Mineralogical and compositional characterizations research on Late Iron Age Celtiberian pottery from the Upper Duero Valley in central Spain are reported and their cultural implications discussed. Analyses shed new light on production and distribution patterns of Celtiberian pottery from excavations at the ancient town of Numantia, one of the best-known sites in the region. The results indicate that Numantian pottery was made using four different technological sequences of manufacture likely resulting from a highly specialized and standardized mode of production. Mineralogical and compositional data suggest that pottery was locally produced, thereby providing evidence of a shared style and technology rather than a pattern of trade or exchange.
Volume 27 Number 4 (Winter 2000) Table of Contents