Pottery - Science topic

My new project, any suggestions.

I need more information about sherd analysis that belongs to the St. Johns Series, the spiculae sponge resources origin in Florida, the possibility of establishing a comparative analysis of these temper components in St Johns pottery samples from North Florida with South Florida, and the possible connection with other different geographic areas in the US.

Some time after the Samarra phase begun, glazed pottery became more common. I would like to know the timeline, examples of the types of glaze, and images of the pottery, please.

What kind of evidence can indicate pottery in prehistory was used for cooking? 

An area where significant "dating inflation" seems to have gotten hold is Early Neolithic Archeology. For example, I hold the theory that Gobekli Tepe is not a Pre Pottery Neolithic A/B site. See for example my paper here (one among a number of papers I have written on the topic of Gobekli Tepe):

(15) (PDF) A Primer on Gobekli Tepe (researchgate.net)

It is common practice in Science, to provide alternative theoretical perspectives when writing on a topic. However, rarely one comes across such practice in the field of Archeology. Instead, a diverse set of groups seems to accept this dating inflation unquestionably, because it apparently suits their (different) ideological perspective(s).

Dear all,

I am processing nondiagnostic pottery shards. I analysed fragmentation and abrasion in the field.

I first divided my nondiagnostics into clay groups. After that for each clay group I sorted out the individual shards according to size categories using a grid (1x1cm, 2x2cm, 3x3cm etc) and I also analysed shards from each clay group according to 3 levels of abrasion.

Now, I want to calculate the level of fragmentation and abrasion of each clay group. Any suggestion on what would be the best way to do this?

Best wishes,

Uros

Hello,

In the framework of a broader article on Hellenistic ceramics in Central Asia, I worked on grey-black paste ceramics in order to try to establish connections between Central Asia and the Mediterranean world. One of the objectives was to specify the chronology of their appearance but also to understand if there was a cultural link between this ceramic and the evolution of the colonization of Central Asia during the Seleucid and Greek-Bactrian period. This unpublished work could be an interesting field of work for those who have already had the opportunity to work on the subject in other parts of the Hellenized world. The question is whether this type of pottery corresponds to specific needs, to specific tastes for a particular population.

Thank you for your help.

JBHoual

I want to measure export potentiality of pottery industry's products of Bangladesh.

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I am looking for a database or an application (whatever else) that would be able to return words divided into syllables plus where I can set how many syllables these words should have (= I need three-syllables words and their division, like "pottery: pot - ter - y" etc.).

Any help please?

Thanks a lot.

Vanchhia is a site in the south eastern part of Mizoram and is currently being excavated by the Archaeological Survey of India. No written report is available from them so far. I would very much like to have your opinion as this would help the local people to understand and care for their heritage. The site is spread over 30/50 m approx. A few iron pestles have been reported from this site, as well fragmented pottery from the 'holes.' However, I wasn't shown these things.

Hi, I am looking for a way to use rhinoceros (a engineering app) to create pottery plates/profiles. Pottery plates/profiles are use in archaeology to establish a relative chronology.

Dear All,

I am interested in your MBA pottery.

Best,

The pottery fabric is light brown with a white slip. There is a line of  circles, 80mm dia on 120mm centers, inscribed around the vessel. See the attached picture of the sherd.

I think I would be necessary to start a Field-Project on the Caves of southern Catalonia with Bronze Age Occupation  (Cova del Janet, etc.) studying Morphology, Space, Geological Features using modern Techniques. There are excellent older Studies written by Salvador Vilaseca, but as an Arcaheologist studying the Pottery of these Sites, I would like to know how these Places are like and how they might appear in tridimensional Computer Views.

I am interested in questions concerning the decoration of late bronze age pottery in europe and elements like crosses of possible symbolic meaning.

Not necesessarily a cross must have the ame being at all times and in all cultural groups. Could anyone help me with bibliiography on this ?

Thanks

Joachim Neumaier

I'm interested in cross-referencing stylistic attributes with petrology, so studies that look at mineral sources would be particularly helpful (though information on only one aspect would still be useful), and I'm open to data from anywhere in Europe.

Thanks in advance.

