Archaeometric analyses of Early Bronze Age pottery from Khashuri Natsargora (Georgia)

New data on different patterns of obsidian procurement in Georgia (Southern Caucasus) during the Chalcolithic, Bronze and Iron Age Periods

“…11). In the same period, it was occasionally used, after being carefully crushed, as a tempering material for fine-ware ceramics (Babetto et al, 2021).…”

Why not let them rest in pieces? Grog‐temper, its provenance and social meanings of recycled ceramics in the Baltic Sea region (2900–2300 BCE)

“…Did new settlers use (and abuse) the discarded ceramics and material remains of previous occupiers in their own identity displays to claim ownership of the territory? Grog does appear to be a ‘deliberate cultural choice’ and perhaps even ‘an intrusive element’ demonstrated in the ceramic craft of migrant or semi‐nomadic groups occupying new territories (Babetto et al, 2021: 14).…”

“…Grog‐tempered ceramics have been used globally in various cultural and chronological contexts. Sporadic occurrences of grog are recorded in ceramic technologies from the Neolithic period to modern times, for example, in various parts of Europe, the British Isles, the Americas, the Caribbean, the African continent, the Near East and Oceania (e.g., Babetto et al, 2021; Borgers et al, 2020; Braekmans et al, 2017; Cantin & Mayor, 2018; Cau Ontiveros et al, 2019; Di Prado et al, 2020; Dickinson & Shutler, 2000; Fitzpatrick et al, 2003; Heath‐Stout, 2019; Heydarian et al, 2020; Lyne, 2015; Maggetti et al, 2011; Owen et al, 2011; Thompson, 1982; Ting et al, 2018; Wallis et al, 2011). In archaeological ceramics, grog‐temper appears in a wide variety of ceramic forms: from delicate bowls to large containers as well as water pipes, bricks and tiles (Cuomo di Caprio & Vaugnan, 1993).…”