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Archaeologists working on ceramic finds from long-term, large-scale excavations all face similar problems: heaps of pottery from hundreds of contexts of diverse quality, more often than not re-deposited in a secondary or even tertiary position. There can be no general approach since each site has its own specific characteristics, be it a flat settlement lasting just a couple of generations or a tell-settlement in use for millennia. Likewise, pottery with simple or no decoration must be viewed from a different perspective than pottery with complex decoration. Hand-made pottery will pose different problems to mass-produced wheel-thrown ceramics and sherds from a settlement must be treated in yet another way than whole pots from a cemetery.
This article presents results of the analysis of 23 thin sections of early medieval pottery from Pliska (obl. Schumen / BG). This investigation was planned as part of a comprehensive study of the so-called yellow pottery from Pliska, which aimed to characterize these vessels and their production technology as well as to illuminate the connection of this pottery group with the Avar-period yellow pottery in the Carpathian Basin (present-day Hungary and surrounding areas). The yellow pottery from Pliska became well-known primarily through the vessel-set found in a secret passage of »Krum’s Palace« in 1979. Various hypotheses have been suggested for the conceptual origin and place of production of this pottery group, including a Byzantine and a central Asian background. Chemical analyses of the yellow pottery from Pliska and of local sediments have shown that a local production of this pottery in Pliska was possible. The aim of the investigations presented here is to characterize the microstructure of the yellow pottery and other investigated pottery groups from Pliska, in order to determine possible similarities / differences between these groups, as well as to show / disprove potential connections with yellow pottery groups of the 8th and 9th centuries from the Carpathian Basin and neighbouring areas.
Forschungen in Augst 52 / Augst Archaeological Research 52, 2019
Das vorliegende Keramikhandbuch dient dazu, die in Augusta Raurica gefundene Keramik römischer Zeit (1. bis 4. Jahrhundert n. Chr.) typologisch zu bestimmen und chronologisch einzuordnen. Basis sind die Randscherben, die zur Hauptsache in der Monografien-Reihe «Forschungen in Augst» 1–48 (1977–2013) und in der Zeitschriftenreihe «Jahresberichte aus Augst und Kaiseraugst» 5–27 (1985–2006) vorgelegt worden sind. ----------------------- The new comprehensive standard pottery reference book for typologically identifying and dating Roman-period pottery (1st to 4th centuries AD) found at Augusta Raurica. The classification system used here is based on the rim fragments, most of which have been published in the monographic series “Forschungen in Augst” 1–48 (1977–2013) and in the journal “Jahresberichte aus Augst und Kaiseraugst” 5–27 (1985–2006).