Journal articles: 'Prehistorico Pottery'

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Speakman, Robert J., and Hector Neff. "Evaluation of Painted Pottery from the Mesa Verde Region Using Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS)." American Antiquity 67, no. 1 (January 2002): 137–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2694882.

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For decades archaeologists have struggled with the problem of accurately determining organic and mineral-based paints in pottery from the American Southwest. Using Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), we have developed a simple and cost-effective method that permits classification of painted surfaces into mineral and organic-based categories. By applying this method to Mesa Verde and Mancos Black-on-white pottery from the Mesa Verde Region, we were able to distinguish easily between mineral and organic-based paints. Preliminary data also suggest that multiple sub-groups of mineral-based paints exist within these ceramic types, indicating that multiple recipes for manufacturing paint may have been employed by prehistoric potters from this region.

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Roper, Donna C., Richard L. Josephs, and Margaret E. Beck. "Determining Provenance of Shell-Tempered Pottery from the Central Plains Using Petrography and Oxidation Analysis." American Antiquity 75, no. 1 (January 2010): 134–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.7183/0002-7316.75.1.134.

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Late prehistoric sites on the Central Plains contain both grit/grog- (mineral-) tempered pottery and shell-tempered pottery. This appearance of shell-tempered pottery around cal A.D. 1000 has traditionally been explained as a colonization from the Mississippi River valley with further dispersal via trade. As a result, very little is known about the role of this material in the region. We report the results of a provenance analysis of shell-tempered pottery from seven sites extending from the Missouri River valley to north-central Kansas. We use petrography and oxidation analysis to compare the shell-tempered pottery across these localities and the shell-tempered to the mineral-tempered pottery from each locality, and we compare mineral inclusions and clay characteristics in all pottery with published geological and pedological information for each locality. The results demonstrate that shell-tempered pottery was locally produced throughout at least a portion of the Central Plains. Differences in firing technology are apparent across the study area and may play a role in the distribution of shell-tempered pottery. Two other results are the identification of composite temper in a notable proportion of the sherds studied, and indications of from where on the landscape Central Plains potters were procuring their raw materials.

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MacSween, Ann. "The prehistoric pottery." Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports 98 (May 30, 2022): 166–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.9750/issn.2056-7421.2022.98.166-168.

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Rojas Rodríguez-Malo, J. M. "Cerámica prehistórica en Talavera y su comarca. Visión de conjunto." Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio 38, no. 4 (August 30, 1999): 297–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/cyv.1999.v38.i4.948.

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Narayanen, Suresh, and Stephen Chia. "Lun Bawang and Kelabit Potteries of Sarawak." Sarawak Museum Journal LXXIII, no. 94 (December 1, 2014): 25–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.61507/smj22-2014-q8xx-02.

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In 2013, an ethnographic study of the Lun Bawang and Kelabit potteries in Sarawak was undertaken by the authors and staff of the Centre for Global Archaeological Research (CGAR), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang and the Sarawak Museum Department, Kuching in the district of Lawas and the Kelabit Highlands, Sarawak (Fig. 1). The primary objective of the study is to locate the few remaining Lun Bawang and Kelabit potters in these regions in order to gather data and information on traditional pottery technology, types and functions. It is also hoped that the findings of the study can provide some useful insights into the connections between the past and present pottery-making traditions in Sarawak. The Lun Bawang and Kelabit potteries have been studied since the mid-1950s by a number of researchers such as Harrisson (1955), Morrison (1955) and Janowski (1991). Harrisson’s (1955: 301) work, however, was focussed mainly on the distribution and general characteristics of native pottery in Sarawak and Sabah. He made brief mentions of the possible links between the traditional and prehistoric pottery of Borneo. Morrison (1955) reported briefly on the Lun Bawang pottery-making in Ba’ Kelalan, Lawas. Between 1986 and 1988, Janowski (1991) studied and reported in detail about the Kelabit pottery-making at the village of Pa’ Dalih in the Kelabit Highlands. Although these previous studies have provided useful records of traditional pottery-making of the Lun Bawang and Kelabit, they are too brief and not comprehensive enough for understanding the traditional pottery-making of Sarawak. This study is therefore an attempt to fill the gaps in knowledge about the traditional pottery-making of the Lun Bawang and Kelabit which is now a dying tradition.

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Neral, Natali, Andreja Kudelić, Ana Maričić, and Marta Mileusnić. "POTTERY TECHNOLOGY THROUGH TIME: ARCHAEOMETRY OF POTTERY AND CLAYEY RAW MATERIAL FROM THE MULTI-PERIOD SITE IN EASTERN CROATIA." Rudarsko-geološko-naftni zbornik 38, no. 2 (2023): 1–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.17794/rgn.2023.2.1.

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Consideration of multiperiod archaeological sites to understand the mechanisms of large-scale cultural changes is still a very rare research topic in Croatia. Technological traditions are of great importance, especially in the context of considering continuity, innovation, and change. In this paper, we used an archaeometric approach to investigate pottery technology. Therefore, this article presents an analysis of petrography and mineralogy of archaeological ceramics and potential raw materials collected in the vicinity of the multi-period archaeological site (the Neolithic through the Medieval period) Jagodnjak-Krčevine located in eastern Croatia, i.e. the south-western part of the Pannonian Basin. The primary goal is to determine what kind of clay recipe (clay and temper) potters used to make vessels in order to better understand their variability in the context of techno-functional features. The additional objective is to examine the availability and quality of clays for pottery production and to study their distribution in the local landscape. The analytical methods applied in the research are optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and grain size analysis. The comparison of archaeological ceramics with clayey materials established that ancient potters used locally available clays, and the selection of temper material added to the clay represents a strong element of techno-tradition, which is more pronounced for prehistoric communities. Furthermore, these results represent the first research in Croatia focused on a discussion about distances that potters travelled to obtain their resources in the different periods of the past, which can contribute to the study of a regional system of production and landscape use.

