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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