Ceramic Trade Research Articles

The Evolution and Generation of the History of International Ceramic Trade

The evolution and development of ceramic international trade have been shaped by various factors throughout history. From the ancient civilizations to the modern era, the trade of ceramics has played a significant role in global commerce. Colonialism had a major influence on the patterns and trends of ceramic trade, as European powers established trade routes and monopolies in different regions. The exchange of ceramic products facilitated economic growth and cultural exchange between nations. In the modern context, the trends in ceramic international trade have shifted towards a more globalized and interconnected market. Technological advancements and globalization have led to increased competition and innovation in the ceramic industry. International trade agreements and organizations have also played a role in shaping the dynamics of ceramic trade. Overall, the study of ceramic international trade history provides valuable insights into the interconnection of economies and cultures around the world. By understanding the past trends and developments in ceramic trade, we can better navigate the challenges and opportunities in the global marketplace.

Antara Bom Batu, Batam dan Jakarta: Perdagangan Keramik Hias Di Jambi Tahun 1980-2020

This research aims to analize determine the ceramic trade in Jambi through the Batu Bom Port which then the Ceramic Trade began to occur in the Sitimang Market and the impact of the ceramic trading activities in the Sitimang Jambi Market. Some of the problems raised are the beginning of the formation of the ceramic market in Jambi and the ceramic trade in Jambi after the closure of the Batu Bom Port. This research uses historical research methods. The findings of this study were the emergence of the ceramic market in Sitimang begins with a port that carries various commodities. Ceramics is one of the commodities brought by the ship and the existence of ship loading and unloading needs causes the Batu Bom Port area to emerge markets for shipping needs or sell products from outside vessels. However the Batu Bom Port was finally moved which caused ceramic traders to look for other ceramic trading centers such as Jakarta and Batam.

Star anise from a fifteenth century Indonesian shipwreck

AbstractMaritime trade routes in Southeast Asia date to at least the last millennium BC evidenced by excavations of port‐cities, entrepôts and early coastal polities in Peninsular Thailand, the Mekong Delta and Island Southeast Asia. This trade network intensified over the next millennium and by the fifteenth century, the number of trade goods throughout Medieval Southeast Asia was prolific. The bulk of studied material comprises trade ceramics, particularly in archaeological investigations of shipwreck cargoes which provide information on regional trading patterns. Although ceramic assemblages constitute the bulk of shipwreck cargo, other types of material have also been found, including the spice star anise. In this paper, we focus on the organic contents from two jars found in the Bakau shipwreck dating to the early fifteenth century AD. The finds are significant as this spice (star anise, Illicium verum) is being transported together with items of high value for trade.

European trade ceramics on the Arabian Peninsula 1800–1960

European trade ceramics found across Arabia date from the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries and were made at factories mostly located within northwest Europe. After c. 1930, imitations of European ceramics are increasingly represented from factories in Japan and later China. Combining the information from archaeological excavations on the Arab coast of the Gulf and ceramics from museum and private collections, information from the archives of the British India Office and the Maastricht pottery order books for Arabia, a relatively detailed overview of this market for trade ceramics can be reconstructed. Three key points may be highlighted: First, the complex routes via which European ceramics arrived within Arabia, second, the significance of the link between producers and consumers on opposite sides of the globe, exemplified by specific designs and types of vessels manufactured for the Arabian market, and third, new layers of meaning that were given to such objects as they were incorporated into the homes, social fabric and the lives of people in Arabia.

Trade, production, and cultural integration at Cerro de Coamiles, Nayarit

During the Early/Middle Postclassic (AD 900-1350), the Aztatlan Tradition spread throughout Western Mexico and grew to be one of the most influential groups in the region. The cultural core of this tradition was centered on the coastal plain of Nayarit with numerous major population centers taking part in expansive trade networks. One such major Aztatlán site is Coamiles, excavated from 2005 to 2010 by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historía (INAH). From these excavations, we here present the results of ceramic and obsidian analyses as well as discussions of site architecture. These results demonstrate the widespread importation of obsidian from the Jalisco highlands as well as simultaneous local production of lithic tools from more proximal sources. In contrast, ceramic analyses illustrate a ceramic industry that appears largely reliant upon local production with little, if any, ceramic trade. Finally, the architecture of the ceremonial center suggests an integration into broader cosmological belief systems that are still maintained today with modern indigenous populations. Overall, Coamiles was a paragon of Aztatlán culture. We can look to Coamiles and see similar attributes as we find throughout the entire coastal plain during the Postclassic. In this way, Coamiles is an ideal case study for understanding this prolific tradition.