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Anggraeni, Anggraeni, and Sektiadi Sektiadi. "Tinggalan Arkeologi Kalumpang untuk Edukasi dan Peluang Pengembangan Seni Kriya." Bakti Budaya 6, no. 1 (June 27, 2023): 69–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/bakti.7784.

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Kalumpang is one of the important regions for archaeology related to the existence of Neolithic and the Early Metal Age settlement remains. The finds provide knowledge about the history of early habitation of the Indonesian Archipelago by the Austronesian speaking people. One of the important finds from three prehistoric sites in the Kalumpang area, namely the Minanga Sipakko, Kamassi, and Palemba sites, is potsherds with various decorations. Pottery is still survives today in the Kalumpang area, although its production is only based on consumer demand. On the contrary, handwoven production tend to increase significantly. Considering that pottery has played an important role in daily lives and rituals since the Prehistoric Period, this cultural heritage needs to be preserved. So far, there is no one who are interested in finding strategies to increase pottery production and attract the public's attention. Therefore, the team of research and Community Service from Archaeology Department Universitas Gadjah Mada need to identify: (1) the types of pottery that are still being produced by potters in the Kalumpang area; (2) early Neolithic-Metallic pottery decorative motif elements that can be applied to Kalumpang pottery that is still being produced; (3) new types of products related to the production of Kalumpang pottery. The results of identification are then set forth in the pottery motif design development module. This module can be used by various parties as an initial reference for developing pottery products. Agents of change, such as teachers and members of Karangtaruna, are expected to be able to use the modules to inspire traditional potters to continue their production by utilizing local cultural heritage. It is hoped that the production of Kalumpang pottery will be sustained and open up insight and concern for the wider community towards the cultural wealth of their ancestors. ==== Kalumpang merupakan salah satu wilayah penting dalam kajian arkeologi terkait adanya temuan sisa permukiman Neolitik dan Masa Logam Awal yang dapat memberikan sumbangan pengetahuan tentang sejarah penghunian Kepulauan Indonesia oleh penutur bahasa Melayu Polinesia (rumpun bahasa Austronesia). Salah satu temuan penting dari tiga situs Prasejarah di wilayah Kalumpang ialah Situs Minanga Sipakko, Kamassi, dan Palemba, yaitu fragmen tembikar dengan berbagai ragam hias. Di wilayah tersebut, tembikar masih diproduksi, tetapi hanya bila ada pemesan. Hal ini berbanding terbalik dengan produksi tenun yang cenderung meningkat secara signifikan. Mengingat tembikar sejak Masa Prasejarah menjadi barang penting dalam kehidupan sehari-hari dan ritual serta masih ada pembuatnya, warisan budaya ini perlu dilestarikan. Sejauh ini, belum ada pihak yang peduli dan berminat untuk mencari strategi agar produksi tembikar kembali meningkat dan diminati masyarakat luas. Oleh karena itu, Tim Penelitian-Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat Arkeologi UGM melakukan identifikasi terhadap: (1) jenis tembikar yang masih diproduksi oleh perajin di wilayah Kalumpang; (2) elemen motif hias tembikar Masa Neolitik-Logam Awal yang dapat diterapkan pada tembikar yang masih diproduksi; (3) bentuk produk baru terkait dengan produksi tembikar Kalumpang. Hasil identifikasi tersebut selanjutnya dituangkan dalam modul pengembangan desain motif tembikar. Modul tersebut dapat dipakai oleh berbagi pihak sebagai acuan awal untuk melakukan pengembangan produk tembikar. Agen perubahan, seperti guru dan anggota Karangtaruna, diharapkan dapat menggunakan modul tersebut untuk menginspirasi para perajin tembikar tradisional agar tetap berproduksi dengan memanfaatkan warisan budaya setempat. Dengan demikian, diharapkan produksi tembikar Kalumpang tetap lestari dan membuka wawasan serta kepedulian masyarakat luas terhadap kekayaan budaya nenek moyang.

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MOHAMED, Hamdy Mohamed, and Zainab Abd EL-Tawab Riyad KHAMIS. "DIAGNOSIS OF THE DETERIORATION AND CONSERVATION OF BES POTTERY JAR FROM THE TOMB OF PETAH UMM UYA IN SAQQARA." International Journal of Conservation Science 15, no. 1 (March 15, 2024): 449–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.36868/ijcs.2024.01.05.

