Publication details
Zakuřovaná keramika – rekonstrukce historické technologie pomocí experimentu
| Title in English | Smoke-fired pottery – experimental reconstruction of a historical technology |
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| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Archeologické výzkumy na Vysočině |
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| web | Domovská stránka časopisu |
| Keywords | pottery; experiment; smoke firing; Middle Ages; firing; pottery kiln |
| Description | Smoke-fired pottery is characterised by the light-coloured core of the shard and usually by a dark grey through black sur- face, which is made by sealing the kiln in the final phase of firing. The technology of smoke-fired pottery has been used since the 14th century and in some places it survived until the 1st half of the 20th century. This study summarizes the results of seven experimental firings of smoked pottery, which were conducted in the Scientific Research Centre of the Department of Archaeology and Museology at Panská Lhota near Jihlava in 2014–2019. The courses of individual firing processes, including the impact of various types of fuel on the smoke firing results, were documented and compared. The research was focused on the properties of fired pottery and on numerous samples of clays in pure form or with various ad- mixtures. Attention was paid to the selected fuel, the clay body and the highest achieved temperatures. The experimental firing has proved the correctness of the technological process and the degree of its variability, which is influenced by the choice and strategy of firing, and the type of kiln or fuel. The experiments accentuated the relation between the course of the firing process and the quality of fired clay. |
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