I was wondering if anyone has ever come across ceramic disks from prehistoric contexts, huts in particular. By ceramic disks I mean sherds from pots' wall, reworked in such a way to eventually look like a disk (few cms in diameter).

In particular, I am interested in knowing if there is any ethnographic comparison that could shed light on the possible function, or if there is any evidence hinting at their use in the context of pottery production (e.g., use as pottery surface polishers).

Thanks for any insight.

Besides ARV2

I am really interested in pottery examples, particularly in high quality archaeological records. I have references in the south of France (Craponoz), Alps (Faudon), and one published example in the Iberian Peninsula (Ausa). We have an interesting example (in study) in a well defined archaeological record recovered in the north of Iberian Peninsula.

Any information around this topic will be very welcome

Appearance of ceramics:

  Southeastern United States ca. 5000 BP

  Northern South America ca. 6950 BP

  Southeast Asia ca. 7950 BP

  Mediterranean Europe ca. 8350 BP

 It is generally accepted that a more sedentary lifestyle allowed more free time. At first pottery vessels were plain, but rapidly decorations came into being. These decorations were simple punctations, combing, and impressions (stamped with everyday objects). Soon came more complex designs involving more than one decorating instrument.

 Why spend time and energy decorating an object that, during that time period, had a very short lifespan? Ownership/Signature? Aesthetics? Art?

Does anybody know support-pots with a rectangular shape such as those from the attached picture dated in Neolithic or other prehistoric periods?

In Romania, they are specific to Boian culture, final phases (ca. 5000-4500 BC).

Thanks in advance.

At two sites in Roman Britain, I have noticed bowls and a dish in 'samian ware' [terra sigillata] pierced, post cocturam, with occasional holes: the holes are too large to be the standard, small (so-called) rivet-holes which were commonly used to repair pots with metal-work here.

The holes in question are of diameter c 8 mm and were pierced through the lower wall or base, above the footring of the vessel. Just 'flying kites' here, but... Were these vessels pierced for hanging up by a cord, or some ritual or culinary purpose? One hole shows smoothing or rubbing of the hole: it seems more likely that the hole was smoothed to stop the cord from snagging on a rough edge, than that the cord's rubbing caused the hole to be smoothed. Or was it smoothed for pouring?

So far, the only two sites at which I have noted these large holes are amphitheatres. This may be fortuitous, as such holes may have been described in excavation reports as repair-work. However, amphitheatres had external stalls and booths, portable ovens, etc. So far, the only Roman depictions found of pots hanging up are a few sculptures which show wine-sellers with flagons hanging up, but hung by the handle. I have found references in classical literature which may be relevant, but more would be appreciated.

Without more evidence, it will be impossible to give a firm answer to the question of their function, but any further ideas would be welcome!

It was recovered from the periphery of a midden spread with late 17th / early 18th cent. pottery.

I have a few pottery samples and want to know its geological age

Technology. Function. Provenance

I invite all Art Historians, Fine Artists, Potters and Archaeologists for their help and shall appreciate any put with evidence to my question. Thanks

Below are few examples of Islamic pottery (underglaze painted pottery) for ready reference.

I am conducting a research on some ancient kiln structures and I have found small black areas that, once under the microscope (binocular and SEM) are discrete round particles. They are composed of carbon and exhibit a clear complex structure. Moreover, they are compact. Thus they shouldn’t be identified as carbon cenospheres. Because of their size and composition, they could be spores, but I haven’t been able to identify them. I would appreciate if you could make any suggestion. Thank you in advance

how to analyse XRF data of archaeological pottery?

archaeological objects are almost be discovered as a broken and mixed peaces in a large location so, the process of manually re-assembly is a tedious task and requires a long time especially in the case of loss of some of the pieces. what is the statistical tools that helped in solving reconstruction of fragmented (in addition of Principal component, cluster analysis, Discriminant analysis)

I come from OSL dating of geological samples, where the moisture content of the sample is very important. I've read several papers about thermoluminescence dating, but none of them is specific about the significance of moisture content when it comes to archaeology.

Is there anyone interested in studying a set of Beaker pottery from the Iberian peninsula?