scholarly journals Pot baking: revisiting an ancient analogy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Taranto
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Near East ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Old Kingdom ◽  
Bread Production ◽  
Neolithic Pottery

In 1990, Chazan and Lehner published a paper in which, based upon several similarities suggested an analogy between the Mesopotamian bevelled-rim bowl dated to the Uruk Period and the Old Kingdom Egyptian bedja. They concluded that, as most surely verified for the bedja, the bevelled-rim bowls could have also had the function of a container for baking. To enhance this hypothesis, the two authors pointed out that also a Late Neolithic pottery shape of the Near East, the so-called husking trays, were supposedly used for baking. In recent years, studies related to ancient baking thanks to the adoption of new ad hoc methods, have received an impressive impulse. New discoveries about ancient bread production, husking trays and bevelled-rim bowls interestingly all seem to go in the same direction. Although it is not currently possible to retrace an uninterrupted sequential line throughout the time, all of these discoveries could mutually strengthen one another, suggesting the possible existence of an ancient pot baking tradition in the Near East.

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.

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2000 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-73
Author(s):  
Stuart Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Near East ◽  
Level Of Detail ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Near Eastern ◽  
Archaeological Material ◽  
Exceptional Preservation ◽  
The Past ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Degree Of Isolation

Because of the climate and the nature of the sites, most archaeological material in the Near East has survived the passage of time in a reasonably well preserved state (at least, until recent decades). It remains true, however, that occasional deposits with exceptional preservation provide a level of detail that opens up new areas of interpretation to archaeologists. The classic examples are, perhaps, Çatalhöyük and Nahal Hemar. The ‘Burnt Village’ at Sabi Abyad is proving to be another where the new evidence is leading to a series of publications offering interpretations of the settlement which will have profound implications for our perception of the late Neolithic in northern Mesopotamia. This stimulating article amplifies one area of discussion, attempting to bring some of the most striking features of the ‘Burnt Village’ into a single, unified interpretation. Importantly, this unified interpretation draws on a range of contemporary approaches to understanding the past and, given the tendency of near eastern archaeologists to function in a degree of isolation from wider archaeological trends, this article is to be particularly welcomed. Inevitably it can be criticised in certain areas and it might have gone further in others but these comments start from the basis of welcoming, enjoying and being stimulated by this piece of work.

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 Defining function in Neolithic ceramics: the example of Makriyalos, Greece

2002 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 109-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dushka Urem-Kotsou ◽  
Kostas Kotsakis ◽  
Ben Stern
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Analysis ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Chemical Analyses ◽  
Crucial Importance ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Archaeological Ceramics ◽  
Organic Remains ◽  
Neolithic Pottery

Recent development in chemical analyses of organic remains in archaeological ceramics gives new possibilities to the study of pottery use. They could be of crucial importance in assessing vessel’s use, especially when combined with contextual, technomorphological and use-alteration analysis data. Using the example of the late Neolithic pottery from Makriyalos, Northern Greece, we discuss some of the problems in determining the use of the vessels from archaeological context, and show the benefits of integrating chemical analysis of organic remains in approaching this issue.

scholarly journals Things we lost in the fire: The case of the “beautiful” vessel

Starinar ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 7-18
Author(s):  
Marija Svilar
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Process ◽  
Building Structure ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
The Past ◽  
Neolithic Pottery

From the earliest excavations on the territory of the central Balkans and up to today, Late Neolithic pottery assemblages have remained one of the most important contributors to our knowledge of the past. To a certain extent, the burned Late Neolithic horizons left a great number of the architectural details preserved in the archaeological record, along with various artefacts, of which pottery makes up the largest part. However, due to the fact that the majority of pottery vessels and sherds were subjected to temperatures that were higher than those they were initially fired in the manufacturing process, decoration makes up a minority of the archaeological record of the central Balkans and, unfortunately, we usually deal with plain assemblages. Therefore, it is not surprising that the discovery of one vessel that has a small preserved portion of applied painted decoration, unearthed from a burned building structure in the latest horizon at the site of Plocnik, introduced a whole new set of questions. Importantly, this instance further emphasises that when deconstructing prehistoric paradigms, our interpretation sometimes must go beyond observation.

scholarly journals TECHNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF EARLY-LATE NEOLITHIC POTTERY IN DNEPR-DVINA REGION, TECHNOLOGICAL TRACES AND THEIR INTERPRETATION

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 24-37
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Vladimirovna Dolbunova ◽  
Andrey Nikolaevich Mazurkevich
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Local Features ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Early Late ◽  
Technological Analysis ◽  
Different Parts ◽  
Neolithic Pottery

Different approaches of pottery making analysis are represented in this article. Major role is devoted to the description of technological traces, which can be observed on pottery of early-late neolithic in dnepr-dvina region, as well as to variety of methods that can be used in the analysis of ceramics manufacture techniques. different ethnographic evidences are discussed here, which allow interpreting changes occurred in technological sphere, that might not always be connected with cultural factors. description of operational sequences used for pottery making dated to early-late neolithic of this region, is represented in this article. characteristic features of these techniques, existed at different periods are analyzed, as well as changes occurred in different parts ofexisted operational sequences. it is supposed that similarity of decor, technology of pottery making, and vessels forms, typical for synchronous sites located in different parts of dnepr-dvina region, might be a marker of one society lived on this territory. Whereas local features in vessels form, decor, and technology of pottery assemblages located on definite sites within small microregions, might reflect cultural identity of society/societies lived there.

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