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Abstract
This research is part of a wider scientific Italian-Indo project finalised to shed lights on pottery fabrication and trade circulation in Tamil Nadu region during Early Historical Period. The recent archaeological excavations carried out in Alagankulam—a famous harbour trading with the eastern and western world—and in Keeladi—the most ancient civilization centre attested in Tamil Nadu region—provided numerous fragments of archaeological ceramics. The typological analysis enabled the identification of different pottery classes, suggesting the presence of local productions, possible imports and imitations. Studied shards included common Indian vessels, fine wares and luxury ware repertoire. The provenance identification of some of the studied typologies is still debated in the literature; for long time, the misattribution of several ceramic classes has led to wrong interpretations on the commercial connections between India and the Western and Eastern Mediterranean area. The minero-petrographic and spectroscopic investigation of several ceramic fragments from the two investigated archaeological sites enabled the systematic compositional characterization of specific ceramic classes both locally manufactured and imported. The obtained results contributed to draw short-range and long-range connections in Tamil Nadu area.
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1 University of Pisa, Department of Civilization and Forms of Knowledge, Pisa, Italy (GRID:grid.5395.a) (ISNI:0000 0004 1757 3729); Ghent University, Department of Archaeology, Ghent, Belgium (GRID:grid.5342.0) (ISNI:0000 0001 2069 7798)
2 Vellore Institute of Technology, School of Civil Engineering, Vellore, India (GRID:grid.412813.d) (ISNI:0000 0001 0687 4946)
3 National Research Council, ICCOM-CNR, Pisa, Italy (GRID:grid.5326.2) (ISNI:0000 0001 1940 4177)
4 National Research Council, ICCOM-CNR, Pisa, Italy (GRID:grid.5326.2) (ISNI:0000 0001 1940 4177); University of Pisa, Department of Earth Sciences, Pisa, Italy (GRID:grid.5395.a) (ISNI:0000 0004 1757 3729)