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- Botwid, Katarina, et al.
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Use traces on crucibles and tuyères? : An archaeological experiment in ancient metallurgy
- 2016
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In: Prehistoric pottery across the Baltic : regions, influences and methods - regions, influences and methods. - 0143-3067. - 9781407314631 ; 2785, s. 21-28
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- To what extent can we identify sites where metallurgy has been conducted by studying the ceramic residue found at the site? Ceramic tools used for metal casting, such as crucibles, claymoulds and tuyères- so called ‘technical ceramics' - are often used as indicators of metalcrafts.Their often vitrified and sintered appearance is, on many occasions, used as traits of identification.This article discusses a crucible and a tuyère that show no clear traces of vitrification, and whether or not the objects should be disregarded as technical ceramics. By building reconstructions of these two objects and testing them in an archaeological experiment, we have been able to study the traces of use on the reconstruction and compare them to the two artefacts. In this article we argue that signs of use, such as vitrification and sintering, are not always present on used tuyères and crucibles and that we should also try to look for other signs of use when classifying archaeological materials as technical ceramics.
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- Papmehl-Dufay, Ludvig, et al.
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Pots in Context: Aspects on Pottery Production and Use in the Early Neolithic Funnel Beaker (TRB) Culture on Öland, SE Sweden
- 2016
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In: British Archaeological Reports - International Series. - 0143-3067. ; 2809, s. 55-66
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper discusses contextual aspects of pottery from the two early Neolithic Funnel Beaker (TRB) sites Resmo and Runsbäck, on the island of Öland, SE Sweden. The sites are situated 15km apart on the west side of the island and the C14 dates place the activities at the sites at c. 3900–3600BC and 3600–3100 BC respectively, possibly with some overlap. The pottery has been analysed regarding its design, raw material use, technology and vessel use. While overall similarities in the ceramic craft at the two sites are obvious, some articulated differences were noted in the design as well as in the wares, while vessel use patterns are strikingly similar between the two assemblages. The Resmo assemblage is characterised by an exceptional degree of homogeneity while the Runsbäck pottery displays more variation. The observed differences are viewed against the contexts in which the pottery was recovered, and the different patterns of pottery production and use are suggested to reflect differences in function and duration between the sites. The Runsbäck pottery seems to be associated with everyday activities of mainly domestic character, whereas theResmo pottery is suggested to reflect some form of special occasion possibly connected to ritual activities performed in a monumental landscape setting. This in turn can be related to later events in the area, which includes the construction of megalithic tombs only a few centuries later.
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- Skoglund, Peter, 1967
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Landscape and settlement in southern and middle Sweden: Changes around 800 BC against a European backdrop
- 2015
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In: Forging identities : the mobility of culture in Bronze Age Europe : report from a Marie Curie project 2009-2012 with concluding conference at Aarhus University, Moesgaard 2012 / edited by Paulina Suchowska-Ducke, Samantha Scott Reiter, Helle Vandkilde. - Oxford : British Archaeological Reports. - 0143-3067. - 9781407314334 ; , s. 231-238
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The beginning of the Iron Age (Hallstatt C) at c. 800 BC marked an important event in European prehistory. One part of this change involved the introduction of new kinds of death rituals including the horse and wagon complex. New studies also demonstrate the presence of important changes in the locations of settlements in various regions across Europe. The strong impact of Oscar Montelius’ chronological scheme for the Scandinavian Bronze Age (which confined this period as one which ended c. 500 BC) has prohibited the formulation of a comparative European perspective on the Scandinavian material. However, large-scale rescue excavations have clarified the period surrounding 800 BC as an important time which functioned as a division between the organization of agriculture, settlements and landscapes in south and middle Sweden. This paper reviews these results against a wider European backdrop.
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- Vandkilde, Helle, et al.
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Cultural Mobility in Bronze Age Europe
- 2015
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In: Forging Identities. The Mobility of Culture in Bronze Age Europe: Volume 1, Edited by Paulina Suchowska-Ducke, Samantha Scott Reiter, Helle Vandkilde. - Oxford : British Archaeological Reports. - 0143-3067. - 9781407314334 ; , s. 5-37
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The purpose of the following introduction is threefold. First, it sets out to provide an outline of archaeological research into cultural mobility while highlighting the Bronze Age as a major epoch of connectivity in European prehistory. This will serve as the background for the second section, which summarises the main research incentives driving the investigation of mobility in the EC research and training programme Forging Identities – The Mobility of Culture in Bronze Age Europe (FI)1
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