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https://doi.org/10.52064/vamz.56.2.1
Archaeometry of Bronze-Age ceramics from the area of Trogir
Andreja Kudelić
orcid.org/0000-0003-2598-1653
Natali Neral
orcid.org/0000-0003-0329-2259
Lujana Paraman
orcid.org/0000-0001-8780-5845
Sažetak
The paper presents the results of archaeometric analysis of pottery
from several Bronze Age sites in the area of central Dalmatia.
A mineralogico-petrographic analysis of 38 thin sections of pottery
was carried out using the method of optical microscopy, while the
mineral composition of a smaller number of samples was determined
using the X-ray powder diffraction method. The research
provided data on the characteristics of the clay raw material, the
type and proportion of non-plastic tempers intentionally added to
the clay, and information on the production techniques and firing
temperatures. The research showed that Bronze Age potters very
likely used local, easily available clay and non-plastic tempering
material: calcite, sedimentary rocks and grog. Through consideration
of technological choices, changes in pottery practices between
the first and last phases of the Bronze Age were observed.
The long-term tradition of using calcite, which becomes a dominant
tempering material in the last phase of the Bronze Age, is evident.
On the other hand, from the Early Bronze Age, potters used
grog, either alone or in combination with calcite and, more rarely,
crushed sedimentary rocks, and this practice seems to have been
slowly abandoned after the Late Bronze Age. The results therefore
indicate a correlation between selection of tempering material
and chronological patterns, that is, such a practice could have
been related to the periodic influences of various social factors.
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Hrčak ID:
314509
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Datum izdavanja:
30.12.2023.
Posjeta: 248 *