The main aim of this paper is to deal with the “problem” of residuality in archaeology, with a particular focus on pottery assemblages, starting from the medieval contexts of Shobak. Shobak represents a suitable case-study for several reasons: it was a site with an important, and relatively continuous, political role throughout its duration (especially regarding the Crusader, Ayyubid and Mamluk periods). Also, in stratigraphic contexts of Shobak, at least in relation to the phases above mentioned, the percentage of residual materials seems to almost never fall below 20%. A systematic analysis of the residual assemblages will be essential to shed light on “problems” such as the reconstruction of the extent of phases that often contain very little evidence in the primary deposition. I will try to emphasize the importance of (ri)considering the study of residuality in archaeology using Shobak case-study as a stratigraphic observatory for wider discussions.
University of Florence, Italy
Chapter Title
I materiali ‘pre-crociati’ di Shobak: il problema della residualità nei contesti ceramici
Authors
Raffaele Ranieri
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0376-0.37
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Publication Year
2024
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Book Title
Florentia
Book Subtitle
Studi di archeologia: vol. 5 - Numero speciale - Studi in onore di Guido Vannini
Editors
Michele Nucciotti, Elisa Pruno
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Number of Pages
596
Publication Year
2024
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0376-0
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979-12-215-0375-3
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979-12-215-0376-0
Series Title
Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca
Series ISSN
2704-6249
Series E-ISSN
2704-5870