Camarina: Le terrecotte figurate e la ceramica da una fornace di V e IV sec. a. C.

The volume is devoted to the important discovery of a kiln and other structures part of a large production place for figurines and pottery in Camarina (Sicily). The analysis conducted by the author on the excavation’s data and the numerous artifacts found on a large discharge pit associated with it, makes a fundamental contribution to the historical reconstruction of the city between the last decades of the fifth and the second half of the fourth century. B.C. Emerges, for the first time, a significant picture of Camarina during the Dionysian age, the role played by its artisans within the Siceliote terracotta production of the period, and the contacts with other centers of production, distribution and consumption of terracotta figurines and pottery. The iconografy and the large amount of many terracotta types also reflected the cults, and the religious development of the ancient Greek colony.