Abstrakt
The presented material comes from fortified site of Dodoparon located about 20 km east from the Tundzha River in the Yambol Region (Bulgaria). The site is known also with the names of 'Gradishte' or 'Kaleto'.
The archaeological excavations carried out in 2010 revealed three occupation phases covering a period from the 8th century B.C. to the 6th century A.D. In this research were analysed two different typologies of transport amphorae, best known as Late Roman Amphorae 2 (LRA 2) and Kuzmanov type XIV.
The material was recovered from the destruction layer of a house which was probably burnt during the Avar invasion to the southern Balkan in the 587 A.D., in association with other pottery fragments and coins of the Roman Emperors Justinian I and Justin II. Through the application of an integrated analytical approach comprising thin section petrography and chemical analysis it was possible to clarify the technological choices characteristic of these two different amphorae productions.
Moreover, the identification of the inclusions present in the ceramic paste allowed the determination of feasible production centres of these two types of amphorae. The main aim of this research is to reconstruct the possible trade networks involving the site of Dodoparon during the Late Antiquity based on the appliance of morphological and archaeometric studies of the presented amphorae.
The result obtained from this study might provide useful comparative material for further investigations applied to a complex and widespread material such as transport amphorae, especially in the area of southern Bulgaria.