Andrea Perugini
Universiteit Gent, Archaeology, Department Member
- Phoenician Punic Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Aegean Archaeology, Greek Colonization (Magna Graecia and Sicily), Mediterranean archaeology, Ceramica fenicio-punica, and 26 morePhoenician Punic Sicily, Ceramic Petrography, Archaeology of Mediterranean Trade, Pottery technology and function, Statistical Methods in Archaeology, Inter-cultural contacts in colonisation, Phoenician Pottery, Mediterranean archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Iron Age, Archaeometry, Archaeology, Phoenician and Punic Studies, Roman North Africa (Archaeology), Phoenicians, Amphorae (Archaeology), Phoenician trade, Ancient economies (Archaeology), Classical Archaeology, Archeologia Fenicio-Punica, Ancient Trade & Commerce (Archaeology), Levantine Archaeology, Social Network Analysis (SNA), Network Analysis, Social Network Analysis (Social Sciences), Digital Humanities, Archaeological Method & Theory, Carthage (Archaeology), and Phoenician and Punic Amphoraeedit
The focus of the present study is the amphora repertoire of the Middle and Late Punic period at Uzita (Henchir el-Mackrceba), a small town in the North-African Punic heartland, 17 km from Sousse. Special attention is paid to the local or... more
The focus of the present study is the amphora repertoire of the Middle and Late Punic period at Uzita (Henchir el-Mackrceba), a small town in the North-African Punic heartland, 17 km from Sousse. Special attention is paid to the local or regional fabrics as well as to the provenances of the imported amphorae. The methodology used for identification is morphological analysis in combination with fabric analysis, both macroscopically with the aid of a magnifying glass (x10) and a stereomicroscope. The important database of the Vienna-based FACEM-project (FAbrics in the CEntral Mediterranean; http://facem.at/) is used as a reference collection.
The material culture shows that Uzita, also known as Uzitta, was occupied since the 4th century BCE, if not earlier, to at least the middle of the 3rd century CE. The site was excavated by a Dutch-Tunisian team of the State University Utrecht and the Institut National d’Archéologie et d’Art, directed by Prof. Jan Willem Salomonson between 1970 and 1972. Relatively few publications on these excavations have seen the light since (van der Vin 1971, 1971-1972; Feije 1994; van der Werff 1977-1978, 1982a, 1982b, 1984). The excavation archives and the majority of the archaeological finds are presently at Ghent University and available for study.
The study of the amphorae from the site starts from the important work of Jaap H. van der Werff (1982) on the amphorae of the Roman period, and an unpublished Master thesis at Ghent University by Steven Hast (2009) on the imported amphorae from the pre-Roman period. It is wider in scope, though, and aims at a full statistical coverage of the amphorae stemming from Houses 1, 2 and 3. The present contribution is intended as a first glimpse at the potential of the dataset for the knowledge of amphora borne trade in this part of the Central Mediterranean.
The material culture shows that Uzita, also known as Uzitta, was occupied since the 4th century BCE, if not earlier, to at least the middle of the 3rd century CE. The site was excavated by a Dutch-Tunisian team of the State University Utrecht and the Institut National d’Archéologie et d’Art, directed by Prof. Jan Willem Salomonson between 1970 and 1972. Relatively few publications on these excavations have seen the light since (van der Vin 1971, 1971-1972; Feije 1994; van der Werff 1977-1978, 1982a, 1982b, 1984). The excavation archives and the majority of the archaeological finds are presently at Ghent University and available for study.
The study of the amphorae from the site starts from the important work of Jaap H. van der Werff (1982) on the amphorae of the Roman period, and an unpublished Master thesis at Ghent University by Steven Hast (2009) on the imported amphorae from the pre-Roman period. It is wider in scope, though, and aims at a full statistical coverage of the amphorae stemming from Houses 1, 2 and 3. The present contribution is intended as a first glimpse at the potential of the dataset for the knowledge of amphora borne trade in this part of the Central Mediterranean.
