Ceramica de masă din vestul Mării Negre în mediul rural. Sarichioi – Sărătura

Abstract

In 1989 V. H. Baumann carried out an archaeological excavation in a rural settlement located at Sarichioi-Sărătura. The final report on this archaeological research was published in 1995. In this article we resume the analysis of the tableware discovered at Sarichioi-Sărătura. 78 ceramic fragments were analysed and the following conclusions were drawn: 24 specimens are Oriental imports from Asia Minor (ESB) and Aegean (ESC). The rest of the tableware was produced in the workshops in the Black Sea Basin. A particular ceramic category is the Pontic Gray Slip Ware (PGSW) produced by the local population. This ceramic category originates in the pottery specific to the La Tène period, and with the Roman occupation it begins to imitate ceramic forms specific to Pontic or Asia Minor workshops. The Pontic Gray Slip Ware is a useful indicator of the Romanization process of the West-Pontic population.