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Book SynopsisExcavation of the ancient city of Morgantina in southeastern Sicily since 1955 has recovered an extraordinary quantity and variety of pottery, both locally made and imported. This title presents advanced information about the sources of the clay used by the Morgantina potters, as revealed by X-ray fluorescence analysis of selected vases.
Trade Review"This is a magisterial work, huge in its scope, exhaustively documented, and thoroughly authoritative. By virtue of its size and the manner of its excavation, with context carefully recorded, this body of ceramics is one of the most important excavated in Sicily for the period. The book will be tremendously useful for those excavating and studying the ceramics of Sicilian sites; I venture to predict that it will become a bible, much like the famous
Agora XII of Brian Sparkes and Lucy Talcott. Because Morgantina imported a variety of wares, it will also become a source of dated comparanda for sites in other parts of the Mediterranean. This is a welcome addition to the library of works that present large and well-dated collections of Greek and Roman pottery."
—Susan I. Rotroff, Washington University in St. LouisTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*List of Text Figures, Tables, and Charts, pg. xiv*List of Plates, pg. xv*Editors' Preface, pg. xx*Preface, pg. xxi*Bibliography and Abbreviations, pg. xxiii*1. Introduction, pg. 3*2. Historical Sketch of Morgantina, 340 BCE-ca. 50 CE, pg. 6*3. The Pottery Deposits and Contexts, pg. 27*4. Regional Pottery Production Represented at Morgantina: Fabrics and Gloss, pg. 72*1. Introduction: Fine Pottery in Sicily in the Later 4th and 3rd Centuries BCE, pg. 81*2. Black-Gloss Pottery, Including Vases with Overpainted Decoration, pg. 83*3. East Sicilian Polychrome Wares, pg. 132*1. Introduction: The 2nd and 1st Centuries to ca. 35 BCE, pg. 139*2. Fine Wares of the First Half of the 2nd Century BCE, pg. 145*3. Campana C Black-Gloss Pottery, pg. 146*4. Other Black-Gloss and Miscellaneous Fine Wares, pg. 164*5. Republican Red-Gloss Pottery of the 1st Century BCE, pg. 169*6. Imported Eastern Sigillata A, pg. 193*7. Decoration on Tablewares, ca. 211-ca. 35 BCE, pg. 200*1. Introduction: The Last Decades of the 1st Century BCE and the First Half of the 1st Century CE, pg. 207*2. Early Italian Terra Sigillata, pg. 209*3. Regional Terra Sigillatas: Campanian Orange and Sicilian (?), pg. 223*1. Introduction: Moldmade Pottery at Morgantina from the Late 4th Century BCE to the First Half of the 1st Century CE, pg. 229*2. Medallion Wares, pg. 231*3. Vessels with Relief Appliques and Other Moldmade Ornament, pg. 270*4. Moldmade Hemispherical Relief Cups ("Megarian Bowls") and Related Relief Wares, pg. 274*5. Early Italian Terra Sigillata Relief Wares, pg. 282*6. Green-Glazed Wares, pg. 290*1. Fabrics and Origins, pg. 291*2. Chronology, pg. 294*3. Shape Typology and Decoration, pg. 296*VII. Catalogue, pg. 305*Appendix 1: The Evidence for Pottery Manufacture at Morgantina from the Later 4th Century BCE to the 1st Century CE, pg. 408*Appendix 2: The Provenance of Ceramics at Morgantina from the 3rd Century BCe through the 1st Century Ce as Defined by Portable eDXRF Analysis, by Malia Johnson and Maury Morgenstein, pg. 416*Appendix 3: Concordance of Shapes Found at Morgantina with Those Commonly Found in the Tombs of the 4th and the First Half of the 3rd Century BCE on Lipari, pg. 451*Appendix 4: The Morgantina Silver Treasure, pg. 458*Concordance of Inventory Numbers, pg. 462*Subject Index, pg. 470*Index of Deposits and Contexts, pg. 484*Plates, pg. 486
