In this section, you will find the latest FACEM release, including new fabric data, expanded ware groups, and new production sites and regions. Check back regularly to follow how the database continues to grow through new research and forthcoming data.
The ninth release focuses on the interdisciplinary study of coarse ware pottery from southern Lazio, Italy, during the Middle Republic—a period when Rome expanded its power over its colonies and the culture of Magna Graecia was prominent in the southern Italian peninsula. Most, but not all, of the coarse ware studied comprises cooking ware. Adopting a multi-analytical approach, the composition of the coarse ware was investigated with the aim of characterizing its technology and provenance. This included artefacts from various public or sacred places in ancient Rome, Nemi (the temple of Diana), and Satricum (the temple of Mater Matuta), on the one hand, and objects from rural sites in the suburbs of Rome and residential buildings in the colonies of Fregellae and Norba, on the other.
The first contribution offers a summary of the project, including the objectives, methods, and main results, while the other contributions provide fabric descriptions of the coarse ware pottery examined.
In collaboration with the Museo Regionale Paolo Orsi and the Parco Archeologico di Siracusa, Eloro, Villa del Tellaro e Akrai, this edition also includes a contribution on an Archaic fabric of architectural terracottas produced in Syracuse. It has been defined through interdisciplinary research and integrates data on pottery production in Sicily, previously published in the eighth release of FACEM (2020).
Barbara Borgers & Babette Bechtold
