NEW EVIDENCE FOR APULIAN RED-FIGURE PRODUCTION CENTRES

摘要

A total of 52 South Italian red-figure vases were subjected to neutron activation analysis. The primary aim of the study was to determine whether all Apulian red-figure pottery datable to the period c. 430–340 bc was produced at the Greek colony of Taras, as has been widely assumed. Three chemically distinct compositional groups were isolated and compared to archaeological reference material from Taranto. The results of this comparison suggest that some Early Apulian red-figure pottery may have been produced outside of Taras from the fifth century bc onwards.