The rise and fall of La Graufesenque: The fate of development based on a non-renewable resource

Even a very gradual depletion of some natural resources can lead to significant disruption to entire societies. Indeed, societies which appear at first glance to be flourishing may in fact be hiding a deep-seated fragility. This phenomenon is illustrated by the results of an archaeological dig in La Graufesenque, an ancient Roman city located in the south of France, which suffered a sudden and brutal demise following years of economic prosperity built on its ceramics trade. In our study, we develop a model to show how forest exploitation at the time can go a good way to explaining this collapse. We combine different data from archaeology, history and economics to show how the case of La Graufesenque allows us to better understand the dynamics of our modern world, which is also faced with dwindling reserves of certain natural resources.

Cooking ware from Northern Jordan: preliminary report on the pottery

Cooking vessels collected during three surveys that took place in 2014 and 2015 around the ancient settlements of Abila, Gadara and Umm al-Jimal in the north of Jordan are the subject of this paper. The fragmentation and poor surface preservation of the sherds from this assemblage resulted in the study being focused on an analysis of clay fabrics in relation to vessel forms and their provenance. An examination of fabrics grouped into wares and cooking vessel forms demonstrated an apparent shift from wares produced in the region around Lake Tiberias, which had dominated at the sites of Abila and Gadara until the 4th century CE, to wares produced most likely in Gerasa. Thus, the results of pottery studies from the three sites located at the core of the Austrian Decapolis survey project shed light on the pattern of changes in regional ceramic trade in the Decapolis and adjoining regions.

Chemical Mapping to Evaluate Post-Depositional Diagenesis among the Earliest Ceramics in the Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico

Chemical and mineral sourcing techniques are commonly employed in archaeology to reconstruct patterns of ceramic exchange and raw material procurement practices for the past, but the effects of post-depositional diagenesis are still often ignored despite a number of key studies warning that the composition of ceramics from archaeological deposits often diverges greatly from their original composition at the time of production. This current study on diagenesis derives from a large chemical and petrographic analysis of some of the earliest ceramics (1500–100 cal Before Common Era [BCE]) in the Basin of Mexico at a time when the development of ceramic trade networks helped to spread early stylistic canons across Mesoamerica. One important site, Altica, consistently presents ceramics that are high in barium. We use laser ablation-inductively coupled plazma—mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) to map the cross-sections of several samples from this site with the idea that post-depositional intake of mobile cations would appear as enriched at the surfaces of the pottery and around pores. Conversely, cations that leach out of the fabric would exhibit depleted concentrations in those same areas. We find that barium and a suite of other elements (e.g., copper, zinc, lead, tin, arsenic, calcium, strontium, and vanadium) have been chemically altered due to nearly 3000 years of burial in the soil. We explore the implications of those revelations for properly sourcing archaeological ceramics found at the Altica site and provide additional guidance for archaeologists and geochemists who employ ceramic compositional sourcing elsewhere.

