Petrographic characterisation of Late Roman African Pottery from J.W. Salomonson’s surveys : the workshop of Sidi Khalifa

Abstract

In the frame of the study of J.W. Salomonson’s survey collection of African pottery, the petrographic characterisation of selected African Red Slip Ware C/D and Cooking Ware samples from the North Tunisian production site of Sidi Khalifa is presented. Thin section analysis and binocular observations have been combined to verify the effectiveness of the latter method, to establish a coherent technological and compositional classification as well as to identify the micro- and macroscopic markers of Sidi Khalifa’s production and to cross-reference them with already studied samples from consumption sites in Sicily.

Keywords

• Tunisia
• Sidi Khalifa/Pheradi Maius workshop
• African red slip ware
• African cooking ware
• fabric studies
• petrography