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The purpose of this study was the chemical characterization and conservation of the Bes pottery jar. Pottery jars were important in Egypt from prehistoric times until the end of late history; they had their ideological symbolism and important role in daily life. "Bes" jar is a kind of healing jar, which was known and spread during the end of the New Kingdom and Late Period of ancient Egypt. AutoCAD, digital microscope, and polarized microscope (PLM) were used to clarify the deterioration state of the pottery jar. The XRD method was used to investigate the mineralogical composition of the pottery jar. Besides, the pottery's internal morphology and chemical composition were studied using scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX). The examination revealed that the selected pottery jar exhibited numerous cracks, dust accumulation, salt crystallization, and black spots. PLM showed the presence of several minerals, such as calcite, quartz, biotite, and plagioclase. SEM-EDX analysis revealed high calcium oxide concentrations due to the use of calcium carbonate in the slip layer, besides chloride salts. XRD analysis indicated that quartz was the predominant mineral in all the samples. Additionally, calcite, diopside, anorthite, halite, and dolomite were also detected in varying proportions. The pottery jar underwent various treatments, including mechanical and chemical cleaning. In addition, dental gypsum and grog were used in the completion process. Furthermore, the paraloid B-72 was used to achieve the consolidation process.

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Mohd Ali, Muhamad Shafiq, Zuliskandar Ramli, and Nur Sarahah Mohd Supian. "Geochemistry And Mineralogy Of Prehistoric Pottery Shards Found At Gua Jaya, Nenggiri Valley, Kelantan, Malaysia." Bulletin Of The Geological Society Of Malaysia 72 (November 15, 2021): 205–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.7186/bgsm72202116.

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Earthenware pottery is one of the common artefacts found during archaeological excavation works. Earthenware pottery is one of the tools used by prehistoric society as a tool for use in daily life. Earthenware pottery found at archaeological sites should be determined whether it was made by the local community or brought in from outside. Therefore, chemical analysis using X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) and mineralogical analysis using X-ray Diffraction (XRD) methods need to be done to obtain the mineral content and elements of earthenware pottery that can be compared with clay found in the area. This comparison is to ascertain whether the prehistoric pottery was made in the vicinity of the discovery area or brought in from outside. The results of this study found that the pottery discovered during excavations at Gua Jaya was brought in from other areas. Besides, it was also determined that the pottery was burned openly due to the uneven combustion temperature. The content of the pottery element also indicates that the pottery was used as food storage containers and also as appliances for cooking.

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Morris, Elaine. "Prehistoric pottery for the archaeologist." Journal of Archaeological Science 19, no. 2 (March 1992): 234–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0305-4403(92)90054-7.

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Abbott, David R. "Extensive and Long-Term Specialization: Hohokam Ceramic Production in the Phoenix Basin, Arizona." American Antiquity 74, no. 3 (July 2009): 531–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0002731600048745.

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The ceramic evidence from 10 sites in the lower Salt River valley, Arizona, represents the entire temporal interval defined as the pre-Classic era of Hohokam prehistory. These data indicate that nearly all of the clay pots consumed in the valley over a period lasting six centuries were manufactured by just a few potter groups. The uninterrupted duration, high volume, and the large variety of vessel forms and wares produced for exchange may have been unparalleled in the prehistoric Southwest. A temporally comprehensive model of pottery manufacture in the Phoenix basin is presented, its implications for the origins of specialization, and the influence of intensive irrigation are discussed. In addition, the implications are considered for a previously published model of the Hohokam economy centered on marketplace transactions (Abbott, Smith, and Gallaga 2007).

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Sullivan, Alan P. "Prehistoric Southwestern Ceramic Manufacture: The Limitations of Current Evidence." American Antiquity 53, no. 1 (January 1988): 23–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/281152.

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Identification of the artifacts and features used in ceramic manufacture has become a crucial aspect of Southwestern archaeology as the organization of pottery production has assumed a pivotal role in current models of Southwestern prehistory. Regrettably, pottery-making and pottery-firing areas seldom are reported, and reliable criteria for inferring their presence at archaeological sites have not been developed. A review of pertinent ethnoarchaeological and experimental literature provides some correlates for identifying artifacts and features that may have been involved in ceramic production. Presently, it appears that only two Southwestern sites, Snaketown on the Gila River and AZ I:1:17(ASM) south of Grand Canyon National Park, have disclosed convincing evidence of on-site pottery-making and pottery-firing areas. Some recommendations are developed for increasing the likelihood of recovering strong evidence of ceramic production at Southwestern sites.

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Vlachos, Dimitrios. "Changes in the production and use of pottery from the Early Neolithic to the ‘secondary products revolution’: some evidence from LN Makriyalos, Northern Greece." Documenta Praehistorica 29 (December 22, 2002): 119–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/dp.29.10.

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Recent developments in pottery studies have altered the way archaeologists handle and interpret prehistoric pottery. The technology and use of pottery, the symbolic and social meaning of the pot are considered as anthropological phenomena, the products of human action. Excavations at Late Neolithic Makriyalos offered the opportunity to explore from a new perspective several aspects of neolithic society in Greece in terms of the use, function, distribution and discard of pottery.

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Morris, Elaine L., and Ann Woodward. "Ceramic Petrology and Prehistoric Pottery in the UK." Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 69 (2003): 279–303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0079497x00001353.

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Initial compilation of a digital record of petrological thin-sections prepared from ceramics found in the United Kingdom, the English Heritage UKTS database, was completed in 1994. This paper was commissioned by English Heritage as one of a series of period studies designed to synthesise and review the contents of the database. From the total of c. 20,000 thin-sections recorded, c. 5500 (28%) relate to prehistoric pottery. Within the prehistoric entries, coverage varies both by period and by region. The main results are summarised by region, and a series of general discussion points is highlighted. The themes of technology, production, and exchange, the movement of pottery in the earlier prehistoric period, and the potential symbolic significance of inclusions such as rock, bone, and grog are all considered. Finally, recommendations for the minimum standardisation of petrological reports on prehistoric ceramics, and for further research, are outlined.

