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Acta Mineralogica-Petrographica, Abstract Series, 9, 2015
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Tools used in ceramics production during the Neolithic and Chalcolithic: Examples from Teleorman County, Romania
Crandell, O.1, Ionescu, C.1, Mirea, P.2 1Department of Geology, Babes-Bolyai University, Str. Kogălniceanu nr. 1, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania (otis.crandell@ubbcluj.ro)
2Teleorman County Museum, Alexandria, Str. 1848 nr. 1, Alexandria, Teleorman, Romania
The production of ceramic pottery involves numerous steps, each of
which requires different tools. Many studies focus on pottery,
sometimes as tools from a functional point of view, sometimes as
cultural markers used to date sites, and sometimes from the point of
view of the raw material of which they are composed. The steps
involved in pottery production are often studied based on the
remains of the pottery itself with only minor mention of the tools
used in its production.
This paper focuses in particular on Neolithic and Chalcolithic
artefacts found at the Măgura-Buduiasca-Boldul lui Moş Ivănuş
and Vităneşti-Măgurice sites in Teleorman County (southern
Romania). A few analogies from other sites in the Lower Danube
region have also been included in order to provide a larger range of
tools potentially used in this industry.
The tools have here been grouped based on the stage of
production - those which may have been used to quarry the raw
clay, such as picks; tools for processing the raw materials by coarse
and fine grinding such as mortars and pestles; and surface finishing
tools for polishing and smoothing. The artefacts were analysed by
non-destructive surface studies (macroscopically, with the aid of a
handheld loupe, and by stereo microscope) with the aim of further
determining their function and whether they were likely used in the
ceramics industry.
This study provides examples of tool types and illustrates
characteristics useful for identifying them. It also shows the chaîne
opératoire of pottery produced during the Neolithic and
Chalcolithic of this region.
The study was financed by the PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0881 project
granted by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research.
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Index of authors
Almási, E. 52
Amoako, F.Y. 40
Awdankiewicz, M. 63
Bajkai, R. 68
Bajnóczi, B. 1, 2
Balázs, R. 46
Bălc, R. 73, 74
Baricza, Á. 2
Baris, A. 26
Batki, A. 52
Bendő, Zs. 3, 12, 16, 30, 53,
57, 62, 68
Benkó, Zs. 33
Bercea, R.I. 73
Berecki, S. 22
Berkesi, M. 26
Bernasconi, S.M. 29
Bilohuščin, V. 69
Breitenbach, S.F.M. 29
Chovan, M. 40
Çiner, F. 4
Crandell, O. 5, 6
Creon-Bocquet, L. 34
Csillag, G. 65
Csomor, T.Á. 7, 8
Dallos, Zs. 9
Daneu, N. 10, 13
Dankházi, Z. 26
Demeter, Á. 11
Demeter, R. 12
Denisova, Yu. 55
Dobosi, G. 18, 45
Dódony, I. 9, 44, 47
Drev, S. 13
Drits, V.A. 76
Dumitraş, D. 20
Falus, Gy. 31
Farkas, I.M. 14
Fehér, B. 15, 61, 75
Füri, J. 65
Garuti, G. 27
Gescher, J. 40
Gherdán, K. 16
Gil, G. 53
Giurgiu, A. 5, 17, 22
Gökçek, Ö.B. 4
Gönczy, S. 18
Grakova, O.V. 19
Guzmics, T. 26
Häuselmann, P. 43
Havancsák, K. 26
Hîrtopanu, P. 20
Hoeck, V. 22, 23, 24
Horváth, A. 21
Ionescu, C. 5, 6, 17, 22, 23, 24
Ivanovskaya, T.A. 25
John, M.C. 29
Józsa, S. 59
Káldos, R. 26, 28
Kapui, Zs. 27
Kasztovszky, Zs. 3, 53, 62
Kátai, O.R. 28
Kátay, Z. 46
Kawazoe, T. 42
Kele, S. 29, 37
Kereskényi, E. 30
Király, Cs. 31
Kis, A. 32
Kiss, B. 52
Kiss, G.B. 27, 33, 44, 72
Klébesz, R. 51
Kluge, T. 29
Komelj, M. 13
Kovács, I. 33
Kovács, Z. 34
Koval, Y. 18
Kristály, F. 9, 16, 30, 35, 36,
38, 39, 60, 61, 75
Kürthy, D. 37
Lange, T.P. 59
Leskó, M.Zs. 38, 67
Liptai, N. 51
Lovász, A. 60
Mádai, F. 39
Magyari, Á. 65
Majzlan, J. 8, 40
Majzlan, O. 40
May, Z. 1, 2
Mazaj, M. 13
Meckler, N.M. 29
Miklós, R. 7
Millan, I.M. 29
Mirea, P. 6
Miyajima, N. 42
Moldovan, C. 43
Molnár, Zs. 44
Móricz, F. 7
Mosonyi, E. 56
Mozgai, V. 45
Nagy, A. 65
Nagy, G. 1
Nagy, J. 5
Negulescu, E. 58
Németh, T. 33, 46
Novák, A. 51
Nyirő-Kósa, I. 66
Oláh, I. 3
Ormándi, Sz. 47
Osztás, A. 3
Oueslati, W. 48, 49
P. Menyhárt, A. 41
Pálfy, J. 38
Pál-Molnár, E. 52
Papp, R.Z. 50
Patkó, L. 34, 51
Péterdi, B. 30, 53, 62
Pósfai, M. 66
Potapov, I. 54
Price, G.D. 38
Pystin, A. 54, 55
Pystina, Y. 54
Pystina, Yu. 55
Radics, T. 56
Rečnik, A. 10, 13
Ridovics, A. 1
Ringer, M. 57
Rózsa, P. 30
Săbău, G. 58
Şahin, S. 4
Schimek, É. 57
Sendula, E. 31
Simon, V. 5, 22, 23
Sipos, P. 46
Škoda, R. 69
Socaciu, A. 17
Spránitz, T. 59
Stanković, N. 10
Szabó, Cs. 2, 26, 28, 31, 34,
51
Szabó, D. 60
Szabó, G. 37
Szabó, M. 1, 2
Szakáll, S. 8, 39, 41, 60, 61,
69, 75
Szakmány, Gy. 3, 37, 53, 62, 68
Szepesi, J. 18
Szumowska, M. 63
T. Biró, K. 3, 30, 53, 62
Takács, Á. 45
Tămaş, T. 43
Taricco, C. 64
Thamó-Bozsó, E. 65
Tompa, É. 66
Topa, B.A. 67
Tóth, A. 28
Tóth, B. 66
Tóth, E. 11, 12
Tóth, I. E. 68
Tóth, M. 1, 2
Török, Á. 11
Trandafir, D.L. 5, 22
Udubaşa, G. 20
Uher, P. 69
Ulyasheva, N.S. 70
Upton, B.G.J. 52
Váczi, B. 59
Váczi, T. 16, 26, 32, 50, 67,
75
Viczián, I. 71
Vigh, T. 21, 50, 67
Vonderviszt, F. 66
Weiszburg, T.G. 11, 12, 16, 32, 57,
60, 67
Zaccarini, F. 27, 44
Zagyva, T. 72
Zaharia, L. 17, 73, 74
Zaitseva, T.S. 25
Zajzon, N. 8, 16, 21, 38, 39,
50, 69, 75
Ziegler, M. 29
Zviagina, B.B. 76