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This paper presents the results of a multi-method study of the Laukskola Late Bronze Age open field settlement pottery assemblage. The aim of the study was to describe the technical and stylistic aspects of Laukskola pottery, and their relationship with the nearby hillfort material. The production tendencies and their role in the function of the pottery were also analysed. Macroscopic analysis combined with ceramic petrography, reflective transformation imaging, and wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy were conducted in the analysis of the pottery. Nearby clay resources were surveyed and further analysed for provenance interpretations. The results of the study show that Laukskola pottery was locally produced by using highly plastic sandy moraine clay, tempered with granitic rock and quartzite. Stylistically, the pottery combined local and nonlocal elements. The function corresponds with the visual parameters and choices for production.