Painted pottery and culinary practices: Use-alteration analysis of painted pottery from the site of Starčevo-Grad
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Bajčev, OlgaContributors
Ivanova, MariaBogdan, Athanassov
Vanya, Petrova
Takorova, Desislava
Stockhammer, Philipp W.
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This paper presents a study designed to test the assumptions that painted pottery
was stationary and non-utilitarian, or used only as tableware. Following the object biographical
approach, I investigated how the biographies of these vessels can inform
us about use activities and whether these activities are linked to food practices. The
archaeological contexts of painted pottery from sites in the Central Balkans most
often do not reflect the use of painted pottery, but rather the way it was discarded.
The only way to investigate its actual function was to look at the vessels themselves.
Based on this recognition, use-alteration analysis was performed on painted pottery
from the site of Starčevo-Grad, Serbia. This case study allowed me to investigate the
‘life-experiences’ of individual vessels and obtain the first direct evidence of how
painted vessels were used at this particular site.
Keywords:
painted pottery / Neolithic / Starčevo / use-alteration analysis / culinary practicesSource:
Social Dimensions of Food in the Prehistoric Balkans, 2018, 86-108Publisher:
- Oxford : Oxbow books
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- Serbian archaeology: cultural identity, integration factors, technological processes and the role of the central Balkans in the development of European prehistory (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-177020)
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Археолошки институт / Institute of ArchaeologyTY - CHAP AU - Bajčev, Olga PY - 2018 UR - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/761 AB - This paper presents a study designed to test the assumptions that painted pottery was stationary and non-utilitarian, or used only as tableware. Following the object biographical approach, I investigated how the biographies of these vessels can inform us about use activities and whether these activities are linked to food practices. The archaeological contexts of painted pottery from sites in the Central Balkans most often do not reflect the use of painted pottery, but rather the way it was discarded. The only way to investigate its actual function was to look at the vessels themselves. Based on this recognition, use-alteration analysis was performed on painted pottery from the site of Starčevo-Grad, Serbia. This case study allowed me to investigate the ‘life-experiences’ of individual vessels and obtain the first direct evidence of how painted vessels were used at this particular site. PB - Oxford : Oxbow books T2 - Social Dimensions of Food in the Prehistoric Balkans T1 - Painted pottery and culinary practices: Use-alteration analysis of painted pottery from the site of Starčevo-Grad EP - 108 SP - 86 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_761 ER -
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Bajčev, O.. (2018). Painted pottery and culinary practices: Use-alteration analysis of painted pottery from the site of Starčevo-Grad. in Social Dimensions of Food in the Prehistoric Balkans Oxford : Oxbow books., 86-108. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_761
Bajčev O. Painted pottery and culinary practices: Use-alteration analysis of painted pottery from the site of Starčevo-Grad. in Social Dimensions of Food in the Prehistoric Balkans. 2018;:86-108. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_761 .
Bajčev, Olga, "Painted pottery and culinary practices: Use-alteration analysis of painted pottery from the site of Starčevo-Grad" in Social Dimensions of Food in the Prehistoric Balkans (2018):86-108, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_761 .