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Implications of crushed pottery in prehistoric pottery

Authors

HLOŽEK Martin TICHÝ Radomír TICHÝ Radomír DOHNÁLKOVÁ Hana DOHNÁLKOVÁ Hana DOHNÁLKOVÁ Iva DOHNÁLKOVÁ Iva

Year of publication 2006
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source EuroREA : (Re)construction and Experiment in Archeology-European platform.
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Field Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology
Keywords Archaeometry; mikroscopy; experiment; crushed pottery
Description This contribution presents an experiment attempting to address the problem of loss of ceramic material as grog when used by prehistoric societies in the production of new pottery. The use of grog, crushed pottery used as temper, has been a part of pottery manufacturing from the beginning of pottery manufacture to the present. In prehistory grog presence in matter is a feature of many cultures. The use of this material can be purely practical but we also have to allow for reasons related to the spiritual concepts of prehistoric populations.
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