Exploring the Coroplasts' "techne' in Greek Architectural Terracottas from Sicily: an Archaeometric Approach
ARCHAEOMETRY(2018)
Abstract
The study intends to support the archaeological questions about the technological choices related to the manufacturing of an important class of archaic artefacts—the fictile roof revetments of the temples—in the Greek colonies of Sicily, unveiling the possible relations among raw materials, decorative and firing techniques and functionality of the architectural terracottas. By applying a multidisciplinary and a multimethodological archaeometric approach, the aforementioned questions have been addressed, explaining the technological expedients employed by the coroplasts in the manufacturing of the roof revetments, and suggesting interesting mobility schemes of both raw materials and ‘techne’ (know‐how) throughout the island.
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Key words
roof revetments,coroplastic art,terracottas,archaic age,Sicily
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