essay

Production and distribution of early pottery in the West Mediterranean

changing roles of ceramics in society : 26,000 b.p. to the present • 5 • Published In 1990 • Pages: 137-157

By: Barnett, William K..

Abstract
Barnett examined ceramics from six Early Neolithic sites in and around the Aude Valley in France and Andorra. A compositional analysis of the pottery's mineralogical classification by optical petrography was conducted on 94 vessels and 105 resource samples. The resource samples were chosen to try to represent the resource materials that may have been available in the past. The analysis found the more "highly decorated and burnished cardial vessels were transported more frequently and over great distances."
Subjects
Reviews and critiques
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
Topography and geology
Ceramic technology
Exchange and transfers
tradition
Impressed Ware
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
Europe
Sub Region
General Europe
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Archaeologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
Analyst
Sarah Berry; 1999
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
7000 BP - 6500 BP (5000 b.c. - 4500 b.c.)
Coverage Place
Aude Valley region; France and Andorra
Notes
William K. Barnett
Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-157)
LCCN
90000183
LCSH
Europe--Antiquities