24: Local Punic and Roman amphorae (A1-A2). -- Figure 25: Local and imported Punic and early Roman amphorae (A2-A9). -- Figure 26: Imported early Roman amphorae (A9-A10). -- Figure 27: Detail of possible stamp on an imported Lamboglia 2 amphora (A10.2) from Bulebel. -- Figure 28: Imported amphorae (A10-A11). -- Figure 29: Imported amphora (A11). -- Figure 30: Imported east Sicilian amphorae (A12-A13). -- Figure 31: Imported amphorae (A14-A23). -- Figure 32: Miscellaneous imported amphorae (A24). -- Figure 33: Local red-slipped ware (B1-B7). -- Figure 34: Local red-slipped bowl forms (B1 and B4). -- Figure 35: Local red-slipped ware forms (B8-B12). -- Figure 36: Local red-slipped ware forms (B13-B20). -- Figure 37: Local red-slipped and thin-walled ware forms (B21-B27).

Figure 38: Imported thin-walled ware (B28-B32), black-slipped ware (B33-B35), and Italian terra sigillata (B36).