Research Interests: Pottery (Archaeology), North Africa Studies, Archaeometry, Trade, Mediterranean archaeology, and 24 moreMediterranean and North Africa, Phoenician Punic Archaeology, Ancient Trade & Commerce (Archaeology), Archaeology of Mediterranean Trade, Amphorae (Archaeology), Archaeology, Historical Archaeology. Medieval Archaeology, Anthropology, Social Identities, Material Culture, Artefact Studies, Diaspora Studies, Trade and Exchange, Trade and Exchange, Archaeometry, Commerce and Market Exchange, Conflict, warfare, and relief, Amphorae, Tunisia, North Africa, North African Archaeology, History of the Sahara, Sahel and North Africa, Wine and Olive Oil Production, Archaeometallurgy, Mineralogy, Archaeometry, Punic North Africa, Pottery studies, Carthage, Punic Pottery, Mediterranean archaeology, Phoenician Punic Archaeology, Punic world and Punic Archaeology, Phoenician and Punic Studies, archaeology of Sardinia in phoenician age, Sahel, Phoenician trade, Phoenician and Punic Amphorae, Amphorae Production Centers, Transport Amphorae, Trade Routes, and Antic Technology
Il presente contributo ha come oggetto uno studio tipologico e distributivo effettuato sulle anfore puniche provenienti da alcuni contesti moziesi datati tra il V ed il IV secolo a.C. I materiali provengono dagli scavi condotti... more
Il presente contributo ha come oggetto uno studio tipologico e distributivo effettuato sulle anfore puniche provenienti da alcuni contesti moziesi datati tra il V ed il IV secolo a.C. I materiali provengono dagli scavi condotti congiuntamente dall’Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza” con il Servizio Beni Archeologici della Soprintendenza Regionale per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali di Trapani tra il 2002 ed il 2007 nelle zone C (Tempio del Kothon), D (Casa del sacello domestico) ed F (Fortezza Occidentale).
Partendo da una prima divisione formale dei materiali per tipologie, si è proceduto dall’analisi autoptica degli impasti. Il confronto delle produzioni moziesi con i recenti studi effettuati sui repertori anforici provenienti dagli scavi nel Mediterraneo centrale ed occidentale ha permesso di avanzare delle interessanti ipotesi sulle aree di produzione e sulla diffusione di determinate tipologie anforiche.
Questo lavoro preliminare è finalizzato alla ricostruzione delle reti commerciali all’interno delle quali era inserita Mozia, che testimoniano gli intensi legami economici e culturali tra l’isola e le altre culture del Mediterraneo antico.
Partendo da una prima divisione formale dei materiali per tipologie, si è proceduto dall’analisi autoptica degli impasti. Il confronto delle produzioni moziesi con i recenti studi effettuati sui repertori anforici provenienti dagli scavi nel Mediterraneo centrale ed occidentale ha permesso di avanzare delle interessanti ipotesi sulle aree di produzione e sulla diffusione di determinate tipologie anforiche.
Questo lavoro preliminare è finalizzato alla ricostruzione delle reti commerciali all’interno delle quali era inserita Mozia, che testimoniano gli intensi legami economici e culturali tra l’isola e le altre culture del Mediterraneo antico.
Research Interests: Archaeometry, Trade, Mediterranean archaeology, Phoenician Punic Archaeology, Ancient Trade & Commerce (Archaeology), and 22 moreArchaeology of Mediterranean Trade, Amphorae (Archaeology), Trade and Exchange, Archaeometry, Commerce and Market Exchange, Conflict, warfare, and relief, Amphorae, Phoenician Punic Sicily, Wine and Olive Oil Production, Wine and Olive Oil Production, Phoenician and Punic Studies, Archaeometry, archaeological science, ceramics, Anfore, Punic Pottery, Archeologia Fenicio-Punica, Anfore fenicio-puniche, Carthage, Punic Pottery, Mediterranean archaeology, Phoenician Punic Archaeology, Punic world and Punic Archaeology, Phoenician and Punic Studies, archaeology of Sardinia in phoenician age, Archeologia Fenicio-Punica E Nuragica in Sardegna, Phoenician trade, Ceramica fenicio-punica, Punic Archaeology, Phoenician and Punic Amphorae, Amphorae Production Centers, Transport Amphorae, and Antic Technology
Our present study focuses on the amphora repertoire of the earliest phases of occupation at Uzita, a small town in the North-African Punic heartland, which is best known for its mosaics dated to the Roman period. We pay particular... more
Our present study focuses on the amphora repertoire of the earliest phases of occupation at Uzita, a small town in the North-African Punic heartland, which is best known for its mosaics dated to the Roman period. We pay particular attention to local and regional fabrics as well as the provenance of imported amphorae, employing a combination of morphological and fabric analyses. The aim of our research is to define the commercial relations involving the Central Tunisian Sahel and, in particular, the role played by Uzita in this network during the period of Carthaginian control over the region.
