Analysis of Final Bronze Age–Early Iron Age Pottery in Northeastern Italy

Abstract

The main aim of this article is to investigate the mineral composition of the so-called “pot with flaring rim and flat lip,” a sort of “index fossil” vessel, widespread in the settlements of Friuli Venezia Giulia area (Pordenone, northeastern Italy), at the end of the Bronze Age and in the early phases of Iron Age. Thin section analyses have been carried out on several samples coming from three major ancient sites in order to better understand the technological aspects of the pottery assemblage and draw hypotheses about the provenance of the pottery raw material.