Services
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what do we serve?
Terra Cotta Incognita works interdisciplinary and internationally and cooperates with professionals and volunteers from a wide range of backgrounds, both in science and arts. For the study of late medieval and early modern maritime trade ceramics we maintain a broad national and international network of ceramics specialists. We publish both popular books on archaeology and well-designed scientific reports. Also the processing of old archaeological research by modern digital standards is in good hands with us. Furthermore we explore various teaching activities and lectures.
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terra cotta incognita publications
terra cotta incognita coordinates, co-writes, designs, edits, makes press-ready and publishes popular books on archaeology (left) and well-designed scientific reports on unique sites by archaeological specialists (right: terra cotta incognita specials)
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archaeological narrative still life photography
based on non-organic ánd organic finds from closed archaeological contexts and contemporary historical paintings
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archaeological reports and catalogues
on (post-)medieval ceramics for third parties (archaeological companies, municipalities, museums) | catalogues in deventer system typology
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object photography and drawings
technical drawings and photographs, scaled, free-standing, ready-to-use for archaeological publications and catalogues (most material categories)
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ceramic production waste analyses
researches archaeologically retrieved ceramic production waste (late and post-medieval)
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archaeometric analyses on ceramics
we perform optical, mineralogical and chemical analyses on ceramics (thin sections, stereoscopic analyses, pXRF, ICP-MS, ICP-OES) to learn more about composition, production techniques and provenance and can advice you about other techniques and its possibilities for your research
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from 'old research' to modern publication
digitalization, analysis and interpretation of 'old' analogue archaeological research using modern digital techniques, data-analyses and graphic design to process it to modern publication standards
AutoCAD | Access | Excel | Photoshop | Illustrator | InDesign
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illustrated historical reconstructions
based on the current archaeological and historical data we coordinate the making of historical illustrations in close consultation with the regional or municipal archaeologists and the illustrator
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Deventer System, color schemes & typochronologies
- for the identification of ceramics from archaeological excavations we use the Deventer System typology for medieval and modern ceramics and glass
- the colour scheme for the sixty paste groups within the Deventer System has been developed and is managed by Nina Jaspers (Terra Cotta Incognita); this colour scheme is standardly used for graphics and charts for all Deventer System publications in the Netherlands
- we develop regional typochronologies for medieval and early modern ceramics from archaeological excvations, using the Deventer System typology
teaching activities & lectures
we give workshops, lectures, classes, thesis supervision for educational institutions, universities, museums and historical-archaeological associations on:
- (post-)medieval ceramics (ca. 1100-1850 AD)
- production and production waste of tin glazed ceramics in the Netherlands: from Antwerp to Delftware (16th-18th century)
- international maritime trade ceramics: Italian, Spanish, Mexican Portuguese, French and Dutch majolica and faience (16th-17th century)
- interdisciplinary cooperation archaeometry and archaeology: historical ceramic production techniques and provenance analyses
- working with the ‘Deventer System’ typology for medieval and modern ceramics and glass from archaeological excavations in the Netherlands
Clients
University of Amsterdam | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Leiden University | Saxion Hogeschool Deventer | University of Iceland | Cultural Heritage Agency Amersfoort | Rijksmuseum Amsterdam | Dutch University Institute for Art History Florence | Museum Prinsenhof Delft | Hannemahuis Harlingen | Historical Archaeological Associations | ADC ArcheoProjecten | ArteFact | Archeologenbureau Argo | RAAP | Provincial and Municipal Archaeological Departments (Amsterdam, Domburg, Ermelo, Delft, Lent, Maastricht, Noord-Holland, Nijmegen, Vlaardingen, Vlissingen, Veere, Zaanstad)
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