scholarly journals Late neolithic pottery standardization: Application of statistical analyses

Starinar ◽  
2011 ◽  
pp. 81-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasna Vukovic
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Statistical Analyses ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Coefficients Of Variation ◽  
Archaeological Excavations ◽  
Neolithic Pottery

This paper defines the notion of standardization, presents the methodological approach to analysis, points to the problems and limitation arising in examination of materials from archaeological excavations, and presents the results of the analysis of coefficients of variation of metric parameters of the Late Neolithic vessels recovered at the sites of Vinca and Motel Slatina.

Compound-specific stable carbon isotopic detection of pig product processing in British Late Neolithic pottery

Antiquity ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 81 (313) ◽  
pp. 743-754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna J. Mukherjee ◽  
Robert Berstan ◽  
Mark S. Copley ◽  
Alex M. Gibson ◽  
Richard P. Evershed
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Stable Carbon ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Carbon Isotopic ◽  
Prehistoric Pottery ◽  
Ruminant Animals ◽  
Neolithic Pottery

By extracting lipids from potsherds and determining the δ13C of the most abundant fatty acids, degraded fats from ruminant animals, such as cattle, and non-ruminant animals, such as pigs, can be distinguished. The authors use this phenomenon to investigate Late Neolithic pig exploitation and find that the pig ‘signature’ was more frequently found among residues from Grooved Ware than other prehistoric pottery types.

Excavations at South Cadbury Castle, 1969: A Summary Report

1970 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Alcock
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
Summary Report ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Neolithic Pottery

SummaryContinued excavations at South Cadbury in July-August 1969 failed to confirm the Early Neolithic enclosed settlement hinted at in 1968, but added Late Neolithic pottery to the known cultural sequence. For the Iron Age, particular interest attaches to evidence for stake-built round houses; to a rich collection of iron and bronze arms and armour perhaps from a workshop; and to a rectangular shrine with animal sacrifices. The moment of the Roman Conquest is represented by a field oven with military bronzes. In the fifth-sixth centuries A.D. the plan of a timber hall was traced, and it was shown that timber and reused Roman masonry had played a large part in the rampart and gateway.

scholarly journals TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEOLITHIC POTTERY AT GÖYTEPE (WEST AZERBAIJAN)

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 22-31
Author(s):  
V. A. Alakbarov
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Extensive Study ◽  
Morphological Development ◽  
Southern Caucasus ◽  
West Azerbaijan ◽  
Technical Features ◽  
Building Level ◽  
Archaeological Excavations ◽  
Neolithic Pottery

The Neolithic settlement of Göytepe (6th millennium cal BC) is of great importance for studying all stages of the Neolithic pottery not only of Azerbaijan, but also that of the Southern Caucasus. Here, we analyze pottery assemblage from the 4th building level at this site as an example of Neolithic ceramics of the Kura River valley, Southern Caucasus. We focused on the technological and morphological development of pottery from 14 building levels at Göytepe. This paper presents the results of the extensive study of pottery samples found in the 4th building level during archaeological excavations in 2017. Each pottery group was described and compared according to its technical features. The obtained results were compared with previous studies of other contemporaneous sites, to discuss the origin and technological development of Neolithic pottery in the Southern Caucasus. The conclusion was made about the independent development of the Shulaveri-Shomu culture at its early stage, and about the infl uence of the intercultural contacts at later stages.

Prehistoric settlement and ritual activities at Barassie, South Ayrshire

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-94
Author(s):  
Iraia Arabaolaza
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Archaeological Remains ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
The West ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

Between 2008 and 2012 archaeological excavations at Barassie near Troon revealed a palimpsest site, which included Mesolithic pits, early Neolithic structures, middle to late Neolithic pits, Bronze Age pits and boundary ditches. This account incorporates the results of these excavations into the expanding corpus of prehistoric archaeological remains along the west coast of central Scotland.

scholarly journals Lipari (Aeolian Islands) Obsidian in the Late Neolithic. Artifacts, Supply and Function

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Clara Martinelli ◽  
Robert H. Tykot ◽  
Andrea Vianello
Keyword(s):  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Aeolian Islands ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
And Function ◽  
Prehistoric Trade ◽  
Archaeological Excavations ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractThis study focuses on the Neolithic, particularly on the emergence and development of the Diana Culture in the Aeolian Islands. Since the 1950s, the archaeological excavations unearthed parts of a settlement in a plain near the sea, contrada Diana in Lipari. We discuss the technological and typometric study of obsidian from trenches XVII, XXI, and XXXVI. A series of pXRF analyses on obsidian were carried out to identify their sources. A selection of retouched and non-retouched artifacts was examined, showing the higher variability in forms than at importing sites. This significance of this workshop area on prehistoric trade is assessed.

Diatom Analysis of Clays and Late Neolithic Pottery from the Milfield Basin, Northumberland.

1986 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 89-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Early Bronze Age ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Diatom Analysis ◽  
Test Programme ◽  
Local Origin ◽  
Neolithic Pottery

The suitability of diatom analysis for provenancing British late neolithic and early Bronze Age ceramics is examined. The Milfield Basin, Northumberland, was chosen for a test programme, as an area with well documented clay sources, defined geology and available pottery samples. The bulk of the pottery sampled was of local origin, or at least need not have been made elsewhere; one sherd, the only possible Beaker sherd sampled, seems to be an import. It is concluded that it is possible to use diatoms in this way, and some of the problems of the technique are discussed, together with possible solutions. Sampling and counting strategies are also discussed.

scholarly journals Methodological Approach (In Situ and Laboratory) for the Characterisation of Late Prehistoric Rock Paintings—Penedo Gordo (NW Spain)

Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 551
Author(s):  
Jose Santiago Pozo-Antonio ◽  
Beatriz Comendador Rey ◽  
Lara Alves Bacelar ◽  
Pablo Barreiro
Keyword(s):  
Raw Materials ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Mineralogical Composition ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Nw Spain ◽  
Analytical Protocol ◽  
Rock Paintings

This paper draws on the study of the prehistoric art site of Penedo Gordo (NW Spain) resulting from a collaborative interdisciplinary research. One of its primary goals was to design and put into practice a multi-analytical protocol for characterising prehistoric rock paintings, combining in situ and laboratory analytical techniques. Thus, following the archaeological assessment of the site, the panels exhibiting red paintings were analysed by colour spectrophotometry and portable Raman spectroscopy. Analytical techniques were applied to a collection of samples exhumed from the excavation that simultaneously took place on site. These included three red accretions on different substrates (compact soil, white quartzite and grey quartzite) and stone fragments representative of the outcrop’s petrographic variability, aiming to determine their mineralogical composition, texture and study the stone-paint boundaries. Moreover, colouring materials exhumed from the excavation and collected in the immediate surroundings of the rock outcrop were analysed in order to scrutinise the provenience rock art’s raw materials. Laboratory analysis consisted of stereomicroscopy, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. One of the major outcomes was the discovery of a drop of red pigment preserved in an archaeological layer associated with Late Neolithic/Copper Age material remains.

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