Physicochemical characterisation of pottery from the Vinča culture, Serbia, regarding the firing temperature and decoration techniques
A study of decorated Neolithic pottery samples from excavation site Pločnik, Serbia, was performed using X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy. Investigated samples belong to the era of the Vinča culture which existed at...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Serbian Chemical Society
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0352-5139/2016/0352-51391600100P.pdf |
| Summary: | A study of decorated Neolithic pottery samples from excavation site Pločnik,
Serbia, was performed using X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), Fourier
transform infrared (FTIR) and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy.
Investigated samples belong to the era of the Vinča culture which existed at
the central Balkan region from mid VI until the first half of V millennium
BCE. The mineralogical composition of pottery samples and comparison of
investigated pottery with thermally treated local clay indicated firing
temperature in the range from 600 to 800°C. Two different types of white
pigments have been identified in white incrusted decorations: calcium
carbonate and Bone White (composed of crushed bones). This is the first
evidence of use of bones for decorations in Vinča culture pottery from
excavation site Pločnik. In addition to this, it was revealed that the
potters used the iron reduction technique for obtaining the black
decorations. [Projekat Ministartsva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 177021 I br.
177012] |
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| ISSN: | 0352-5139 1820-7421 |