This study focuses on the introduction of pottery-forming methods employing rotational motion in relation to social and economic conditions and their transformations during the La Tène period in Central Europe. It explores the diversity of technological practices on a broader geographical scale in several regions of the Czech Republic with various demographic, social, and environmental conditions during this period. The study is based on the idea that a technological process is a cultural trait whose adoption is the result of a cultural selection. These interactions are facilitated by the performances of the technological process and its products. The technological analysis relies on a recently developed quantitative analytical technique based on calculating the orientation of components of the ceramic body supplemented by qualitative classification of diagnostic features observed on X-ray images and CT reconstructions. By applying the methodology to an extensive collection of pottery samples, we have obtained a robust picture of the adoption and spread of different variants of the application of rotational motion. Based on this evidence, we proposed evolutionary scenarios that show the unique interplay of the performances of the individual variants of this general innovative idea with specific local socio-cultural conditions.

本研究重点介绍与中欧拉泰恩时期的社会和经济条件及其转变相关的旋转运动陶器成型方法。它探讨了捷克共和国几个地区在更广泛的地理范围内这一时期人口、社会和环境条件不同的技术实践的多样性。该研究基于这样的观点：技术过程是一种文化特征，其采用是文化选择的结果。技术过程及其产品的性能促进了这些相互作用。该技术分析依赖于最近开发的定量分析技术，该技术基于计算陶瓷体成分的方向，并辅以在 X 射线图像和 CT 重建上观察到的诊断特征的定性分类。通过将该方法应用于广泛收集的陶器样本，我们获得了旋转运动应用不同变体的采用和传播的可靠图片。基于这一证据，我们提出了进化情景，显示了这种一般创新理念的各个变体的表现与特定当地社会文化条件之间的独特相互作用。