Description
Archaeological investigations, and in particular underwater research, have highlighted since the 70s the presence of earthenware containers (jars), later recognized as being produced in Montelupo, in a global territorial context. In addition to the international trade of Tuscan olive oil, this exceptional diffusion also depends on the use that the Royal Navy made of Montelupo jars as galley supplies for its ships between the XNUMXth (second half) and the XNUMXth century. The contributions of Hugo Blake, Gaëlle Dieulefet and Nina Linda Jaspers are dedicated to the diffusion of these containers along the sea routes, in England, France, Holland and Canada, as far as Indonesia and Australia, while Fausto Berti places the manufacturing of jars in the production history of rough ceramics in Tuscany and in the Montelupo area. The set of essays contained in this volume therefore represents an example of the contribution that archaeology can offer to the reconstruction of complex historical events.
In collaboration with SAMI, Società degli Archeologi Medievisti Italiani
