TY - JOUR
T1 - Approach to plant craft techniques from the mat impressions on the bases of Early Bronze Age ceramic vessels
T2 - The case of Cova Fonda (Spain)
AU - Romero Brugués, Susagna
AU - Tzerpou ., Evdoxia
AU - Herrero Otal, Maria
AU - Homs, Anna
AU - Lopez Bulto, Josep Oriol
AU - Bogdanovic Rakic, Igor
AU - Fanlo, Javier
AU - Palomo Pérez, Antonio
AU - Pique Huerta, Raquel
N1 - Funding Information:
Authors thank the Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya (MAC) for providing the materials analysed in this paper. All the authors have been implied in the development of the present paper. E.T. O.L.B and I.B. have analysed the 3D models and the pottery potsherds. A.P. R.P. S.R. J.F. M.H.O. have studied the imprints and developed the experimental replicas. All the authors have written the manuscript.
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PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - Evidence of prehistoric plant crafts is scarce in the Iberian Peninsula. The few sites that have provided samples of baskets are restricted to the south-east of the Iberian Peninsula, where dry conditions have favoured the conservation of plant-based implements, like textiles, baskets, and ropes. In the north-east of the Peninsula, the environment is not appropriate for their conservation and examples are still rarer. However, indirect evidence of plant craft techniques is found in mat and basketry impressions on the base of ceramic vessels. They appear in the northeast of the Peninsula during the Early Bronze Age (circa 2000–1500 BCE). These vessels have usually been studied from the perspective of pottery analysis and little attention has been paid to their significance in terms of crafts technology. The objective of this paper is to explore the study of mat impressions to shed light on the evolution of plant crafts technology in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula. 3D scanning and experimentation have been combined to identify craft techniques at Cova Fonda (Salomó, Spain), where eight pieces with impressions on their bases were recovered. The impressions allow us to identify coiling techniques and details of the production process for mats.
AB - Evidence of prehistoric plant crafts is scarce in the Iberian Peninsula. The few sites that have provided samples of baskets are restricted to the south-east of the Iberian Peninsula, where dry conditions have favoured the conservation of plant-based implements, like textiles, baskets, and ropes. In the north-east of the Peninsula, the environment is not appropriate for their conservation and examples are still rarer. However, indirect evidence of plant craft techniques is found in mat and basketry impressions on the base of ceramic vessels. They appear in the northeast of the Peninsula during the Early Bronze Age (circa 2000–1500 BCE). These vessels have usually been studied from the perspective of pottery analysis and little attention has been paid to their significance in terms of crafts technology. The objective of this paper is to explore the study of mat impressions to shed light on the evolution of plant crafts technology in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula. 3D scanning and experimentation have been combined to identify craft techniques at Cova Fonda (Salomó, Spain), where eight pieces with impressions on their bases were recovered. The impressions allow us to identify coiling techniques and details of the production process for mats.
KW - 3D scanning
KW - Experimental archaeology
KW - Impressions
KW - Plant-based crafts
KW - Pottery analysis
KW - TECHNOLOGY
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103472
DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103472
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85129911957
SN - 2352-409X
VL - 43
JO - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
JF - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
M1 - 103472
ER -