BLACK GLAZED POTTERY, ETRUSCAN (CERAMICA A VERNICE NERA)

   A type of black-coated pottery produced from the fourth century BC onward, otherwise variously known as Campanian or vernice nera. It consists of a beige or reddish clay covered with black coat (or, loosely, a glaze). The pottery has precisely dated forms that have been studied in detail in stratigraphic context and thus provides a good way to date archaeological layers. Production started outside Etruria in areas such as Campania, but was produced in Etruria in locations such as Pyrgi, Populonia, Vulci, Volterra, and Monterriggioni.