Abstract
Title: Forms of cultural contact, exchange and interaction in the Campanian vase tradition between the 8th and 7th centuries B.C.
The complex question of the identities that can be expressed by a particular people or social group may also be tackled through the analysis of some phenomena such as the acceptance, rejection and reshaping of a class of objects that play a specific role. This contribution focuses on some specific aspects of production in coarse ware from the two main Greek centres of the Gulf of Naples and of Italic settlements in northern Campania such as Capua and Calatia. The results show that the components that form the vase repertoire in coarse ware belong to a very local tradition in which certain forms perform primary functions related to the preparation, cooking and consumption of meals. The research confirms and underlines the highly composite nature of the material culture of archaic Campania, permeated by multiple and contemporary cultural influences in an articulated and deeply mixed structure.
Keywords: Acculturation, Middle Ground, Greek colonies, Etruscan, Natives, coarse ware, food practices.