engleski

Inside the Prehistoric Potter's Mind - an Element of the Unexpected

Within the program, Prehistoric Pottery: Interdisciplinarity and Experiment, a series of archaeological experiments were carried out with the purpose of a more comprehensive understanding of the prehistoric pottery production mechanisms during the Copper and Bronze Age in northern Croatia. The program has educational-research and popular character and was intended primarily for the students of archaeology with the aim of studying the pottery through the prism of technology, function and social aspects. One of the aims is the reconstruction of the individual steps undertaken by a potter in the manufacture of the product, by using different variables (different raw material, various types of temper material, different building and surface treatment techniques as well as used tools and various firing techniques), and in accordance with the scientific issues. The process of designing and conducting the experiment has shown that the research questions, as well as the dynamics of deliberate and controlled experiments, had become more and more complex. It was also shown that a such effective approach is a good tool that leads us very close to the concept of choices made by the potter, which ultimately lead to the much more complex interpretations that move within technical, technological and social explications.

prehistoric pottery, experiment, technology

nije evidentirano