Laura M BanducciLaura M. Banducci is Associate Professor of Greek and Roman Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She is the author of several books and articles on ceramics and other artefacts with a particular focus on function and use. She has been th Director of the Finds Laboratory for the Gabii Project since 2015. Her current research projects include examining the phenomenon of ceramic repair in the Roman world and using petrology to consider wattle and daub construction techniques at Gabii. Mattia D'Acri is a PhD candidate in the Classical Archaeology program at the University of Missouri-Columbia (USA). His main interest is the study of ceramics, with a particular focus on the protohistoric and archaic periods in central-southern Italy. He has conducted fieldwork in various parts of Rome, Gabii, Pompeii, Francavilla Marittima, and many other sites and has published on aspects of the ceramic assemblages recovered from these sites. Read More Read Less