CERAMIC PRODUCTION IN THE KAMA REGION ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE STUDY OF TABLEWARE OF THE VASYUKOVSKY II SETTLEMENT: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
Keywords:
ceramics, Northern Kama Region, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Early Iron Age, thermogravimetry, scanning electron microscopy, thermal, synchronous, X-ray phase analysisAbstract
The work is devoted to an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the ancient ceramic production of the Kama region. The article presents the results of the physico-chemical studies of ceramics of the settlement of Vasyukovskoye II. This monument is multi-layered. The conducted field research has shown that this territory was inhabited several times from the Neolithic era to the Middle Ages. The purpose of the study was to study the historical processes of pottery traditions formation based on an interdisciplinary approach. The work is devoted to the study of tableware using thermogravimetry, scanning electron microscopy, thermal synchronous and X-ray phase analysis. 18 samples were involved in the study: 2 from the Neolithic period, 16 samples from the transition period from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age. The numbers 10 and 16 are missing from the numbering of the samples, and these samples were excluded from the study due to the small size of the sample. As a result of the study, we identified the main groups of samples, depending on the content of montmorillonite to the residual mass after calcination to 850 ° C, and the content of plant pollutants. As a result, certain conditions of heat treatment and groups of molding masses were identified in these groups, which indicates the formed traditions in the manufacture of tableware in different groups. Our research is just the beginning of a large-scale study of ancient ceramics, and the application of an interdisciplinary approach, especially instrumental physico-chemical methods for the study of archaeological material, is currently characterized by the accumulation of analytical data, their systematization and interpretation.References
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