The Ausonian Pottery of Lipari (Aeolian Islands, Sicily)__ a Typological and Petrological Assessment

摘要

A petrographic analysis of 74 Ausonian (Late Bronze Age) sherds from the Acropolis of Lipari (AeolianIslands, Sicily) was undertaken to ascertain whether they represent intrusive mainland Italian Subapenninianand Protovillanovan imports, as their typology might suggest, or were the products of an indigenous islandeconomy. The sample included 'impasto' and painted pottery and was extended to include 15 Apenniniansherds from the preceding Milazzese cultural phase. The Acropolis has an almost unbroken stratified ceramicsuccession from the Middle Neolithic to the early historic period and the site is located in an island with arestricted, but well defined, volcanic geology. The petrographic evidence indicates that the Ausonian pottery isthe product of the indigenous insular economy using both local and imported materials. This conclusionsuggess that new ceramic forms were quickly transposed by the 'native' potters of Lipari to produce anindigenous 'Subapenninian' and 'Protovillanovan' range of wares.