Anders Lindahl
Professor emeritus
Microscopical analyses of ceramic thin-sections of votive terracottas from Tessennano, Vulci, Tuscania and Tarquinia
Author
Summary, in English
Thin-section analysis of votive terracottas from the Etruscan sites Tessennano, Vulci, Tuscania and Tarquinia were made in order to help explaining the manufacturing process of votiv terracottas, with a focus on coice of raw material (clay and temper). The investigation of the material from these four sites has offered an opportunity to study Etruscan handicraft. The study has shown that e.g. that the votive heads from Tessennano have parallells in their raw material in terracottas found in all the other three sites.
Department/s
- Department of Geology
Publishing year
2002
Language
English
Pages
393-423
Publication/Series
Late Etruscan votive heads from Tessennano: production, distribution, sociohistorical context
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
L'erma di Bretschneider
Topic
- Geology
Keywords
- thinsection-analysis
- ceramics.
- Etruscan
- votive heads
Status
Published
Research group
- Laboratory for Ceramic Research
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 88-8265-186-X