The Ethnic Identity of Handmade Pottery from Sites Located on the Northern Shores of the Black Sea
The Ethnic Identity of Handmade Pottery from Sites Located on the Northern Shores of the Black Sea

Author(s): Aleksandra Deptuła
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: handmade pottery; northern Black Sea littoral; ethnic attribution
Summary/Abstract: Handmade ceramics are among the most numerous mass categories originating from the excavation of ancient sites on the northern shores of the Black Sea. One of the issues involved in the study of this group is the question of establishing the ethnic and cultural identity of the producers and users of these vessels. Technological aspects as well as the absence of any standardization of handmade ceramics are considered as possible indicators of the ethnicity of its producers and the issue, in terms of who made these particular vessels, has been hotly debated since the 1960s. The possibility of production by Greek craftsmen has been indicated as a possibility in the case of the early handmade ceramics from sites in the northern Black Sea littoral.

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