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Kordatzaki, Georgia, Kostas Sbonias, Emeri Farinetti, and Iris Tzachili. "TECHNOLOGICAL AND PROVENANCE ANALYSIS OF AN EARLY AND MIDDLE CYCLADIC POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE FROM THERASIA, GREECE." Annual of the British School at Athens 113 (June 26, 2018): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0068245418000035.

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During the archaeological survey research project ‘Island Cultures in a Diachronic Perspective: the case of Therasia’, large amounts of pottery were recorded throughout the island of Therasia, ranging in date from the Bronze Age to modern times. Focusing on the prehistoric period, pottery of the Early Cycladic and late Middle Cycladic periods was recovered at Panaghia Koimisis, which is situated on the southern part of the island. This paper presents the petrographic data and results of the analysis carried out on pottery samples which are representative of variable surface treatments and different macro-fabrics of these two prehistoric periods. Tackling issues of provenance and technology, the current scientific analysis attests the coexistence of Theran and off-Theran pottery fabrics already at Panaghia Koimisis in the Early Cycladic period. The majority of the pottery fabrics at Panaghia Koimisis were identified as Theran and the analysis demonstrates intensive contacts between the southern parts of Thera and Therasia throughout the Early and late Middle Cycladic phases. Moreover, adding support to previous studies, this research indicates a wide Cycladic pottery network, in which the site participated as a consumer. During the late Middle Cycladic period major changes in the Theran production are documented, including the disappearance of the earlier pottery recipe, which had been prevalent at Panaghia Koimisis.

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Kapuran, Aleksandar. "Late Hallstatt pottery from north-eastern Serbia (6th to 4th century BC)." Starinar, no. 63 (2013): 23–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/sta1363023k.

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By looking at prehistoric collections and unpublished material from the museums in north-eastern Serbia, as well as by surveying and excavating, new information was gained which fulfills the image of material and spiritual culture of prehistoric communities from the end of the Early Iron Age. Usually, for a closer chronological determination, metal jewellery and weapons were considered. Pottery finds were published only occasionally, usually due to contexts which were not clear enough, or due to chronological insensitivity (unless they were grave goods), but also due to stylistic and typological differences not clearly distinguished between the 'Basarabi' culture and the culture of 'channelled pottery'. This paper aims to define features of pottery production from different sites, more precisely, those found in the territory between the Iron Gates, Kljuc and the Timok valley.

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Topping, Patrick G. "Later prehistoric pottery from Dun Cul Bhuirg, Iona, Argyll." Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 115 (November 30, 1987): 199–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.9750/psas.115.199.209.

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In 1980 DrsJN G Ritchie and A M Lane published an account of the excavation and a description of the finds recovered from the small fort of Dun Cul Bhuirg, lona. Much of the pottery from the site was thought to be lost, which hampered their interpretation of the extant sherds and the relationship of the fort and associated hut sites to others in the Western Isles. Several hundred of the lost pottery sherds have now been recovered and are described here, together with a discussion of some of the more general problems relating to the later prehistoric pottery sequence in the Islands.

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Lattao, Virginia, Sara Garcês, Hugo Gomes, Pierluigi Rosina, and Hipólito Collado. "Autochthonous or Allochthonous, the Prehistoric Pottery of Cueva de Los Postes." Applied Sciences 14, no. 11 (May 30, 2024): 4706. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app14114706.

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Cueva de Los Postes is located in the southern part of the Spanish Extremadura region, in the Fuentes de León municipality. This study analyzed pottery found during archaeological excavations in Cueva de Los Postes. The aim was to determine whether the raw materials had common or separate origins and determine whether or not the origin of the pottery raw material was regional. In this regard, several pottery fragments were found in different phases (Neolithic and Copper Age) of the Holocene occupation of Cueva de Los Postes. These were analyzed using ATR-FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy). The analyzed samples demonstrated no strong differences in their composition. In order to identify a possible origin for the kaolinite of the analyzed pottery, six samples of clay sediments were taken from inside and around the cave and subjected to ATR-FTIR. This was done to compare their compositions and check for a possible correlation with the pottery. The analyzed pottery, from different stratigraphic units, shows homogeneity in raw material. This finding, and the analyses made of the regional sediments, confirm that the raw material was regional and that there was a continuous use of it.

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Lentfer, Carol J., Matthew W. Felgate, Robynne A. Mills, and Jim Specht. "Human history and palaeoenvironmental change at Site 17, Freshwater Beach, Lizard Island, northeast Queensland, Australia." Queensland Archaeological Research 16 (February 12, 2013): 141. http://dx.doi.org/10.25120/qar.16.2013.227.

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Late Holocene patterns of change in occupation and use of islands along the eastern coast of Queensland have long been debated in terms of various drivers, though much of this discussion relates to regions south of Cairns, with comparatively little study of the far northern Great Barrier Reef islands. The numerous middens, stone arrangements and art sites on Lizard Island suggest long-term use by Indigenous people, but recent discoveries of pottery give tantalising glimpses of a prehistoric past that may have included a prehistoric economy involving pottery. Here we review previous archaeological surveys and studies on Lizard Island and report on new archaeological and palaeoenvironmental studies from the Site 17 midden at Freshwater Beach, with an oldest date of 3815–3571 cal BP. We identify two major changes in the archaeological and palaeoenvironmental records, one associated with more recent European influences and the other at c.2000 cal BP. Pottery from the intertidal zone is as yet undated. When dates become available the relationship between the Site 17 results reported here and the use of pottery on the island may be clarified.

