CERAMICS FROM MIDDLE AGE SETTLEMENTS IN BRESTA LOCALITY NEAR THE VILLAGE OF ALTIMIR (Керамика от средновековното селище в м. Бреста край с. Алтимир, Северозападна България) (original) (raw)

Social dimensions of the technology of ceramic production in Southeast Bulgaria in the 6th - 2nd mill BC Interim report

2018

The article presents activities and data obtained during the first year of the project. The research area encompasses Southeastern Bulgaria with nine main sites included. Object of instrumental research and archeological characteristic are the samples, which are divided into the following groups: denudated rocks, and used for inorganic temper; clays-tectonic and alluvial; ceramics-pottery fragments and burnt remains of stationary equipment; organic fillers, pigments and substances for painting and incrustation, organic residues and impressions of mats and baskets on the pottery bases.. Different methods and analyzes have been applied to solve the problems posed: cartographic analysis and description of the landscape, morphological and typological analysis, dating, instrumental methods, chemical analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), petrographic analysis etc.

The chaîne opératoire of 6th millennium BC pottery making in the Maritsa Valley, Bulgaria: ceramics from Nova Nadezhda

Praehistorische Zeitschrift, 2019

40 potsherds and five other fired clay fragments from the prehistoric site of Nova Nadezhda in Bulgarian Thrace were analysed by archaeometric techniques. Twenty sherds and a daub fragment were analysed in thin section by optical microscopy; these thin sections, and thick sections of a further 24 sherds were also analysed by SEM-EDX. Results were used to describe the Early Neolithic chaîne opératoire at Nova Nadezhda, which was then compared to pottery production in roughly contemporaneous Starčevo-Criş communities in the central Balkans, to shed light on the Neolithisation process that took place in the 6th millennium BC. A variety of ceramic recipes was used to make different vessel shapes. Analyses of surface coatings were particularly enlightening in terms of provenance and the organisation of pottery production.

The Early Iron Age pottery assemblage from site 1/1000 at the foot of Vrashka Chuka, northwest Bulgaria

Bulgarian e-Journal of Archeology, 2022

In the course of rescue archaeological excavations of site 1/1000 at Baba Velika locality, located at the foot of Vrashka chuka in Northwest Bulgaria, the remains of an Early Iron Age site were encountered. This paper is focused on the pottery assemblage found during the rescue archaeological excavations at Vrashka chuka. The study presents the main characteristic of the Early Iron Age pottery found in the features and the general characteristics of the pottery found in the Early Iron Age cultural layer. It also discusses the recognizable shapes and decorative motifs and points out synchronous parallels. The study of the pottery assemblage from Vrashka chuka provided us with the opportunity to shed a new light on the development of the Early Iron Age in Northwest Bulgaria, and especially the district of the modern city of Vidin. The intensive archaeological excavations in recent years have opened a new page in the studies of the Early Iron Age in this part of Bulgaria, which so far was not studied in details.

Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Pottery in the Upper Thracian Plain, Tundzha Valley and the Burgas Lowland, Bulgaria -Diversity, Technology and Distribution Rositsa Hristova

The main purpose of this article is to present Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age pottery of the not so known Upper Thracian Plain, Tundzha Valley and the Burgas Lowland in Bulgaria, with an emphasis on ceramic diversity, technology, distribution, and use of vessels in archaeological contexts. The investigation shows that the ceramic of both periods consists of wares for serving, cooking, storage, and transportation. The classes of cups, jugs, plates, bowls, kantharoi-like vessels, amphora-like vessels, jars, storage vessels, and pyraunoi had been in widespread use until the 8 th century BC, when a new pottery class-pithoi with a 'wide stamp'-was added. The general transformations, which occurred during the beginning of the Early Iron Age, included modification of the above-mentioned pottery classes to a flattened spherical form; the treatment of the surface through burnishing with the effect of polishing; decoration with a combination of flutes and knobs and firing in reduced atmosphere with control of the process to achieve the desired uniform dark colour. However, absence of major changes in the morphology of Early Iron Age ceramics probably illustrate permanently established eating habits. According to ethnographic models, each change in the pottery production which included a stylistic variation of the vessels realized without marked changes in energy investment on the part of the craftsman, such as the introduction of new decorative motifs, new ways of arranging existing motifs and even some small changes in vessel forms, points to a horizontal differentiation of the society and increased numbers of equivalently ranked groups in a given society-a change that occurred in our study area in the Early Iron Age.