Underglazed Raqqa Ceramıcs in the Light of Harran Samples

Helenistik dönemden 13. yüzyılın başına kadar farklı uygarlıklara ev sahipliği yapmış olan Rakka/Rafiqa zengin bir kültürel mirasa sahiptir. Özellikle 12 ve 13. yüzyıllarda kentte üretilen seramikler bugün tüm dünyada bilinen ve çeşitli koleksiyonlarda yer alan örnekleriyle dikkat çekmektedir. Ortaçağ İslami dönemde önemini koruyan kentlerdeki arkeolojik kazılarda yoğun biçimde ortaya çıkarılan Rakka seramikleri, Kuzey Suriye’den İsrail, Ürdün ve Lübnan’a kadar uzanan geniş bir coğrafyaya dağılmıştır. Ayrıca Anadolu’da Samsat, Hasankeyf ve Harran’da yapılan kazılar sırasında da ele geçmiştir. Özellikle Harran kazılarında bulunan farklı tekniklerdeki Rakka seramikleri, form, bezeme üslubu ve hamur yapısı bakımından irdelenmesi gereken önemli buluntular içermektedir. Harran Höyük, Ulu Cami ve İçkale kazılarında ele geçen, Harran ve Rakka arasındaki seramik ticaretini kanıtlayan bu özgün eserler genellikle tek renk sırlı, sıraltı ve lüster tekniğinde öne çıkmaktadır. Çalışmamızda sıraltı tekniğindeki Rakka seramikleri açıklanarak Harran Kazıları’ndan ele geçen örnekler üzerinden ayrıntılı bir karşılaştırma ve değerlendirme yapılmıştır.

Variations in American marketing practices of early 19th-century ceramic importers and dealers, reflecting culture and identity

PurposeThis paper explores the advertising strategy of crockery importers and dealers in relationship to their origins and backgrounds. This is a departure from earlier ceramic-history literature which tended to focus on the Staffordshire producers, with limited awareness on how the identity of importers and dealers influenced what products were sold, and their individual approaches to marketing.Design/methodology/approachWithin a context of historical marketing research, this paper analyses newspaper advertising and commentary. It combines an examination of marketing practices with a wider consideration of the cultural identities of ceramic importers and dealers. The digitalization of historical records, combined with sophisticated search engines, makes it more feasible to examine a broader range of sources. Thus, modern research methods can enhance our understanding of production and demand and reveal how marketing strategy was diverse.FindingsAwareness on how advertising was influenced by the backgrounds and socio-political views of importers and dealers demonstrates ways in which Anglo-American ceramic trade could be far more market-led. More significantly, marketing approaches were not necessarily responding to American demand, but rather that importers could engage in commissioning goods which reflected their own views on politics, religion or slavery.Originality/valueExamining the advertising of importers demonstrates the complex relationship between production and ceramic demand. This paper opens up debates as to how far the advertising of other merchandise in the USA shows evidence of taking a more individual approach by the 19th century.

South African Ceramicists Inspired by Trade Ceramics

Africa has a legacy of ceramic making spanning thousands of years, yet the continent has also been the recipient of ceramics made elsewhere, which arrived along various trade networks. This article refers to historical Asian trade ceramics that reached eastern and southern Africa on well-established Indian Ocean trade networks long before the arrival of European maritime trading companies. The importation of foreign ceramics, particularly to southern Africa, increased during later periods of Dutch and British colonial rule, and a brief overview is provided of the most important kinds of trade ceramics that arrived at the Cape of Good Hope. The article mainly explores the influence of historical trade ceramics on the identity and character of contemporary South African ceramics. It focuses on a number of South African ceramic artists who have an affinity with inherited ceramic traditions or materials, among others Hylton Nel, Nico Masemolo, Ellalou O’Meara, Nicolene Swanepoel, John Newdigate, Ian Calder, Lisa Ringwood, Mervyn Gers, Michael Chandler, Jo-Anne Kuter, Marietjie van der Merwe, Thelma Marcusson, Esias Bosch, Christo Giles, Sarah Walters, David Walters, Louise Jennings, Katherine Glenday, Lynnley Watson, Lynette Morris-Hale, John Bauer, Lisa Firer, Juliet Armstrong, John Shirley, Martha Zettler, Fahmeeda Omar, and Eugene Hön. Many of these ceramicists find inspiration in Asian and European decorative design elements, are drawn to production and decoration techniques used for historical ceramics, or work in imported clay bodies such as porcelain or bone china. They continuously push the boundaries of their mediums to devise new ways to express creativity.

