Reperti ceramici dalle campagne di ricognizione 2006-2008 del progetto R.I.M.E.M.: metodologie di lavoro e risultati

This paper aims to illustrate introductory and methodological features peculiar to the study and classification of pottery finds yielded by the R.I.M.E.M. project surveys and presented in detail in the following papers (Konestra and Virgili). Field-walking finds, in fact, present numerous issues in recognition and dating, particularly for those of early Middle Age date, which we tried to overcome by intensive cataloguing of diagnostic shreds by means of an ad hoc database. A brief overview of the conclusions drawn from Roman and Medieval finds study is presented as well, with an appendix containing the fabric’s catalogue referred to in the following papers and compiled by macroscopic shred analysis. The second section of the paper is entirely dedicated to presenting the data from the archaeometric analysis carried out by the department of Earth sciences of the University of Camerino (prof. E. Paris) and focused on the comprehension of certain technological and productive features regarding particularly those shreds morphologically identified as pertaining to clibani and paioli a cestello.