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Simon, Arleyn W., and William A. Coghlan. "The Use of Indentation Testing to Obtain Precise Hardness Measurements from Prehistoric Pottery." American Antiquity 54, no. 1 (January 1989): 107–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/281334.

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Archaeologists have sought to assess prehistoric pottery production by using hardness as an indicator of the relation between ceramic materials and firing temperature. Yet hardness testing commonly has been limited to a scratch test, which is imprecise and lacks the precision necessary to investigate these relations. Recent research has developed the application of indentation hardness testing for prehistoric ceramics. A sample of low-fired plainware pottery from the Shoofly Village Ruin in Arizona was used as a test case. Results indicate the technique produces continuous scale measurements which are precise and useful for the investigation of intraassemblage variations. The method overcomes many limitations of the traditional scratch test and may be used for either prehistoric or experimental ceramic samples. Indentation hardness testing provides the precision needed to more fully examine the complex relations between hardness and other ceramic attributes.

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Susilowati, Nenggih. "Characteristic of Prehistoric Austronesian Pottery Around Lake Singkarak, Solok, West Sumatra." KALPATARU 32, no. 2 (December 30, 2023): 83–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.55981/kpt.2023.62.

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The karst environment with forests and lakes has the potential to be a source of water, food, and materials that are important to the human's ideal location for its inhabitants. Pottery shards found in surveys and excavations illustrate that the site became a place to settle with various human activities. This article aims to determine the characteristics of Austronesian pottery remains at the cave and open sites and determine the relationship with maritime culture around Lake Singkarak. The method used is qualitative, analyzing pottery fragments supported by laboratory analysis. The results of the analysis data note that the discovery of geometric patterns and red slips can illustrate the expertise of supporters in beautifying pottery and describe the cultural history and life of the makers.

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Alexander, Derek, T. Cowie, M. Cressey, B. Finlayson, T. Holden, and F. Hunter. "Excavation of Neolithic pits, later prehistoric structures and a Roman temporary camp along the line of A96 Kintore and Blackburn Bypass, Aberdeenshire." Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 130 (November 30, 2002): 11–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.9750/psas.130.11.75.

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Investigation prior to the construction of the bypass revealed features relating to various periods of activity. Pits were identified at several locations containing prehistoric pottery, while the northern and western perimeters of a Roman temporary camp were examined. The foundations of an Iron Age timber structure c. ten metres in diameter were excavated. Extensive excavation around the western entrance of the Roman temporary camp located a concentration of features including a spread of pits containing Neolithic pottery and chipped stone, four later prehistoric structures and Roman/Early Historic field ovens. Twenty-five Neolithic to Early Romano-British radiocarbon dates are reported. Includes separately authored reports on:

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Christyawaty, Eny. "Teknik Tatap – Landas di Sentang, Tanjung Tiram, Batubara, Sumatera Utara (Teknik Pembuatan Tembikar Tradisi Neolitik)." Berkala Arkeologi Sangkhakala 13, no. 25 (January 6, 2018): 42–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.24832/bas.v13i25.186.

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AbstractPottery is one of the old cultural product when people lived in prehistoric times. Humans have known and to make pottery from clay material since humans feel the need for containers for storing and cooking food. Pottery has a very important role in society life. Making pottery with a paddle anvile technique is a technique known in neolithic culture. Until now, these techniques are still used in several places in Indonesia, such as in Sentang, Tanjung Tiram, North Sumatera

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Sanada, Sakura. "A Classification System for Pottery Shape at Prehistoric Sites in Lower Egypt." Studies in Ancient Art and Civilisation 19 (December 30, 2015): 23–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.12797/saac.19.2015.19.02.

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Pottery data from prehistoric sites in Lower Egypt has been reported using different classification systems dependent on the site where it was discovered. This makes comparative analysis of pottery from different locations highly problematic. The significant majority of pottery excavated at these sites is either incomplete or consists of pot sherds that cannot be reconstructed. This paper will consider the problems that exist in publishing data concerning pottery shape and examine the classification systems adopted in earlier reports. Bearing these earlier systems in mind, the report will consider what the most feasible general classification system would be for the recording and classifying of pot sherd shape data from all Lower Egyptian sites, which would also be able to integrate together even with pottery shape data in the earlier reports as accurately as possible. There might be the feasible system or a prototype of it amongst the systems already in use.

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Drob, Ana, Viorica Vasilache, and Neculai Bolohan. "The Interdisciplinary Approach of Some Middle Bronze Age Pottery from Eastern Romania." Applied Sciences 11, no. 11 (May 26, 2021): 4885. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11114885.

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Prehistoric pottery is the most abundant material discovered in archaeological sites and represents the main element of knowledge about human communities from the past. This study presents a model of interdisciplinary investigation of pottery through several types of analyses, enabling the scientific study of this category of artifacts. The analyses were performed on 11 ceramic fragments from the Middle Bronze Age settlement of Piatra Neamț–Lutărie, Eastern Romania, considering information about the color, production technique, type, size, functionality and category of the vessel, but also data related to ceramic paste inclusions. The samples were studied by optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) and micro-Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (µFTIR). The results obtained provide important information regarding pottery manufacturing technologies, such as sources of the raw materials and firing temperatures, and revealed the functionality of various vessel categories within a prehistoric settlement.

