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Title: Pottery variability and site function : Late Punic and Early Roman ceramic assemblages from Ras ir-Raħeb and other archaeological sites in the Maltese Islands
Authors: Anastasi, Maxine
Vella, Nicholas C.
Keywords: Ras ir-Raħeb (Rabat, Malta)
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Malta
Malta -- History -- Phoenician and Punic period, 8th century B.C.-218 B.C.
Malta -- Antiquities
Pottery, Punic -- Malta
Pottery, Roman -- Malta
Issue Date: 2021
Publisher: Brepols
Citation: Anastasi, M., & Vella, N. C. (2021). Pottery variability and site function: Late Punic and Early Roman ceramic assemblages from Ras ir-Raħeb and other archaeological sites in the Maltese Islands, Semitica et Classica: Supplementa (SUPSEC) 3: 15-39.
Abstract: Assessing a site explored during the formative years of archaeological practice often bedevils any serious attempt to understand its function. This paper considers one archaeological site on Malta-Ras ir-Raħeb-that has been thought to be the location of the famed temple of Hercules listed in Ptolemy’s Geography. The argument for the ritual association of the site is re-visited on the basis of the pottery assemblage which is compared to ceramic assemblages from other sites in the archipelago. The study re-considers the duality inherent in pottery studies, namely that while all pottery vessels may be context-specific and take their significance from the context, at the same time most vessels are capable of transcending contexts as single pieces or as types.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/87874
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