Did the student become the master? The development of the glaze technology in Cyprus during the 13th to 17th centuries AD

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This is an abstract from the "The Movement of Technical Knowledge: Cross-Craft Perspectives on Mobility and Knowledge in Production Technologies" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Despite marking the beginning of glazed ware production in Cyprus in the 13th century, the Paphos-Lemba production was a short-lived one and was replaced by other productions in the Famagusta, Lapithos, and Nicosia region. However, we know very little about the glaze technology of these later productions. Did they continue using the same technology as the early production, indicating the occurrence of direct learning from the Paphos-Lemba craftsmen? Or did the later productions have different technologies, which might reflect the influence from other well-established traditions, since there was a marked increase in the movement of and contact with people from places such as Latin Syria and Venice. This paper seeks to explore the range of technologies characteristic of these later productions, in terms of the glaze composition, the method of glaze application, the method of slip preparation, and the mode of decoration. The resultant data will be first compared with the early local glaze technology, and then with the published data on contemporaneous glaze technology in the Mediterranean. This will allow us to understand the changes and continuities in glaze technology within the local context, and their link to the broader technological trends and socio-political developments.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The Movement of Technical Knowledge: Cross-Craft Perspectives on Mobility and Knowledge in Production Technologies   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 23388