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Sassaman, Kenneth E. "Lithic Technology and the Hunter-Gatherer Sexual Division of Labor." North American Archaeologist 13, no. 3 (January 1993): 249–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/k1pn-3x1h-60w6-plnc.

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A technological change from formal to expedient core reduction marks the “transition” from mobile to sedentary prehistoric societies in many parts of the world. The phenomenon has often been attributed to changes in the organization of men's activities, particularly hunting. Considering, however, that the change coincides with the adoption of pottery, technology usually attributed to women, an alternative explanation must be considered. From the standpoint of archaeological systematics, the addition of pottery turns our focus away from places where hafted bifaces were discarded toward places where pottery was discarded. The latter are largely domestic contexts: locations at which women, as well as men, employed expedient core technology for a variety of tasks. Thus, the perceived change in core technology reflects the increased visibility of women's activities in the archaeological record. This recognition provides a basis for incorporating gender variables into our interpretations of prehistoric technology and labor organization.

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Messili, Lamia, Jean-François Saliège, Jean Broutin, Erwan Messager, Christine Hatté, and Antoine Zazzo. "Direct14C Dating of Early and Mid-Holocene Saharan Pottery." Radiocarbon 55, no. 3 (2013): 1391–402. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033822200048323.

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The aim of this study is to directly radiocarbon date pottery from prehistoric rock-art shelters in the Tassili n'Ajjer (central Sahara). We used a combined geochemical and microscopic approach to determine plant material in the pottery prior to direct14C dating. The ages obtained range from 5270 ± 35 BP (6276–5948 cal BP) to 8160 ± 45 BP (9190–9015 cal BP), and correlate with the chronology derived from pottery typology. Our results document the transition from pre-Pastoral to Pastoral contexts, dated to the early-mid Holocene transition, and confirm that vegetal temper in pottery can provide reliable14C ages within Saharan contexts.

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Whatley, K. M., and K. P. McKenzie. "Mössbauer studies of prehistoric Cherokee pottery sherds." Hyperfine Interactions 91, no. 1 (December 1994): 679–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02064590.

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Cheon, Seon-Haeng. "Changes and Meaning in Prehistoric Pottery Technique." Journal of the Honam Archaeological Society 74 (June 30, 2023): 6–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.55473/jhas.2023.74.6.

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Gallis, Kostas J. "A late neolithic foundation offering from Thessaly." Antiquity 59, no. 225 (March 1985): 20–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00056532.

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The excavation at Platia Magoula Zarkou, a prehistoric settlement in Thessaly, 30 km west of Larisa, was undertaken to clarify the problem of the exact chronological and stratigraphic position of the black burnished pottery, characteristic of the Larisa culture, which has hitherto been accepted as dating to the end of the Late Neolithic. The author became involved with this problem when he found black pottery together with grey pottery of the Tsangli phase, of the beginning of the Late Neolithic, at the neolithic cremation cemetery of Platia Magoula Zarkou (Gallis, 1982, 109-11 ; English summary, 234). The problem of the exact stratigraphic position of this black ware has now been solved. The dating of the Larisa culture to the beginning of the Late Neolithic (to the Tsangli phase) has now been confirmed by this excavation, as well as another similar excavation at the prehistoric settlement of Makrychori 2, 13km north of Larisa. A report of the results of these two excavations is forthcoming in Praehistorische Zeitschrift.

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Connell, Samuel V. "Getting Closer to the Source: Using Ethnoarchaeology to Find Ancient Pottery Making in the Naco Valley, Honduras." Latin American Antiquity 13, no. 4 (December 2002): 401–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/972223.

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The problem of finding the locations of ceramic production has limited interpretations of prehispanic Mesoamerican economies. A new method for locating pottery-making is offered that emphasizes ties between the process of clay extraction and the manufacture of ceramic goods at the same clay source. Observations at modern brick and roof tile-making factories (tejeras) in the Naco Valley, Honduras, show that an effective arrangement for intensive production of ceramic goods is to create the finished product at the clay source. The major topographic transformations caused by clay extraction at tejeras, such as borrow pits and escarpments, are also signatures of prehistoric clay removal and, in many cases, can contribute to the identification of ancient pottery-making locations. A potential production locus was identified at the previously unremarkable and peripheral Site 108, where excavations successfully uncovered a prehistoric pottery workshop. By expanding the scope of our research methodologies, in this case actually implementing ethnoarchaeological understandings to the archaeological record, and by gathering more evidence for ancient pottery production, in this case at clay sources in rural areas, we are better positioned to understand the complexities of Mesoamerican economies.

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Gibson, Terrance H. "Magnetic prospection on prehistoric sites in Western Canada." GEOPHYSICS 51, no. 3 (March 1986): 553–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/1.1442109.

