Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Subscription or Fee Access

Application of the Fabrication Techniques and Provenancesof Bronze Age Pottery from Seosan Sinsongri Sitein Mid-Western Korea

R. H. Kim, C. H. Lee

Abstract


This study was performed to investigate the fabrication techniques and provenances of the raw materials of Bronze Age pottery excavated from the Sinsongri site in Seosan, Korea. We conducted macroscopic and microscopic observations in the analysis of mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of pottery. Pottery from the Sinsongri site was sorted into smooth and coarse types according to surface texture. The smooth type was composed of chlorite -vermiculite, quartz, feldspar, and mica below 0.5 mm, but the coarse type contained no chlorite-vermiculite, reflecting the principal difference in raw materials. In addition, there were significant differences between the types in geochemical variations. The pottery might have been produced near the site,
but the degree of differentiation or weathering was somewhat different depending on the source of the clay. All the pottery was made from sandy clay after a simple refining process, and it is assumed that the firing temperature of the pottery from the Sinsongri site was about or less than 800 °C.

Keywords


Bronze Age pottery, materialcharacteristics,firing temperature, provenance.

Full Text:

PDF


Disclaimer/Regarding indexing issue:

We have provided the online access of all issues and papers to the indexing agencies (as given on journal web site). It’s depend on indexing agencies when, how and what manner they can index or not. Hence, we like to inform that on the basis of earlier indexing, we can’t predict the today or future indexing policy of third party (i.e. indexing agencies) as they have right to discontinue any journal at any time without prior information to the journal. So, please neither sends any question nor expects any answer from us on the behalf of third party i.e. indexing agencies.Hence, we will not issue any certificate or letter for indexing issue. Our role is just to provide the online access to them. So we do properly this and one can visit indexing agencies website to get the authentic information. Also: DOI is paid service which provided by a third party. We never mentioned that we go for this for our any journal. However, journal have no objection if author go directly for this paid DOI service.