PhD by Kamila Nocoń
The subject of the research (with a volume of 434 pages)was cooking pottery from excavations cond... more The subject of the research (with a volume of 434 pages)was cooking pottery from excavations conducted at the Agora in Nea Paphos, Cyprus in the years 2011-2016. Almost unpublished material in the form of several thousand fragments was analysed, from which 369 representative illustrated on 65 tables and 24 colourful plates were presented. The purpose was to demonstrate the social, cultural and economic changes that occurred in Nea Paphos during the Hellenistic and Early Roman periods in the context of a complex analysis of production and consumption of this category of pottery. Detailed research has shed light on the specialisation of production, determination of the place of obtaining raw materials and clarification of the scale of production - local and regional. The next stage was the interpretation of economic phenomena related to the technology of cooking pottery production: a) separation of locally produced cooking pottery from other alleged production centres on the island and imported pottery; b) characteristics of production in Nea Paphos; c) clarification of the detailed chronology of pottery, especially local production; d) determination of production and distribution processes, which were part of wider economic processes.
Papers by Kamila Nocoń
OXFORD JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY, 2024
A link to the full-text, read-only version of the paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/a... more A link to the full-text, read-only version of the paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/ZCDJGJUVDH4IS8NUIDJ7?target=10.1111/ojoa.12312
The focus of this paper is the Middle and Late Roman (third–seventh centuries AD) cooking pottery recovered during the excavations at the Agora in Nea Paphos. Macroscopic investigation suggested that a part of this assemblage was imported from north-western Cyprus. To verify this assumption, selected samples were analysed with thin section petrography and wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. The results of an integrated macroscopic and laboratory analysis indicated the presence of two typologically distinguishable groups characterized by the same fabric. Comparative studies suggest that they were likely produced in the area of Dhiorios located in north-western Cyprus. It was also noted that the cooking pottery vessels characterized by the same fabric were being imported to Nea Paphos already in the first century AD. The continuity of the production and exportation of the Dhiorios pottery suggests the economic importance of north-western Cyprus throughout the entire Roman period.
Bulletin of the American Society of Overseas Research, 2023
e Bulletin of ASOR is published biannually (May and November) on behalf of ASOR by e University o... more e Bulletin of ASOR is published biannually (May and November) on behalf of ASOR by e University of Chicago Press. e journal will consider for publication manuscripts consistent with the broad areas of research supported by the society. ese include the art and archaeology, history, anthropology, literature, philology, and epigraphy of the Near East and eastern Mediterranean world from the Palaeolithic period through Islamic times.
Herom : Journal on Hellenistic and Roman Material Culture , 2022
This paper offers an insight into the characteristics of cooking pottery of local production and ... more This paper offers an insight into the characteristics of cooking pottery of local production and imports at Nea Paphos, Cyprus, from the 1st century CE to the 7th century CE, drawing from stratigraphic and typological evidence. The pottery assemblage under study derives from the excavation of the Paphos Agora Project from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. During the 2017 and 2019 seasons, close to the northern edges of the ancient city, archaeologists found the structure interpreted as a lime kiln, which has brought to light a vast amount of cooking pottery dated from the Early to the Late Roman periods and reveals a change in the ceramic repertoire. The diverse groups of cooking pottery including local productions and imports are characterized in the paper. A sizeable proportion of cooking pottery was recovered in the early phase (dated to the 1st to 2nd century CE), however, important evidence of cooking pottery also has been found in a context dated to the Late Roman period (3rd to 7th c. CE). Pottery from the inside the kiln and in layers related to its destruction represents a variety of groups, marked a distinct drop in the volume of imported ones, the long-distance distribution of cooking pottery, changes in the ceramic consumption patterns of Late Roman period in the Roman East.