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Prehistoric sites in Western Canada present unusual conditions for magnetic prospection. Archaeological features are few and difficult to discern using standard prospection procedures. However, by addressing specific types of features, particularly fire hearths and fired rock and pottery, useful information about the cultural content of an archaeological site can be obtained. To secure comparative data, a number of replicative studies were conducted, with specific reference to determining a typical anomaly produced by the features. A small fire pit was kindled several times and repeatedly monitored with surveys using a single proton magnetometer. Fired rock received similar treatment. An in situ collection of local aboriginal pottery was also assayed. The experimental results indicated that fired rock will produce a detectable magnetic field after one firing, but a hearth must be rekindled at least three times to produce a significant anomaly. Pottery fragments also generate a small magnetic field which requires that the material be very close to the site surface to be discerned. The experiments also suggested that intepretation is enhanced by obtaining two magnetic readings per sensor station and using their difference to minimize ambient field fluctuations and natural magnetic variation caused by subsurface geology. The model data were used to interpret the results of a magnetic assessment of a large prehistoric campsite in Saskatchewan. Excavation results agreed well with the information provided by the predictive models. Two temporary dwelling remnants and two pottery vessels were exposed in areas determined to be magnetically significant. The magnetic assessment technique, when used to locate specific feature types, can be useful in prehistoric archaeological site assessment.

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Bourriau, Janine, and Joan Oates. "Spinning or sailing?: the boat models from Eridu." Antiquity 71, no. 273 (September 1997): 719–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00085458.

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Narayanen, Suresh, Nasha Rodziadi Khaw, Ahmad Fadly Jusoh, and Ahmad Syahir Zulkipli. "Tracing The Source And Origin Of Earthenware Stove In Kelantan State Museum By Means Of Geochemical And Mineralogical Methods." Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia 73, no. 1 (May 23, 2022): 53–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.7186/bgsm73202205.

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This study applies geochemical and mineralogical methods to determine the source and origin of the raw materials used to manufacture the earthenware stove in Kelantan State Museum, Kota Bharu. The stove is claimed to be the most unique pottery made in Kelantan but details regarding its place of manufacture and technology are missing due to the poor recording and cataloguing system used by the museum in the past. Three analytical methods employed in this study were X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) and Thermogravimetric (TGA) analyses. The results of the analyses were compared with the compositional data of raw clay samples obtained from Sungai Galas and Tumpat, two well-known traditional pottery manufacturing localities in Kelantan. In addition, clay samples from Ulu Kelantan were also included in this study to check whether the stove has any similarity with the chemical contents of prehistoric pottery found in the Nenggeri Valley of Kelantan. The results of the analyses showed that the composition of the earthenware stove has closer similarity with the clay samples extracted from Sungai Galas compared to the samples from Tumpat and Ulu Kelantan. Major minerals found between the earthenware stove and clay from Sungai Galas are quartz, albite, muscovite, microcline and cordierite. Furthermore, Thermogravimetric analysis confirmed that the stove was fired below 600 °C, corresponding to the traditional bonfire-firing technique employed by the Mambong potters in Sungai Galas. On the basis of geochemical and mineralogical results, this study concludes that the earthenware stove in the Kelantan State Museum is a product of Kampung Mambong made of clay sourced from Sungai Galas and fired at low temperatures between 400 – 600 °C, probably using the open-firing technique.

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Phillips, David A. "Comment on Harry's Discussion of Ceramic Specialization and Agricultural Marginality in the Prehistoric U.S. Southwest." American Antiquity 71, no. 2 (April 2006): 397–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/40035911.

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Karen Harry's study indicates that agricultural marginality is an unlikely explanation for ceramic specialization in the prehistoric U.S. Southwest. Economic theory provides an alternative model for the exchange of pottery for food.

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Sanada, Sakura. "The Implications of Applying the Vienna System to Published Data on Prehistoric Pottery in Lower Egypt." Studies in Ancient Art and Civilisation 18 (December 30, 2014): 47–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.12797/saac.18.2014.18.04.

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Pottery discovered at Lower Egyptian sites has several features that are distinctly different to those of pottery from Upper Egyptian sites. In this paper, the manner in which data on pottery fabric from Lower Egyptian sites has been classified and presented in published reports will be reviewed and certain problems stemming from this manner of publication will be examined. On the basis of this examination, the type of classification that would be most suited to the integration of all published data on pottery fabric at Lower Egyptian sites (as well as their features) and to the storage of this data as an objective record for future analysis by other researchers will be discussed. It would seem that, although the issue of problematic and biased published pottery data still remains, notating data using a code is one of the most promising methods. This classification method is useful as both a mnemonic device and as an effective means to record and classify the pottery fabric data gathered from Lower Egyptian sites.

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Feathers, James K. "Problems of Ceramic Chronology in the Southeast: Does Shell-Tempered Pottery Appear Earlier than We Think?" American Antiquity 74, no. 1 (January 2009): 113–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0002731600047533.

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The chronology of shell-tempered pottery in the eastern United States is poorly understood, preventing any resolution to the question of how this pottery came to dominate ceramic assemblages in the late prehistoric period. Part of the problem lies in traditional dating methods that either provide only average dates that suppress variation or address depositional rather than manufacturing events. Better resolution can be obtained by dating individual artifacts. Luminescence dates for 67 ceramics from several sites in the mid-South show variation in age of ceramics from a single assemblage, strong chronological overlap between shell- and grog-tempered pottery, and suggest that shell-tempered pottery may have been present in low frequencies earlier than generally assumed and before it rose in frequency sometime after A.D. 900.

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Ignat, Theodor, Anca Luca, Daniela Dimofte, Cătălin Lazăr, Florin Constantin, and Roxana Bugoi. "Multidisciplinary study on prehistoric pottery from Southeastern Romania." ArchéoSciences, no. 43 (December 31, 2019): 165–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/archeosciences.6592.

