Beginnings of potter’s wheel in medieval Czech-Moravian
Highlands

k 2020

Beginnings of potter’s wheel in medieval Czech-Moravian Highlands

TĚSNOHLÍDKOVÁ, Kateřina a Karel SLAVÍČEK

Základní údaje

Originální název

Beginnings of potter’s wheel in medieval Czech-Moravian Highlands

Název česky

Počátky hrnčířského kruhu na Českomoravské vrchovině

Autoři

TĚSNOHLÍDKOVÁ, Kateřina a Karel SLAVÍČEK

Vydání

Archaeological Approaches to the Study of the Potter's Wheel, 24-27 November 2020, 2020

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60102 Archaeology

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

medieval pottery; pottery wheel; Czech-Moravian Highlands

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam

Změněno: 27. 5. 2021 14:09, Mgr. Renata Macholdová

Anotace

V originále

The paper aims to consider adaptation of two new technologies in pottery making which were fast potter’s wheel and pottery kilns in the region of Czech-Moravian highlands. The study is based on archaeological finds of several kilns dated to the end of the 13th and the beginning of the 14th century. The region is situated in the middle of the Czech Republic and was sparsely populated before colonization during the 13th century. The colonization brought these innovations and also social changes which led to transformation of pottery production into a professional craft. The former forming technique – coiling – and firing in an opened or temporary firing devices were still in use during the colonization period. Means of implementing the new technologies have been the main question in the high and late medieval pottery research for decades. Part of the incoming settlers certainly had the knowledge of the wheel throwing, but were probably unable to use it properly since they had to deal with local clay properties first. Lower purity and quality of some clays could have made them inapplicable to be used for wheel throwing. This problem was overcome with implementation wheel forming. With this technique the basic body shape of a pot was built with coils first, then the shape was finished using a rotation kinetic energy. The question of the beginning of kiln using is also discussed here. Archaeological evidence shows the potters were unable to use the full potential of the first kilns. Instead of using the kilns ability of thermal cumulation, the pots were fired probably fast or low temperature.

Citovat

TĚSNOHLÍDKOVÁ, Kateřina a Karel SLAVÍČEK. Beginnings of potter’s wheel in medieval Czech-Moravian Highlands. In Archaeological Approaches to the Study of the Potter's Wheel, 24-27 November 2020. 2020.

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   booktitle = {Archaeological Approaches to the Study of the Potter's Wheel, 24-27 November 2020},
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   language = {eng},
   title = {Beginnings of potter’s wheel in medieval Czech-Moravian Highlands},
   url = {https://potterswheelconference2020.wordpress.com/},
   year = {2020}
}

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TĚSNOHLÍDKOVÁ, Kateřina a Karel SLAVÍČEK. Beginnings of potter’s wheel in medieval Czech-Moravian Highlands. In \textit{Archaeological Approaches to the Study of the Potter's Wheel, 24-27 November 2020}. 2020.

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