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Drills and holes – pottery mending as evidence of the social meaning of an object

This paper presents results and interpretation of pottery repairs from the site in Eastern Croatia belonging to the Vučedol culture (Late Copper Age). Repair marks present on pottery vessels includes drilled holes along the breakages which are tied together with some organic material. Those marks are very good mark of social, economic or ideological aspects of society that made those vessels and adaption of pottery to new purposes. Importantly, pottery repairs make it possible to investigate changes in the social meaning of an object, about its value for the owner or community and gives us a valuable information about changes in context and use of the artefact. Analysis of repair marks shows that the most frequently mended forms are two types of utilitarian bowls which also showed a higher level of standardization in production and more frequent use. They evidently don’t present economic need for repairing but suggests that they have certain socio- ideological meaning for the owner or community.

prehistory, pottery, repair marks, reuse

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