Tradizione manifatturiera ceramica sarda. Processi produttivi e botteghe in età postclassica all'origine dell'artigianato attuale.

The project “Sardinian ceramic manufacturing tradition. Production processes and workshops in the post-classical age at the origin of the current craftsmanship” has the so called “ceramica steccata” as its object, a ceramic production peculiar to Sardinia during the late antiquity, and it refers to a wide chronological span, from III to VII century. The project is focused on the “ceramica comune con decorazione polita a stecca” and the localization of the production areas and their catchment areas, both in an economical and commercial way, and the trade routes that allowed the spread of those ceramics throughout Sardinia. It also focuses on three contemporary production centres (Oristano, Pabillonis and Assemini), examined using ethnoarchaeological and ethnoarchaeometrical methods, in order to assess the possible continuity of production in this areas and production patterns within the workshops.