Evolution of the ceramic production at the Alpine site of Castel de Pedena: technology and innovation between the Recent
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Evolution of the ceramic production at the Alpine site of Castel de Pedena: technology and innovation between the Recent Bronze Age and the early Iron Age Marta Tenconi 1 & Lara Maritan 2 & Valentina Donadel 3 & Anna Angelini 3 & Giovanni Leonardi 3 & Claudio Mazzoli 2
Received: 11 February 2016 / Accepted: 23 May 2016 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016
Abstract Castel de Pedena (northeastern Italy) was a hillfort settlement located in the Venetian Prealps at 680 m above the sea level, in a position that likely conferred upon it a linking role between the Venetian plain and the Alpine areas. The first occupation of the area is dated to the Early Bronze Age, and continues, although intermittently, until the early phase of the Iron Age. The analysis of its Recent Bronze Age to Iron Age pottery assemblage has underlined the use of different recipes for the ceramic production over time. Variations in the raw material selection, clay processing choices, and firing conditions demonstrate a significant shift in the ceramic technology, and therefore, in the potters technological habits.
Keywords Recent Bronze Age-early Iron Age . Ceramics . Production technology evolution . Palafitticolo-terramaricolo culture . Laugen/Melaun culture . Alps
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s12520-016-0346-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. * Marta Tenconi [email protected]
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Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, Northgate House, West Street, Sheffield S1 4ET, UK
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Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, Via G. Gradenigo 6, 35131 Padova, Italy
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Department of Cultural Heritage: Archaeology and History of Art, Cinema and Music, University of Padova, Piazza Capitaniato 7, 35139 Padova, Italy
Introduction The hillfort settlement of Castel de Pedena (northeastern Italy) is located in an isolated and naturally defended position, controlling the entire underlying valley and the nearby waterways. Due to its moderate elevation —about 680 m— the site was inhabited all-year round. The first occupation of the area, attested only by sporadic elements (Donadel 2015), is dated to the Early Bronze Age, and continues, although intermittently, until the early phase of the Iron Age (Table 1) (Dalla Longa 2012; Donadel 2012; Leonardi 2012). Three main structural phases were identified on the basis of stratigraphic evidence: the oldest one, dated between the Middle and Recent Bronze Age, is not very well-known and attested only by the trenches dug in the slope, which terrace the area; the second one, dated from the late Recent to Final Bronze Age, is attested by a series of small trampled surfaces, dumps, and post holes, probably the result of a less stable occupation; the most recent phase corresponding to the construction of the curtain walls of a hillfort, dates to the ninth to eighth century B.C. Inside the walls, on top of the hill, there are traces of Blockbautype log buildings, a commonly used construct
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