The purpose of this study is to make a preliminary classification of the black-gloss fabrics and forms from the 1999 excavation season at the Samnite/Roman settlement on Monte Pallano, a regional pagus center with a forum complex and a Hellenistic sanctuary, located within the middle Sangro River Valley. This study aims to offer a starting point to understand the production and consumption of black-gloss pottery on the site of the forum complex and to begin to identify the relationship between ceramic material culture, economic systems and identity construction from the Roman Republican/Early Imperial (ca. 50 B.C.E.-50 C.E.) public structures on Monte Pallano. The research in this dissertation represents the first systematic investigation of the black gloss pottery, a fine-ware ceramic that was circulated widely in the Mediterranean in the fourth-first centuries B.C.E. This dissertation, therefore, aids in laying the foundation for understanding how the people of the central- eastern coast of Italy produced, traded, and consumed fine wares. The research objective addresses the dearth of information on eastern black-gloss production as well as the need to study Monte Pallano's economy and identity through the black-gloss pottery. This project, in addition to establishing a traditional, though preliminary classification of the Monte Pallano black gloss, presents the preliminary chemical characterization of the black-gloss fabrics from the site using portable x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (pXRF). Finally, by developing the typology and chemical characterization of the black-gloss pottery, the project ultimately advances the knowledge of Monte Pallano's role as a pagus center during the first centuries B.C.E and C.E. when trade was increasing across the Mediterranean due to the expansion of Roman hegemony. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Classics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Spring Semester, 2014. / March 31, 2014. / Black-gloss, Ceramic, Economy, Identity, Roman, Samnite / Includes bibliographical references. / Nancy T. de Grummond, Professor Directing Dissertation; Holly Hanessian, University Representative; Daniel J. Pullen, Committee Member; Christopher A. Pfaff, Committee Member; Susan Kane, Committee Member.
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| Contributors | Conley, Hillary E. (authoraut), De Grummond, Nancy T. (professor directing dissertation), Hanessian, Holly (university representative), Pullen, Daniel J. (committee member), Pfaff, Christopher A. (committee member), Kane, Susan (committee member), Department of Classics (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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