The Annual of the British School at Athens, 2022
This paper offers an overview of a number of fragments of Hellenistic braziers collected during s... more This paper offers an overview of a number of fragments of Hellenistic braziers collected during several seasons of excavations in the Agora of Nea Paphos, Cyprus. Its primary aim is to demonstrate their presumably local production and the production of examples manufactured outside of Cyprus during the Hellenistic and Early Roman periods by using a methodology that combines the macroscopic analysis of fabrics and typological study. Special attention is given to what this collection tells us about some of the human practices in the city between the third century BCE and the Early Roman period. This study seeks to obtain data that will help to address gaps in the material culture of Hellenistic Nea Paphos and deepen the understanding of the broader process of Hellenisation.
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean , 2021
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The thin-walled cooking pottery of the early to late Roman period originating from the area of Morphou Bay in the northern part of Cyprus, excavated by the Paphos Agora Project of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, is studied in this paper in order to shed new light on the nature of the supply patterns of this extraordinary class of pottery. The collected data-on the macroscopic characteristic of the ware and shape-and a chronological analysis as well as quantitative study of the assemblage have indicated a continuous presence of this group in Nea Paphos, reflecting perhaps some sort of special social requirements combined with an economic background.
PAPHOS AGORA PROJECT (PAP) volume 1 INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH OF THE JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY IN NEA PAPHOS UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE (2011–2015) — FIRST RESULTS, 2020
PAPHOS AGORA PROJECT (PAP) volume 1 INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH OF THE JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY IN NEA PAPHOS UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE (2011–2015) — FIRST RESULTS Publisher: Historia Iagiellonica, 2020
In antiquity, a wide range of different types of heat sources were used. The most common were coo... more In antiquity, a wide range of different types of heat sources were used. The most common were cooking stoves, portable braziers, cooking stands, and grills. In the collection of ancient artefacts of the Jagiellonian University (JU) Institute of Archaeology, there is a small group of objects dated to the Hellenistic period, among which a small brazier fragment can be found. The object was donated to the JU collection of antiquities gathered in the Archaeological Cabinet by Prince Władysław Czartoryski. Braziers are uncommon in Polish collections and the brazier fragment described in this article is the sole example from the JU IA assemblage. It will be described and analysed in full for the first time, and its possible production centre and a dating will be determined.
The aim of this paper is to describe one of the few Ionian
cups from the collection of the Nation... more The aim of this paper is to describe one of the few Ionian
cups from the collection of the National Museum in Warsaw. The vase
is of East Greek origin and was used as a drinking cup. This type
of ceramics was widespread during the Archaic period.
Posters by Kamila Nocoń
The Hellenistic and Roman pottery from the Agora, discovered during the excavations of the Jagiel... more The Hellenistic and Roman pottery from the Agora, discovered during the excavations of the Jagiellonian University, provides us with new information about ceramic production and its distribution. Systematic analyses of cooking pottery were carried out by the present author in the framework of Paphos Agora Project directed by Professor Ewdoksia Papuci-Władyka. Since cooking is a central task in human life, it is connected to broader spectra of social, cultural, religious and economic processes. The aim of the poster is to present the preliminary analyses of a kitchen and cooking pottery from the Agora in terms of changes in cooking techniques. The differences in shapes of the locally produced cooking pottery dated to the Late Hellenistic and Early Roman periods allow to determine the changes of food preparation methods and a better understanding of ancient cuisine.
The Sanctuary of Apollo in ancient Halasarna was a site of religious and social importance in the... more The Sanctuary of Apollo in ancient Halasarna was a site of religious and social importance in the landscape of Hellenistic Kos. Besides the Pan-Hellenic Asklepieion, the sanctuary of Apollo was the most important religious site on the island. As a place of visitation, the sanctuary was pilgrims’ destination. Moreover, Halasarna was a significant urban centre and production place of transport amphorae. The Hellenistic pottery from the sanctuary, discovered during the excavations of the University of Athens, provides us with new information about ceramic production and distribution at Halasarna. In the framework of project THALIS - UOA - The Apollo Sanctuary and the Late Roman Settlement in Halasarna (Kos). The history of an ancient sanctuary, its decline & its final transformation into a Late Roman/Early Christian settlement typological studies and laboratory analyses were carried out. These studies included also typological and macroscopic fabric analyses of cooking pottery. Additionally, 11 fragments of Hellenistic cooking pots were analysed through thin section petrography, neutron activation analysis (NAA) and portable X-ray fluorescence analysis (pXRF). Research into the provenance and technology of this specific class of pottery tells us much about the relationships between the sanctuary of Apollo and its surrounding sites. This poster illustrates the repertoire of forms as well as their chronology. There are also results of laboratory analyses suggesting the presence of locally manufactured cooking pottery as well as products from the vicinity.
