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From Suazoid to folk pottery: pottery manufacturing traditions in a changing social and cultural environment on St. Lucia

NWIG, 2004
Overview of pottery manufacturing traditions in St Lucia, placed within the island's cultural history from pre-Columbian times up to present Afro-Caribbean folk pottery.
Corinne L. Hofman, Alistair J. Bright
doaj  

Сhronology of early Neolithic materials of the site Sakhtysh IIa (Central Russia)

Documenta Praehistorica, 2017
The Upper Volga culture (UVC) in the Volga and Oka basin is one of the earliest pottery cultures in Eastern Europe. The Sakhtysh IIa site is attributed to the core area of the UVC, with pottery encompassing all stages of this culture.
Ekaterina Dolbunova, Elena Kostyleva, Marianna Kulkova, John Meadows, Andrey Mazurkevich, Olga Lozovskaya   +5 more
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A Newly Discovered Tablet‐Making Facility in Nineveh: Insights From Scientific Analysis

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper addresses the question of tablet technology in the Neo‐Assyrian capital city of Nineveh. Recent excavations in the lower town of Nineveh by the Iraqi–Italian Archaeological Expedition uncovered an exceptional assemblage of more than 200 tablets from an elite residence that appears to have included a scriptorium.
Mathilde Jean, Michela Spataro, Jonathan Taylor, Gianfranco Ulian, Giovanni Valdré, Gabriele Giacosa, Eleonora Mariani, Nicolò Marchetti   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Not meant to last: mobility and disposable pottery

Documenta Praehistorica, 2012
Discussions of the emergence of pottery have often focused on the development of durable vessels among sedentary societies. However, there is increasing appreciation of the fact that early pottery was sometimes used by mobile groups, such as Late ...
Kevin Gibbs
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Learning Across the Divide: Understanding Knowledge Sharing Through Petrographic Analysis on Ceramics From the Rhine‐Meuse Delta During the Middle to Late Neolithic Transition (3400–2200 bce)

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vlaardingen (VL) communities on the Dutch West coast (3400–2200 bce) are part of a unique, long‐term continuity in the European Neolithic. Despite large‐scale changes in European populations during the Neolithic, the genomic diversity and cultural practices of VL communities can be retraced to the Mesolithic.
Jisca de Bruin, Erik Kroon, Lasse van den Dikkenberg, Dennis Braekmans   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Procurement of Senonian Flint for Bladelets Production at the Early PPNB Site of Nahal Zahal in the Northern Negev Established for the First Time Using Chemical Composition Analysis

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The hypotheses of Senonian flint to be a prime source of prehistoric “chalcedony” flint artefacts from the Negev Desert (Israel) was not investigated in detail thus far. By combining trace‐element profiling with statistical interpretation, ten flint items from Nahal Zahal, an Early Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B site in the northern Negev, were ...
Meir Finkel, Michal Birkenfeld, Talia Abulafia, Keren Weiss‐Sarusi, Olga Berlin, Yoav Ben Dor   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the Dietary, Economic, and Social Practices of a Neolithic Funnel Beaker Community in Wanna, Germany, Through Raw Material and Organic Residue Analyses of Pottery

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study details the analysis of an assemblage of Funnel Beaker pottery from Wanna in Northern Germany investigated using petrographic, geochemical, and organic residue analyses. The analyses revealed specialized production of pottery vessels for funerary contexts, but that domestic and funerary pottery were used intensively to process ...
I. L. Wiltshire, K. Struckmeyer, A. Behrens, M. Mennenga, M. Roffet‐Salque   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early Metal Age Dentate-stamped Pottery and Jars in Wallacea

SPAFA Journal
Dentate-stamped pottery is identified as one of the earliest types of Austronesian pottery found in Maritime Southeast Asia, the Mariana Islands in Micronesia, the Bismark Archipelago, and other islands in Melanesia.
Rintaro Ono, Harry Octavianus Sofian, Nasrullah Aziz, Sriwigati, Nico Alamsyah, Ni Luh Gde Dyah Mega Hafsari, Aisyah Arung Qalam, Adhi Agus Oktaviana   +7 more
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Mortars From Punic and Hellenistic–Roman Solunto: Materials, Formulations, and Technology

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents an archaeometric investigation of 18 hydraulic rendering and bedding mortars from Punic and Hellenistic–Roman Solunto (NW Sicily). The research aimed to characterize raw materials, reconstruct manufacturing sequences, and evaluate technological proficiency through mineralogical and petrochemical analyses.
G. Montana, G. Polizzi, C. Portale, M. Gasparo Morticelli, L. Randazzo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geomagnetic Intensity of Hellenistic Pottery and Stamped Rhodian Wine Amphorae From Jerusalem

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Stamped amphora handles produced on Rhodes during the Hellenistic period are well suited for archaeointensity studies because they often bear the names of annually appointed magistrates (eponyms) and fabricants, allowing dating to narrow time intervals.
Yael Hochma, Lisa Tauxe, Debora Sandhaus, Oded Lipschits, Erez Ben‐Yosef   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source