Pottery and Hillforts: Some Aspects of Pottery Production During the Late Bronze Age in the Territory of Latvia

Authors

  • Vanda Visocka University of Latvia Faculty of History and Philosophy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22364/luzv.4.2017.04

Keywords:

Late Bronze Age, Ceramics, Pottery production, clay matrix, tempering traditions

Abstract

The paper is dedicated to the technological aspects of pottery production in the Late Bronze Age in the territory of Latvia. For the purposes of the current research, nine pottery assemblages were analysed. As hillforts appeared in the Late Bronze Age, they represented the dominant aspects of pottery production in this period, therefore this type of settlement was chosen for the analysis. Two types of analytical techniques were used for this research: visual (macroscopic) and ceramic petrography (micro­scopic). For the petrographic analysis, 78 thin sections were made from all the analysed hillfort ceramic collections. In this paper, the structure of clay, as well as temper, vessel shape, size and wall thickness were analysed and grouped.

Author Biography

Vanda Visocka, University of Latvia Faculty of History and Philosophy

Vanda Visocka (1993) holds a MA degree in history (University of Latvia, 2017). Scientific assistant at the University of Latvia Faculty of History and Philosophy. Currently a doctoral student at the University of Latvia Faculty of History and Philosophy, working on the PhD thesis “Ceramic production, function and meaning during Bronze and Pre-Roman Iron Age in the territory of Latvia”. Scientific interests: Bronze and Pre-Roman Iron Age, technical aspects of pottery production, traditions and society in the prehistoric times, transmission of knowledge, petrography, archaeometry.

Vanda Visocka (1993) ir vēstures maģistre (LU, 2017), Latvijas Universitātes Vēstures un filozofijas fakultātes zinātniskā asistente, Latvijas Universitātes Vēstures un filozofijas fakultātes doktorante. Izstrādā promocijas darbu “Keramikas izgatavošana, pielietojums un nozīme bronzas un senākajā dzelzs laikmetā Latvijas teritorijā”. Zinātniskās intereses: bronzas un senākais dzelzs laikmets, keramikas trauku izgatavošanas tehniskie aspekti, tradīcijas un sabiedrība aizvēsturē, zināšanu pārnese, petrogrāfiskā analīze, arheometrija.

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Published

2018-04-21

How to Cite

Visocka, V. (2018). Pottery and Hillforts: Some Aspects of Pottery Production During the Late Bronze Age in the Territory of Latvia. Journal of the University of Latvia. History | Latvijas Universitātes Žurnāls. Vēsture, (4), 53–65. https://doi.org/10.22364/luzv.4.2017.04