Tracing Pottery-Making Recipes in the Prehistoric Balkans 6th–4th Millennia BC

Silvia Amicone, Patrick Sean Quinn, Miroslav Marić, Neda Mirković-Marić, Miljana Radivojević, Silvia Amicone, Patrick Sean Quinn, Miroslav Marić, Neda Mirković-Marić, Miljana Radivojević

• Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9781789692082
• eBook ISBN:
  9781789692099
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Archaeology
• Index: Social Sciences

Tracing Pottery-Making Recipes in the Prehistoric Balkans 6th–4th Millennia BC is a collection of twelve chapters that capture the variety of current archaeological, ethnographic, experimental and scientific studies on Balkan prehistoric ceramic production, distribution and use. The Balkans is a culturally rich area at the present day as it was in the past. Pottery and other ceramics represent an ideal tool with which to examine this diversity and interpret its human and environmental origins. Consequently, Balkan ceramic studies is an emerging field within archaeology that serves as a testing ground for theories on topics such as technological know-how, innovation, craft tradition, cultural transmission, interaction, trade and exchange. This book brings together diverse studies by leading researchers and upcoming scholars on material from numerous Balkan countries and chronological periods that tackle these and other topics for the first time. It is a valuable resource for anyone working on Balkan archaeology and also of interest to those working on archaeological pottery from other parts of the world.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents Page
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Contributors
• Participants at the workshop Tracing Pottery-Making Recipes in the Prehistoric Balkans; 6th–4th Millennia BC (picture by Milica Rajičić).
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• Introduction. Tracing Pottery-Making Recipes in the Prehistoric Balkans, 6th-4th Millennia BC
• Chapter 1
• Tempering Expectations: What Do West Balkan Potters Think They Are Doing?
• Chapter 2
• Making and Using Bread-Baking Pans: Ethnoarchaeological Research in Serbia
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 3
• On the Organisation of Ceramic Production within the Kodjadermen–Gumelniţa–Karanovo VI, Varna, and Krivodol–Sălcuţa–Bubanj Hum Ia Cultures
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 4
• Clay Recipes, Pottery Typologies and the Neolithisation of Southeast Europe A Case Study from Džuljunica-Smărdeš, Bulgaria
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 5
• Looking into Pots: Understanding Neolithic Ceramic Technological Variability from Western Hungary
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 6
• Organic Residue and Vessel Function Analysis from Five Neolithic and Eneolithic Sites in Eastern Croatia
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 7
• Technological Variances between Tisza and Vinča Pottery in the Serbian Banat
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 8
• Pottery Technology and Identity: Some Thoughts from the Balkans
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 9
• Pottery Production at Neolithic Pieria, Macedonia, Greece
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 10
• Some Aspects Concerning Pottery Making at Radovanu-La Muscalu, Romania (first half of the 5th Millennium BC)
• Chapter 11
• Chapter 11
• Petrological Analysis of Late Neolithic Ceramics from the Tell Settlement of Gorzsa (South-East Hungary)
• Chapter 12
• Chapter 12
• Technology and Function: Performance Characteristics and Usage Aspects of the Neolithic Pottery of the Central Balkans
• Back Cover