Ceramic Evidence for Northern Intruders in Southern Greece at the Beginning of the Late Helladic IIIC Period

Rutter, Jeremy B.

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“…Pattern burnishing has been used since the Neolithic (e.g., Mellaart ; Demoule and Perlès ; Tsuneki and Miyake ). It takes place after hand‐ or wheel‐shaping and the drying of the objects up to the so‐called ‘leather‐stage’ (Rutter ; Froh ; Berg ; Iserlis ). The implement materials include mostly stones, but bone, wood, ceramics, metal and shells are also used.…”

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Burnishing Versus Smoothing in Ceramic Surface Finishing: A SEM Study

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From the Neolithic up to the present, people have used various methods to improve the surface of ceramic objects. In this study, we look specifically at smoothing and pattern burnishing of ceramics produced today by traditional methods. Optical microscopy and SEM show specific surface changes. Smoothing results in an irregular surface, which causes diffused reflection of light. Burnishing produces an even and compact surface, which causes specular reflection and lustre. The results can be used to infer methods of surface treatment employed by ancient peoples as well as to help identify the presence of ceramics production centres at archaeological sites.

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Burnishing Versus Smoothing in Ceramic Surface Finishing: A SEM Study

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“…The production of pottery is a complex process consisting of several steps, in which younger treatments can partly or completely erase previous features (Shepard ; Rutter ). Our study shows that the surface of the burnished area coincides with the deepest level of the trenches in the smoothed area.…”

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“…On the other hand, burnishing is achieved by rubbing and applying pressure with a hard implement or even with the fingertips. For this technique in particular, the potter needs special skills and to know when the pot is in the ‘leather‐hard’ stage of drying, and no longer plastic (Shepard ; Rutter ; Froh ; Iserlis ; Martineau ). Burnishing gives a lustrous shine due to specular reflection of light on a relatively even and compact surface (Ionescu et al .…”

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“…Despite the fact that the smoothing and burnishing of traditional ceramic ware have been frequently described in the archaeological literature (Rutter ; Froh ; Iserlis and references therein), only a few papers deal with the wares’ microstructural features or surface topography/roughness (Orton et al . ; Courty and Roux ; López Varela et al .…”

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Discrimination of Ceramic Surface Finishing by Vertical Scanning Interferometry

2018

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Finishing techniques are significant markers of the technological 'know-how' involved in the production of the traditional, clay-based ceramic ware. In order to provide a reliable tool to discriminate among two main surface processing techniques-that is, smoothing and burnishing-vertical scanning interferometry (VSI), a recently developed non-destructive technique for analysing the surface roughness and topography, is applied. The smoothed areas have an obvious roughness expressed by linear structures. The latter are made of parallel ridges and trenches with an average depth of 15-20 μm. Burnishing leads to a lower topography and a lower roughness compared to the smoothed surface section. VSI quantifies the spatial distribution of the surface building blocks, which consist of phyllosilicate aggregates of variable size. The statistical treatment of the roughness data obtained by VSI shows that the surface topography provides significant information on the pottery processing and a clear qualitative and quantitative discrimination between different surfaces. VSI supports the reconstitution of the chaîne opératoire for traditional ceramic pottery and the recognition of the surface finishing techniques.

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“…Two new classes of materials of western origin started to be att ested in small quantities in Greek assemblages. I am referring to a class of handmade burnished pott ery, also known as Barbarian Ware (Bett elli 2002, 117-136;Rutt er 1975;Pilides 1994) and to a heterogeneous group of bronze items oft en put together under the label of Urnfi eld Bronzes (Harding 1984;S. Sherratt 2000).…”

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Westernizing Aegean of LH III C

Iacono¹

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Exchange Networks and Local Transformations

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Ceramic Evidence for Northern Intruders in Southern Greece at the Beginning of the Late Helladic IIIC Period

Cited by 18 publications

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Burnishing Versus Smoothing in Ceramic Surface Finishing: A SEM Study

Burnishing Versus Smoothing in Ceramic Surface Finishing: A SEM Study

Discrimination of Ceramic Surface Finishing by Vertical Scanning Interferometry

Westernizing Aegean of LH III C

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