Pots on mats

Mat-impressed salt-extraction pottery at Chalcolithic Provadia-Solnitsata, Bulgaria

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3565458
AutoresMila Andonova (0000-0003-4035-7517, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, autor de correspondencia), Vassil Nikolov (0000-0001-6944-8709, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)
Año2022
Volumen96
Número385
Páginas51-66
Fecha de publicación2022-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
EditorialAntiquity Publications (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15184/aqy.2021.145
OpenAlexW3202326302
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas10

Evidence for both basket weaving and salt production is often elusive in the prehistoric archaeological record. An assemblage of Middle-Late Chalcolithic pottery from Provadia-Solnitsata in Bulgaria provides insight into these two different technologies and the relationship between them. The authors analyse sherds from vessels used in large-scale salt production, the bases of which bear the impression of woven mats. This analysis reveals the possible raw materials used in mat weaving at Provadia-Solnitsata and allows interpretation of the role of these mats in salt production at the site. The results illustrate how it is possible to see the 'invisible' material culture of prehistoric south-eastern Europe and its importance for production and consumption

Archaeology · Assemblage (archaeology) · Bronze Age · Chalcolithic · Geography · Pottery · Prehistory · Weaving · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Engineering · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology