Technology and raw material analysis of Linear Pottery culture ceramics from the Eastern Carpathians, Romania

Anna Rauba-Bukowska; Vasile Diaconu; Krzysztof Bukowski

doi:10.23858/SA/76.2024.2.3840

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Vol. 76 No. 2 (2024)

Technology and raw material analysis of Linear Pottery culture ceramics from the Eastern Carpathians, Romania

Anna Rauba-Bukowska , Vasile Diaconu , Krzysztof Bukowski

Sprawozdania Archeologiczne

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https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/76.2024.2.3840

Abstract

Only a few Neolithic settlements attributed to the Linear Pottery culture 5100-4850 cal. BC) are known from the Sub-Carpathian area of Eastern Romania. From the Neamţ Depression, settlements were known from Târpeşti and recently from Topoliţa. The aim of the presented analyses was to determine data regarding ceramic technology at the Topoliţa site and to compare it with LBK ceramic technology in neighbouring areas. It was found that ceramic production patterns at Topoliţa were similar to those at nearby LBK sites in Romania and even to pottery from southeastern Poland. However, the selection of raw materials varied. At Topoliţa, only one type of raw material was used, while the nearest site at Târpeşti employed several different raw materials. These differences underscore the importance of local environmental factors in understanding ceramic production practices. The technological similarities between Topoliţa and Poland suggest that knowledge and practices were transmitted through cultural interactions and long-distance exchange networks.

Keywords:

Northeastern Romania, Neolithic, Linear Pottery culture, ceramic petrography, XRD analysis

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Rauba-Bukowska, A., Diaconu, V., & Bukowski, K. (2024). Technology and raw material analysis of Linear Pottery culture ceramics from the Eastern Carpathians, Romania. Sprawozdania Archeologiczne, 76(2), 37–66. https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/76.2024.2.3840

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Anna Rauba-Bukowska

annaraubabukowska@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6653-3614

Affiliation:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland, Poland

Vasile Diaconu

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1553-6444

Affiliation:

History and Ethnography Museum of Târgu Neamț, Neamț National Museum Complex, Târgu Neamț, Romania, Romania

Krzysztof Bukowski

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7289-5956

Affiliation:

Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Kraków, Kraków, Poland