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4.1 Summary of the ceramic assemblage

Table 1 Finewares

Fabric No. of
Sherds
%
Bucchero 34 3.85%
Buccheroid impasto 37 4.19%
Grey Bucchero 27 3.05%
Fine Cream ware 786 88.91%
Total of sherds 884

Pie chart of fine wares

Fig. 5. Proportions of fine wares

Fine cream ware is by far the most common fineware. However its preponderance is exaggerated by its high visibility in the field; it is off-white and bucchero is black.

Table 2 Coarsewares

Fabric No. of
Sherds
%
Impasto 547 8.68%
Coarseware 1 4619 73.33%
Coarseware 2 326 5.18%
Coarse cream ware 1 108 1.71%
Coarse cream ware 2 498 7.91%
Coarseware 3 3 0.05%
Coarseware 4 4 0.06%
Coarse cream ware 3 11 0.17%
Coarseware 6 28 0.44%
Coarseware 7 25 0.40%
Coarseware 8 1 0.02%
Coarseware 9 18 0.29%
Coarseware 10 6 0.10%
Coarseware 11 5 0.08%
Coarseware 12 6 0.10%
Coarseware 13 16 0.25%
Coarseware 14 33 0.52%
Coarseware 15 19 0.30%
Coarseware 16 3 0.05%
Coarseware 17 1 0.02%
Coarseware 18 22 0.35%
Total of sherds 6299

Pie chart of coarse wares

Fig. 6. Proportions of coarse wares

Coarseware 1 is by far the most common fabric forming 73 % of the total. 10% of the assemblage is coarse cream ware and a further 5% is coarseware produced at Doganella (Coarseware 2). Early impasto forms 9% of the total.

Table 3 Amphorae

Fabric No. of
Sherds

%

Doganella fabric 208 45.51%
Coarseware 1 35 7.66%
Coarse cream ware 1 27 5.91%
Coarse cream ware 2 8 1.75%
Amphora fabric 1 8 1.75%
Amphora fabric 2 10 2.19%
Amphora fabric 3 36 7.88%
Amphora fabric 4 16 3.50%
Amphora fabric 5 10 2.19%
Amphora fabric 6 18 3.94%
Amphora fabric 7 4 0.88%
Amphora fabric 8 7 1.53%
Amphora fabric 9 28 13%
Amphora fabric 10 9 1.97%
Amphora fabric 11 1 0.22%
Amphora fabric 12 1 0.22%
Amphora fabric 13 2 0.44%
Amphora fabric 14 14 3.06%
Amphora fabric 15 15 3.28%
Total of sherds 457

Pie chart of amphorae

Fig. 7. Proportions of amphorae

Amphorae made at Doganella are the largest group (45%); the only other types representing more than 5% are in coarseware 1, coarse cream ware 1, amphora fabric 3 and amphora fabric 9. This observation underlines the predominance of the Doganella products in this area.

Table 4 Pithoi

Fabric No. of
Sherds
%
Coarseware 1 141 29.07%
Coarseware 2 1 0.21%
Coarse cream ware 1 77 15.88%
Pithos fabric 1 3 0.62%
Pithos fabric 2 187 38.56%
Pithos fabric 3 76 15.67%
Total of sherds 485

Pie chart of pithoi

Fig. 8. Proportions of pithoi

Coarseware 1 and the similar pithos fabric 2 form 67% of the total between them. Pithoi in coarse cream ware 1, which contains inclusions of non-local origin, form a further 16% of the total.

Table 5 Proportions of wares

Fabric No. of
Sherds
%
Finewares 884 10.88%
Coarsewares 6299 77.53%
Amphorae 457 5.62%
Pithoi 485 5.97%
Total of sherds 8125

Pie chart of wares

Fig. 9. Proportions of wares

Overall the coarsewares predominate. The sandy red coarseware is by far the most common Etruscan pottery which was found. The same basic fabric is also used for tiles, pithoi and some amphorae. The next most visible class of pottery is the fine cream ware which was the most common table ware in the fifth and fourth centuries. Following these, the next most common class of ware are the products of Doganella, the amphorae and coarseware 2. These local products are the first documented instance of an every day ceramic with a defined local distribution in Etruria.

Further economic aspects of the pottery are discussed below.

Methodology

The methodology employed in the analysis of the pottery assemblage is the same as that used at Doganella and Podere Tartuchino (Perkins and Walker 1990, 24-52; Attolini and Perkins 1992, 90-104). The same typology and classification has similarly been used, extended as necessary to accommodate the additional variation encountered in the survey area.


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