General characteristics of ceramics from Bronze Age settlements Zhezkazgan-Ulytau region
Kalieva Z.
30 June 2022Margulan Institute of Archaeology
Kazakhstan Archeology
2022#2022Issue 2121 - 135 pp.
This article is devoted to the general characteristics of ceramic collections from Bronze Age settlements of Zhezkazgan-Ulytau region. The study used materials from the settlements of Taldysai and Balkan. The article presents the intermediate results of the technical and technological analysis of the clay feedstock, the methods of composing the molding masses of vessels, the inclusions of organic matter and chamotte and surface treatment technique. A comparative analysis of materials from the settlements of Taldysai and Balkan was carried out. Among the common features of the ceramics of the mentioned settlements, the presence of an admixture of talcum powder, as a refractory material, stands out. Talc may have been used by ancient potters to limit shrinkage and exclude deformation of the vessel shape during firing. The peculiarity of the ceramics of the Taldysai settlement is the presence in the test of ceramic products of raw materials and waste of metallurgical production, namely slag and ore, which indicates the special role of metallurgy in the culture of the ancient population of the region. The results of the analysis of the ceramics of Taldysai and Balkan indicate that these settlements existed synchronously in a certain period of time, namely in the late Bronze Age. This aspect suggests the idea of possible homogeneity of the population of these objects, or indicates the cultural interaction of the population of the local neighborhood.
Archaeology , Bronze Age , Ceramics , Chamotte , Firing , Organics , Slag , Talc , Ulytau , Zhezkazgan
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