Kitala Ware: A New Early Iron Age Pottery Group from the Lower Congo Region in Central Africa
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DOI: 10.1007/s10437-019-09356-8
Abstract: This article presents the first detailed account of a previously unknown Early Iron Age pottery group from the Kongo Central Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The ceramic group is named Kitala ware, after… read more here.
Keywords: pottery; early iron; group; metallurgy ... See more keywords
The Identity of Potters in Early States: Determining the Age and Sex of Fingerprints on Early Bronze Age Pottery from Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath, Israel
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DOI: 10.1007/s10816-019-09419-9
Abstract: The organization of craft production has long been a marker for broader social, economic, and political changes that accompanied urbanism. The identity of producers who comprised production groups, communities, or workshops is out of reach… read more here.
Keywords: pottery; early bronze; age; sex ... See more keywords
Synergic analytical strategy to follow the technological evolution of Campanian medieval glazed pottery
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DOI: 10.1007/s12520-017-0477-6
Abstract: Three classes of medieval lead-tin-glazed ceramics (protomajolica, transition enamel pottery and white enamel pottery), from the archaeological site of Castello del Monte in Montella (Avellino, southern Italy), were investigated. Inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), optical… read more here.
Keywords: analytical strategy; pottery; synergic analytical; transition enamel ... See more keywords
Technological insights on the Early-Middle Bronze Age pottery of Monte Meana cave (Sardinia, Italy)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09171
Abstract: An important Bronze Age settlement was discovered during an archaeological excavation in the Monte Meana karst cave in south-western Sardinia (Italy) between 2007 and 2012. In this region, the caves were used since the Neolithic… read more here.
Keywords: pottery; bronze age; monte meana; bronze ... See more keywords
When edges become centered: The ceramic social geography of early pottery communities of the American Southeast
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2020.101253
Abstract: Abstract Along the geographic edges of regional populations lies latent potential for innovation and change accruing from interactions with those beyond the edges. This arguably was the case among some of the first pottery-making communities… read more here.
Keywords: pottery; geography; communities american; ceramic social ... See more keywords
The role of pottery in Middle Neolithic societies of western Mediterranean (Sardinia, Italy, 4500-4000 cal BC) revealed through an integrated morphometric, use-wear, biomolecular and isotopic approach
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2018.03.005
Abstract: Abstract The use of pottery in the Early Neolithic communities of Western Mediterranean has begun to be addressed by recent studies concerning the residues of dietary commodities in potsherds. In order to contribute to a… read more here.
Keywords: pottery; use wear; western mediterranean; neolithic societies ... See more keywords
Pottery conveyance in North Patagonia, Argentina: Implications for human mobility across the region
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2020.105081
Abstract: Abstract The introduction of pottery in North Patagonia (Argentina), approximately 2000 years BP, allowed hunter-gatherers to exploit resources in new ways, but also required alterations to lifeways to accommodate this new technology, especially in territoriality,… read more here.
Keywords: pottery; conveyance; north patagonia; patagonia argentina ... See more keywords
Pottery in Hellenistic tradition from ancient Bactria: The Kurganzol fortress (Uzbekistan, Central Asia)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.11.049
Abstract: Abstract Kurganzol is one of the fortresses founded in ancient Bactria during the conquest of Alexander the Great. An archaeometric characterisation was conducted on 20 pottery sherds recovered in the earliest settlement dated to the… read more here.
Keywords: tradition; pottery; hellenistic tradition; ancient bactria ... See more keywords
Pottery craft tradition in transition: From Neolithic central China to Bronze Age northern Sweden
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.03.002
Abstract: Abstract The diversity of different organic materials and the mixtures of materials used hold rich information on the practical and social relationships between material and human cultures. Regarding pottery, these differences are best examined through… read more here.
Keywords: bronze age; tradition; pottery; transition ... See more keywords
Absolute geomagnetic intensity record from pre-Columbian pottery dates elite Tlailotlacan Woman in ancient Teotihuacan
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.05.030
Abstract: Abstract A detailed rock-magnetic and archaeomagnetic investigation were carried out on seven pottery fragments (49 specimens) found within the burial of an individual with the most body/dental modifications and prestige elements found so far in… read more here.
Keywords: pottery; tlailotlacan woman; absolute geomagnetic; geomagnetic intensity ... See more keywords
The provenance and technology of a group of Hellenistic colour-coated ware pottery from the excavations at Nea Paphos on Cyprus
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.10.006
Abstract: Abstract Colour-coated ware (CCW) comprises the dominant type of Hellenistic fine ware pottery unearthed during the excavations in Nea Paphos. The detailed and systematic macroscopic examination of this pottery, focusing on typology and fabric, identified… read more here.
Keywords: ware pottery; pottery; macroscopic; coated ware ... See more keywords