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Slavic Ceramics from 10th -12th century AD

08/05/14 13:20
Last week, I met with Dr. Norbert Goßler and Thomas Kinkeldey from the Brandenburgisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologisches Landesmuseum in Wünsdorf near Berlin. They are working on a wonderful project concerning the Slavic Middle Ages (10th - 12th century) in Germany. The work concerns the excavation of both so called "Burgs" as well as other settlement for the Middle Elbe area around Lenzen (Kr. Prignitz, Land Brandenburg) and is financed by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG-Projekt "Linonen Westprignitz". More info can be found on their website www.elbslawen.de.

Residues on several pieces of ceramic were sampled and will be subjected to DTMS analysis in order to determine the nature of the vessel contents. One of the residues comes from a vessel of a type commonly considered to be used for the preparation of pitch. Pitch was well known and commonly used in Slavic times in Germany.


 

Roman Cooking Pot from Den Haag - Uithofslaan

27/07/09 22:39
Some time ago, I obtained the job by Andelko Pavlović of the Department of Archeology of the municipal Den Haag to look into a residue preserved on a shard from the Roman settlement excavated at Uithofslaan, vindplaats 3. More information about the excavation can be found on the web site of the Department of Archaeology.
The ceramic material was analyzed by ceramicist Julie van Kerckhove who currently works for ACVU-HBS archeological projects in Amsterdam.
The results have been published in Kenaz Rapport 7.