The impact of Ming and Qing dynasty maritime bans on trade ceramics recovered from coastal settlements in northern Sumatra, Indonesia

We review published literature and historical texts to propose that three periods of official Chinese maritime bans impacted the composition and circulation of trade ceramics along Asian trade routes: Ming Ban 1 (1371 – 1509), Ming Ban 2 (1521 – 1529), and Qing Ban (1654 – 1684). We use ceramics collected during a landscape archaeology survey along 40km of coast in Aceh, Indonesia to show how the three ban periods manifest in the ceramic record of settlements along an important stretch of the maritime silkroad. All three ban periods overlap with reductions in the quantity of Chinese ceramics. Within several decades of the start of Ming Ban 1, people in Aceh began importing ceramics from production centers in Burma and Thailand as a substitute for Chinese ceramics. Following Ming Ban 2, there is an increase in imports from Chinese production centers, albeit from new kilns sites. While brief, the Qing ban resulted in an almost immediate influx of ceramics from Japan and Vietnam, which maintained some market share until the mid-17th century, after which Chinese ceramics dominate the record until the end of the Qing dynasty. Our data show both the importance of Chinese ceramics within regional trade networks and how those networks and local patterns of consumption adapted to disruptions of supply.

Newly-Identified Type of Late Antique Palestinian Amphora

This study discusses a new type of Late Antique (second half of seventh century ad) Palestinian commercial amphora. Archaeological finds from surveys and excavations, along with petrographic analysis, indicate that this amphora type was produced in and/or around the town of Yavneh, on the southern coastal plain of historical Palestine. The morphology of the Yavneh-type amphora is alien to local ceramic traditions but has strong affiliations with the contemporaneous Mediterranean and Black Sea globular amphorae group; nevertheless, it has no close parallels among the many types of Late Antique and early medieval globular amphorae known from regions outside Palestine. Furthermore, the distribution of this amphora is thus far confined only to the vicinity of Yavneh and to two Christian sites in northern Egypt. These and other data make it possible to suggest that the production of the Palestinian globular amphorae was short-lived, geographically restricted and marginal in terms of its role in the local economy, and that these amphorae might have carried Palestinian wine marketed to ecclesiastical communities in Egypt. Overall, the study of these amphorae contributes to knowledge about the local ceramic repertoire and international trade connections in the first decades after the coming of Islam.

Aboriginal Ceramic Wares from Sites in the Yegua Creek Drainage of the Brazos River Basin, East Central Texas

Sherds from aboriginally-made ceramic vessels have been recovered on sites dating after ca. 2000 years B.P. in the Yegua Creek drainage of the Brazos River basin in the Post Oak Savannah of Burleson, Lee, and Washington counties in east central Texas (Figure 1). These sherds are from several different wares, including sandy paste Goose Creek Plain sherds made by Mossy Grove peoples, ancestral Caddo tempered and decorated wares made in East Texas, bone-tempered sandy paste wares that may be representative of a local ceramic tradition, and bone-tempered sherds from Leon Plain vessels made by Central Texas Toyah phase peoples. None of the ceramic sherd assemblages from the 18 sites discussed herein are substantial, ranging only from 1-72 sherds per site (with an average of only 13.3 sherds per site), indicating that the use (much less their manufacture) of ceramic vessels by Post Oak Savannah aboriginal peoples was not of much significance in their way of life, but may signify interaction, trade, and exchange between them and other cultures, such as the Caddo, inland and coastal Mossy Grove, and Toyah phase peoples that relied on ceramic vessel manufacture and use as key parts of their subsistence pursuits. It is likely that the benefits of trade (ceramics being just one of the items that was being traded) between these different peoples was to help establish cooperative alliances, and reduce competition and violence in the region, and such alliances were established and maintained by aboriginal peoples over a long period of time in the region.

