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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

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

PhD (Institute of Archaeology)
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Michela Spataro

Works (27)

Comparative study of bronze age ceramic moulds reveals diachronic and spatial change in mould material processing in the central plain of China, c. 13th-3rd century BCE

Journal of Archaeological Science
2025 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2024.106145
EID:

2-s2.0-85212557077

Part of ISSN: 10959238 03054403
Contributors: Liu, N.; Wang, C.; Spataro, M.; Chen, J.; Liu, S.; Liu, Y.; Wang, Q.
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An exploration of potential raw materials for prehistoric pottery production in the Tao River Valley, Gansu Province, China

Geoarchaeology
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/gea.21984
EID:

2-s2.0-85177547150

Part of ISSN: 15206548 08836353
Contributors: Dammer, E.; Hein, A.; Spataro, M.
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Comparative Study Of Bronze Age Ceramic Moulds Reveals Diachronic and Spatial Change in Mould Material Processing in the Central Plain of China, C. 13th-3rd Century BCE

SSRN
2024 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85202286022

Part of ISSN: 15565068
Contributors: Liu, N.; Wang, C.; Spataro, M.; Chen, J.; Liu, S.; Liu, Y.; Wang, Q.
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Early experimental porcelain production in seventeenth-century England: Dwight’s Fulham pottery (London)

Rendiconti Lincei
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-024-01282-5
EID:

2-s2.0-85210181219

Part of ISSN: 23852623 20374631
Contributors: Spataro, M.; Meeks, N.
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A technological study of Assyrian clay tablets from Nineveh, Tell Halaf and Nimrud: a pilot case study

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-023-01761-0
EID:

2-s2.0-85158019500

Part of ISSN: 18669565 18669557
Contributors: Spataro, M.; Taylor, J.; O’Flynn, D.
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Hunter-fisher-gatherer pottery production and use at the Neolithic shell-midden of Riņņukalns, Latvia

Antiquity
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2021.127
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
DOI: 10.1515/pz-2021-0013
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
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-021-01457-3
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
DOI: 10.1017/S0003581520000414
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
DOI: 10.1080/05786967.2020.1792797
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
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-017-0584-4
EID:

2-s2.0-85041635708

Part of ISSN: 18669565 18669557
Contributors: Spataro, M.; Mommsen, H.; Villing, A.
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Mycenaean pottery from Amara West (Nubia, Sudan)

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-017-0552-z
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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Pottery technology in the Tang dynasty (ninth century ad): archaeometric analyses of a Gongyi sherd found at Siraf, Iran

Archaeometry
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12448
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
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-019-00918-0
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

Praehistorische Zeitschrift
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1515/pz-2019-0007
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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Origins of Specialization: The Ceramic Chaîne Opératoire and Technological Take-Off at Vinča-Belo Brdo, Serbia

Oxford Journal of Archaeology
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ojoa.12140
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
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.10.011
EID:

2-s2.0-85005976221

Part of ISSN: 2352409X
Contributors: Spataro, M.; Fletcher, A.; Cartwright, C.R.; Baird, D.
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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
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774316000767
EID:

2-s2.0-85009773583

Part of ISSN: 14740540 09597743
Contributors: Fletcher, A.; Baird, D.; Spataro, M.; Fairbairn, A.
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Spataro, M. and Tomber, R. (eds) Contextualising science: Advances in ceramic production, use and distribution

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.08.017
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
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-014-0199-y
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
DOI: 10.1017/S0068245414000094
EID:

2-s2.0-84911997466

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
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-013-0171-2
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
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2012.00721.x
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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A comparison of chemical and petrographic analyses of Neolithic pottery from South-eastern Europe

Journal of Archaeological Science
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.08.026
EID:

2-s2.0-78649521930

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