Asbestos Ceramics from Archaeological Sites of Southern Fennoscandia (Karelia): Mineralogical and Geochemical Aspects

Kulkova, Marianna; Gerasimov, Dmitry; Kulkov, A. M.; Zhulnikov, A. M.; Danilov, Gleb K.; Streltsov, Mikhail A.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-86040-0_21

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“…Реконструкции хронологии и географии распространения разных видов асбеста как примеси посвящены лишь отдельные исследования [2; 4; 20; 21] и вопрос о сходствах и различиях функциональности разных минералов группы асбестов еще нуждается в будущей разработке. Асбест того же минерального вида и близкого химического состава, что и использованный нами в экспериментах (месторождение Чевжавара), встречается в археологической керамике, происходящей из памятников Карелии (см., напр., [4]).…”

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The experimental modeling of asbestos-tempered vessels

Kholkina,

Zhulnikov,

Muravyev

et al. 2023

Samara Journal of Science

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The tradition of mixing asbestos into pottery clay originated near the deposits of this mineral on the lake Saimaa (Finland) in the 5th millennium BC. By the second half of the 4th millennium BC its area reached the Arkhangelsk and Vologda Regions of Russia in the east. The aim of the work is to review the functional hypothesis, according to which the widespread use of asbestos as an admixture is due to its advantages over other additives facilitating the process of molding and drying, preventing flaws during firing, making the vessel durable and easy to use. According to the results of our experiments on the making of vessels and model samples with asbestos it turned out that the used asbestos of the Chevzhavara deposit (tremolite-ferroactinolite) does not have such advantages. The most important problem was the dissociation of asbestos at temperatures above +700C. After such firing, the vessels were destroyed, and the asbestos itself became brittle. It can be assumed that in order to minimize losses during the firing, the ancient potters could beforehand hold the asbestos at a high temperature so that it would lose the main amount of water but keep its stability. It can be preliminarily concluded that asbestos admixture at an early stage of use did not have clear advantages over other additives. The reasons for the initial interest in asbestos as an additive could be other, e.g. socio-cultural. A special developed technology for processing asbestos, which made it possible to use its advantages, spread around the beginning of the Bronze Age and may be associated with the beginning of metalworking.

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The experimental modeling of asbestos-tempered vessels

Kholkina,

Zhulnikov,

Muravyev

et al. 2023

Samara Journal of Science

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Early asbestos ware in North-Western Russia

Kholkina,

Zhulnikov,

Danilov

et al. 2024

Rossijskaâ arheologiâ

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Early Asbestos Ware was spreading in the second half of the 5th – early 4th mil. BC in southeastern Finland. Complexes with similar pottery are also known in Russia: on the Karelian Isthmus, in Karelia, and on the Kola Peninsula. In this study, 23 sites were identified that contain the Early Asbestos Ware (at least 49 vessels). The considered materials generally correspond to the typological division of Kaunissaari and Ka I:2asb Ware, but they have originality in decoration. There are traits in ornamentation similar with the Sperrings 2 Ware, common in Finland, but not with the Karelian version of Sperrings as well as with Pit-Comb Ware. XRD analysis showed the presence of anthophyllite in six fragments of Early Asbestos Ware analyzed during the study, so it could be interpreted as the evidence of an impulse from the Lake Saimaa area.

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Asbestos Ceramics from Archaeological Sites of Southern Fennoscandia (Karelia): Mineralogical and Geochemical Aspects

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The experimental modeling of asbestos-tempered vessels

The experimental modeling of asbestos-tempered vessels

Early asbestos ware in North-Western Russia

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