La vía romana del Najerilla. Una introducción a su estudio

En este trabajo se ponen de manifiesto evidencias que demuestran la existencia de una vía romana secundaria de comunicación que enlazaba la ciudad de Tritium Magallum (Tricio, La Rioja) con la civitas de Nova Augusta (Lara de los Infantes) a través del paso natural de Canales de la Sierra (La Rioja). Gracias a los datos aportados por el comercio de cerámica tritiense, el estudio de las minas de metal de la Demanda y la pervivencia de esta por el valle del Najerilla en época medieval, abordaremos el trazado y la utilidad de esta vía de carácter secundario.

A study of the glazing techniques and provenances of Tang sancai glazes using elemental and lead isotope analyses

This study discusses the elemental compositions and lead isotope ratios of Tang sancai glazes unearthed from the Huangpu kiln, Huangye kiln and two Tang sancai tomb sites. The various glazes feature distinct lead isotope ratios and trace element characteristics, which can be interpreted as evidence for the use of different lead ore deposits and siliceous raw materials in the glazes. This is a strong indication that lead isotopes combined with trace element analysis could be used as a viable approach for identifying the provenance of Tang sancai of unknown origin by linking them to kiln sites, This provenance technique could be significant in the interpretation of ancient ceramic trade and communication patterns. In this study, the provenance of several Tang sancai glazes of uncertain origin were determined using this method: some Tang sancai wares unearthed in Xi'an City were produced in the kiln near Luoyang City and then traded to Xi'an City, providing an idea of ancient Tang sancai ceramic trade routes.

The International Ceramics Trade and Social Change in the Red River Delta in the Early Modern Period

Abstract Nishimura Masanari argued that the construction of enclosed-type levees caused the water level of the Red River to rise in seventeenth-century northern Vietnam, and he suggested that this phenomenon triggered social changes that brought about the establishment of Vietnamese “traditional society,” represented by the autonomous villages of the Red River Delta. Nishimura’s archaeological discussion of the transition from horseshoe-shaped levees to enclosed-type levees suggests new ways of studying socioeconomic change in early modern Vietnam. This article examines the utilization of the dry riverbed area of the Red River near Hanoi and tracks changes in the position of the levee near the neighboring villages of Bát Tràng and Kim Lan from the seventeenth century onward. The article shows that Nishimura’s argument concerning the levee network makes it possible to locate the establishment of early modern Vietnamese society in the “Age of Commerce.”

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Technological transfer? Comparative analysis of 2nd–3rd/4th century CE “Late Roman” pottery from Taymāʾ, Saudi Arabia, and Petra, Jordan

Morphological and macroscopic analysis of 2nd–3rd/4th century CE pottery from Taymāʾ (Saudi Arabia) and Petra (Jordan) revealed important similarities regarding the shapes and macrofabrics of some vessels. This evidence motivated the present study to explore the possibility of ceramic trade between these two sites. On the basis of the results obtained from a multianalytical approach - based on petrographic, mineralogical and chemical analysis and their statistical treatments - the two productions were found to be both local at both sites. Since the production technology of these ceramic classes, in particular the selection of temper materials at Taymāʾ for certain bowls and jars, differs from their precursors at Taymāʾ, this paper will discuss the possibility of a transfer of technological knowledge from Petra to Taymāʾ during the Nabataean period, a shift that lead to the widespread use of this newly acquired technology between the 2nd and the 3rd/4th century CE.

Les sites de production des jarres de stockage vietnamiennes pour le commerce maritime, du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle : état de la recherche

Between the 16th and 18th century, Vietnamese ceramic products, including large storage jars, are found among the artefacts on board Chinese merchant ships. Whether these jars are meant to be traded or are used for daily life aboard ships, they travel in the hands of Chinese merchants and tell us about particular aspects of the maritime trading economy. By the end of the 15th century, Vietnamese productions, including storage jars, appeared alongside Chinese ceramics at Southeast Asian export sites, as well as along the routes of international maritime trade. Their production sites are now well known thanks to the many excavations carried out for the past twenty years, but the role of these jars and all the agents that led them from the production centres of the Red River Delta and the centre of Vietnam to distribution sites are yet to be determined. We present here some of the known production sites in the north and centre of Vietnam, and an analysis of the quasi-absence of signs of storage jar production at the kiln sites linked to international ceramic trade.