Sigillate di produzione locale da Pozzuoli.

The study of the Terra Sigillata yielded by two ceramic deposits unearthed in Pozzuoli (Rione Terra; via Fascione) and the possibility of performing a complete set of archaeometric analyzes allow us to return on the topic of the production of this pottery class in the Bay of Naples highlighting the morphological and technological differences between the Terra Sigillata manufactured in Pozzuoli and the so called “Produzione A della baia di Napoli” probably manufactured in Naples or in its immediately surroundings (and for which is proposed the term “sigillata neapolitana”). The worshops operating in Pozzuoli made use of clayey raw material outcropping along the Apennine chain and fired their ceramics at high temperatures, often exceeding 900°C, obtaining the sintering of the slip. On the other hand, the neapolitan workshops made use of clayey raw material outcropping in the area of the bay of Naples and fired their products at lower temperatures, hindering the sintering of slips.