Properties and technical characteristics of Casira pottery, Jujuy, Argentina

Abstract

In this work, the results of a multi-technique characterization of a type of pottery production with high cultural and economic relevance from the only potter town in Argentina are presented and correlated. Raw materials, a prepared paste, and ceramic samples were studied. Chemical, structural, textural, microstructural, and thermal features were assessed and described in terms of the raw materials characteristics, fabrication, and firing conditions. Some distinctive properties of this Casira ceramic production, like the thermal expansion coefficient and other technological properties, are reported for the first time. This allowed the establishment of characteristic behaviors of the ceramics under study, which also constitute the basis for their traceability.

Materialidad, procesos de producción y espacios de circulación de la cerámica de Casira, pueblo alfarero argentino

“…La "maduración" de la pasta constituye una etapa que también ha sido registrada por distintos trabajos de investigación, donde se desarrolla una variabilidad significativa respecto a su duración. En Relatos sobre Casira (Paltrinieri, Serra, Moyas & Rendtorff, 2022) encontramos estos dos registros significativos:…”