ABSTRACT

Petrographic analysis was conducted on pottery from Early Bronze Age archaeological levels at Godin Tepe (western Iran), for the purpose of defining traditions of raw material procurement and ceramic production methods in the context of a local abandonment and resettlement of an agricultural town within the excavation area. Thin-section samples of ceramics representing various ware types from each phase were analysed with a polarising light microscope. The results reveal that there was some continuity in raw material procurement strategies between these phases, especially with buff common wares. The high degree of petrofabric homogeneity within buff common wares strongly suggests the presence of workshops producing them, while more variation among buff coarse and grey-black wares indicates possible household production. A distinct petrofabric of mostly metamorphosing red shale inclusions appeared in III:5, closely associated with red-slipped wares which proliferated in that archaeological phase, suggests the appearance of a novel ceramic tradition at the summit of the town mound, alongside the persistence of existing ceramic traditions and raw material procurement strategies.

摘要

岩石学分析是在戈丁特佩（伊朗西部）对青铜时代早期考古水平的陶器进行的，目的是在挖掘中的一个农业城镇的当地废弃和重新安置的背景下确定原材料采购和陶瓷生产方法的传统区域。用偏光显微镜分析代表各相不同陶器类型的陶瓷薄片样品。结果表明，这些阶段之间的原材料采购策略存在一定的连续性，尤其是对于浅色普通商品。浅黄色普通器皿中的岩石织物高度同质性强烈表明存在生产它们的作坊，而浅黄色粗器和灰黑色器皿之间的更多差异表明可能是家庭生产。