Project description
Digging deep into ceramics with forensic and experimental archaeology
Ceramics is one of the most ancient industries. The study of its long history can help further our understanding of knowledge transfer, gender roles and mobility as well as cultural adaptation in antiquity. With this in mind, the EU-funded AGATHOCLES project will explore training models and collaboration networks in one of the ancient world's most dynamic industries. Using archaeometry, computational imaging and other innovative tools, this project will focus on the case study of red-figure workshops in Southern Italy and Sicily (5th–4th century BCE). A highly interdisciplinary approach will include forensic and experimental archaeology as well as digital humanities. Moreover, social network analysis can deeply innovate the methodologies used to identify workshops and provide new procedures to define all the elements that constitute prolific networks such as those of the ceramics industry.
Objective
A.G.A.T.H.O.C.L.E.S. is an innovative approach that allow us to switch our perspective from an archaeology of production towards an A.(rchaeology) of G.(esture): A.(pprenticeship), T.(ools), H.(ands), O.(rganization), C.(ollaborations), L.(earning) E.(xperience) and S.(ocial Network Analysis).
The project aims to explore training models and collaboration networks in one of the most dynamic industries of the ancient Classical World: the pottery productive tradition. For this purpose, For this purpose, the ceramic industry is the most common reality in the ancient world to address issues of knowledge transfer, gender division and mobility.
Nowadays, the study on craftsmens mobility needs to shift towards the analysis of hidden ancient gestures and technological procedures. Numerous technological aspects related to the ancient artisanal hands and tools, usually invisible to the naked eye, can now become visible thanks to advances in archaeometry, computational-imaging and other innovative toolkit this project intends to adopt through an highly-interdisciplinary approach, which also include forensic and experimental archaeology).
Digital humanities is also involved. In particular, Social Network Analysis can deeply innovate the methodologies used to identify workshops and provide new procedures to define groups, relationships, dependencies, and elements that can explain the organization of a complex productive network such as that of ceramic industry.
Moving across from microscopic analyses to macroscopic data-processing (related to the ancient dynamics of apprenticeship), the project specifically focuses on the case-study of red-figure workshops in Southern Italy and Sicily (5th-4th century BCE). These ateliers are ideal to investigate learning experience and collaboration by focusing on five key aspects: a) collaborative patterns within the workshop; b) collaborative patterns with other workshops; c) age and gender differentiation of workforce; d) workers mobility; and e) capacity of cultural adaptation.
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)
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(opens in new window) H2020-MSCA-IF-2019
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10124 TORINO
Italy
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