TY - JOUR
T1 - The supply of ceramics to Portuguese North African strongholds in the 15th and 16th centuries
T2 - New archaeometric data from Ksar Seghir and Ceuta
AU - Iñañez, Javier G.
AU - Torres, Joana Bento
AU - Teixeira, André
AU - Sánchez-Garmendia, Uxue
AU - Calparsoro-Forcada, Estefania
AU - Arana, Gorka
N1 - info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F04666%2F2020/PT#
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDP%2F04666%2F2020/PT#
UIDB/04666/2020
UIDP/04666/2020
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - The present study aims to present new archaeometric data from a wide typological rank of ceramics collected in Ksar Seghir (Morocco) and Ceuta (Spain), two different archaeological sites in the south bank of the Strait of Gibraltar occupied by the Portuguese from the 15th to the middle of the 16th centuries. We characterise and illustrate the most common ceramic fabrics and shapes found in these settlements, only possible by the intensive excavation of these two sites. Its mineralogical and chemical analyses confirm the idea that Seville and Lisbon were the most significant production centres in the Iberian Peninsula to supply the two Portuguese North African strongholds. These results reinforce the idea that Seville and Lisbon, besides being two great pottery workshops, played a complementary role as key cities in the logistics of the Iberian overseas expansion since its early beginning. The combination of the typological and archaeometrical studies will allow to better identify the centres of production of these ceramics, which were widely disseminated in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean during this period.
AB - The present study aims to present new archaeometric data from a wide typological rank of ceramics collected in Ksar Seghir (Morocco) and Ceuta (Spain), two different archaeological sites in the south bank of the Strait of Gibraltar occupied by the Portuguese from the 15th to the middle of the 16th centuries. We characterise and illustrate the most common ceramic fabrics and shapes found in these settlements, only possible by the intensive excavation of these two sites. Its mineralogical and chemical analyses confirm the idea that Seville and Lisbon were the most significant production centres in the Iberian Peninsula to supply the two Portuguese North African strongholds. These results reinforce the idea that Seville and Lisbon, besides being two great pottery workshops, played a complementary role as key cities in the logistics of the Iberian overseas expansion since its early beginning. The combination of the typological and archaeometrical studies will allow to better identify the centres of production of these ceramics, which were widely disseminated in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean during this period.
KW - Ceramic
KW - Chemical analysis
KW - Mineralogical analysis
KW - North Africa
KW - Portuguese colonial
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85103002592&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102908
DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102908
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85103002592
SN - 2352-409X
VL - 37
SP - 1
EP - 23
JO - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
JF - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
M1 - 102908
ER -