RT Journal Article
T1 Pottery  à la mode in the Late Punic world: Production of red-slip ‘Kuass ware’ in Málaga, Spain (2nd-1st c. BC).
A1 Fantuzzi, Leandro
A1 Sáez Romero, Antonio M.
A1 Müller, Noemi S.
A1 Kiriatzi, Evangelia
A1 Mora-Serrano, Bartolomé
A1 Arancibia Román, Ana
K1 Restos arqueológicos púnicos
K1 Málaga - Restos arqueológicos
AB Recent archaeological excavations in Málaga city, in southern Spain, uncovered a Late Punic pottery workshop(2nd-1st c. BC) in association with a large assemblage of red-slip tablewares ascribed to the so-called ‘Kuassware’. These wares, which were very widespread in the Western Punic world, are known to have been producedmainly in the area of C´ adiz. However, the macroscopic features of the examples found in M´ alaga together withtheir association with a probable kiln site suggests the existence of a local production, not reported before. Thishypothesis is examined in the present paper through a science-based approach, which involved the analysis of 20samples of ‘Kuass ware’ from M´ alaga through a combination of thin section petrography and elemental analysisby WD-XRF. Results were compared to those of reference samples of ‘Kuass ware’ from the Bay of C´ adiz — theirmain production area — as well as to geological samples of clays and sands from the surroundings of the site inM´ alaga, and to previously published data for Punic amphorae from M´ alaga. The analytical results support thehypothesis of a local production, effectively confirming the first instance of ‘Kuass ware’ production in theMediterranean coast of Andalusia, and provide reference data for ‘Kuass ware’ from the Late Punic city ofMalaka.
PB Elsevier
YR 2024
FD 2024-05-27
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31682
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31682
LA eng
NO - Malaka, Maenoba, Rusaddir: Una historia de tres ciudades fenicio-púnicos en el Mar de Alborán’ (PID2020-114482GB-I00)- ERAAUB, funded by AGAUR of the DIUE of the Generalitat de Catalunya (2021 SGR 00696)- Fitch Laboratory (Athens)
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026