Sideris A. & Tonkova M., Pottery of the Classical Period from Halka Bunar, Central Southern Bulgaria

Classical Pottery from the Northern Aegean and its Periph (480-323/300 BC). Thessaloniki , 2019

Based on the grey pottery from the site of Halka Bunar, municipality Bratya Daskalovi in the south-eastern Bulgaria, the present paper intends a general overview of this class of pottery in inner Thrace, known already since the Archaic period and with documented relations with the Aeolid and the area of the North Aegean Sea. In Halka Bunar the grey ware of the Classical period, as in many other neighbouring sites, it has been found within ritual or domestic pits, and it seems to develop in continuity with that of the Archaic period. The shape repertory includes bowls, cups and mugs, strainers and jugs, lekanae with vertical or horizontal handles, craters, table amphorae and possibly hydriae. The distribution of the grey ware, the dating of which is often based on contextual finds imported from the Greek world, spreads from the shores fo the Black Sea to the western parts of the Maritsa/Evros Valley, and even to the regions on the north of this valley. It is undoubtedly the product of local workshops, which continued, even though with a more restricted shape repertory, during the early Hellenistic period as well.

Characteristic Features of the Bronze Age Pottery from a Site Near the Village of Panayot Volovo, Municipality of Shumen, North-East Bulgaria

Characteristic Features of the Bronze Age Pottery from a Site Near the Village of Panayot Volovo, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Early Bronze Age Burial Mounds in Oltenia, in V. Diaconu, A. Gafincu (eds.), The Bronze Age in south-eastern Europe. Multidisciplinary Studies. Piatra Neamț-Brăila, 2023

The main purpose of this article is to present the pottery from the Late Bronze Age settlement of Site No. 1 near the village of Panayot Volovo, northeastern Bulgaria, with an emphasis on ceramic diversity, technology, and use of vessels. For this purpose, a database was created, through which direct observation was carried out, which provides information about the preparation of the clay, the methods of forming the vessels, the surface treatment and the characteristics of the moulding and firing technique. The analysis of ceramic fragments, alongside with the study of typology and classification, provide information on various aspects of the settlement's daily life. The research shows that the pottery of this period consist of serving, cooking and storage vessels. The classification pattern presents the presence of the following forms used in the settlement from Site No. 1: cups, jugs, plates, bowls, kantharos-like vessels, amphora-like vessels, cooking pots, storage vessels and vessels with internal handles. The above-mentioned types of ceramic vessels are most often conical, with S-profiles, or spherical in shape; the treatment of the surface was carried out by means of not very precise smoothing; decoration is registered on few fragments and vessels. Relief applied bands predominate, often in combination with handles or knobs. The most often decorated forms are the pots and the cups.

New Data about Pottery Production in the 9th–10th centuries in Pliska (Capital of the First Bulgarian Kingdom)

Българско е-Списание за Археология, 2013

In the first part of this report, we will present two large ceramic complexes – one from the beginning of the ninth century and the second from the mid-ninth century. Both sets of pottery were found while excavating the secret passages, which form a net of tunnels, in Pliska. The discovery of the numerous complex of table vessels in the center of Pliska puts forward the question of the specific needs of such an inventory at the ruler's court. The deposition of the vessels near the ruler's residence means that they were used for the needs of the king's household. The second part of the report presents a pottery kiln, found in the south-east sector of the so called "Inner Town" of Pliska capital city. The kiln used to have two chambers placed one above another. The firing (lower) chamber is slightly bigger than that of the upper chamber. Three big oval pits was found, situated in a raw south of the pottery kiln. Two of them were functionally connected with the ki...

Settlement Patterns in the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age: The Case of the Prehistoric Settlement of Yunatsite, Bulgaria

The aim of this paper is to discuss two main problems pertaining to the settlement patterns in Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age in Southeast Europe: the appearance of fortified settlements and the formation of tell settlement in Southeast Europe. For this, recent excavation data will be drawn mainly from the Greek-Bulgarian excavation at Tell Yunatsite in Bulgaria. The first part of the paper offers a definition of a fortification, its necessity, its possible form and its earliest appearance. Tell Yunatsite represents one of the various fortified forms of Southeast Europe, consisting of an earthen wall und a ditch, which encircled the densely built settlement. The second part of the paper discusses what a “tell” (or “toumba” or “tepe”) is and when its formation began. The settlement of Yunatsite allows a distinction to be made between two types of tells: tell-formed settlements, which began on the flat land and were fortified, and tell-founded settlements, which were established on top of abandoned Chalcolithic sites and began as already elevated settlements. The first type appears mainly during the Chalcolithic period, but also in the beginning of Early Bronze Age, while the second type emerges only at the beginning of the Early Bronze Age.

