The manufacturing process of Mesopotamian bevelled rim bowls. New contributions from experimental archaeology
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https://doi.org/10.12795/spal.2021.i30.19Keywords:
Mesopotamia, Late Chalcolithic period, pottery, mould, breadAbstract
Bevelled rim bowls (BRB) are a sign of identity of the Uruk culture during the second half of the 4th millennium BC in Mesopotamia and of its territorial expansion in other bordering regions of the Near East. However, today we have a poor understanding of both the function of this type of ceramic vessel and the method of production used by the craftsmen of that period. On the basis of morphological and geochemical analysis, the firing temperature, CT observations (Computed Tomography) and the help of experimental archaeology, a new proposal is made for the production process of the bevelled rim bowls with the help of a portable mould.
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