La Céramique du groupe épiscopal d’ARADI/Sidi Jdidi (Tunisie)

By (author) Tomoo Mukai Contributions by C. Capelli

Book cover: La Céramique du groupe épiscopal d’ARADI/Sidi Jdidi (Tunisie)

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(July 2016)

ISBN: 9781784912611

8.27 x 11.69 inches

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This study focuses on ceramic finds from the excavations (1996-2006) of the Episcopal Group of Sidi Jdidi, the ancient city of Aradi, in the hinterland of Hammamet in Tunisia.


This study focuses on ceramic finds from the excavations (1996-2006) of the Episcopal Group of Sidi Jdidi, the ancient city of Aradi, in the hinterland of Hammamet in Tunisia, directed by Dr Aicha Ben Abed-Ben Khader and Prof. Michel Fixot. The aim of these excavations was to understand the processes of the (evolution and) insertion of Christian monuments into the pre-existent town and the distribution of the liturgical and economic functions within various buildings of this ecclesiastic centre. The ceramological study contributed to attaining this aim by suggesting dates for each phase of the construction, occupation and abandonment of the Episcopal group, as well as evidence for the function of each space. Furthermore, this study has documented the (strong) rural and regional characteristics of the ceramic assemblages: these are very different from those of the large-scale excavations at Carthage and indicate a pattern of self-sufficient consumption supplied by purely intra-regional trade. The author is a Research Fellow of The National Museum of Western Art (Tokyo, Japan), and Research Associate of the Centre Camille Jullian (Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, MCC, CCJ, F-13000, Aix-en-Provence, France).

Prefaces Avant-propos Introduction I. Presentation generale du site II. Les classes de ceramiques III. Les contextes archeologiques selectionnes IV. L'evolution des facies ceramiques d'Aradi/Sidi Jdidi Conclusion Bibliographie Tableaux
Annexe I: Ceramique de l'atelier de Tefernine Annexe II: Analyses archeometriques de ceramiques de Sidi Jdidi English abstract

  • By (author) Tomoo Mukai
  • Contributions by C. Capelli