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British Museum: London, Camden, GB

2007-10-15 to present | Scientist (Ceramics and Stone) (Scientific Research)
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Michela Spataro

Education and qualifications (1)

Institute of Archaeology, University College London: LONDON, London, GB

PhD (Institute of Archaeology)
Education
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Michela Spataro

Works (24)

A technological study of Assyrian clay tablets from Nineveh, Tell Halaf and Nimrud: a pilot case study

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85158019500

Part of ISSN: 18669565 18669557
Contributors: Spataro, M.; Taylor, J.; O’Flynn, D.
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An exploration of potential raw materials for prehistoric pottery production in the Tao River Valley, Gansu Province, China

Geoarchaeology
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85177547150

Part of ISSN: 15206548 08836353
Contributors: Dammer, E.; Hein, A.; Spataro, M.
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Hunter-fisher-gatherer pottery production and use at the Neolithic shell-midden of Riņņukalns, Latvia

Antiquity
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85114093191

Part of ISSN: 0003598X
Contributors: Spataro, M.; Oras, E.; Lucquin, A.; Bērziņš, V.
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The chaîne opératoire of Korenovo pottery: Hybrid ceramics? Analysis of mixed Starčevo and Korenovo ceramic assemblages from Kapelica-Solarevac and Kaniška Iva (Central Croatia)

Prahistorische Zeitschrift
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85107205651

Part of ISSN: 16130804 00794848
Contributors: Spataro, M.; Težak-Gregl, T.; Burić, M.
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The potters of Kom Dahab: the ceramic chaîne opératoire in the Ptolemaic Nile Delta

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85118280551

Part of ISSN: 18669565 18669557
Contributors: Spataro, M.; Masson-Berghoff, A.; Villing, A.
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Archaeology at ras muari: Sonari, a bronze age fisher-gatherers settlement at the hab river mouth (KARACHI, Pakistan)

Antiquaries Journal
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85094814365

Part of ISSN: 17585309 00035815
Contributors: Biagi, P.; Nisbet, R.; Spataro, M.; Starnini, E.
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Early Islamic Torpedo Jars from Siraf: Scientific Analyses of the Clay Fabric and Source of Indian Ocean Transport Containers

Iran
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85088426036

Part of ISSN: 23969202 05786967
Contributors: Tomber, R.; Spataro, M.; Priestman, S.
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Spataro, M. and Furholt, M. Detecting and explaining technological innovation in prehistory

Sidestone Press
2020 | Edited book | Conceptualization, Writing - review & editing, Supervision
Contributors: Michela Spataro; Martin Furholt
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Michela Spataro

Making pottery in the Nile Delta: ceramic provenance and technology at Naukratis, 6th–3rd centuries BC

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85041635708

Part of ISSN: 18669565 18669557
Contributors: Spataro, M.; Mommsen, H.; Villing, A.
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Michela Spataro via Scopus - Elsevier

Mycenaean pottery from Amara West (Nubia, Sudan)

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85041629528

Part of ISSN: 18669565 18669557
Contributors: Spataro, M.; Garnett, A.; Shapland, A.; Spencer, N.; Mommsen, H.
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Michela Spataro via Scopus - Elsevier

Pottery technology in the Tang dynasty (ninth century ad): archaeometric analyses of a Gongyi sherd found at Siraf, Iran

Archaeometry
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85058709796

Part of ISSN: 14754754 0003813X
Contributors: Spataro, M.; Wood, N.; Meeks, N.; Meek, A.; Priestman, S.
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Production and function of Neolithic black-painted pottery from Schela Cladovei (Iron Gates, Romania)

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85072045916

Part of ISSN: 18669565 18669557
Contributors: Spataro, M.; Cubas, M.; Craig, O.E.; Chapman, J.C.; Boroneanţ, A.; Bonsall, C.
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The chaîne opératoire of 6<sup>th</sup> millennium BC pottery making in the Maritsa Valley, Bulgaria: Ceramics from Nova Nadezhda

Prahistorische Zeitschrift
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85075436686

Part of ISSN: 16130804 00794848
Contributors: Spataro, M.; Katsarov, G.; Todorova, N.; Tsurev, A.; Nikolova, N.; Yaneva, M.; Bacvarov, K.
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Starčevo ceramic technology: the first potters of the Middle Danube Basin. Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie 341. Neolithikum und Chalkolithikum in Südosteuropa 4.

Verlag Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH, Bonn
2019-12-31 | Book
Contributors: Michela Spataro
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Michela Spataro

Origins of Specialization: The Ceramic Chaîne Opératoire and Technological Take-Off at Vinča-Belo Brdo, Serbia

Oxford Journal of Archaeology
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85049943994

Part of ISSN: 14680092 02625253
Contributors: Spataro, M.
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Boncuklu Höyük: The earliest ceramics on the Anatolian plateau

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85005976221

Part of ISSN: 2352409X
Contributors: Spataro, M.; Fletcher, A.; Cartwright, C.R.; Baird, D.
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Michela Spataro via Scopus - Elsevier

Early Ceramics in Anatolia: Implications for the Production and Use of the Earliest Pottery. the Evidence from Boncuklu Hoÿük

Cambridge Archaeological Journal
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85009773583

Part of ISSN: 14740540 09597743
Contributors: Fletcher, A.; Baird, D.; Spataro, M.; Fairbairn, A.
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Michela Spataro via Scopus - Elsevier

Spataro, M. and Tomber, R. (eds) Contextualising science: Advances in ceramic production, use and distribution

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85030316291

Part of ISSN: 2352409X
Contributors: Spataro, M.; Tomber, R.
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Michela Spataro via Scopus - Elsevier

Ceramics, Cuisine and Culture: the Archaeology and Science of Kitchen Pottery in the Ancient Mediterranean World

Oxbow, Oxford
2015 | Edited book | Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Contributors: Michela Spataro; Alexandra Villing
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Michela Spataro

The New Kingdom settlement of Amara West (Nubia, Sudan): mineralogical and chemical investigation of the ceramics

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84948453563

Part of ISSN: 18669565 18669557
Contributors: Spataro, M.; Millet, M.; Spencer, N.
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A newly discovered minoan faience plaque from the knossos town mosaic in the bristol city museum and art gallery: A technological insight

Annual of the British School at Athens
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84921747204

Part of ISSN: 20452403 00682454
Contributors: Momigliano, N.; Phillips, L.; Spataro, M.; Meeks, N.; Meek, A.
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Continuity and change in pottery manufacture between the early and middle Neolithic of Romania

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84901201278

Part of ISSN: 18669565 18669557
Contributors: Spataro, M.
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Michela Spataro via Scopus - Elsevier

SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF FAIENCE FRAGMENTS ATTRIBUTED TO THE TOWN MOSAIC AT KNOSSOS*

Archaeometry
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84884353848

Part of ISSN: 0003813X 14754754
Contributors: Spataro, M.; Meeks, N.; Meek, A.S.; Shapland, A.J.
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Michela Spataro via Scopus - Elsevier

A comparison of chemical and petrographic analyses of Neolithic pottery from South-eastern Europe

Journal of Archaeological Science
2011 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-78649521930

Part of ISSN: 10959238 03054403
Contributors: Spataro, M.
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Michela Spataro via Scopus - Elsevier