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Dickinson, William R. "Petrographic temper provinces of prehistoric pottery in Oceania." Records of the Australian Museum 50, no. 3 (November 25, 1998): 263–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1285.

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Frankel, David. "Color Variation on Prehistoric Cypriot Red Polished Pottery." Journal of Field Archaeology 21, no. 2 (1994): 205. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/529865.

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Frankel, David. "Color Variation on Prehistoric Cypriot Red Polished Pottery." Journal of Field Archaeology 21, no. 2 (January 1994): 205–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/009346994791547634.

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Abramson, Philip. "Prehistoric Pottery in Britain and Ireland. By AlexGibson." Archaeological Journal 159, no. 1 (January 2002): 315–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00665983.2002.11020527.

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BARNETT, S. M. "LUMINESCENCE DATING OF POTTERY FROM LATER PREHISTORIC BRITAIN." Archaeometry 42, no. 2 (August 2000): 431–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4754.2000.tb00892.x.

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Dye, Thomas S., and William R. Dickinson. "Sources of sand tempers in prehistoric Tongan pottery." Geoarchaeology 11, no. 2 (March 1996): 141–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1520-6548(199604)11:2<141::aid-gea3>3.0.co;2-4.

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Tanasi, Davide, Daniele Brunelli, Valentina Cannavò, and Sara Tiziana Levi. "Archaeometric characterization of prehistoric pottery from Baħrija, Malta." Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 27 (October 2019): 101938. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.101938.

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Ladle, Lilian, and Ann Woodward. "A Middle Bronze Age House and Burnt Mound at Bestwall, Wareham, Dorset: an Interim Report." Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 69 (2003): 265–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0079497x00001341.

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A Middle Bronze Age house and burnt mound were excavated in 2001 within the large-scale prehistoric landscape under investigation at Bestwall Quarry, Wareham, Dorset. The house was succeeded by the burnt mound which was associated with two large pits. All the structures were associated with a substantial and well-preserved assemblage of Deverel-Rimbury pottery. Most of this pottery, and two copper alloy bracelets, also of Middle Bronze Age date, comprised remarkable closing deposits that marked the abandonment of the structures.

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Johnson, Melanie. "Excavation of two Early Bronze Age Short Cists and a Prehistoric Pit at Lindsayfield, near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire." Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports, no. 63 (2016): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.9750/issn.2056-7421.2016.63.1-13.

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Two short cists of Early Bronze Age date, containing prehistoric flint artefacts and shale/cannel coal beads, were discovered during topsoiling operations for the Aberdeen to Lochside Natural Gas Pipeline, to the south of Lindsayfield, near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire (NGR: NO 8195 8412). Cremated human bone from one of the cists was radiocarbon dated to the first half of the 2nd millennium BC. A pit which contained broadly contemporary prehistoric flint artefacts and pottery was found nearby.

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Fletcher, Alexandra. "The prehistoric ceramic assemblage from Horum Höyük." Anatolian Studies 57 (December 2007): 191–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0066154600008607.

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AbstractThe site of Horum Höyük is located on the Euphrates, near the modern town of Nizip. It was excavated in advance of the flooding caused by the Birecek dam. The prehistoric ceramic assemblage contains stylistic elements that relate to the Halaf, northern Ubaid and earliest Late Chalcolithic periods. Studies of the Late Chalcolithic in the region of the Syro-Turkish border have tended to take a Mesopotamia-centric focus, as characterised by the so-called Uruk Expansion. Recently, however, research has begun to examine Syro-Anatolia as a discrete entity. The precise chronology for the Late Chalcolithic period remains an issue of discussion. The main source of chronological evidence in the region is the pottery from the Amuq sequence, which exhibits a hiatus in the crucial Ubaid and Late Chalcolithic phases (E–F). Most of the prehistoric assemblage at Horum Höyük falls within this period and therefore has the potential to contribute to the debate. Three issues will therefore be addressed, namely, the chronological relationship between ceramic ware types, Horum Höyük's regional stylistic relations and the pottery assemblage's overall chronological position.

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Budja, Mihael. "Neolithic pottery and the biomolecular archaeology of lipids." Documenta Praehistorica 41 (December 30, 2014): 196–224. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/dp.41.11.

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In this paper, we present archaeological and biochemical approaches to organic food residues, the lipids that are well preserved in ceramic matrices on prehistoric vessels. The ‘archaeo- logical biomarker revolution’ concept is discussed in relation to pottery use, animal exploitation and the evolution of dietary practices in prehistory.

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Topping, Patrick G. "Neutron Activation Analysis of Later Prehistoric Pottery from the Western Isles of Scotland." Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 52 (1986): 105–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0079497x00006605.

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The pottery of the later prehistoric period in the Western Isles of Scotland displays a variety of decorative styles and forms not found elsewhere on the Scottish mainland. Traditional approaches have attempted to define stylistic sequences or to identify wares to which chronological and cultural labels may be attached. In this study neutron activation analysis was utilized to examine if the distinctions which had been drawn were mirrored by chemical composition. Analysis of clay beds had indicated that the analytical and statistical techniques which were employed were sensitive enough to identify patterns which existed within the data. The results for the later prehistoric ceramics indicated that pottery was probably locally produced and locally distributed and that the clays involved in the manufacture of metalworking moulds and crucibles were different in terms of source or method of preparation from those employed in the manufacture of the more mundane range of domestic vessels.

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