Le ceramiche di impasto dalla Zona D a Mozia. Aspetti socio-economici in ambito domestico

Abstract

This paper aims at examining the so-called Impasto Ware, discovered in the Area D of Motya, in
order to identify and share information about the features of this class. Analyses of the vases section,
of the shapes and diameters, and their technological features clarify the function (food preparation and
cooking) and the production (primarly domestic and household) of IW. Some ethnographic parallels
allow to define why the pottery-making process of IW was being preserved in a long period in the
community of Motya.