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Kilns and experimental firing in oxidation, partial and total reduction

IpoTESI di Preistoria, 2019
The paper presents methodologies and results of experimental archaeology applied to the production of ancient pottery in high reduction environment. Manufacture of bucchero and black glazed pottery are tackled with different approaches of experimentation.
Luca Bedini
doaj   +1 more source

Ceramic Production and Geodiversity in Iron Age Iberia: An Archaeometric Study of Pottery from Castrejón de Capote (SW Spain)

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The hillfort of Castrejón de Capote is one of the best investigated settlements of Late Iron Age southwest Iberia. Located in the territory that the classical sources attributed to the Celtici, it was occupied between the early 4th and the 1st centuries bce.
Beatrijs de Groot, Luis Berrocal‐Rangel, Manuel Fernández‐Götz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Miniature vessels from the Neolithic site at Čatež-Sredno polje. Were they meant for every day use or for something else?

Documenta Praehistorica, 2005
Archaeologists use models based on ethnographic analogy and theory to recreate the meanings of symbols, but rarely can the archaeological data by itself provide us with a story.
Alenka Tomaž
doaj   +1 more source

An Archaeometric Approach to Reveal Organic Compounds via GC‐MS Analyses of Two Discovered Incense Burners at Daba Al‐Bayah

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study focuses on two terracotta incense burners discovered in the Daba Al‐Bayah necropolis in the Musandam Peninsula (Oman), associated with an Iron Age collective tomb (LCG‐2). Through gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC‐MS), the organic residues preserved within these artifacts were analyzed to investigate their use and ...
Francesco Genchi, Federica Spagnoli, Vittorio Vinciguerra, Stefania Garzoli   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The potters’ legacy: production, use and deposition of pottery in Kent, from the middle Bronze Age to the early Iron Age

, 2012
The aim of this thesis is to provide a comprehensive study of prehistoric pottery throughout the region of Kent. Research will focus specifically on middle Bronze Age through to early/middle Iron Age pottery, a date range of approximately 1500 to 400 BC.
McNee, Barbara, McNee, Barbara Louisa
core  

Dealing With Inbuilt Age: A Bayesian Approach to Radiocarbon Dating of Rice, Bamboo and Charcoal From Non Ban Jak, Thailand

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT New radiocarbon determinations from rice grains and bamboo have been obtained from Non Ban Jak, Northeast Thailand. These, along with charcoal, date a late Iron Age building sequence. The results come from short‐lived species and charcoal with potential inbuilt age. We built a series of Bayesian models to obtain a reliable chronology.
C. F. W. Higham, T. F. G. Higham
wiley   +1 more source

Archaeometric Study of Iron Age Pottery Production in Central Sicily: A Case of Technological Conservatism

Open Archaeology
This study presents an in-depth archaeometric investigation of Iron Age ceramic assemblage dating from 950 to 750 BCE from the sanctuary at Polizzello Mountain, Sicily.
Tanasi Davide, Levi Sara Tiziana, Caso Gianpiero, Tykot Robert H., Greco Enrico   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Areas and Locations of Feedstock Extraction for Bolgar Pottery: sources and identification issues (on the basis on analytical investigation materials)

Поволжская археология, 2017
The article features the results of an research in a potential source of feedstock for Bolgar pottery production. The authors address the issues of history and techniques of studying certain aspects of Bolgar pottery.
Bakhmatova Vera N. , Sitdikov Airat G.
doaj   +1 more source

The Material Basis of 18th‐Century Meissen Porcelain

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the summer of 1708, the quest for making hard‐paste porcelain from Saxonian clay and other mineral resources succeeded. This was achieved by applying as its essential ingredient newly discovered pure kaolin from Heidelsberg near Aue, western Saxon Ore Mountains.
Robert B. Heimann
wiley   +1 more source

Raw material analyses of the Modern Age ceramic from Kyiv pottery production sites

, 2019
According to written and archeological sources, there were 12 pottery making sites at the nowadays territory of Kyiv. During last 50 years seven pottery production sites have been archaeologically discovered (kilns, clay pits, outbuildings, warehouses ...
Shulzhenko, Anatolii, Bilyk, Volodymyr, Khamaiko, Natalia, Chmil, Lesia, Buhay, Oleksandr, Sushko, Alina   +5 more
core   +1 more source