Pyroclastic temper in Apulian Bronze Age Pottery: the far impact of a Vesuvian eruption

A recent project of archaeometrical analyses of Bronze Age pottery from Apulian sites showed the existence of a mssive use of pvroclasric material as ternper (Amadori et al. 1995, Levi et al. 1995, 1999). The archaeological material comes from the province of Foggia: Coppa Nevigata Manfredonia (Cazzella and Moscolonl 1987); Terra di Corte (Ipogeo 3) - S.Ferdinando; Madonna di Loreto Trinitapoli (Tunzi Sisto 1992a)r Madonna di Ripalta - Cerignola (fig. 13.1| Tunzi Sisto I992b). For comparison, some samples from La Starza - Ariano lrpino (Province of Avellino; Albore Livadie 1990 1991) were also anallzed