Conference Presentations by Kamila Nocoń
The Jagiellonian University (Paphos Agora Project) have been excavating
Nea Paphos under the supe... more The Jagiellonian University (Paphos Agora Project) have been excavating
Nea Paphos under the supervision of prof. E. Papuci-Władyka, since 2011. The area of
excavations covers one of the most important places of the island’s capital during the
Ptolemaic and Roman times, the Agora. The research has provided the significant amount of
pottery, including cooking and kitchen ware sherds from Hellenistic and Roman period.
The aim of this paper is to examine certain aspects of cooking wares excavated during
the project, both in archaeological and social contexts. Most of the examples of cooking ware
from the Agora project seem to be of the late Hellenistic or Roman date. The most valuable
assemblage of cooking pottery comes from a well, which was excavated during the 2013 and
2014 seasons, located on the Trench II. Based on table ware pottery (CCW and ES which will
be presented on conference) as well as amphorae stamps, that closed complex is dated from
the second to the mid-first centuries BC. It contained nearly 2500 sherds of cooking ware
pottery. Cooking wares obtained from the well include cooking pots, casseroles, jugs, cups,
and other types. In my presentation I would like to present the analysis of cooking pottery,
taking under consideration the technological and morphological typology and chronological
range. Thus data will be filled with social aspects of dining in Paphos in late Hellenistic
Period. The study of vessels is used to investigate cooking habits, domestic behaviours and
social context of food consumption. The purpose is to indicate the difference in the usage
of cooking wares as well as the symbolic value the food in different social and economic
contexts.
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Papers by Kamila Nocoń
The focus of this paper is the Middle and Late Roman (third–seventh centuries AD) cooking pottery recovered during the excavations at the Agora in Nea Paphos. Macroscopic investigation suggested that a part of this assemblage was imported from north-western Cyprus. To verify this assumption, selected samples were analysed with thin section petrography and wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. The results of an integrated macroscopic and laboratory analysis indicated the presence of two typologically distinguishable groups characterized by the same fabric. Comparative studies suggest that they were likely produced in the area of Dhiorios located in north-western Cyprus. It was also noted that the cooking pottery vessels characterized by the same fabric were being imported to Nea Paphos already in the first century AD. The continuity of the production and exportation of the Dhiorios pottery suggests the economic importance of north-western Cyprus throughout the entire Roman period.
The thin-walled cooking pottery of the early to late Roman period originating from the area of Morphou Bay in the northern part of Cyprus, excavated by the Paphos Agora Project of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, is studied in this paper in order to shed new light on the nature of the supply patterns of this extraordinary class of pottery. The collected data-on the macroscopic characteristic of the ware and shape-and a chronological analysis as well as quantitative study of the assemblage have indicated a continuous presence of this group in Nea Paphos, reflecting perhaps some sort of special social requirements combined with an economic background.
https://www.iagellonica.com.pl/produkt/paphos-agora-project-vol-i-interdisciplinary-research-of-the-jagiellonian-university-in-nea-paphos-unesco-world-heritage-site-2011-2015-first-results
cups from the collection of the National Museum in Warsaw. The vase
is of East Greek origin and was used as a drinking cup. This type
of ceramics was widespread during the Archaic period.
Posters by Kamila Nocoń
Conference Presentations by Kamila Nocoń
Nea Paphos under the supervision of prof. E. Papuci-Władyka, since 2011. The area of
excavations covers one of the most important places of the island’s capital during the
Ptolemaic and Roman times, the Agora. The research has provided the significant amount of
pottery, including cooking and kitchen ware sherds from Hellenistic and Roman period.
