Observaciones en torno al origen y difusión de la cerámica de Miranda (Avilés)

Abstract

Based on a review of pottery collected from various archaeological sites in Asturias and Galicia, we present information that more accurately defines the development of pottery from Miranda. As in the case of other manufacturing workshops in Asturias, fundamental ethnographic and documentary analysis proved insufficient for tracing initial developments and confirming certain production characteristics, without a corresponding archaeological review. Our review demonstrates that early pottery from Miranda, before product specialisation, dates to the Late Middle Ages, and that distinctly traditional production emerged in the sixteenth century.