Pottery of Early Iron Age from the Glinjeni II-La Șanț (North-Western Pontic Sea Region): Composition, Technology and Raw Material Sources
Transition to the Early Iron Age was marked by the appearance of innovations such as iron technology and changes in the lifestyle of local societies on the territory of the North-Western Pontic Sea region. One of the most interesting sites of this period is the Glinjeni II-La Șanț fortified settleme...
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| author | Marianna A. Kulkova Maya T. Kashuba Aleksandr M. Kulkov Maria N. Vetrova |
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| description | Transition to the Early Iron Age was marked by the appearance of innovations such as iron technology and changes in the lifestyle of local societies on the territory of the North-Western Pontic Sea region. One of the most interesting sites of this period is the Glinjeni II-La Șanț fortified settlement, located in the Middle Dniester basin (Republic of Moldova). Materials of different cultural traditions belonged to the Cozia-Saharna culture (10th–9th cc. BC) and the Basarabi-Șoldănești culture (8th–beginning of 7th cc. BC) were found on this site. The article presents the results of a multidisciplinary approach to the study of ceramic sherds from these archaeological complexes and cultural layers as well as raw clay sources from this area. The archaeometry analysis, such as the XRF-WD, the thin section analysis, SEM-EDX of ceramics, m-CT of pottery were carried out. The study of ancient pottery through a set of mineralogical and geochemical analytic methods allowed us to obtain new results about ceramic technology in different chronological periods, ceramic paste recipes and firing conditions. Correlation of archaeological and archaeometry data of ceramics from the Glinjeni II-La Șanț site gives us the possibility to differ earlier and later chronological markers in the paste recipes of pottery of 10th–beginning of 7th cc. BC in the region of the Middle Dniester basin. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d57f7140dd454ba4a0cb4bc3dbe330eb2023-11-23T08:35:59ZengMDPI AGHeritage2571-94082021-09-01442853287510.3390/heritage4040160Pottery of Early Iron Age from the Glinjeni II-La Șanț (North-Western Pontic Sea Region): Composition, Technology and Raw Material SourcesMarianna A. Kulkova0Maya T. Kashuba1Aleksandr M. Kulkov2Maria N. Vetrova3Department of Geology and Geoecology, Herzen State Pedagogical University, 191186 St. Petersburg, RussiaInstitute for the History of Material Culture RAS, 191186 St. Petersburg, RussiaRDMI Center, Institute of Earth Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, 199155 St. Petersburg, RussiaDepartment of Mineralogy, Institute of Earth Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, 199155 St. Petersburg, RussiaTransition to the Early Iron Age was marked by the appearance of innovations such as iron technology and changes in the lifestyle of local societies on the territory of the North-Western Pontic Sea region. One of the most interesting sites of this period is the Glinjeni II-La Șanț fortified settlement, located in the Middle Dniester basin (Republic of Moldova). Materials of different cultural traditions belonged to the Cozia-Saharna culture (10th–9th cc. BC) and the Basarabi-Șoldănești culture (8th–beginning of 7th cc. BC) were found on this site. The article presents the results of a multidisciplinary approach to the study of ceramic sherds from these archaeological complexes and cultural layers as well as raw clay sources from this area. The archaeometry analysis, such as the XRF-WD, the thin section analysis, SEM-EDX of ceramics, m-CT of pottery were carried out. The study of ancient pottery through a set of mineralogical and geochemical analytic methods allowed us to obtain new results about ceramic technology in different chronological periods, ceramic paste recipes and firing conditions. Correlation of archaeological and archaeometry data of ceramics from the Glinjeni II-La Șanț site gives us the possibility to differ earlier and later chronological markers in the paste recipes of pottery of 10th–beginning of 7th cc. BC in the region of the Middle Dniester basin.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/4/4/160pottery of Early Iron Ageraw clay sourcesarchaeometryGlinjeni II-La ȘanțNorth-Western Pontic Sea regionXRF-WD |
| spellingShingle | Marianna A. Kulkova Maya T. Kashuba Aleksandr M. Kulkov Maria N. Vetrova Pottery of Early Iron Age from the Glinjeni II-La Șanț (North-Western Pontic Sea Region): Composition, Technology and Raw Material Sources Heritage pottery of Early Iron Age raw clay sources archaeometry Glinjeni II-La Șanț North-Western Pontic Sea region XRF-WD |
| title | Pottery of Early Iron Age from the Glinjeni II-La Șanț (North-Western Pontic Sea Region): Composition, Technology and Raw Material Sources |
| title_full | Pottery of Early Iron Age from the Glinjeni II-La Șanț (North-Western Pontic Sea Region): Composition, Technology and Raw Material Sources |
| title_fullStr | Pottery of Early Iron Age from the Glinjeni II-La Șanț (North-Western Pontic Sea Region): Composition, Technology and Raw Material Sources |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pottery of Early Iron Age from the Glinjeni II-La Șanț (North-Western Pontic Sea Region): Composition, Technology and Raw Material Sources |
| title_short | Pottery of Early Iron Age from the Glinjeni II-La Șanț (North-Western Pontic Sea Region): Composition, Technology and Raw Material Sources |
| title_sort | pottery of early iron age from the glinjeni ii la sant north western pontic sea region composition technology and raw material sources |
| topic | pottery of Early Iron Age raw clay sources archaeometry Glinjeni II-La Șanț North-Western Pontic Sea region XRF-WD |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/4/4/160 |
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