The aim of this paper is to examine certain aspects of cooking wares excavated during
the project, both in archaeological and social contexts. Most of the examples of cooking ware
from the Agora project seem to be of the late Hellenistic or Roman date. The most valuable
assemblage of cooking pottery comes from a well, which was excavated during the 2013 and
2014 seasons, located on the Trench II. Based on table ware pottery (CCW and ES which will
be presented on conference) as well as amphorae stamps, that closed complex is dated from
the second to the mid-first centuries BC. It contained nearly 2500 sherds of cooking ware
pottery. Cooking wares obtained from the well include cooking pots, casseroles, jugs, cups,
and other types. In my presentation I would like to present the analysis of cooking pottery,
taking under consideration the technological and morphological typology and chronological
range. Thus data will be filled with social aspects of dining in Paphos in late Hellenistic
Period. The study of vessels is used to investigate cooking habits, domestic behaviours and
social context of food consumption. The purpose is to indicate the difference in the usage
of cooking wares as well as the symbolic value the food in different social and economic
contexts.
The focus of this paper is the Middle and Late Roman (third–seventh centuries AD) cooking pottery recovered during the excavations at the Agora in Nea Paphos. Macroscopic investigation suggested that a part of this assemblage was imported from north-western Cyprus. To verify this assumption, selected samples were analysed with thin section petrography and wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. The results of an integrated macroscopic and laboratory analysis indicated the presence of two typologically distinguishable groups characterized by the same fabric. Comparative studies suggest that they were likely produced in the area of Dhiorios located in north-western Cyprus. It was also noted that the cooking pottery vessels characterized by the same fabric were being imported to Nea Paphos already in the first century AD. The continuity of the production and exportation of the Dhiorios pottery suggests the economic importance of north-western Cyprus throughout the entire Roman period.
The thin-walled cooking pottery of the early to late Roman period originating from the area of Morphou Bay in the northern part of Cyprus, excavated by the Paphos Agora Project of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, is studied in this paper in order to shed new light on the nature of the supply patterns of this extraordinary class of pottery. The collected data-on the macroscopic characteristic of the ware and shape-and a chronological analysis as well as quantitative study of the assemblage have indicated a continuous presence of this group in Nea Paphos, reflecting perhaps some sort of special social requirements combined with an economic background.
https://www.iagellonica.com.pl/produkt/paphos-agora-project-vol-i-interdisciplinary-research-of-the-jagiellonian-university-in-nea-paphos-unesco-world-heritage-site-2011-2015-first-results
cups from the collection of the National Museum in Warsaw. The vase
is of East Greek origin and was used as a drinking cup. This type
of ceramics was widespread during the Archaic period.
Nea Paphos under the supervision of prof. E. Papuci-Władyka, since 2011. The area of
excavations covers one of the most important places of the island’s capital during the
Ptolemaic and Roman times, the Agora. The research has provided the significant amount of
pottery, including cooking and kitchen ware sherds from Hellenistic and Roman period.
The aim of this paper is to examine certain aspects of cooking wares excavated during
the project, both in archaeological and social contexts. Most of the examples of cooking ware
from the Agora project seem to be of the late Hellenistic or Roman date. The most valuable
assemblage of cooking pottery comes from a well, which was excavated during the 2013 and
2014 seasons, located on the Trench II. Based on table ware pottery (CCW and ES which will
be presented on conference) as well as amphorae stamps, that closed complex is dated from
the second to the mid-first centuries BC. It contained nearly 2500 sherds of cooking ware
pottery. Cooking wares obtained from the well include cooking pots, casseroles, jugs, cups,
and other types. In my presentation I would like to present the analysis of cooking pottery,
taking under consideration the technological and morphological typology and chronological
range. Thus data will be filled with social aspects of dining in Paphos in late Hellenistic
Period. The study of vessels is used to investigate cooking habits, domestic behaviours and
social context of food consumption. The purpose is to indicate the difference in the usage
of cooking wares as well as the symbolic value the food in different social and economic
contexts.