A Settlement from the Late Middle Ages Near Vrashka Chuka, Vidin Region, Northwest Bulgaria

A Settlement from the Late Middle Ages Near Vrashka Chuka, Vidin Region, Northwest Bulgaria , 2023

GABRIEL CUSTUREA (Constanţa) CĂTĂLIN DOBRINESCU (Constanţa) CRISTINA PARASCHIV-TALMAȚCHI (Constanţa) CORNELIU BOGDAN NICOLAE BELDIANU The First Monetary Illustrations of Temples at Tomis • Primele reprezentări monetare ale templelor de la Tomis GABRIEL CUSTUREA Noi descoperiri monetare bizantine de pe teritoriul Dobrogei (sec. VI-XII) • New Byzantine Monetary Discoveries in Dobrudja (6 th-12 th centuries) ANA-MARIA VELTER, GABRIEL CUSTUREA Monede rare și mai puțin cunoscute din colecția Muzeului de Istorie Națională și Arheologie din Constanța • Rare and Lesser Known Coins from the Collection of the Museum of National History and Archaeology in Constanța AUXILIARIA CORINA TOMA, LUCIAN BARBU-TUDORAN, MIHAI MUNTEANU Relația dintre podoabele dacice și monedele de import prin prisma analizelor elementale • The Relationship between Dacian Ornaments and Import Coins through elemental analysis STELLA DONCHEVA, NINA ARCHANGELOVA, ÁKOS CSEPREGI, ANIKÓ ANGYAL, ZITA SZIKSZAI Analysis of Finds (Ingots and Scrap) from the Production Centers Near Zlatar, Preslav District and Novosel, Shumen District (Bulgaria) (part I) • Analiza descoperirilor (lingouri și fragmente) din centrele de producție de lângă Zlatar, districtul Preslav și Novosel, districtul Shumen (Bulgaria) (partea I) NADEZHDA ATANASSOVA, VELISLAV BONEV, ELENA VASILEVA Anthropological and Archaeological Investigation of the Necropolis (14 th-15 th c. AD) Excavated in 2020 at Cape Chirakman / Bizone, Kavarva, Bulgaria • Investigații antropolgice și arheologice ale necropolei cercetate în 2020 la Capul Chirakman / Bizone, Kavarva, Bulgaria RECENZII Horia Pop, Adrian Cătălin Căsălean, Sticla antică din judeţul Sălaj (secolele IV a.Chr.-II p.Chr.). Catalog/Ancient glass from Sălaj county (4 th century BC.-2 nd century AD.). Catalog, Editura Mega, Cluj-Napoca, 2022; 161 p., 49 ilustrații și 7 tabele. (Ana C. HAMAT) Maria Alexandrescu Vianu, Une cité antique à travers ses sculptures. La sculpture en pierre à Tomis à l'époque du Principat (I er-III e siècles), Bibliothèque de l'Institut d'études sud-est européennes 22, Editura Istros a Muzeului Brăilei "Carol I", Brăila, 2022; 300 p. și 92 ilustrații. (Livia BUZOIANU

Typology and chronology of red-slip ware from the Roman ceramics centre near Karavelovo village, Shumen region, North Bulgaria - in English with Bulgarian summary

Bulgarian e-Journal of Archaeology Supplementa 7, 2019

The manufacturing complex is located in the east part of the Roman province of Lower Moesia. The site near the village of Karavelovo, Shumen region was partially studied in the 1970s. So far the registered structures and the materials provided by the excavations in the ceramic centre were known only by brief information in the annual archaeological reports and by a preliminary report, which makes them almost unknown to the researchers. The purpose of this study is to clarify the chronology of the red-slip production of the centre near Karavelovo. It becomes clear from the publications on the issue that the kilns worked in the period from the 2nd to the 4th c. but because of absence of analysis on the ceramic material, the interpretations on the chronology of the ceramic production in the discussed centre sound unconvincingly. The analysis offered here points explicitly at the period from the end of the 2nd or the very beginning of the 3rd c. until the middle of the same century. Current and future researches in the area would expand significantly our knowledge of the production and use of the red-slip ware in the province of Lower Moesia.