Published: 2021-03-10

The first find of LBK graphite-coated pottery in Lesser Poland: Więckowice, site 4, Kraków district

Agnieszka Brzeska-Zastawna , Michał P. Borowski , Albert Zastawny
Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
Section: Field Survey and Materials
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/73.2021.1.2647

Abstract

In the years 2006-2011, at the site Więckowice 4, rescue excavations were carried out in the eastern part of an extensive (over 15 ha) multicultural zone. The most numerous are the remains of the LBK settlement from the “music note” phase. The south-eastern part of the settlement was explored, discovering lines of building pits and post holes belonging to 3-4 longhouses. A particularly unique discovery was a fragment of a LBK vessel with powdered graphite preserved on the outer surface. In addition to the LBK ornament of engraved lines, it is decorated in a manner referring to the ornamentation of the Eastern Linear circle (Tiszadob-Kapušany group). The presence of graphite on the vessel wall has been confirmed by the results of SEM-EDS analyses. This is the first such find in Lesser Poland. To comprehensively address the cultural significance of this find we provide an up-to-date overview of graphite usage in a wide range of LBK contexts.

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Linear Pottery culture, Lesser Poland, graphite-coated, Eastern Linear circle ornamentation

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Brzeska-Zastawna, A., Borowski, M. P., & Zastawny, A. (2021). The first find of LBK graphite-coated pottery in Lesser Poland: Więckowice, site 4, Kraków district. Sprawozdania Archeologiczne, 73(1). https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/73.2021.1.2647

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