Early Neolithic Pottery from Blagotin, Central Serbia: A Use-Alteration Analysis
Apstrakt
Functional analyses of the Early Neolithic pottery assemblages from the Balkans are completely lacking. Detailed functional analysis of ceramic assemblage from structure 03 from
Blagotin was conducted and use-alteration analysis yielded
most important results. It was focused on identification, distribution and frequency of use-wear traces and surface accretion on the outer and inner surfaces of pottery. Results
revealed that it was possible to determine basic functional
classes of pottery: food processing, cooking and storage.
Comparison of the results of use alteration and morphological analyses allowed a more elaborate division into functional
classes: long- and short-term storage, food processing and
different forms of cooking, such as boiling and parching of
foods.
The archaeological site of Blagotin is located in the village
of Poljna, 26 km north of Trstenik, in central Serbia. The site
is situated on a gentle slope, with the hill of Blagotin on its
north and the seas...onal Blagotin brook on its south. Archaeological finds from Poljna were first mentioned at the beginning of 20th century1. Systematic excavations began in 1989
and it was established that Blagotin was a multi-layer site,
with several layers belonging to several Prehistoric periods –
from Early Neolithic to Iron Age2.
Pottery finds from Blagotin are numerous. So far, the only
published analysis of pottery finds has been conducted for
the structure 03, but it seems that the situation is similar in
the other structures. Analysis was conducted in several stages: the first stage involved putting the vessels together. Only
seven intact vessels were found in this structure, but 38 more
vessels were restored in the first stage of analysis. The distribution of fragments showed that fragments that could be
joined together were scattered around the whole area of
the structure 03 and through all excavated layers. It is possible that a pit dwelling, damaged by fire, was first abandoned
then used as garbage pit. A total of 15.883 fragments and
whole vessels have been analyzed3.
Ključne reči:
Pottery / Neolithic Archaeology / Use Wear Analysis / Balkan prehistory / Early Neolithic / Middle Neolithic / Late Neolithic / Pottery technology and function / Pottery studies / StarcevoIzvor:
Beginnings - New Research in the Appearance of the Neolithic between Northwest Anatolia and the Carpathian Basin, 2011, 205-211Izdavač:
- Rahden, Westf. : Leidorf
Institucija/grupa
Arheologija / ArchaeologyTY - CHAP AU - Vuković, Jasna PY - 2011 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3773 AB - Functional analyses of the Early Neolithic pottery assemblages from the Balkans are completely lacking. Detailed functional analysis of ceramic assemblage from structure 03 from Blagotin was conducted and use-alteration analysis yielded most important results. It was focused on identification, distribution and frequency of use-wear traces and surface accretion on the outer and inner surfaces of pottery. Results revealed that it was possible to determine basic functional classes of pottery: food processing, cooking and storage. Comparison of the results of use alteration and morphological analyses allowed a more elaborate division into functional classes: long- and short-term storage, food processing and different forms of cooking, such as boiling and parching of foods. The archaeological site of Blagotin is located in the village of Poljna, 26 km north of Trstenik, in central Serbia. The site is situated on a gentle slope, with the hill of Blagotin on its north and the seasonal Blagotin brook on its south. Archaeological finds from Poljna were first mentioned at the beginning of 20th century1. Systematic excavations began in 1989 and it was established that Blagotin was a multi-layer site, with several layers belonging to several Prehistoric periods – from Early Neolithic to Iron Age2. Pottery finds from Blagotin are numerous. So far, the only published analysis of pottery finds has been conducted for the structure 03, but it seems that the situation is similar in the other structures. Analysis was conducted in several stages: the first stage involved putting the vessels together. Only seven intact vessels were found in this structure, but 38 more vessels were restored in the first stage of analysis. The distribution of fragments showed that fragments that could be joined together were scattered around the whole area of the structure 03 and through all excavated layers. It is possible that a pit dwelling, damaged by fire, was first abandoned then used as garbage pit. A total of 15.883 fragments and whole vessels have been analyzed3. PB - Rahden, Westf. : Leidorf T2 - Beginnings - New Research in the Appearance of the Neolithic between Northwest Anatolia and the Carpathian Basin T1 - Early Neolithic Pottery from Blagotin, Central Serbia: A Use-Alteration Analysis EP - 211 SP - 205 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_3773 ER -
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Vuković, J.. (2011). Early Neolithic Pottery from Blagotin, Central Serbia: A Use-Alteration Analysis. in Beginnings - New Research in the Appearance of the Neolithic between Northwest Anatolia and the Carpathian Basin Rahden, Westf. : Leidorf., 205-211. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_3773
Vuković J. Early Neolithic Pottery from Blagotin, Central Serbia: A Use-Alteration Analysis. in Beginnings - New Research in the Appearance of the Neolithic between Northwest Anatolia and the Carpathian Basin. 2011;:205-211. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_3773 .
Vuković, Jasna, "Early Neolithic Pottery from Blagotin, Central Serbia: A Use-Alteration Analysis" in Beginnings - New Research in the Appearance of the Neolithic between Northwest Anatolia and the Carpathian Basin (2011):205-211, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_3773 .
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