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Characterizing the contacts between Greeks and indigenous people in a 7th century BC pottery workshop in southern Italy

Caractériser les contacts entre Grecs et indigènes au sein d‘un atelier de potier du VIIe s. av. J.-C. en Italie du Sud

Abstract : Characterizing the contacts between Greeks and indigenous people in a 7th century BC pottery workshop in southern Italy Incoronata is a major site of the Mediterranean Iron Age, characterized in the 7th century BC by the coexistence of Greek and indigenous communities. This coexistence is developed in terms of ceramic production as well as in ritual customs. This ongoing contact and the craft collaboration, recently recognized on a site which was previously characterized by a strong dichotomy between Greek and indigenous components, have to be explored under different prisms in order to reflect the terms of interaction. The aim of this work, along with a historiographical and critical review of the previous researches, is to produce innovative study protocols , including the study of both the artefacts and the production features thanks to an interdisciplinary approach: traditional typo-chronology, archaeometric analysis of materials and structures, ethno-archaeological contributions...