Petrologic studies on early neolithic pottery from Vörs, SW Hungary

Gherdán Katalin and Takácsné Bíró Katalin and Szakmány György: Petrologic studies on early neolithic pottery from Vörs, SW Hungary. In: Acta mineralogica-petrographica, (45) 2. pp. 41-48. (2004)

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Abstract

This study presents the preliminary results of the petrographic investigation of Neolithic pottery from Southwest Hungary, Vors. It forms part of a major project on pottery analysis of a multi-period archaeological site. The examined 17 samples analysed so far were chosen by macroscopic examination of fabric and form to represent the most important habitation period of the site, the Early Neolithic Starcevo Culture. Technological studies were based on thin section petrography (temper and paste analysis). In most cases (15 samples) organic material was used deliberately as temper. Other nonplastic inclusions detected involve mineral grains (monocrystalline quartz, feldspars, micas, opaque minerals and accessories) and rock fragments (polycrystalline quartz grains, microcrystalline quartz grains, argillaceous rock fragments, sandstone grains, mica-schist fragments, other metamorphic rock fragments and in one case volcanic rock fragments), clay pellets and in one, stratigraphically debatable case, grog fragments. On the basis of temper composition the pottery could be divided into four groups, each of which represents different pottery-making technology.

Item Type: Article
Journal or Publication Title: Acta mineralogica-petrographica
Date: 2004
Volume: 45
Number: 2
ISSN: 0365-8066
Page Range: pp. 41-48
Language: English
Publisher: Department of Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Petrology, University of Szeged
Place of Publication: Szeged
Related URLs: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/39427/
Uncontrolled Keywords: Földtan, Ásványtan, Kőzettan
Additional Information: Bibliogr.: 48. p. ; ill. ; összefoglalás angol nyelven
Subjects: 01. Natural sciences
01. Natural sciences > 01.05. Earth and related environmental sciences
Date Deposited: 2016. Oct. 17. 09:24
Last Modified: 2022. Aug. 24. 08:20
URI: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/25132

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