La céramique africaine aux époques vandale et byzantine

After a sketch of the evolution of the field by N. Duval (Avant-propos) and a description of the site of Neapolis by L. Slim, M. Bonifay and J. Piton (I), M. Bonifay attempts to date the last levels of occupation of Sidi Jdidi, Pupput and Neapolis with the ceramics (II). The abandoning of these sites is surely posterior to the last third of the 7th century: the African red slip ware, particularly Hayes 105, is abundant; lamps derived from Atlante X are frequent; and the amphora are mainly Late African types (Keay 61, 8A, 50, spatheia Keay 26) with a few of Byzantine type (Benghazi LRA 13). It is more difficult to decide if the sites were abandoned before the Arab occupation because of the continuity of the material from the 7th to the 8th century. A. Bourgeois offers some synthetic remarks on the African red slip ware of the Vandal period (III). Six tables provide a chronological inventory of the different forms of African red slip ware and red glaze (‘paleochristian’) lamps. The Vandal occupation did not...