Pottery from the Cherniakhiv Culture Site of Voitenki and Other Sites in the Surrounding Region (Ukraine)
Pottery from the Cherniakhiv Culture Site of Voitenki and Other Sites in the Surrounding Region (Ukraine)

Author(s): Małgorzata Daszkiewicz, Erdmute Schultze
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Cherniakhiv culture; pottery; archaeoceramology; MGR-groups; chemical analysis; thin-section studies; K-H analysis
Summary/Abstract: Pottery from the Cherniakhiv culture site of Voitenki and ten other sites in the surrounding region was the subject of laboratory analysis. This work was done to test the hypothesis that ceramic vessels were made in Voitenki and from there distributed to neighbouring settlements. In addition, pottery fragments recovered respectively from the settlement and cemetery at Voitenki were compared to assess whether the suite of ceramic vessels found in graves was made from different raw materials and based on a different technology to the pottery produced for use at settlements. The following analyses were performed: MGR-analysis, chemical analysis by WD-XRF, and thin-section studies. The physical ceramic properties and functional properties of the pottery were also determined and an estimation was made of forming technique and original firing temperature using K-H analysis. In addition to potsherds, samples of local clay raw materials were also analysed.

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