Tracing Pottery-Making Recipes
in the Prehistoric Balkans 6th–4th Millennia BC is a collection of twelve chapters
that capture the variety of current archaeological, ethnographic, experimental
and scientific studies on Balkan prehistoric ceramic production, distribution
and use. The Balkans is a culturally rich area at the present day as it was in
the past. Pottery and other ceramics represent an ideal tool with which to
examine this diversity and interpret its human and environmental origins.
Consequently, Balkan ceramic studies is an emerging field within archaeology
that serves as a testing ground for theories on topics such as technological
know-how, innovation, craft tradition, cultural transmission, interaction, trade
and exchange. This book brings together diverse studies by leading researchers
and upcoming scholars on material from numerous Balkan countries and
chronological periods that tackle these and other topics for the first time. It
is a valuable resource for anyone working on Balkan archaeology and also of
interest to those working on archaeological pottery from other parts of the
world.
