Pottery and Social Dynamics in the Mediterranean and Beyond in Medieval and Post-Medieval Times

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The papers collected here were originally given at a symposium during the European Archaeology Conference at Lake Garda, Italy in 2009. They have been revised and updated for this volume. Medieval and Post-Medieval ceramic studies have now for some decades been in the forefront of the archaeology of those periods, showing not only fascinating interactions with historical sources, in which both disciplines contribute novel information for each other, but also constantly exhibiting original methods and theories for the wider benefit of ceramology and archaeology in general. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Introduction Cooking pots and choices in the medieval Middle East Rural Society in Al-Andalus during the Late Middle Ages. Ceramic Assemblages and Social Dynamics in Eastern Andalusia Considering a Rural and Household Archaeology of the Byzantine Aegean: The Ceramic Spectrum Poverty and resistance in the material culture of Early Modern rural households in the Aegean Town centre and minor settlements: Cultural and social implications of tableware use during the late Middle Ages in Florence and its environs Rubbish and the Creation of Urban Landscape: A case study from Medieval Southampton, UK Gone Fishing! New dating evidence for the fish trade in the North Sea French Imported Pottery in Scotland