THE MACRO - LITHICS USAGE IN THE POTTERY PRODUCTION IN NEOLITHIC OF THE CENTRAL

BALKANS, SOME ARCHEOLOGICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCES

Vesna Vučković, Hometown museum Paraćin, Serbia PhD candidate UAB, Barcelona, Spain

Two gaols

Examination of empirical evidence of tools with cutting edge usage in smoothing process.

Examination of various materials efficiency based on their morpho-metrical characteristics

Examinаtion of empirical evidence

Vessel 1Vessel 2

Vessel 3

Vessel 4 Vessel 5

Smoothing tool – kit and process

working edge – after 50 min of usage

Hypothesis rejection?

Polishing tool – kit and process

Use – wear traces

smoothed inner surface of recipient

polished surface ( microphoto)

the outer surface after smoothing and decoration;

polished surface ( microphoto)

Use traces developed after 30 minutes of polishing the vessel

made from fine fabric

Unaltered stone tool surface

Use traces developed after 16 minutes of polishing the vessel made from fine fabric

Use traces developed after polishing the vessel made from sandy fabric

Basic directions for further examinations:

- Experimental implementation of various material (stone, bone and shell) in surface treatment of vessels made of different fabrics which are typical for central Balkans`s Neolithic.

- Results comparison with record from archaeological context

- Determination of row materials mechanical property such as wear resistance of working edge.

- Establishing regularity of typical petrological row material selection

- Recognition of ceramics workshops on the Neolithic settlements

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