Using provenance data to assess archaeological landscapes: an example from Calabria, Italy

Michelaki, Konstantina-Eleni; Hancock, R. G. V.; Braun, Gregory V.

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2011.08.034

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“…Samples RLG014, RLG019, and RLG024 were recovered during excavations by the Bova Marina Archaeological Project team. Details about the excavation contexts for the sample sherds have been reported elsewhere. Sample RLG007 is from the site of Mas D'Is which has also been described in the literature.…”

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Reproducibility in Rehydroxylation of Ceramic Artifacts

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Since its introduction in 2009, application of the rehydroxylation (RHX) technique for dating fired‐clay ceramics has been controversial, with very few satisfactory dating results collected in the interim. The stability and efficiency of this technique has been called into question by several investigators in the last few years, who have struggled to reproduce and validate this new dating method. Based on our new mass gain measurements for ca. 2000–7000 yrs old ceramic artifacts, the reproducibility in the RHX process rate is analyzed and discussed. Timespan analysis was performed, and age uncertainty related to RHX dating technique was evaluated by considering the error propagation. The results show poor reproducibility of the RHX process in the samples of the same origins, which give new evidence for a revision of the RHX protocols.

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Reproducibility in Rehydroxylation of Ceramic Artifacts

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“…In a study on Kalinga potters in the Philippines, Stark and colleagues (2000) found that the clay source a potter used was highly contingent on personal relationships, and did not correlate with the clay's plasticity. Michelaki, Braun, and Hancock (2015;2012) examined all the possible clay sources near a Neolithic site to investigate not only which were used, but which were not. They determined that a cultural concept of what constitutes an appropriate source for pottery material was of paramount importance, with some high-quality clays available near coastlines ignored in favor of inland clays considered more socially appropriate to the task.…”

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Ceramics and Society in Mahan and Paekche: A Comparison of Pottery Geochemistry and Craft Production Patterns at the Sites of P'ungnap T'osŏng and Kwangju Palsan

Walsh¹,

Lee²,

Lee³

2019

Asian Perspectives

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The archaeological cultures of the Korean peninsula provide numerous case studies of the formation, structure, and function of ancient complex societies and states. In southwestern Korea, the Mahan (ca. 50 B.C.E.-C.E. 475) occupied a large region marked by similarities in material culture, but decentralized politically. The Paekche kingdom (ca. C.E. 250-660) had its origins as a Mahan polity in the Han River valley, later centralizing its authority and expanding its territory. This article discusses two sites: the Paekche capital of P'ungnap T'osŏng in modern Seoul and a large Mahan town recently excavated in Chŏlla Province known as Kwangju Palsan. The political economy and social structure of each site is investigated using ceramic remains, artifacts that played a large role in daily life across classes and in the elaboration of elite culture. With highresolution chemical data from Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) on potsherds, specific production signatures can be identified for each site. This allows comparison of the proportion of locally produced and imported pottery at each site and even reveals when P'ungnap T'osŏng and Kwangju Palsan exchanged ceramic goods. These patterns reveal similarities and differences in Mahan and Paekche political economies, ultimately illuminating the Mahan roots of Paekche social organization.

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“…While numerous studies have explored how the first pottery was made at Neolithic sites, relatively little attention has been given to the demands that the adoption of this introduced technology would have made on its new practitioners and their responses to these challenges (cf. Ingold 2000;Michelaki et al 2012;. Pottery-making was a signature component of the Neolithization process in the region (see Todorova, Vajsov 1993;Özdogan 2009;2016;Çilingiroglu 2009; and involved the transmission of a new technology adaptive to new settings.…”

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Understanding Diversity in Early Neolithic Pottery Production

Dzhanfezova¹,

Doherty²,

Grębska-Kulow³

2020

Doc. praeh.

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By recovering and interpreting the hidden technological variability in the first pottery at Ilindentsi-Massovets, this paper reveals the innovative adaptations to local conditions that the adoption of pottery production, as a new technology, must have involved. Seventy-one samples were analysed using low-resolution binocular microscopy and high-resolution petrographic and scanning electron microscopy. The variety established within each of the major components in pottery production at the site is interpreted in the context of the local raw materials (availability) and technological approaches (decision making), thus reaching beyond the traditional interpretative models that suggest large-scale uniformity in Early Neolithic pottery production across extensive European regions.

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Using provenance data to assess archaeological landscapes: an example from Calabria, Italy

Cited by 14 publications

References 15 publications

Reproducibility in Rehydroxylation of Ceramic Artifacts

Reproducibility in Rehydroxylation of Ceramic Artifacts

Ceramics and Society in Mahan and Paekche: A Comparison of Pottery Geochemistry and Craft Production Patterns at the Sites of P'ungnap T'osŏng and Kwangju Palsan

Understanding Diversity in Early Neolithic Pottery Production

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