Η παρούσα εργασία συζητά τα αποτελέσματα της τεχνολογικής ανάλυσης της κεραμεικής από τη Νεολιθική θέση της Μάκρης, στη Θράκη. Συγκεκριμένα, παρουσιάζονται οι διάφορες κατηγορίες υλικών που χρησιμοποιήθηκαν για την κατασκευή των αγγείων και συζητούνται οι πιθανοί χώροι προέλευσης των μη-πλαστικών προσμείξεων καθώς και οι τρόποι καθαρισμού του πηλού. Συζητούνται οι τεχνικές που χρησιμοποιήθηκαν για την κατασκευή των αγγείων και οι διάφοροι τρόποι επεξεργασίας της επιφάνειας των κεραμεικών. Συζητούνται επίσης οι συνθήκες όπτησης, οι πιθανοί συσχετισμοί ανάμεσα στις κατηγορίες υλικών και στις κεραμεικές κατηγορίες καθώς και η καταλληλότητα των αγγείων για μαγειρική χρήση. Η εργασία ολοκληρώνεται με τη σύγκριση της κεραμεικής τεχνολογίας της Μάκρης με αυτήν των άλλων σύγχρονων Νεολιθικών κεραμεικών συνόλων.
This article examines the methods of surface treatment of the Neolithic vessels from northern Greece. The work is based on the study of a large sample of ceramics, covering the whole span of the Neolithic, from Macedonia and Thrace. Macroscopic study of the material was complemented by microscopic examination (SEM and petrographic analysis) and retiring tests. The results are compared with data from other technological analyses of Neolithic vessels from northern Greece. Apart from identifying, in some cases for the first time, methods of surface treatment and materials used by the potters of these regions, the present study considers the changes in surface treatment and firing techniques through time.
The paper discusses aspects of cooking pottery technology and operation through observations made in a series of experiments, utilizing the results of archaeological ceramic analysis in Neolithic northern Greece. The first stage of experiments focused on the experimental manufacture of three types of cooking pots, following the Neolithic techniques, from raw material processing to firing. In the second stage the pots were used in cooking performances, using structures, fuel and contents identified in the archaeological record. The qualitative data generated allow for testing a series of archaeological assumptions on ceramic technology, particularly vessel building and firing, along with the effects of cooking on pots. Moreover, experimental cooking provided insight to the relations between the different participant parts, highlighting the pivotal relation of cooking pots to fuel and different cooking modes. This pilot study aspires to endorse ceramicists to refine protocols for future experiments and analyses on cooking technologies.
The present paper examines the quantity and function of the pottery found at the Greek Early Neolithic sites. Review of the quantitative, technological, typological, functional and contextual data suggest that Early Neolithic pottery was most probably a regular component of material culture. Thus, in contrast with the highly favoured hypothesis that Early Neolithic pots were used mainly for cult-related or socially related prospects, it is argued that pottery had, since this early period, a variety of functions. It is very probable that some vessels were used in ceremonies or were high-status objects. The majority of vessels, however, had an active role in daily life concerning the storage and transportation of supplies, the preparation of food (most probably excluding cooking) and the treatment of other raw materials.
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