Ceramic technology. How to reconstruct the firing process

E Gliozzo - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2020 - Springer
Focused on uncoated ceramics, this tutorial paper is divided into two main sections. The first
section deals with the operational phases required prior to firing (drying, piling, fuel supply) …

Playing with fire: Exploring ceramic pyrotechnology in the Late Neolithic Balkans through an archaeometric and experimental approach

S Amicone, V Forte, B Solard, C Berthold… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Addressing ceramic pyrotechnology plays a key role in understanding a wide range of
cultural and social behaviours associated to pottery production. Firing is the process which …

An interdisciplinary approach to the study of kiln firing: a case study from the Campus Galli open-air museum (southern Germany)

S Amicone, A Memmesheimer, B Solard… - Archaeological and …, 2023 - Springer
Pottery kilns are a common feature in the archaeological record of different periods.
However, these pyrotechnological installations are still seldom the target of interdisciplinary …

Differentiation of Late Bronze Age Nubian-and Egyptian-style ceramics from northern Sudan by manufacturing firing temperatures using Raman spectroscopy

F Dellefant, G D'Ercole, M Kaliwoda, J Budka - Journal of Archaeological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ceramic samples of Nubian and Egyptian traditions dating to the 18 th Dynasty of the New
Kingdom period (1550–1290 BCE) from the ancient temple towns of Sai Island and Dukki …

The strength of the Earth's magnetic field from Pre-Pottery to Pottery Neolithic, Jordan

A Di Chiara, L Tauxe, TE Levy… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Constraining secular variation of the Earth's magnetic field strength in the past is
fundamental to understanding short-term processes of the geodynamo. Such records also …

Experimental investigation of ceramic technology and plant food cooking in Neolithic northern Greece

A Dimoula, Z Tsirtsoni, P Yiouni, I Stagkidis… - STAR: Science & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The paper discusses aspects of cooking pottery technology and operation through
observations made in a series of experiments, utilizing the results of archaeological ceramic …

A multidisciplinary approach to the study of Early Neolithic pyrotechnological structures. The case study of Portonovo (Marche, Italy)

CC Barbaro, V Forte, IM Muntoni, G Eramo - Open Archaeology, 2021 - degruyter.com
The introduction of agricultural practices fostered the development of specific technologies
for the new subsistence practices and the production of new artefacts. Pyrotechnological …

Reconstructing the firing process of pottery from dangxiong cemetery, Tibet, China: Estimating soaking time through XRD and thermal expansion analyses

Z Li, X Hu, L Li, J Cui, T Tsering - Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2024 - Elsevier
A comprehensive analytical study was conducted, encompassing refiring experiments, X-
Ray Diffraction (XRD) and thermal expansion analyses, to investigate the firing temperature …

[HTML][HTML] Iron Age ceramics from Thracian rock-cut complexes from Bulgaria–Mineral magnetic relics of technological production and usee

N Jordanova, D Jordanova, G Nekhrizov… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Gluhite kamani Thracian rock-cut complex in the Eastern Rhodopes Mountain
is famous with its more than 500 rock niches carved in the rock at heights up to 20 m …

Cutting down on the grog: the crystallisation of Neolithic ceramic traditions at Cova d'En Pardo (Alicante, Spain) and cultural change in the Western Mediterranean …

M del Pino Curbelo, PM Day, JA Soler Díaz… - Archaeological and …, 2021 - Springer
This paper presents the characterisation of 48 ceramic samples from Cova d'En Pardo
(Alicante, Spain). Provenance and technology analysis are carried out on materials dated …