Older linear till middle danube tumulus culture pottery—Western Slovakia sites: Results of the raw materials and production technology comparative study

Hovorka, D. and Farkaš, Z. and Spišiak, J. and Krištín, J. and Števula, L. and Túnyi, I. and Kaplíková, A. (2007) Older linear till middle danube tumulus culture pottery—Western Slovakia sites: Results of the raw materials and production technology comparative study. Acta Archaeologica, 58 (1). pp. 107-134. ISSN 0001-5210

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Abstract

In the paper we present results of multi-analytical study of pottery fragments archaeologically ranked from the Older Linear till the Middle Danube Tumulus Cultures, e.g. originated in the time-span of approximately 4700 years. In the studied set of pottery fragments we didn’t observed substantial differences of the raw materials used and temperatures of firing/annealing comparing studied set through the whole mentioned time-span didn’t surpass 650 °C in any of artefacts studied. The most realistic is to rank temperatures of firing/annealing close to the 600 °C. Oxidizing/reducing conditions during firing/annealing changed. Above statemets are based on the application of the following laboratory methods: stereoscopic observation of natural splitting planes, thin sections studies under polarizing microscope, scanning electron microscope, X-ray diffraction studies, organic matter determination (its quantity as well as quality) and the archaeopal aeomagnetic study.

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